The Brazil G20 Social Summit, a groundbreaking parallel event to the G20 leaders’ summit, kicked off in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, marking a historic moment for global civil society engagement.
Organized under the leadership of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the summit aims to amplify voices from the Global South, including African nations represented through the African Union’s G20 membership.
First Lady Rosângela da Silva, speaking at the event, underscored the unprecedented influence of civil society at this year’s G20. “Although (the G20) had a lot of time for engagement groups, I don’t think that ever in the history of the G20 the presence of civil…
