When and where was the first World Social Forum (WSF) meeting organized?

1. Seattle, USA, 1999
2. Mumbai, India, 2004
3. Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2001
4. Brazil, March 2018

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Answer- Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2001
The first World Social Forum (WSF) meeting was organized in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 2001.

In 1999, at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Meeting there were widespread protests at Seattle alleging unfair trading practices by the economically powerful states. It was argued that the interests of the developing world were not given sufficient importance in the evolving global economic system. The World Social Forum (WSF) is another global platform, which brings together a wide coalition composed of human rights activists, environmentalists, labour, youth and women activists opposed to neo-liberal globalisation. The first WSF meeting was organised in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2001. The fourth WSF meeting was held in Mumbai in 2004. The latest WSF meeting was held in Brazil in March 2018.