Mois : novembre 2009

Linked on our blogs with Planned Parenthood of NYC Action Fund, and with PPNYC Panel With Three Feminists.

Young women are rarely given the opportunity to speak on their own behalf on issues that affect their lives and futures. Feministing provides a platform for us to comment, analyze, influence and connect … (about 1/2).

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Community; Get involved; Support /(PAyPal); FAQs; Links:
Contact.

About 2/2 /Comments Policy; … We view Feministing as a platform for not only discussion among feminists and allies, but for reaching (open, not hateful) people who may not agree with every word we write. Comment threads are a big part of what facilitates this dialogue.  Continuer la lecture de « Community Feministing.com »

Linked with PPNYC Panel With Three Feminists and with Community Feministing.com.

• Get more in-depth information about current reproductive health and rights issues and see where Planned Parenthood stands.
• Planned Parenthood, the world’s oldest and largest not-for-profit reproductive health care organization, is dedicated to the principle that every individual has a fundamental right to decide when and whether to become a parent … (full long text The Issue).

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Information; Guide; Get involved;Donation; Press Room; Press Archives;Address: Planned Parenthood of New York City Action Fund, 26 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012, USA;
Contact.

About:
The Planned Parenthood of New York City Action Fund (Action Fund) is a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization formed as the political arm of Planned Parenthood of New York City. The Action Fund engages in legislative education and electoral activity, including voter education campaigns, grassroots organizing, issue advocacy, candidate forums, get-out-the-vote activities, voter registration, and earned and paid media campaigns.  Continuer la lecture de « Planned Parenthood of NYC Action Fund »

also in french and german

• SWISSAID is involved in development policy making and implementation in Switzerland and southern hemisphere countries. We are convinced that the living conditions of the world’s poorest people will not be improved by projects alone, but also through economic and political dialogue. Therefore, we also strive to achieve equality for women and men and self-determination for farmers around the world, and to ensure that revenue from oil production benefits the poor. (we get involved).

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Mission; How we work; Projects; Donate, help; Site details; Site in Colombia;
Address: Main SWISSAID office, Lorystrasse 6a, 3000 Berne 5, Switzerland;
Contact.

About: One of Switzerland’s leading aid organisations, SWISSAID was founded in 1948. We are involved in cooperative development projects in nine countries, try to influence policy-making on development in Switzerland, and inform people about the causes of poverty and underdevelopment. We have 84 staff worldwide, 29 of whom work in Switzerland.   Continuer la lecture de « Swissaid »

• The purpose of the Institute for Food and Development Policy – Food First – is to eliminate the injustices that cause hunger. (Mission).
• The Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First shapes how people think by analyzing the root causes of global hunger, poverty, and ecological degradation and developing solutions in partnership with movements working for social change. (Front Page and links).

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What; Who; Publications; Annual report; Press; Blog;
Get involved: Volunteer,  Action alerts, Calendar, Support;
Address: Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy, 398 60th Street, Oakland, CA 94618, USA;
Contact. Tel: (510) 654-4400; Fax: (510) 654-4551; e-mail.

About /History: The following is an overview of the trajectory of Food First’s work during the last three decades. Before the Beginning: Food First is rooted in the early experiences and sensibilities of its founders. Joseph Collins, beginning in his teens, saw poverty and hunger first hand as he traveled around the Third World with the Catholic Maryknoll Brothers and Fathers. Continuer la lecture de « Food First – Institute for Food and Development Policy »

also in french and in german

CAUX-Initiatives of Change is an indepen-dent officially recognized Swiss foundation. It works to promote peace, prevent conflicts, build trust and encourage intercultural dialogue … (about 1/2: /in the left column of the Homepage).

Welcome page; english Homepage;
News; Events; Conferences 2009; Centre; Foundation; Network; Links;
Addresses (1 of 4): Caux Initiatives of Change, Geneva offices, 1, rue de Varembé, P.O. Box 3, CH–1211 Genève 20, Switzerland;
Contacts.

About 2/2: (in the left column of the Homepage): … CAUX-Initiatives of Change is a member of Initiatives of Change International, an NGO in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations.

About the Swiss Minarett-Initiative (on Homepage): The sky above Switzerland is wide enough. CAUX-Initiatives of Change is against the initiative that wants to ban the construction of minarets in Switzerland. In November, there will be a vote in Switzerland about an initiative that wants to ban the construction of minarets in Switzerland and therefore is against the religious freedom in Switzerland:   Continuer la lecture de « Caux Initiatives of Change »