Mois : février 2008

Promoting Alternative Security, Specialist branch of the Aotearoa New Zealand Peace Foundation

Linked with Pauline Tangiora – New Zealand.

Homepage;
people;
books;
papers;
LINKS;
addresses: Peace Foundation Disarmament and Security Centre, PO Box 8390, 35 Rata Street, Riccarton, Christchurch, Aotearoa/New Zealand;
The Peace Foundation Aotearoa of New Zealand, PO Box 4110, 29 Princes Street, Auckland, 1, Aotearoa/New Zealand;
contact.

About /History: Established in 1998, the Disarmament and Security Centre (DSC) is a specialist arm of the Peace Foundation coordinated by Kate Dewes and Rob Green from their Christchurch home. Kate had previously coordinated the Peace Foundation’s South Island office from her home since 1980. In 2002 the DSC became a separately incorporated branch of the Peace Foundation. The broad objective of the DSC is to provide a resource centre for alternative thinking on disarmament and security issues, both within Aotearoa/New Zealand and internationally. Currently the work focusses on promoting the World Court’s 1996 Advisory Opinion on nuclear weapons and its implications; promoting the United Nations Study on Disarmament and Non Proliferation Education; and implementing the Peace City recommendations adopted by the Christchurch City Council in May 2002.

BACKGROUND of the PEACE FOUNDATION: … (full long text).

Sound & Picture ARchives for Research On Women

Linked with Flavia Agnes – India.

SPARROW is:

• A trust set up in 1988 [Register Number E-11958] in Maharashtra to build a national archives for women with print, oral history and pictorial material.
• A live archives reaching out to schools, colleges, women’s groups and other organisations.
• An active agent of conscientisation.
• A forum for discussions.
• An interactive space.
• A daring flight into unexplored areas of experience and expression.
• A commitment.

Projects;
outreach;
publications;
annual reports;
archives;
newsletter;
downloads;
address: Sparrow, B – 32, Jeet Nagar, J. P. Road, Versova, Mumbai – 400 061, India;
contact.

About /Profile: The idea of setting up SPARROW took root in 1988. Before that, those who are now the trustees of SPARROW had met several times and discussed the possibilities of setting up a Women’s Archives with a difference.

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a center for rights discourse and multi disciplinary arts initiatives

Linked with Flavia Agnes – India.

One of the projects – Cinema City Mumbai: Cinema City is an attempt to create an audiovisual dateline of Asian cities with 100 year old cinema histories through multi-disciplinary art and research practices, such as cartography, film and video productions, visual art works, seminars and publications. The aim of this endeavour is to study the City, in particular, the city that is inextricably linked to its ‘cinemascape’. The project will be carried out in two phases. The first phase will culminate into an extensive exhibit on Bombay/Mumbai: The Cinema City. The second phase will be in collaboration with two other cinema cities in Asia-Tehran and Hong Kong. Project dateline: July 2007- January 2009. Project dateline: July 2007- January 2009. Kindly contact us if you are a student, researcher, city/cinema-phile, willing to volunteer time and energy to this project.

Homepage;
people;
majlis and you;
research & academic;
fellowship;
GODAAM, digital image archive;
contact.

About: Majlis means association in Hindustani. The word is commonly used with subtle different connotations in Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Arabic, Persian and many other languages of the continent. Our center is a people’s forum- fluid, flexible, layered, multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural.

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Picked up on Weitzenegger’s Website for International Development Cooperation, and its Newsletter.

The MicroInsurance Focus Resource Center promotes sound practices in insurance provision to low-income persons through the exchange of knowledge and experience.

Microinsurance is an important risk management tool for low-income households, but as a sophisticated financial service, poses many new challenges to the microfinance industry and other stakeholders … (full text).

Homepage and latest news,
resource centers;
microfinance discussion groups;
events;
organizations;
consultants;
library;
jobs;
address: The Microfinance Gateway Manager, CGAP Secretariat/World Bank, 1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington DC 20433, USA;
contact.

About: 1. … The Microfinance Gateway (the Gateway) is the most comprehensive source of information for and about the microfinance industry. It includes research and publications, discussion groups, specialized resource centers, organization and consultant profiles, and the latest news, events, and job opportunities in microfinance. Its guiding vision is to enable microfinance industry participants to generate value, innovate and engage in the free flow of ideas by effectively utilizing the Gateway’s knowledge assets.

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a World Bank Group – in all UN languages

IFC is helping create stock market indices that allow investors to assess the environmental, social, and governance performance of companies based in emerging markets … Home.

Organisation;
IFC disclosure;
Products & Services;
Partners & Stakeholders;
IFC’s annual report;
Contacts.

About: Our Vision is that poor people have the opportunity to escape poverty and to improve their lives. Our values are excellence, commitment, integrity, and teamwork. Our purpose is to:

• Promote open and competitive markets in developing countries;
• Support companies and other private sector partners;
• Generate productive jobs and deliver basic services;
• Create opportunity for people to escape poverty and improve their lives.

Mission: IFC, as the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, shares its mission:

• To fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results;
• To help people help themselves and their environment by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity, and forging partnerships in the public and private sectors.