New technologies, at what cost for the South?

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The growing need for new technologies has an environmental and human cost, which falls largely on the shoulders of populations in the South.

In DR Congo, where the raw materials necessary for the manufacture of our electronic devices are extracted, the populations who dig in the mines face many difficulties: environmental damage, conflicts, corruption, indecent working conditions. What elements of the international context fuel this situation? How can we act, in Belgium, to change this?

The Justice and Peace Commission of Walloon Brabant, in collaboration with the CNCD11.11.11, invite Vincent Georis from the newspaper L'Echo, Jacques Kabongo, volunteer within the Justice Peace – Liège Commission, Timur Uluç, chargé de plaidoyer au sein de l’équipe Justice et Paix, ainsi que tous les citoyens de la province à discuter de ces enjeux.

Ces orateurs permettront d’aborder la dynamique sous trois angles très complémentaires : le voix des médias et l’expérience de terrain qui y est liée, la voix de la diaspora belge avec une analyse du travail dans les mines, ainsi que la voix du chargé de plaidoyer, cherchant des pistes de solutions politiques et des alternatives citoyennes !

We are expecting many of you for these discussions!

**Practical information :

– Date: October 19, 2017, at 7:30 p.m.
– Price: Free
– Location: Blocry parish hall, Rue Haute n°2, 1340 Ottignies LLN
– Contact person for Justice & Peace: valery.witsel@justicepaix.be +32 (0)2 738 08 01

**Registrations:

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