The Voices of the Poor Oppressed and The Marginalized of the Other World

English

Half of the world's almost 3 billion lives for under $2 a day. They live in the pyramid's bottom and reflect mass expectations. Poor voices are a testimony to poor people's fights and hopes for a dignified life. Poverty is voicelessness. Poverty is powerlessness. Poor people on five continents claim insecurity and humiliation. Poor people do not believe that new economic prospects should be taken advantage of. The poor are more vulnerable and volatile than ever as they operate mainly in the informal sector. This is related to unreliable and low wage jobs, loss of traditional livelihoods, a deterioration of traditional social solidarities, lack of access to justice and lack of adequate healthcare and educational possibilities. It is important to acknowledge that their goals are spatial. It is therefore important, in developing space applications, to enable these aspirations to express themselves. When used as a strategy in synergy with other poverty alleviation technologies, space technology has been catalytic, activated and critical. Space technology has found itself to dramatically improve and broaden the overall processes of poverty alleviation – in the fields of literacy, education, health, inclusion and capacity building – with economies of scale and capacity to overcome conventional barriers. Natural resources, climate and catastrophe are also areas that impact the vulnerable and are effectively covered by space applications. Although the "best practises" from developing countries show how much space technology has contributed to the expectations of the poor, their widespread functioning to respond to the voice of the poor remains a challenge. The paper aims at explaining the study and providing insight into how much room has been able to respond to the voice of the poor by drawing lessons of global initiatives such as UNISPACE, MDG's, WSSD, WSIS and HFA; regional initiatives like UN-ESCAP RESAP, as well as the experiences of some development countries.

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