KATHMANDU , Feb 8: Nepal will host the 16th Conference of the World Social Forum (WSF) at Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu from February 15 to 19 to discuss the negative consequences of policies and structures adopted by the existing world system.
According to the WSF Nepal 2024 organizing committee, the event being held with the theme 'Another World is Possible' will likely see the participation of 1,665 organizations that have registered for the event
The organizers said that the forum is an open space for raising and amplifying voices of the world's marginalized people.
World Social Forum Nepal 2024 to be held from February 15 to 19
The organizing committee member Dr Netra Timilsina said Nepal is hosting the WSF Conference for the first time and it will discuss the roles of civic movement against economic inequalities and raise voice for economic justice. The conference will also discuss other issues such as slavery, human trafficking, caste and ethnicity-based discrimination, discrimination on the basis of works, descent-based discriminations, untouchability and violence. It is also a platform for the promotion of ethnicity issues and voices of indigenous nationalities, food sovereignty, peace and for the improvement of rights of communications, law, health, education, labor, migration and so on.
Presentations of 400 papers on these topics are expected during the conference which will see the participation of 40,000- 50,000 representatives, according to the organizers.
The organizing committee's communications coordination subcommittee member Sushil BK said the forum collectively amplifies voices against neoliberalism, globalization, capitalism, climate crisis, patriarchy, ethnicity-based discrimination, untouchability, racism, apartheid, discrimination and violence on the basis of sexuality and so on.
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