What is Social Solidarity Economy?
Today, perhaps as never before, more people are becoming aware that capitalism has turned our lives and our planet into a commodity. A system that is environmentally unsustainable and socially unjust, and that it is not able to guarantee the happiness and dignified life conditions of all persons in any place on the planet.
Social Solidarity Economy includes a wide range of practices that span economic, social, environmental, political, communitarian or holistic dimensions.
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Civil Society raises its voice at the 2nd UN Financing for Development Preparatory Session (FfD4): for a real transformation of the global financial system
This week, the United Nations headquarters in New York is witnessing the second preparatory session of the Financing for Development Committee (FfD4), a space that promises ‘tobe crucial in determining the future of the global financial system’. The Civil Society platform for the FfD, supported by RIPESS, has raised strong criticisms during these three days, warning of the risk that [...]
Once again, the United Nations has adopted a resolution to promote the Social and Solidarity Economy for sustainable development
Yesterday, 26th November, during the Second Committee of the 24th plenary session of the 79th General Assembly, the new resolution on the Social and Solidarity Economy was presented and adopted with 175 votes in favour and one abstention. The importance of the Social and Solidarity Economy to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through inclusive, resilient, and sustainable growth was [...]
Weapons of struggle eliminating violence against women: Social Solidarity Economy initiatives
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, #25N, RIPESS Intercontinental puts the spotlight on violence other than physical, psychological and obstetric violence that makes women that half of the population oppressed under the yoke of heteropatriarchy: economic violence. By economic violence we refer to those factors that perpetuate situations of inequality, hindering the development towards a [...]
What is RIPESS?
RIPESS is a global network of continental networks committed to the promotion of Social Solidarity Economy. The member networks themselves (Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania) bring together national and sectorial networks, thus ensuring strong territorial anchoring.
The combined local and global scope gives RIPESS legitimacy to promote SSE, foster intercontinental cooperation, and advocate at different levels. RIPESS members believe in the importance of the globalisation of solidarity, and the ability to build and strengthen an economy that places people and planet at the centre of its activities.
