Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF

EFF is a donor-funded nonprofit and depends on your support to continue successfully defending your digital rights. Litigation is particularly expensive; because two-thirds of our budget comes from individual donors, every contribution is critical to helping EFF fight-and win-more cases. (About).

Homepage;
our work;
take action;
Internship and Volunteer Opportunities;
Press Releases;
EFF Legal Victories;
History;
Deeplinks;
Join/Support EWFF;
Contact.

About: From the Internet to the iPod, technologies are transforming our society and empowering us as speakers, citizens, creators, and consumers. When our freedoms in the networked world come under attack, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the first line of defense. EFF broke new ground when it was founded in 1990 — well before the Internet was on most people’s radar — and continues to confront cutting-edge issues defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights today. From the beginning, EFF has championed the public interest in every critical battle affecting digital rights … (full text).

Amnesty International Volunteers

The site Amnesty-volunteer.org is dedicated to providing a forum for sharing resources among active volunteers of Amnesty International. The organizers of this site come from several AI sections. As such, the site does not belong to any single Amnesty section. Our goals are as follows:

  • to build an archive of resources useful for volunteer activists in their Amnesty work;
  • to create an area for Amnesty activists to share ideas, information, and camaraderie;
  • to provide room for volunteer structures that need a home on the Internet.

This site is not an « official » Amnesty site for the public. This is not the place to get or ask general questions about Amnesty International. To do this, see Amnesty International Online for information about Amnesty’s human rights concerns and work … (full text of homepage).

Sitemap;
Index to services;
Become a Member/Volunteer of Amnesty International;
contributor’s page;
Amnesty International Handbook;
Hosted Groups;
apply for access to the website-resources;
contact: to become a volunteer, concerning the volunteer-website, for other questions.

About/Introduction: In recent years, we see a blossoming of websites devoted to publicizing the work of Amnesty and to galvanize the public to take notice of human rights violations around the world.

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OpEdNews OEN

Linked with Stephen Lendman – USA, and with The sorrows of race and gender.

OpEdNews.com is a tough progressive website, supporting values that are really dead center American, like fairness, democracy, justice, protection of our national resources and commons, and preferring to support humans and America before corporations and religions … (About 1/2).

Homepage and links;
News;
Sitemap;
Directory;
Groups Directory;
Member’s Archives;
Article’s Archives;
Easy Read;
Rob Kall’s Blog;
Jokes;
Address: Rob Kall, OpEdNews.Com, 211 N. Sycamore St., Newtown, PA 18940, USA, e-mail;
Contact.

About 2/2: OEN is more than a media or blog site. OEN is an activism and advocacy empowerment site designed to be used, for free by individuals and non-profit groups and organizations.

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US Muslim Women Resource Center MWRC

… We are proud to be the only Muslim Women Organization in the state of Illinois.  Since its foundation in 2001, our goal, at MWRC, has been to facilitate between the needs and expectations of the Immigrant & Refugee Muslim Women and the enormous resources provided for them by Governmental, non-governmental, Foundations and our volunteer donors.  Although our organization is originally designed to serve Muslim women and their families, we are bound by our conviction to serve all immigrants and refugees from all walks of life regardless of gender, faith, race, ethnicity or age.   We strive to help integrate Muslim Women Immigrant population into the mainstream American society by providing them with appropriate skill-sets to enter and lead a productive life in their new home, United States of America … (Homepage).

Our Programms;
Volunteers;
Funding Sources;
Address: 6349 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60659, USA;
Contact by mail.

About: Muslim Women Resource Center’s mission is to assist immigrant and refugee Muslim women overcome cultural and language barriers, and prepare them with appropriate occupational skills to become self sufficient and ready to enter the job market/mission.

International Women's Media Foundation IWMF

Linked with Sandra Nyaira – Zimbabwe, and with New Media: How to Do More With Less.

The IWMF’s mission is to strengthen the role of women in the news media around the world, based on the belief that no press is truly free unless women share an equal voice. (About 1/2).

Homepage and features;
Sitemap;
Past Features;
Online training;
Tips and Guides;
training resources;
Maisha Yetu: Media Campaign for Our Lives;
IWMF Directory;
Careers: Manager, Networking and Membership;
The 2006-2007 annual report, published March 2008;
Newsletter: down of the left column on any page;
Address: International Women’s Media Foundation, 1625 K Street NW, Suite 1275, Washington, DC 20006, USA, Phone: 202/496-1992, Fax: 202/496-1977, e-mail.
Contact.

About 2/2: Raising Awareness: Since its launch in 1990, the IWMF has increased the level and depth of debate about women’s roles in the media. IWMF studies and reports explore the obstacles women journalists face when trying to advance in their careers.

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