Mois : septembre 2008

Focuss.Info – a collaborative research tool for global development cooperation

The Focuss.Info Initiative is a collaborative platform for the creation and sharing of knowledge of valuable electronic resources in the field of global development cooperation. Focuss.Info improves the creation and sharing of global development knowledge in general and global development research specifically. This is being realized through three phases: … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Focuss.Info search engine indexes;
Who is Focuss (partners form a to Z);
Discussions;
Funding;
Contact: skype = focuss.info, e-mail.

About 2/2 – Three phases:

• 1) Storing hand-picked favorite Internet resources in social bookmark accounts (more … );
• 2 Sharing the hand-picked favorite Internet resources through a search engine (more … );
• 3 Creating a platform that improves knowledge creation and sharing (more … ).

Steps you need to take:

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The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) was established in Geneva in September 1996 to contribute to a better understanding of development and environment concerns in the context of international trade. As an independent non-profit and non-governmental organisation, ICTSD engages a broad range of actors in ongoing dialogue about trade and sustainable development. With a wide network of governmental, non-governmental and inter-governmental partners, ICTSD plays a unique systemic role as a provider of original, non-partisan reporting and facilitation services at the intersection of international trade and sustainable development … (about 1/2).

Homepage and latest news;
News and Analysis;
Programmes and Issues;
Dispute Settlement and Understanding Programme;
Economic Partnership Agreements EPAs;
Services;
Staff Team;
Work with us;
Address: International Environment House 2, Chemin de Balexert 7, 1219 Châtelaine, Geneva, Switzerland;
Contact.

About 2/2:
ICTSD facilitates interaction between policy-makers and those outside the system to help trade policy become more supportive of sustainable development. By helping parties increase capacity and become better informed about each other, ICTSD builds bridges between groups with seemingly disparate agendas. It seeks to enable these actors to discover the many places where their interests and priorities coincide, for ultimately sustainable development is their common objective.

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Japanese Home

Linked with Fumihiko Sueki – Japan.

Public Visitation Day: In order to introduce Nichibunken’s activities to the citizens of Kyoto, on Public Visitation Day a lecture as well as a look into Nichibunken’s research projects and facilities is provided for the public. Date and Time: October 30th, 2008 (Thursday, 10:00 – 16:30) … (full text).

Homepage in english,
SITEMAP;
Outreach Programs and Events;
Library;
Nichibunken Databases;
History;
Employment and Study /and Call for Applications;
Research Activities;
Scholarships/Fellowships: Domestics;
Overseas;
Links (and links in japanese);
Address: International Research Center for Japanese Studies, 3-2 Oeyama-cho, Goryo, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 610-1192, Japan;
Contact.

About Research Cooperation:

• The International Research Center for Japanese Studies was established both to promote research as well as to provide research cooperation and assistance. Continuer la lecture de « The International Research Center for Japanese Studies »

a project of the center for media and democracy

SourceWatch is a collaborative project of the Center for Media and Democracy to produce a directory of the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda. A primary purpose of SourceWatch is documenting the PR and propaganda activities of public relations firms and public relations professionals engaged in managing and manipulating public perception, opinion and policy. SourceWatch also includes profiles on think tanks, industry-funded organizations and industry-friendly experts that work to influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of corporations, governments and special interests. Over time, SourceWatch has broadened to include others involved in public debates including media outlets, journalists, government agencies, activists and nongovernmental organizations. Unlike some other wikis, SourceWatch has a policy of strict referencing, and is overseen by a paid editor. SourceWatch has 39,159 articles. (Homepage).

The Community Portal;
History;
Discussion;
(US)-CongressPedia;
All topics;
FAQ;
How to edit a page;
Quick Guide to editing;
Weekly free newsletter;
Donate;
GNU Free Documentation License;
Disclaimers.

About:

• SourceWatch is a free encyclopedia of people, issues, and groups shaping the public agenda that is being written collaboratively on this web site. It catalogues descriptions and details of PR firms, activist groups and government agencies as well as the criticisms that are made of these groups from different perspectives. (More …)
• You may not agree with all of the criticisms, and if you think something that appears here is unfair, you can fix it! The site is a Wiki, meaning that anyone, including you, can edit any article right now by clicking on the edit this page link that appears in every article in SourceWatch. As more and more people edit the articles, they improve in quality all the time. (More …)
• All of our articles are covered by the GNU Free Documentation License, to ensure that they can remain freely available forever. (More…)

… (full text about).

Next event this weekend, September 27-29, 2008:

• September 27th; 7:30pm: Turning A Corner, Landmark’s E Street Cinema, 555 11th Street NW, Washington, DC: Turning A Corner will be screening as part of the Urban Film Series: 2007 Black Docs program. For more information please visit www.urbanfilmseries.com. It will be presented by Illinois Representative, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL);
• September 28th; 11:00am: Doin’ It: Sex, Disability and Videotape;
• September 29th; 10:30am: Why They Gotta Do Me Like That? The Empowered Fe Fes Take on Bullying, National Museum of Women in the Artsn’s Film & Media Arts at the National Museum of Women in the Arts’ 20th Anniversary celebration;
• For more information go to NMWA National Museum of Women in the Arts.

About 1/2:

• Beyondmedia Education’s mission is to collaborate with under-served and under-represented women, youth and communities to tell their stories, connect their stories to the world around us, and organize for social justice through the creation and distribution of media arts.
• Our Vision: Beyondmedia Education envisions a compassionate and just society where universal access to media tools and information equip women and youth to document and communicate their stories, serve as educators and role models for others, influence public policy, and generate social transformation … (about 1/2).

Homepage and links;
See this video, 4.43 min;
Programs;
Events;
Catalogue;
Press and Recognition;
Staff Bios;
Help out;
Donors /Partners;
Address: Beyondmedia Education, 4001 N. Ravenswood #204 C, Chicago, IL 60613, USA;
Contact /Get in touch: mail online, tel: 773-857-7300, fax: 773-857-7301, e-mail.

About 2/2 /Ideals: Beyondmedia…
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Linked with Fumihiko Sueki – Japan.

The International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) is a worldwide body of national and regional associations for the academic study of religion, and is a member of the Conseil International de la Philosophie et des Sciences Humaines/ The International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (CIPSH) under the auspices of UNESCO. The IAHR was founded in 1950 on the occasion of the 7th international congress of the history of religions in Amsterdam. During the last World Congress in Tokyo, Japan, 2005, the IAHR grew to 37 national and 5 regional associations, reflecting the international and global diversity of the association … (What is the IAHR 1/2).

Homepage;
XXth IAHR Quinquennial World Congress (with its general Informations and the contact-link),  August 15-21, 2010, Toronto, Canada;
Member Associations;
IAHR presented on the UNESCO website (fr and en);
Publications;
IAHR Executive Committee Members 2005-2010;
Membership;
Honorary Life Members of the IAHR;
Women Scholars Network;
Constitution and by-laws;
From the Desk of the General Secretary;
IAHR e-Bulletin Supplement (March 2008);
Other News and Announcements;
Newsletter: General Secretary (see below).
Contact: All enquiries or communications concerning the IAHR should be addressed to the General Secretary, Professor Tim Jensen or the Deputy General Secretary, Professor Ingvild Sælid Gilhus.

What is the IAHR 2/2: … The IAHR is composed of a General Assembly, an International Committee, and an Executive Committee.

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Linked with Nani Zulminarni – Indonesia, and with A JOURNEY TO THE WORLD WITHOUT HUSBAND.

Program Pemberdayaan Perempuan Kepala Keluarga It is a reality that not less than 6 million households in Indonesia are headed by women-due to the death of their husband either natural or killed in the armed conflict, divorced, abandoned, permanent illness of the husband, and single status. More than a half of these households are among « the poorest of the poor ». The social cultural value tends to marginalize the women headed families and a major part of the development program has failed to reach this group. The majority of them are between 20 to 60 years old, illiterate and have never been to even an elementary school. They have 1-6 dependent, working as are farm laborers and in the informal sector with average income less than US$1 per day. Some of them have traumatic experience on domestic and state violence … (full text Homepage in english 1/2).

Homepage in Indonesian;
PEKKA in the news;
Stories from the field;
Organisation;
Annual reports;
Video Gallery;
Address: National Secretariat of PEKKA: Jl. Lapangan 1, Kompleks Duren Sawit Asri, Kav 1 No. 2A, Duren Sawit, Jakarta 13440, Indonesia;
Contact.

About Us: PEKKA was originally developed in the year 2000, from the initial idea of the National Commission on Violence Againts Women (KOMNAS PEREMPUAN), to document the life of the widows in the conflict region, and the intention of the Kecamatan Development Program (PPK) to respond to the request of the widows who are the victims of the conflict in Aceh, to get access to the resources, in order to overcome their economic problems and trauma.

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(in 8 languages)

Linked with United Nations Multimedia Services on Berhane’s Development Blog.

UNTV’s series of 12 x 26′ news-magazine programmes puts a spotlight on the world’s most underreported stories. Each episode features 2-3 character-driven, human interest stories that reflect some of the most important issues affecting the world, and our lives today. Our cameras offer unique and often unparalleled access to people and places and stay to bring you the stories as they unfold over time, long after other news outlets leave. From the child labour situation in Tanzania to the woman’s struggle in Afghanistan, from the poverty streets in Somalia to the frontline of the guerilla war in Colombia, this series brings home the stories viewers care about, but rarely see. Presented as a fully-packaged programme, and also available by feature segment (approximately 8′ each), 21st Century incorporates narrative storytelling with balanced, accurate reporting and is adaptable to local languages. Currently fifty international broadcasters air the magazine monthly, including BBC World and RTVE. (21st Century TV series).

Homepage;
UN news centre;
audiovisual news;
UN radio news;
Audio Library;
UNiFEED;
Film and Video Archives;
UN in action;
Contact: UNphoto, UNTV and UN Video, and UN radio.

About:

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Welcome to the Global Sisterhood Network via a domain which is a natural outgrowth of our many projects over the past decade

Founded in 1996, the Global Sisterhood Network largely consists of feminists from around the world who work hand-in-hand, irrespective of class, colour or creed, in a collaborative effort to create improved lives for women. GSN operates at several levels, but in the main as an information resource centre via the monitoring of media and institutional reports which seek emerging developments in agriculture, economics, employment, environment, health, law, militarism, politics, technology, trade and science, and which either directly and indirectly impact on the realities of women’s lives. To meet this goal, GSN’s electronic list places considerable emphasis on issues have which attracted sparse attention and/or analysis from a feminist perspective … (Welcome 1/2).

Homepage and latest news-links;
Events;
New resources for feminists;
Sound and Vision;
News;
Archived News;
GSN Newsgroup;
GSN Live Feed;
GSN History;
Contact: Lynette Dumble, Founder Of Global Sisterhood Network.

Welcome 2/2: … GSN’s electronic list archives consist of in excess of 35,000 messages from a global community of feminists, and are located at yahoo groups.

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The Barbara Lee Family Foundation supports progressive initiatives in two program areas: women in politics and the contemporary art. The Barbara Lee Family Foundation Women in Politics Program Area is dedicated to engaging women fully in the American democratic process and promoting their participation at all levels of government. The Barbara Lee Family Foundation Contemporary Art Program Area is dedicated to supporting the visual contemporary art in Boston and the exhibition and publication of work by contemporary women artists. (Homepage).

Mission Statement;
Grants;
Women in politics;
Arts;
Environment;
Address: 131 Mt. Auburn St. #2, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;
Contact.

About Barbara Lee, Boston/MA: … A former school teacher and social worker, Lee has committed herself to helping women gain and use political power as elected officials, activists, and voters. In her hometown of Boston, she is also known as a devoted advocate for the city’s cultural life, and her leadership is helping the Boston arts community continue to make history. Boston Magazine includes her among “The 100 People Who Run This Town,” and she is listed as one of the 50 most powerful people in Boston (Boston Magazine, May 2008). She was also recognized for her grassroots activism by Women’s eNews as one of their “21 Leaders for the 21st Century” … (full text).

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Linked with Nigar Ahmad – Pakistan.

Established in 1986, Aurat Publication and Information Service Foundation is a civil society organisation committed to work for women’s empowerment and citizens’ participation in governance for creating a socially just, democratic and humane society in Pakistan. Over the last 21 years, Aurat Foundation has come to be recognised nationally and internationally as one of the leading institutions for enhancing women’s economic and political status in the country. The Foundation has also emerged as a major support organisation for civil society organisations working for social change at the community level … (full text on the Homepage).

Programmes:
Strategy;
Projects;
Citizens’ Campaign for Women’s Representation, CCWR;
Citizen’s Reports;
Partners;
Publications;
Photo Gallery;
Head Office: 8-B, LDA Garden ViewApts, Lawrence Road, Lahore 54000, Pakistan;
Contact: Head-Office and 5 Regional Offices.

About AF: Aurat Foundation has its Head Office in Lahore, and five regional offices in the federal and the provincial capitals (Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta). Further, AF has a countrywide network of voluntary citizens’ groups and individual activists.

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Building together the World Assembly of Inhabitants (in many languages)

World Zero Evictions Day 2008: We are launching an appeal to organise a World Zero Evictions Days 2008 throughout the month of October 2008 as a concrete follow-up of the Global Campaign;

Homepage;
Sitemap;
News;
Act together, housing for all;
The Urban Way;
Zero Eviction Campaign;
Volunteers;
Education;
Urban Popular University;
Universidad Popular Urbana (by moodle);
Newsletter;
Resources;
no contact link exists, but a login.

Who we are: … is a global network of associations and social movements of inhabitants, cooperatives, communities, tenants, house owners, homeless, slum dwellers, indigenous populations and people from working class neighbourhoods. The objective is the construction of another possible world starting from the achievement of the housing and city rights …

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In the last decade, there has been an almost unstoppable trend towards the recognition of the right to information as a fundamental human right by  intergovernmental organisations and countries around the world … (full text Right to Information).

Homepage;
Events;
News;
Projects;
Issues;
Publications;
Blogs;
Address: No.15, KIADB Industrial Area, Bommasandra – Jigani Link Road, Bangalore – 562 106, India;
Contact: Change in telephone number: (+9180) 27839918/ 19/ 20 / (+918110) 415054, e-mail.

About: Public Affairs Centre PAC is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the cause of improving the quality of governance in India. PAC’s focus in this regard is primarily on areas in which the public can play a proactive role in improving governance. PAC undertakes and supports research on public policy and services, disseminates research findings, facilitates citizen action support for collective action and provides advisory services to state and non-state agencies

The Educator’s Best Friend

In the spring of 1996, the founders of Education World recognized the need for a Web site that would make the Internet easier for educators to use. They wanted to create a home for educators on the Internet, a place where teachers could gather and share ideas. They wanted to create a complete online resource where educators could start each day to find the lesson plans and research materials they were looking for … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Site Guide;
Lesson Planing;
Professional Development;
Technology Integration;
School Issues;
Education World at Home;
Early Childhood Community;
Schoolnotes.com;
Management;
Administrator’s Desk;
world citizenship toolbox, sites for the young citizen (scroll full down to catch the texts);
a big page for FAQs;
Contact.

About 2/2: The result is Education World, the Educator’s Best Friend, a resource that includes:

• a search engine for educational Web sites only, a place where educators can find information without searching the entire Internet;
• original content, including lesson plans, practical information for educators, information on how to integrate technology in the classroom, and articles written by education experts;
• site reviews;
• daily features and columns;
• teacher and principal profiles;
• Wire Side Chats with the important names in education;
• employment listings.

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Canadian NGO dedicated to United Nations’ Goal of Peace Education, Environmental Protection, Human Rights and Disarmament

IAEWP was founded in Alabama in 1967 by Dr. Charles Mercieca, a Maltese philosopher and educator. The international organisation is now represented in over 100 countries, with consultative status at many United Nations agencies and since 1987 is a designated Peace Messenger of the United Nations. IAEWP is headquartered in Huntsville Alabama and publishes the UN News via IAEWP Korea. IAEWP Canada, headquartered in Toronto, also directly operates the Homeplanet Alliance as an international business and commerce infrastructure building organisation … (full text on the homeplanet.org’s homepage).

Homepage IAEWP;
Coming Events IAEWP; Publications IAEWP; Articles IAEWP; Membership IAEWP; Officers IAEWP;
United Nations UN; UN bodies: links in the left column of all pages; homeplanet.org; Summary Report 2006 FNIT; FNIT Indian Treaties; FNIT The First Nations Indigenous Trust; FNIT Films; UNESCO/peace is in our hands;
Addresses IAEWP, Main Office Canada: IAEWP General Secretariat, Homeplanet Alliance, 2 Bloor Street West, Suite 100-209, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4W 3E2, Phone (1) 416-924-4449, Fax: (1) 416-924-4094 / 921-4365
worldwide: go to Chapters, select your continent and your country;
Contact IAEWP: for general info, for Mitchell L. Gold, Executive Director.

Mission IAEWP: Deeply concerned over the non-violent approach through education in its broadest sense, the International Association of Educators for World Peace (IAEWP) urges the creation of a new breed of scientists, philosophers, parents, students, all educators, and especially leaders who are inspired with the vision of restoring world peace.  Continuer la lecture de « International Association of Educators for World Peace IAEWP »