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[VIDEO] FESTIVAL SESSIONS: Growing private debt, vulnerability and inequality in South Asia
by Farooq Tariq , Sushovan Dhar , Amali Wedagedara , Nalini Ratnarajah
7 September 2021

Presented by: South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE), Progressive Plantation Workers Union (PPWU) India, Manitham Trust India, Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangh (BNPS), South Asia Tax and Fiscal Justice Alliance (SATaFJA).

Session is about the status of growing private debt, vulnerability and inequality and also discuss the impacts of Covid-19 pandemic.

Panelists

  • Amali Wedagedara
  • Farooq Tariq
  • Sushovan Dhar

Moderator

  • Nalini Ratnarajah

Farooq Tariq

is the General Secretary of the Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee, a network of 26 peasant organizations and a coalition member of the international platform La Via Campesina.

Sushovan Dhar

CADTM India

Amali Wedagedara

The writer is an activist and researcher specializing in agrarian debt and development.

Nalini Ratnarajah

Woman Human Rights Defender. Member of South Asia Alliance of Poverty Eradication (SAAPE) from Sri Lanka.