Mois : août 2007

Linked with Cristina Guseth – Romania.

Freedom House, a non-profit, nonpartisan organization, is a clear voice for democracy and freedom around the world. Through a vast array of international programs and publications, Freedom House is working to advance the remarkable worldwide expansion of political and economic freedom.

Advocacy;
action;
analysis;
newsroom;
get involved;
Special reports;
contact.

About: Throughout its history, Freedom House has opposed tyranny around the world, including dictatorships in Latin America, apartheid in South Africa, Soviet domination of Central and Eastern Europe, and religiously-based totalitarian regimes such as those governing Sudan, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Continuer la lecture de « Freedom House »

on the World Bank Group in India

Linked with Harsh Dobhal – India.

The World Bank Tribunal, the first of its kind in India, is an opportunity for concerned groups and individuals to present research and evidence that objectively examines the impact that the World Bank’s policies and projects. It will serve as a forum to hear the concerns of communities that have been directly effected by Bank funded projects and to envision alternate models of development that will better meet the needs of India’s poor. Panelists include three retired Supreme and High Court Indian Judges, prominent academics and activists such as Eric Toussaint and Arundhati Roy, ex Indian Prime Minister V.P. Singh, and the spiritual leader Sivak Suvaraska.

The World Bank Group WBG in India;
What you can do;
Who is involved;
Worldbanktribunal: Subscribelists;
Tribunal downloads: Conceptnote in english, and Conceptnote in hindi;
Press Release;
Contact by the Web.

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Linked with Harsh Dobhal – India.

Journal of Sustainable Development Southern Initiatives (ISSN 0973-5380) is a quarterly published by us.

Surely we live in times of great upheavals. Our mindless exploitation of the earth’s limited resources have damaged the environment and brought unbearable stress on ecosystems and human lives. Sustainabilty and sustainable development is the only universally acknowledged way to reduce these stresses and disparities that are a threat to our common future.

News;
journal;
Sustainable Development;
Economics;
Rural Development;
Urban Poverty;
Forums;
Southern Initiatives in pictures;
Diaries;
Read: DIARIES 2000 – 2007 (a 45 pages pdf text);
Contact: Phone +91-9830237135, E-Mail.

MISSION: Established in the year 2000, Southern Initiatives is a registered non-profit civil-society group with a mission to empower the common wo/man through coordinated research-based advocacy, nurturing of peoples movements on issues, networking and direct action.

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Linked with Alina Radu – Moldavia, with ,
The International Association of Women in Radio and Television IAWRT,
founded in 1951, is a forum for personal contact and professional development among women broadcasters worldwide. We are a non-governmental organisation (NGO) with consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Comprising women of many nationalities across the broadcast spectrum, we arrange international conferences with workshops, screenings, lectures, training and professional networking.

Training;
Conferences;
Archives;
Photo Gallery;
Contact.

About:

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(Good for Muslims & Good for the World)

Linked with Mike Ghouse – USA.

The World Muslim Congress (Motamar Al- Alam Al-Islami), which enjoys Consultative Status with the UN in New York through the ECOSOC and UNICEF and observe Status with the Jeddah-based Organisation of the Ialamic Conference (OIC), was founded in an assemblage of eminent leaders from the World of Islam held in Makkah in 1926.

History;
Events (from 1926 – 1999);
Branches;
Links;
The Muslim World;
Contacts.

… The Motamar’s 1951 Conference held in Karachi saw the seeding of many ideas of cooperation among the Muslim countries and people, which in the years that followed became realities.

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