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The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) - the world’s largest anti poverty coalition welcomes the opportunity to present our recommendations to the 15th African Union Summit in Kampala as heads of state meet to deliberate on issues on Maternal / Child Health; and peace and security in Africa.

Lucy Aitken-Read explains a new initiative to bring people together to make Big Promises over a Big Lunch.

The G8 summit has now drawn to a close and the Deerhurst resort in Muskoka will be getting back to normal. The world leaders flew back to Toronto by helicopter with Obama and Cameron flying together to start their bilateral meeting. Apparently Cameron and Merkel will be watching the England v Germany World Cup match together tomorrow and the press are invited can't imagine he'll look anything other than awkward!

Amid the sweltering heat, poor working women, mothers with their children in tow, girls and grandmothers, marched in slippered feet chanting: Women are suffering under the escalating violence of the global crisis! Pagkain (Food),! Trabaho (Jobs)! Pabahay (Housing)!