Mois : janvier 2009

(in english and in french)

Welcome to AfriKaViva, the cyber House of Africa:

• Come and join us : our dream has come true ! If you believe in a better world, if you want to contribute actively towards it, we expect you as one of the many champions of Africa, the generous continent, yet aware of its wealth, open to the world, yet refusing to drown in it, determined to conquer its own greatness in order to be truly free.
• Africa, the mother of mankind, the cradle of human joy as well as of suffering. The continent which knows the power of creation and the power of word. Hence Afrika Viva – a statement : Africa is alive, and a prayer : Long live Africa!
• Culture has always been the best and ultimate ambassador of values, awareness and hopes. AfriKaViva is a cultural organisation, in a broad sense, without any political or religious ties, determined to stand up for values which benefit today’s changing humanity and to share teachings born from ancient wisdom and gracefully handed down to the planet’s children.
• AfriKaViva represents a commitment, a state of mind. It is also an incentive to take one’s responsibilities, small and big, with a dynamic spirit, in such a way that laughter and love for life will go hand in hand with efficiency and professionalism.
• If you feel ready, if the flame of hope is still burning in your heart, come and join us, whether just as a member of the association or with with projects, ideas and proposals. The team of AfriKaViva looks forward to meet you!

All links have the same URL. Just click on the linkname inside of all pages, as: About us, Vision Goals-Objectives-Means, Support-Partners-Patrons, Homepage, Activities, Accomplishments, Culture, Health and Environment, Front Page, AfriKaViva Services and Rates, Contact.

Click on download for a 55 pdf pages report: Ubuntu, Africa’s gift to the world.

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also in Svenska

• The Independent Living Institute is a policy development center specializing in consumer-driven policies for disabled peoples’ self-determination, self-respect and dignity.
• We run a virtual library and interactive services for persons with extensive disabilities. We are experts in designing and implementing direct payment schemes for personal assistance services, mainstream taxi and assistive technology.
• We are a not-for-profit private foundation run and controlled mainly by persons with disabilities …  (full text Homepage).

Training to employment;
Study and work; Fashion freaks; Radio;
Personal Assistance Network, 18 pdf pages;
full-text virtual library; latest Annual Report;
Links;
Address: Independent Living Institute, Arenavägen 63, 121 77 Stockholm-Johanneshov, Sweden;
Contact: by e-mail, the Website.

About /Mission: The Independent Living Institute (ILI) is a policy development center specializing in consumer-driven policies for disabled peoples’ freedom of choice, self-determination, self-respect and dignity. Our ultimate goal is to promote disabled people’s personal and political power. Towards this end we provide information, training materials and develop solutions for services for persons with extensive disabilities in Sweden and internationally. We are experts in designing and implementing direct payment schemes for personal assistance, mainstream taxi and assistive technology.
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Linked with Mogullamma – India.

ADD’s vision is of a world where all disabled people are able to enjoy their rights, fulfil their responsibilities and obligations and participate as fully as they choose at every level of society.
ADD supports organisations of disabled people in Africa and Asia to influence policy and practice to end social exclusion and poverty … (full text Homepage).

Disablitiy facts;
How we work; How to help;
News; Download our Annual Review (22 pdf pages /2.88 MB);
sign up for the Newsletter; our latest Newsletter;
Address: Action on Disability and Development, Vallis House, 57 Vallis Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 3EG, England;
Contact.

Who we are: Action on Disability and Development is an international development agency, supporting organisations of disabled people as they campaign for their rightful inclusion in society. ADD was established in 1985 in recognition of the fact that disabled people, especially disabled women and children, are among the poorest, most disadvantaged and socially excluded. This is particularly true in developing countries, where they are often excluded from development assistance. Since then we have directly supported over 170,000 disabled people and many more indirectly.

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Réseau euro-méditerranéen des droits de l’Homme (in english, en français, en arabic)

Linked with New EMHRN publication.

• A network of more than 80 human rights organisations, institutions and individuals based in 30 countries in the Euro-Mediterranean region,
• Established in 1997 in response to the Barcelona Declaration and the establishment of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership,
• With a membership adhering to universal human rights principles and convinced of the value of cooperation and dialogue across and within borders (about /who we are).

Homepage;
Sitemap;
News; Publications; Core Network Documents; Newsletter;
Training Materials; Members-map; Comité exécutif; Vacancies;
The Euromed NGO platform; The Europmed Human Rights Foundation;
Links;
Address: EMHRN, Vestergade 16, 2nd floor, DK-1456 Copenhagen K, Denmark;
Contact.

About /working groups: The working groups are created as a part of the EMHRN strategy of addressing specific human rights issues in the Euro-Mediterranean Region.

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Linked with Haya Shalom – Israel.

Mission: The Center for Women’s Global Leadership CWGL develops and facilitates women’s leadership for women’s human rights and social justice worldwide … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Sitemap;
Events; What’s new;
Program Highlights; Take Action; Leadership Development & Women’s Human Rights Education;
Women’s HR resources; United Nations Advocacy;
Publications; Newsletter;
Policy and Advocacy;
Address: Center for Women’s Global Leadership CWGL, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 160 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8555, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2: … History: The Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) was founded as a project of Douglass College in 1989 and is a unit of the Institute for Women’s Leadership (IWL)—a consortium of seven women’s programs at Rutgers University created to study and promote how and why women lead, and to develop programs that prepare women of all ages to lead effectively. The member units of IWL are: the Center for the American Woman and Politics (CAWP), the Center for Women and Work, the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL), Douglass Residential College, the Institute for Research on Women (IRW), the Institute for Women and Art (IWA), and the Women’s and Gender Studies Department.

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Linked with IDP Internal Displaced People of July 20th, 2005, leading directly to the Global IDP project, Geneva (our today’s iDMC), with Vacancy: Training/Legal Officer; and with Kashmir and its PANDITS.

What we do: The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), established in 1998 by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), is the leading international body monitoring conflict-induced internal displacement worldwide. Through its work, the Centre contributes to improving national and international capacities to protect and assist the millions of people around the globe who have been displaced within their own country as a result of conflicts or human rights violations … (about /what we do 1/2).

Homepage;
Countries; News;
Training and Protection;
Monitoring and Advocacy;
Thematic; Resources; Links;
Address: IDMC, Chemin de Balexert, 7-9, 1219 Chatelaine, Geneva, Switzerland;
Contact.

About /What we do 2/2:
… At the request of the United Nations, the Geneva-based IDMC runs an online database providing comprehensive information and analysis on internal displacement in some 50 countries. Based on its monitoring and data collection activities, the Centre advocates for durable solutions to the plight of the internally displaced in line with international standards. The IDMC also carries out training activities to enhance the capacity of local actors to respond to the needs of internally displaced people (IDPs). In its work, the Centre cooperates with and provides support to local and national civil society initiatives.

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Linked with Salma Khadra Jayyusi – Palestine.

Our Aims: In co-operation with the Arab Educational Institute-Open Windows in Bethlehem, Palestine-Family.net aims to preserve and reflect the rich heritage of a wonderful region. Members of the community are invited to submit their family collections or local archives of Palestinian stories, photographs, recipes, maps, oral histories, biographies, historical documents, songs and poems, home remedies etc. to the site … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Your personal page;
Community resources; Archive /Research;
Associations; Partners;
Audio; Photography, local; Photography diaspora;
Newsletter; Newsletter Archive;
Links;
Address: Arab Educational Institute (AEI)-Open Windows (Affilliated to Pax Christi International), Toine van Teeffelen, Milk Grotto Street, #96, Behind the Nativity Church (Orthodox Society Building), P.O.Box: 681, Bethlehem, Palestine;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Uploading directly to the site is easy, but if you wish you can also send your collections to us by email or post and we will submit them for you. Thus we can help make available valuable and interesting material for current and future generations, and inspire young Palestinians to learn more about their fascinating heritage.

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in arabic and in english (the Music is by Samir Jubran)

Linked with Salma Khadra Jayyusi – Palestine;

The Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre Foundation is a non- governmental, non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of arts and culture in Palestine. The Sakakini Centre was founded in 1996, and is located in Ramallah in a restored traditional mansion. The Sakakini works in three areas: The visual arts, Palestinian identity & narrative, and holding regular public activities such as: Art exhibits, concerts, literary events, film screenings, children’s activities, & lectures. Our goals & areas of work are: … (full text, on welcome page).

english Homepage).
Monthly events: in the left column of the homepage; (More) projects and events;
Visual arts; Window to arts and cultures in Palestine;
Literature; Bibliography (in many languages);
Links;
Feedback.

About /General Information: … KSCC was established in May 1996 as a branch of the Palestinian Ministry of Culture but functioned with programmatic independence; nonetheless, in 1997, it was decided to transform the status of the centre to a non-governmental institution (NGO) to allow it to achieve its mission and goals fully. As a result, KSCC was registered in the Ministry of Interior in May 1998 and obtained a tax-exempt status granted to non-profit organizations from the Palestinian Ministry of Finance; and in August 1998 KSCC signed an agreement with the Ministry of Culture, whereby the Sakakini’s building remains the property of the Ministry, while it is used rent-free by KSCC.

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(with the Arcobaleno – Rainbow Theatre)

Linked with Angelica Edna Calo` Livne – Israel and Italy, and with Israeli theater group encourages Arab and Jewish youngsters to take off their masks.

The Beresheet LaShalom Foundation is dedicated to the creation and perseverance of dialogue of children across diverse groups. The object of this dialogue is to educate and imbibe a positive spirit in confronting the difficult problems they face. The youth from these seemingly opposed cultures can unite around the positive interactions of theatre and can put the horrors they have faced into a perspective that does not foster that same hatred. The foundation seeks to create a generation which will approach other cultures with greater compassion and more understanding … (full text Homepage).

The Arcobaleno – Rainbow Theatre;
Workshops; Summer Children’s Activities; Special Activities;
the Founders; Foundation Needs; Contribute;
Links:
Address: THE BERESHEET LA’SHALOM FOUNDATION, KIBBUTZ SASA, UPPER GALILEE, 13870 ISRAEL;
Contact.

Radio Program by our Theatre: The All for Peace Radio Station, that broadcasts simultaneously from Jerusalem and Ramallah, having heard of our work for peace and dialogue, invited us to experiment and produce a short pilot of an hour’s broadcast from young people to young people.

For the young actors of the Rainbow – Arcobaleno Theatre it was a whole new challenge, because now they had to express themselves in words instead of the body language which characterizes their performances of dance – theatre.

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also in french and in arabic

Linked with Zahira Kamal – Palestine.

The mission of the Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP) is to advance communication and cooperation among and between the women of the world in order to protect human rights, facilitate sustainable development, and promote peace. WLP links those with access to resources, knowledge, and technologies to those without, and augments the voices and visions of the world’s resource-poor majority. WLP believes that dialogue across boundaries of culture, class, gender, generation, and nation is essential for achieving socially equitable and environmentally sound development. To secure a healthy, safe, and democratic environment for all, WLP works to advance gender equity, involve men and boys in promoting gender parity, and facilitate the exchange of grassroots strategies within and across different cultures. By instituting a viable knowledge and learning framework, WLP’s programs provide women and girls of the Global South with the technical knowledge and practical skills needed to participate in the global dialogue about rights, development, and peace … (Mission).

English homepage;
Sitemap;
Partners (in many countries); Resources;
Programs; Advocay and networking;
News and events;
Donate now;
Address: Women’s Learning Partnership WLP, 4343 Montgomery Avenue, Suite 201, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2: Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP) is dedicated to women’s leadership and empowerment. At its essence, WLP is a builder of networks, working with 18 autonomous and independent partner organizations in the Global South, particularly in Muslim-majority societies, to empower women to transform their families, communities, and societies.

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Linked with Bapsi Sidhwa – Pakistan (-India-USA).

The 3rd North American Zoroastrian Conference was held in October of 1979, with the first day’s session at the Darbe Mehr and the second day at the Carnegie Center in New York city … Because of Professor Irani’s connections into the academic world, ZAGNY has over the years been able to organize excellent seminars on various aspects of Zoroastrianism and religious thought. On average, at least one such conference or seminar has taken place each year. ZAGNY also sponsored or co-sponsored the first two International Gatha conferences in Great Britain and Los Angeles and the Yasht conference last year. The taped proceedings or manuscripts of many of these conferences and seminars are in the archives of ZAGNY … (full text history /activities).

Homepage;
Sitemap;
Community; Related Organisations;
Documents; Newsletter;
Membership; Board Members;
Links;
Address: Arbab Rustam Guiv Darbe-Mehr, Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York (ZAGNY), 106 Pomona Road, Suffern, NY 10901, USA;
Contact.

History of ZAGNY (a short excerpt): … The 3000th Anniversary of the Zoroastrian Culture and Persian Parade – On November 15, 2003 ZAGNY and IZA celebrated the UNESCO-associated 3000th Anniversary of Zoroastrian Culture , featuring presentations:

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in english, in hebrew, and in arabic

The Coalition of Women for Peace brings together independent women and 10 feminist peace organizations who work relentlessly for peace and justice. Founded in November 2000, after the outbreak of the Second Intifada, the Coalition today is a leading voice in the peace movement … (about /general info 1/2).

english Homepage;
member organizations; activities;
articles; photo galleries;
join; donations;
links;
contact.

about, who we are, general info 2/2: … In addition to supporting the work of its member organizations, the Coalition carries out its own activities – mass rallies, campaigns and educational activity. It runs outreach and advocacy programs within Israeli society, and activities which involve solidarity and cooperation with Palestinian women in the occupied territories.

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Linked with Hanan Ashrawi – Palestine, with Hanan Ashrawi and the Price of Dissent,  with Israel and Palestine in these times, with Israel and Palestine on my blogs.

The General Union of Palestinian Women GUPW was established in 1965 as a body within the Palestinian Liberation Organization and according is considered to be the official representative body for Palestinian women around the world . It is also the umbrella for all women’s organizations in Palestine and in exile … (full text About/Mission Statement).

Homepage;
Strategic Objectives; Union Structure; Activities: Conferences;
Related Documents: The National Strategy for the Advancement of Palestinian Women;
Photo Album; Links; Arabic written section;
Addresses: Gaza: Al Rimal – Al Shohada Street; Ramallah: Al Bireh-Al Sharafa, by Al Razi Optical Hospital;
Contact.

Main Goals:

• 1- Mobilization of Palestinian Women in the struggle of their people for liberation from Israeli occupation, attainment of self-determination and the right of return as well as the establishment of the independent state on their national soil with Jerusalem as its capital.
• 2- Raising women’s political awareness and participation in the decision making process, whether in the Unions, National Organizations or Political Parties. Reviewing policies, laws, legislation and decisions to ensure that they are non-discriminatory against men and that they adopt principles of equality and providing equal opportunities between men and women.
• 4- Integration of women in the labor force and other economic activities.
• 5- Raising the cultural and health standards of Palestinian women through organizing programs for fundamental education of illiteracy.

Link: Find them also on wikipedia.

also in german

Linked with Heide Göttner-Abendroth – Germany, with Hannelore Vonier – Germany and USA, and with The International Academy Hagia.

This website was first published in 2000, right after the launch of the German sister site www.matriarchat.net by web designer and editor Hannelore Vonier, an artist, writer, matriarchy specialist and peace worker from Germany, now retired and living in Florida with her husband. Hannelore is convinced, that if you knew about the origin culture of humankind (called matriarchal culture by todays scientists – see definition of matriarchy), you will be able to improve your happiness and sense of being … (about 1/2).

Homepage and link to E-course Matriarchy;
Sitemap;
Basics you should know;
Resources … as Matriarchal studies;
FAQ;
Free knowledge base about matriarchal indigenous societies: Description of Matriarchy, and the Term Matriarchy;
Flash-Movies;
Web-Links;
Contact.

About 2/2: … The matter of this webpage is providing material about cultures who live in peace, without violence, war, jealousy or fears – and especially no battle of sexes or conflicts between generations. Societies in balance who enjoy every moment of their life, filled with love, joy and spirituality.

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also in german

Heide Göttner-Abendroth – Germany.

The International Academy HAGIA was founded in 1986. It is dedicated to the exploration of the long history of matriarchal societies and cultures. Historically, matriarchal cultures have existed worldwide and continue to exist today in certain societies. It is only recently that research in matriarchy has become an international field of exploration, one that includes all of the socio-cultural sciences; for the first time, this research has been situated within a scientific framework … (full text about 1/2).

Homepage in english:
Matriarchal Society: Definition and Theory (published in The Gift, A Feminist Analysis Athanor book, Meltemi editore, Roma 2004); same downloadable as an 8 page pdf-text;
Program /study courses;
Declaration on Matriarchal Politics: download the declaration;
Books;
Address: International Academy HAGIA, Weghof 2, D-945577 Winzer /Germany;
Contact (on the Homepage).

About 2/2: … In terms of social and cultural structures, matriarchy research opens up a fundamentally different perspective than that offered by the societies many of us are living in. It makes us aware of the patterns in our own patriarchal societies and personal lifestyles; these can then be understood, confronted and changed. New ways of thinking and experience become possible, and visions that shed light on the still-hidden paths to the future can develop. The study of matriarchy can touch the person as a whole, and above all, it is meant to change society as a whole.

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