The FPV campaign relies on a wide network of organisations that are constantly monitoring the latest developments, reporting on subjects outside the mainstream, producing analyses and fomenting discussions on themes that matter for the global South.
A leaked text facilitated by the Director-General of the WTO and reflecting positions of the US and EU is being
circulated as a purported compromise TRIPS Waiver agreement by the WTO “Quad” even though it does not have
agreement from India and South Africa. In its present form the document does not address intellectual property
monopolies and will not deliver equitable access
The mass purchase of Covid-19 vaccines has once again shrouded Latin America in a cloak of opacity. Pressure from the laboratories and government desperation to acquire millions of vaccines in a race against time have brought about changes to the law in almost every country in the region.
Shadow Report – weden’s Duties as a Member State and Extraterritorial Obligations Under CEDAW – Fem4PeoplesVaccine
The Feminists for a People’s Vaccine Campaign submitted a Shadow Report in the context of the 80th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women that appreciated Sweden’s extraterritorial duties. The report focuses in particular on the impact of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement), administered by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and the opposition by a minority of countries, including Sweden through its membership in the European Union (EU), to a waiver from TRIPS implementation of intellectual property (IP) on COVID-19 vaccines, diagnostics, therapeutics and other needed medical products.
If we can speak about recovery for some, we must acknowledge that #COVID has been a thriving time for others, particularly #BigPharma.
#Pfizer's vaccine is one of the most lucrative products in history, amassing nearly $37 bn
Dr Lesley Ann Foster at #ECOSOC
#Fem4PeoplesVaccine
This is what #COVID caused in low-income countries:
🔸Debt increase 📈
🔸Untold hardship
🔸Millions of jobs lost
🔸Food insecurity
🔸High levels of GBV
🔸Decrease in investments in social programs 📉
Dr Lesley Ann Foster at #ECOSOC Partnership Forum
#Fem4PeoplesVaccine
"When we talk about accountability to partnerships, there have to be parameters, inexcusable promotion and protection of #HumanRights & scrutiny of how partnerships work, & how benefits are shared.
Dr Lesley Ann Foster at #ECOSOC Partnership Forum
#Fem4PeoplesVaccine
"The absurd & unconscionable profits raked in by #BigPharma during #COVID are paid in human lives, particularly in the global South".
Dr Lesley Ann Foster, Executive-Director of @masimanyane at #ECOSOC Partnership Forum
#Fem4PeoplesVaccine
"The absurd & unconscionable profits raked in by #BigPharma during #COVID are paid in human lives, particularly in the global South."
Dr Lesley Ann Foster, Executive-Director of @masimanyane at #ECOSOC Partnership Forum
#Fem4PeoplesVaccine
