What is the #AfricaWeWant?

#AfricansRising #25May2017 #actions& #events in #towns & #villages across the continent & in the Diaspora #Pamoja #AfricansRising Pledge your support: #KilimanjaroDeclaration 

http://www.africans-rising.org

We believe the demands below are broad enough to enable many movements, people and all civil society organisations to use the launch to amplify their ongoing demands and, should not be in isolation to ongoing struggles and campaigns for social, economic, environmental and gender justice. 
  
Expand space for civic and political action
Defend civic space and grow public participation in decision-making
We demand an end to rigged elections and other electoral injustices
Defend democratic space and the rights of citizens to enjoy the freedoms of association, expression and assembly

Fight for women’s rights and freedoms across society
End gender inequality
Stop violence against women and children and LGBTQI peoples

Focus our struggles on the right to Equity and Dignity
Put youth at the centre of public life and ensure that the leadership profile of our institutions reflect the demographic realities of our continent
Make Education accessible to all
We Demand decent work and a living wage for all labour
Take meaningful steps to reduce the immoral levels of inequality that exists in Africa and the world
We demand good quality healthcare for all
End maternal and child mortality in Africa
Stop discrimination of Africans living with HIV and other terminal diseases
Dignity for all physically challenged Africans

Demanding good governance as we fight corruption and impunity
We demand transparency as a foundation for national development
End the collusion between governments and business that allow illicit financial outflows from Africa

Demand climate and environmental justice
Turn the crisis of climate change into an opportunity by engaging in an African-wide energy revolution that powers our continent on clean, safe, affordable renewable energy

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