Corporate Power & the Right to Food

cork | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Monday May 16, 2005 22:28 by Dave www.comhlamh.org

Comhlamh Public Forum

Corporate Power & the Right to Food

Why Corporate Accountability is Essential for Making Poverty History

Guest Speaker: Julian Oram, Action Aid UK

Powerful global food companies are undermining the fight against poverty in developing countries. They are draining wealth from rural communities, marginalising small scale farming, and infringing peoples rights. Urgent action is needed to re-govern agricultural markets so they benefit poor people, and to make companies legally accountable for their impacts on human rights and the environment.

Public Forum this Wednesday, 18th May, 2005 at 8.00 pm.

Venue: Shandon Court Hotel

Admission is free & all are welcome.