The project brings together a strong coalition of CSOs that are working hand in hand with grassroots communities affected by inequalities across India and Indonesia and organisations that have long been fighting against economic injustice at both the global level and across Asia.
Fighting inequalities
This website reflects the work carried out under the project “Raising the voices of communities on the front-line in the fight against economic inequalities” . The project aims to contribute to reducing inequalities both within and between countries, including the specific and extreme problems of economic and gender inequalities in Indonesia and India, as well as the global inequalities caused or exacerbated by tax dodging and illicit financial flows.
Working together with communities that are negatively impacted by economic inequalities, the civil society organisations (CSOs) collaborating in this project are carrying out advocacy and awareness-raising to address specific expressions of inequality at the national, regional and global level, and to demonstrate the interconnections between these problems.
Who We Are
In India
Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA)
SKA is leading a movement to eliminate one of the most extreme forms of inequality – the practice of manual scavenging. The movement began as a grassroots initiative of and for safai karmacharis (people engaged in manual scavenging) in 1993. Today, the organisation’s strong and direct connections to manual scavengers across India, as well as its unique insights into their situations and challenges, makes them India’s leading organisation on the issue of manual scavenging.
National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR)
Founded in 1998 as a coalition of Dalit human rights activists and academics, NCDHR aims to put an end to caste-based discrimination in India. NCDHR has extensive experience fighting for the rights of people discriminated by caste in India, including gender justice for Dalit women. The organisation has also played a leading role in bringing attention to the issue of caste to global fora such as the UN.
In Indonesia
Perkumpulan Aksi! untuk Keadilan Gender, Sosial, dan Ekologi (Aksi! for gender, social and ecological justice)
Aksi! was founded by six Indonesian feminists in 2012 to influence the debate and discourse on development, the environment and climate change in order to ensure the protection of the rights of women. With deep roots in communities fighting to overcome gender-related inequalities, Aksi! engages closely with women from various backgrounds across Indonesia. By supporting grassroots women’s actions, Aksi! helps to make sure that the voices of women who are experiencing the impacts of economic inequality are being heard.
Solidaritas Perempuan (Women’s Solidarity for Human Rights) (SP)
Founded in the 1990s, SP is a feminist organisation with 11 branches in nine provinces across Indonesia, reaching out to a network of thousands of women at the grassroots level. SP aims to build the capacity of women across Indonesia to fight against all forms of oppression against women and improve their sovereignty. SP upholds women’s rights – including their economic rights
At the global level and Asian regional level
Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD)
A regional alliance of 43 Asian peoples’ movements and CSOs, APMDD works towards economic justice in the context of development and environmental sustainability. APMDD leads targeted advocacy and awareness-raising efforts at the regional level to combat tax dodging and illicit financial flows, and brings the Asian perspective to the global level. APMDD is a member of the Fight Inequality Alliance, co-coordinator of Tax and Fiscal Justice Asia, and a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice.
Society for International Development (SID)
An international network of organisations and individuals founded in 1957, SID promotes social justice and democratic participation in development. SID coordinates the Civil Society Financing for Development (FfD) Mechanism, which is an international network of CSOs engaged in the UN process on Financing for Development. SID plays a lead role at the global level calling for a more just economic system – including international tax governance.
European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad)
A European network of 58 members across 28 European countries, Eurodad is a sister network of APMDD that advocates for democratically-controlled, gender-just and human rights-based financial and economic systems. Eurodad is a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice and is also the coordinator of this project.
Contact us
For any enquiries related to this project or the content on this site, please contact kjespersen@eurodad.org.
For enquiries relating to the work of individual partners, please find contact details on each of their websites via the links above.