Center for Information and Population Activities CEDPA

Mission: CEDPA equips and mobilizes women and girls to achieve gender equality. Their equality is essential to building stronger families, communities, and societies. We envision a world in which women and girls are able to fulfill their dreams free from the constraints of poverty and inequality and in which their full worth is realized and valued. We work so that women can control more resources and contribute meaningfully in decision making at all levels … (about 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
What we do; Where we work; News; Publications; Donate;
Address: CEDPA, 1120 20th Street NW, Suite 720, Washington, DC 20036, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Our Core Values: Continuer la lecture de « Center for Information and Population Activities CEDPA »

TRI-AD – Indian Tribal Services

« TRI-AD’s innovative co-creation of the Financial Legacy Benefit Plan provides a new and unique way for Tribal Members to build a legacy of wealth and financial security. Our 30 years of regulatory and administrative expertise with retirement plans of all types provided the solid foundation we needed to become the leader in delivering these Plans to the Tribes. By adopting this Plan, your Tribal Council will be at the forefront in bringing a valuable benefit to your Tribal Members » … (full long text Indian Tribal Services).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Services; Employees, Participant; Employers, Clients; Advisors; Articles, News, Events; Careers;
Addresses (1 of 4): TRI-AD, Main-Office, 221 West Crest Street, Suite 300, Escondido, CA 92025-1737, USA;
Contact.

About: TRI-AD was founded in 1974 as a defined benefit plan administration firm. Over the years we have grown our service offerings to cover a complete range of employee benefits administration services.   Continuer la lecture de « TRI-AD – Indian Tribal Services »

African's Children Choir

  • The African Children’s Choir™ is made up of some of the neediest and most vulnerable children in their countries. Many have lost one or both parents to poverty or disease. The African Children’s Choir™ helps these children break away from the everyday cycle of poverty and hopelessness.
  • Choir Selection: Before being selected to join the Choir, children, generally aged between 7 and 11 attend Music for Life camps … (full text Home 1/2 /Who we are).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Changing children, changing Africa; What we do; What’s new; Gallery;Music; Media; Your help; Jobs;
The African’s Children Choir on YouTube; Tour dates;
Address: African’s Children Choir, PO Box 130, Sutton, Surrey, SMI ITN,UK;
Contacts worldwide.

Home 2/2 /How we started: Ray Barnett: Inspired by the singing of one small boy, we formed the first African Children’s Choir™ — to show the world that Africa’s most vulnerable children have beauty, dignity and unlimited ability (sig).  Continuer la lecture de « African's Children Choir »

Communication for Social Change CFSC

  • Our Vision: Our vision is a world in which the people living in poverty successfully control the communication processes essential for reducing poverty.
  • Our purpose is to change thinking, practice and the study of communication so that people living in poverty can manage the social change they need to improve their lives.
  • Our goal is that by the year 2015, communication for social change principles are understood and incorporated into most major development initiatives. (Vision).

Homepage; Sitemap;
How we work; What we do; Impact; Roots; Projects; Publications, Resources; Body of Knowledge; Donate;
Addresses: Communication for Social Change Consortium, 14 South Orange Avenue, Suite 2F, South Orange, NJ 07079, USA;
Communication for Social Change Consortium – Europe, 49 Queen Victoria Street, Suite 69, London, EC4N 4SA, UK;
Contact.

About 2/2 /Philosophy, Mission: … Our Philosophy: Communication for Social Change (CFSC) is a process of public and private dialogue through which people themselves: Continuer la lecture de « Communication for Social Change CFSC »

Media Channel

as the media watch the world, we watch the media

Linked with Danny Schechter – USA, and with There’s More Than Robo Signatures To Blame For The Ongoing Foreclosure Scandal.

MediaChannel is concerned with the political, cultural and social impacts of the media, large and small. MediaChannel exists to provide information and diverse perspectives and inspire debate, collaboration, action and citizen engagement … (What we do 1/2).

Homepage;
Social Network; Affiliates; Membership; Videos; Blog; Donate;
Address: MediaChannel, 575 8th Avenue, New York, NY l0018, USA;
Contact.

What we do 2/2: … More than ever before, we are living in a media age and a media world. Nine transnational conglomerates dominate the global media; multibillion-dollar deals are concentrating this power even further. Continuer la lecture de « Media Channel »

Global Reproductive Health Forum

Women’s Human Rights Resources Programme WHRR of the Bora Laskin Law Library, U of T Faculty of Law, Toronto

The Women’s Human Rights Resources Programme (WHRR) collects, organizes and disseminates information on women’s human rights law to facilitate research, teaching and cooperation. The information introduces women’s human rights law in general, emphasizes selected international and Canadian topics, and explores the interconnections between domestic and international human rights law.

Homepage;

History and Background; Contribute; Contribute to WHRR;
Feedback Form (contact).

Credits and History /Credits: The Women’s Human Rights Resources Programme of the Bora Laskin Law Library is coordinated by:  Continuer la lecture de « Global Reproductive Health Forum »

Tostan.org

community-led development

  • Tostan’s mission is to empower African communities to bring about sustainable development and positive social transformation based on respect for human rights.
  • Tostan means « breakthrough » in the West African language of Wolof. Since 1991, Tostan has brought its holistic 30-month education program to thousands of communities in ten African countries: Burkina Faso, Djibouti, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Somalia, and Sudan. (Homepage).

Sitemap;
What; Where; Who; Programs; Archives; Evaluations; Resources; Get involved;
Address (1 of 3): Tostan International,  BP 29371, Dakar- Yoff, Senegal/West Africa;
Contact.

Communities: Tostan is committed to helping the communities of Africa.  Since 1991, over 200,000 participants have gone through Tostan’s program.  Tostan has worked in a total of ten countries with 17 different ethnic groups. Continuer la lecture de « Tostan.org »

measure communication.org

a one page website full of useful links – just go to the site and click of the link you find useful:

  • Top Five Links: Employment Discrimination Lawyers, Workplace Violence, Violence Prevention Programs, Labor Law Attorneys, Bullying Prevention;
  • Best Links: Discrimination Attorneys, Sexual Assault;
  • Top Searches: Intimate Partner Violences, Race Discrimination;
  • find something interesting with: Gender Discrimination, Gender Issues, Child Marriage, Population Reference Bureau, Sexual Harassment, Human Rights, Child Labor, Employment Discrimination;
  • Most Popular Tags: Employment Discrimination Lawyers Labor Law Attorneys Bullying Prevention Discrimination Attorneys Workplace Violence Violence Prevention Programs;

… and nothing more … zero blabla, just many useful links on this page … …

Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children

Linked on our blogs with National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers NOCIRC, and with International Coalition for Genital Integrity ICGI.

Our mission, is to champion a culture of compassionate individuals, families, and communities who have fun with, learn from, and responsively and lovingly interact with children. We accomplish this by providing guidance about consciously conceiving, birthing, and nurturing children … (about /who we are 1/2).

Homepage;
How we function; Essential Truths; Proclamation; Phone Support; Resources; Advisors; Get Involved; Affilates;
Address: The Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children, 901 Preston Ave, Suite 400, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA;
Contact.

About /who we are 2/2: … Serving as an umbrella organization for its Affiliates, aTLC is supported by an internationally recognized Board of Advisors, and a growing list of endorsers.  Continuer la lecture de « Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children »

International Coalition for Genital Integrity ICGI

Genital Integrity is the principle that all human beings — whether male, female or intersexed — have a right to the genitalia they were born with – Linked on our blogs with Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children, and with National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers NOCIRC.

Member of Child Rights Information Network CRIN.
… Summary: The risks and harms of circumcision include:

  • a. Increased risks of MRSA and other infections in newborns [Annunziato; Donovan; Sauer].
  • b. Death and severe complications resulting in life-long disability.
  • c. Sexual side-effects and sensitivity-loss from circumcision [Kim; Sorrells].
  • d. Psychological consequences including infant analog of PTSD [Taddio], dissociation [Rhinehart], and addictive behaviors [Laumann]… (full long text HIV & Circumcision).

Homepage;
Declaration; Information; US adult circ rate; Full Disclosure; Member Organizations (actually 28); FAQs;
Contact online.

About /Who We Are: The International Coalition for Genital Integrity is an alliance of organizations dedicated to protecting the normal anatomy of males, females and the intersexed, and supporter of the Genital Integrity Resolution.  Continuer la lecture de « International Coalition for Genital Integrity ICGI »

National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers NOCIRC

Linked on our blogs with Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children, and with International Coalition for Genital Integrity ICGI.

NOCIRC is a member of the International Coalition for Genital Integrity.
NOCIRC is an affiliate of the Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children.
Dedicated to making a safer world, NOCIRC is a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit organization committed milos.jpg (10748 bytes)  to securing the birthright of male, female, and intersex children and babies to keep their sex organs intact … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Baby Ad; History of Circ; Doctor’s Statement; Penile Study; Circ and AIDS; Symposia; Publications; Your Help;
International Home Office Address: Marilyn Fayre Milos, Executive Director NOCIRC, PO Box 2512, San Anselmo, CA 94979-2512, USA;
Regional Centers (now more than 110 centers worldwide) and Contact.

About 2/2: … On March 15, 1986, a group of healthcare professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area, led by Marilyn Milos RN, announced 1985 the founding of the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers NOCIRC …  Continuer la lecture de « National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers NOCIRC »

Guttmacher Institute

advancing sexual and reproductive Health worldwwide through research, policy analysis and public education

Mission: The Guttmacher Institute advances sexual and reproductive health through an interrelated program of social science research, policy analysis and public education designed to generate new ideas, encourage enlightened public debate and promote sound policy and program development … (Mission).

Homepage;
Our Work; Staff; Board; Data Center; State Center; Publications; Strategy; History; Help; FAQs;
Address (1 of 2): Guttmacher Institute, 125 Maiden Lane, 7th floor, New York, N.Y. 10038, USA;
Contact.

Values: The Institute’s program is guided by six overarching institutional values:  Continuer la lecture de « Guttmacher Institute »

Still Human Still Here

the campaign to end destitution of refused asylum seekers

How the Still Human Still Here campaign is run: Still Human Still Here is a broad coalition of  organisations that are campaigning together to bring to an end the destitution of refused asylum seekers by extending asylum support, permission to work and access to health and education until the time of departure from the UK or their grant of leave to remain … (governance doc 1/2 … click link down ofthe right column: Governance Doc).

Homepage;
All Campaign Supporters: click links on right column; Take action; Resources;
Contact.

Governance Doc 2/2 /How the Still Human Still Here campaign is run: … The coalition brings together organisations that believe we can campaign more effectively with a common banner.   Continuer la lecture de « Still Human Still Here »

Children's Society

Update dec. 12, 2010: Linked with One Million Kids on Anti-Psychotics.

We take action to prevent, rescue and support children facing life trapped in a vicious circle of fear and harm; a vicious circle driven by violence, neglect, poverty and discrimination.
We intervene in the lives of children across the country, providing the right support at the right time. Take our work with young runaways, for example … (full text what we do).

Homepage; Sitemap;
How we do it; What’s; You can; Commission us; Kid’s Zone; Media; Newsletter; Research;
Find us near you; Contact.

About /Who we are: The Children’s Society is a leading national charity that makes childhood better for all children in the UK. Continuer la lecture de « Children's Society »

International Slavery Museum, Liverpool

For more than 2,000 years people in many different parts of the world have forced their fellow humans into slavery. Between about 1500 and 1900, Europeans forcibly uprooted millions of people from throughout West Africa and West Central Africa and shipped them across the Atlantic in conditions of great cruelty. To refer to the Africans who were enslaved only as ‘slaves’ strips them of their identity. They were, for instance, farmers, merchants, priests, soldiers, goldsmiths and musicians. They were husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, sons and daughters. They could be Yoruba, Igbo, Akan or Kongolese … (full text History of the slave trade). Continuer la lecture de « International Slavery Museum, Liverpool »