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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Press Release: The strength of the people breaks through governments’ inertia on Palestine
We, as the RIPESS network promoting Social Solidarity Economy worldwide, warmly support the new “Freedom Flotilla,” which set sail this week toward besieged Gaza. This mission stands in continuity with the courageous voyages that began in 2008, when two Greek fishing boats—the Free Gaza and the Liberty—successfully broke the naval blockade for the first time in 41 years. On board [...]
Bhola Bhattarai: Chepang women regenerating forests, food systems and community life in Nepal
From the hilltops of central Nepal —in the districts of Gorkha, Dhading, Makawanpur and Chitawan— Bhola Bhattarai, from the National Forum for Advocacy Nepal (NAFAN), brings with him the strength and experience of the Chepang Indigenous People, whose semi-nomadic way of life has long been deeply connected to forest ecosystems. In these communities, women play a central role in regenerating [...]
RIPESS at the Women’s Assembly of the Nyéléni Forum: For Food as a Feminist and Common Good
Dear sisters, women from all the world in resistance, colleagues, comrades, and allies, Food sovereignty is a vision rooted in peoples’ power to define, shape, and govern their own food systems. Today, as industrial food systems are dominated by transnational corporations, our communities, and especially our rural women, face growing threats to their autonomy, their land, and even their very [...]
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.
