At the Reclaim Our Future Conference in Marrakech, the End Austerity Campaign hosted a compelling session exposing the global rise of a new wave of austerity policies—currently impacting more than 6 billion people worldwide.
The session addressed urgent questions:
- What are these new austerity measures?
- Where are they being implemented?
- What is the human cost of these policies?
- And what feasible alternatives can governments adopt instead?
Drawing on powerful evidence and key findings from recent reports by campaign members—including ActionAid International, the Financial Transparency Coalition, Human Rights Watch, OXFAM, Global Social Justice, and numerous other civil society organizations—the session highlighted how austerity undermines fundamental rights such as education, healthcare, and social protection.
Speakers called for immediate action to reverse harmful economic policies and to adopt rights-based, equitable alternatives that put people and planet first.
