Scriptorium

(for expat-women)

Chicky Net is the online social network for women who have either relocated to Thailand or who are visiting for a specific period of time. The website offers an exiting and fun way to meet other expats and to best of all make new friends with whom they can share their experiences with getting the most out of their time here in Thailand … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Events; Groups; Blogs; You have to sign in for: Photos; Classifieds;
Contact online.

About 2/2: … The network has sub-networks all over Thailand, including Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Koh Samui, Hua Hin and Phuket. Here women can interact with each other, meet at events and even join specialist groups that suit their own interests.  Continuer la lecture de « Chicky Net – the social network for women living in Thailand »

tracking the positive and negative impacts of over 5100 companies worldwide – also in french Centre de Ressources sur les Entreprises et les Droits de l’Homme, , and in spanish: Centro de Información sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos.

• Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has become the world’s leading independent resource on the subject.  Our website is updated hourly with news and reports about companies’ human rights impacts worldwide – positive and negative.
• We seek responses from companies to allegations of misconduct: ensuring that our coverage is balanced and encouraging firms to address concerns raised by civil society … (about 1/2).

Homepage, News; Sitemap;
Getting started; Tools; UN’s; Legal; Topics; Staff; Newsletter; Internships; Support; Links;
Contact.

About 2/2 /brief description: … The website covers the social and environmental impacts of over 5000 companies, operating in over 180 countries. Taking international human rights standards as its starting point, topics covered include discrimination, environment, poverty and development, labour, access to medicines, health and safety, security, trade.  Continuer la lecture de « African Human Rights Resource Centre »

because de future is open

• Quantum Future Group is a non profit organization 501 (c) (3).
• One of the main objectives of the Quantum Future Group is to bring together people to engage in and to promote the study of scientific ideas and research in all scientific and socio-cultural fields that further the deepest understanding of our world and our place within it without regard to nationality or ethnicity. Our work seeks to increase the understanding of humankind BY humankind, as a whole, by studying all the parts to see how they fit together.
• A second objective, tied closely to the first, is to document such research and to make it freely and widely available to all humanity.
• … (full text Mission/Vision).

Homepage;
Cassiopedia Project; QFG Bookstore;
Address: QFG’s Corporate Offices are located in Tarn-et-Garonne, France. Mail forwarding agent: QFG, P.O. Box 4322, Boulder, CO 80306, USA;
Contact.

History: Quantum Future Group Early History and Independent Auditor’s Report.  Continuer la lecture de « Quantum Future Group QFG »

• Démocratie, paix, coopération, droits humains… Quand les mots en viennent à perdre leur sens, la liberté en est affectée.
• Dans le rythme étourdissant de nos vies et de l’actualité, le risque est grand pour que la compassion se dissolve dans le fatalisme, la lassitude et l’oubli.
• Avoir la volonté d’agir pour bâtir un monde meilleur exige des efforts constants, une aptitude particulière pour la remise en cause des idées établies, une bonne dose de résolution et de l’ingéniosité … (texte entier Objectif).

Accueil;
Artisans; Partenaires; Activités; Guide; Recherche;
Nous joindre (online): contact pédagogique; contact technique.

A propos: … Ces pays sont souvent caractérisés par la souffrance, la douleur, le désespoir et l’injustice qu’on y rencontre. Ce sont là quelques réalités parmi bien d’autres tout aussi tragiques.  Continuer la lecture de « Monde en Tête – réflechir, ressentir, agir »

in many languages – Update: This page seems to be continually updated: Egypt Protests 2011.

• Global Voices is a community of more than 300 bloggers and translators around the world who work together to bring you reports from blogs and citizen media everywhere, with emphasis on voices that are not ordinarily heard in international mainstream media.
• Global Voices seeks to aggregate, curate, and amplify the global conversation online – shining light on places and people other media often ignore. We work to develop tools, institutions and relationships that will help all voices, everywhere, to be heard … (about 1/2).

english Homepage;
Projects; Subscribe; Press; Media Archive; Volunteer authors; Get involved; Calendar; FAQs; Donate;
Address: Stichting Global Voices, Atrium, Strawinskylaan 3105, Amsterdam ZX 1077, The Netherlands;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Millions of people are blogging, podcasting, and uploading photos, videos, and information across the globe, but unless you know where to look, it can be difficult to find respected and credible voices.  Continuer la lecture de « Global Voices online.org »

The Foundation To Encourage The Potential Of Disabled Persons is a legally registered, private Thai Foundation originally set up in 1993 in the city of Chiang Mai (northern Thailand) by Sunan and Don Willcox. The Foundation is dedicated to empowering disabled men and women and providing them with professional skills, as well as with health, employment, and dignity. The Foundation has no hidden religious or political agenda … (full text who we are).

Homepage;
Projects; Disabled Visitors; Wheelchais Workshop; Photo Galleries; Volunteers; Newsletter; Links;
Address: The Foundation to Encourage the Potential of Disabled Persons, 158/11 Moo Baan Chiang Mai View Mai, Moo 6, Tambol Mae Kue, Doi Sakhet, Chiang Mai 52200, THAILAND;
Contact.

Homepage 2/2: … The Foundation’s many projects include the Chiang Mai Disabled Center;   Continuer la lecture de « Foundation To Encourage The Potential Of Disabled Persons »

• Social Workers Without Borders SW2B is a Non Governmental Organization. We seek to simultaneously address and resolve social issues at every level of society and economic status, but especially among the poor and sick.
• We are concerned with social problems, their causes, their solutions and their human impacts … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
What; Projects; Location; Method; Mission; Volunteers;
Contact.

About 2/2: … SW2B was created by a seasoned international social worker who has traveled extensively around the world doing social work connecting people and nations breaking all barriers in order to create a social world without borders. Cliff Nzombato who is based in Halifax Canada from where he coordinates the affairs of the organization.  Continuer la lecture de « Social Workers Without Borders SW2B »