Catégorie : Civil Society

promoting social entrepreneurship, businesses and ideas – Linked on our blogs with The Word on Women: Why Land Rights Matter.

• SocialEarth is a fresh, entrepreneurial and socially mindful weblog focusing on businesses that are doing good through their work. At SocialEarth, we believe the future of our livelihoods and our world depends on the creation and sustainability of such businesses. Therefore, we seek, promote and support social entrepreneurs, young and old, domestic and international, established and new, who have the audacity to create mindful businesses where profitability is a necessary objective and solving a ‘social ill’ is an imperative. If you know a person or business that is doing good, tell us!
• Stories we cover: … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Entrepreneurship; Green; Education; Microfinance; Tech; CSR; Health; World; Resources; SocialEarth India;
Contact online.

About 2/2 … /News: We cover news stories from green to microfinance, and almost everything in between. If there is an entrepreneur who is a making a genuine difference in the world via their business, we would be happy to do a story on them.  Continuer la lecture de « SocialEarth »

• The Work Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation whose independence, expertise and networks give us a strong platform for engagement.
• We are the leading independent authority on work and its future.
• We aim to improve the quality of working life and the effectiveness of organisations by equipping leaders, policymakers and opinion-formers with evidence, advice, new thinking and networks. (About us).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Research; Media; Business; Events; Book: Do Enterprise Zones Work? Partnership;
Address: The Work Foundation, 21 Palmer Street, London, SW1H 0AD, UK;
Contact online.

How we make a difference: /What we do: The Work Foundation analyses, advises and influences around the areas of economic change, how to create high performing Good Work organisations and to improve the quality of working life.  Continuer la lecture de « Work Foundation »

• The TUC is the voice of Britain at work. With 58 affiliated unions representing 6.2 million working people from all walks of life, we campaign for a fair deal at work and for social justice at home and abroad.
• We negotiate in Europe, and at home build links with political parties, business, local communities and wider society … (full text about the TUC).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Britain’s Unions; Work Rights; Events; e-mail Alerts; Publications; Blog: Touch Stone and its Web Links; Courses;
Address: Trades Union Congress, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3LS, UK;
Contact and Map.

Join an Union: What do trade unions do?  Continuer la lecture de « Trades Union Congress TUC »

One main mission of Mandat International is to inform and orientate the delegates in Geneva for a short stay by cooperating closely with the conferences organization secretariats: … (full text Mission).

Frontpage (leading to en, fr, es, ar); english Homepage; Sitemap;
Main Projects; For Delegates; Internat. Conferences; Docs; Evolution Internat. Arena; Main fields of cooperation; Internship/Volunteering;
Resources/Links: NGO database, World Civil Society Forum, Geneva Portal, Geneva Interenat., Welcome Desk/FAQs;
Address: Mandat International, Chemin William Rappard 31, 1293 Bellevue, SUISSE/Switzerland;
Contact and support.

About the Delegates: Non-Governmental Representatives and Delegates are people who participate in international conferences independently of governments. They can be representatives of non-governmental organizations, research centres, universities, autonomous communities, foundations or professional associations.  Continuer la lecture de « Mandat International »

en français

• Whether you work for a non governmental or international organisation, the Cité de la Solidarité Internationale offers you a warm welcome and makes available high quality services to facilitate your organisation’s development and help you to settle into the Annemasse area and the wider metropolis of Geneva.
• Founded just a few years ago, the Cité de la Solidarité Internationale is developing and becoming increasingly innovative day after day. Discover the latest developments from the Cité de la Solidarité Internationale by subscribing to our newsletter! The entire team of the Cité de la Solidarité Internationale is at your disposal to answer any questions you may have. Feel free to contact us. (english Welcome).

Services; Turnkey Offices; Gatherings; Accessibility; Diary; Press; Newsletter; Gallery; They go with us; Partner websites;
Annemasse Aglo – Address: Cité de la Solidarité Internationale, MED, 5, place de l’Eglise St André, 74100 Annemasse, France;
Contact.

About the concept – an NGO cluster and meeting venue: The Cité de la Solidarité Internationale is a cluster and meeting venue dedicated to NGOs and international solidarity agencies, located in Annemasse, Haute-Savoie (France), just a few kilometres from the United Nations district in Geneva. Continuer la lecture de « Cité de la Solidarité Internationale »

Linked on our blogs with Private Bradley Manning: A victim of the military empire?

« The Rutherford Institute is one of the nation’s premier civil liberties organizations. »— (Nat Hentoff, nationally syndicated columnist)

• « When founding The Rutherford Institute, my goal was to create an organization that would defend people who were persecuted or oppressed without charging them for such services. The Rutherford Institute exists to ensure that people are treated fairly in the courts and are free to express themselves without fear » (John W. Whitehead, President and Founder of The Rutherford Institute) … (about 1/2).
• Watch (again) this video: WikiLeaks editor on Apache combat video: No excuse for US killing civilians, 7.22 min, Uploaded by RussiaToday on Apr 6, 2010.
• watch also: on Target, 4.37 min;
• and: Julian Assange: Private Bradley Manning A ‘Political Prisoner’ – Interview w/ Cenk Uygur, 0.44 min.

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CFC Campaign; Membership; Resources; Publications, Shop; Newsletter; Support the Fight; Donations; Issues: Links in left comlumn;
Address: The Rutherford Institute, Post Office Box 7482, Charlottesville, VA 22906-7482, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Founded in 1982 by constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead, The Rutherford Institute is a civil liberties organization that provides free legal services to people whose constitutional and human rights have been threatened or violated.

The Rutherford Institute has emerged as one of the nation’s leading advocates of civil liberties and human rights, litigating in the courts and educating the public on a wide spectrum of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States and around the world.

The Institute’s mission is twofold: to provide legal services in the defense of religious and civil liberties and to educate the public on important issues affecting their constitutional freedoms.

Whether our attorneys are protecting the rights of parents whose children are strip-searched at school, standing up for a teacher fired for speaking about religion or defending the rights of individuals against illegal search and seizure, The Rutherford Institute offers assistance—and hope—to thousands.

/La Fondation EarthFocus – from a global concept to local projects – innovative educational tools to better understand sustainable development – see also: Youth Conference 2011, March 17-22, 2011.

• … Vision: Our aim is to provide young people throughout the world with a forum for discussion and serve as a catalyst for action. The magazine Earth Focus has been described as “one of the hardest hitting environmental publications in circulation at the moment” [1] . The Earth Focus Foundation, founded in Geneva, Switzerland, by Princess Catherine Aleya Aga Khan, the widow of the late Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, continues to work on developing projects for young people.
• Mission: … (full text).

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Youth Conference: 2010, /do. March 17-22, 2011;
Change Network; Debates; Members; Green Map; Scholarship Partners; Schoolsinvolved; Volunteer Travel; Links;
Address: Earth Focus Foundation, Nicola Spafford Furey, Vice Présidente, 6, Chemin Sous Cherre, 1245 Collonge Bellerive, Switzerland;
Contact.

Global Activities: The Earth Focus Foundation has several on-going projects which nurture an environmental education on local and global issues which are becoming (ever more) pertinent to the changing world that the youth are inheriting. Continuer la lecture de « EarthFocus Foundation »

• What is Greycells? /FAQs: A group of retired international civil servants from organizations in Geneva has taken steps toward forming an association, named Greycells – Association of former international civil servants for development -, through which they can make their experience and expertise available, on a volunteer basis.
• When? Greycells was formally established by a Constituent Assembly held in Geneva on 17 January 2008 … (about/FAQs 1/2).

Homepage/Welcome;
Activities, Projects; News; EC report to GA 2010; Constituent Assembly; Statutes; GA; Links;
Contacts.

About 2/2 /FAQs: … /What are Greycells activities? Greycells deals with the areas of work of international organisations and is in a position to mobilize expertise in these fields. Continuer la lecture de « Association of Former International Civil Servants for Development – Greycells »

Linked on this blog with The NGO Management School, updated as: NGO Management School NMS, Switzerland.

The NGO Management Association an independent non-profit association registered as NGO in Switzerland (reg. no. CH-550-1055048-2) and based in the Geneva area. It was set up in 2001 by a group of professionals working in the humanitarian sector in Geneva, Switzerland. The starting point of this volunteer association was to help NGOs improving their management capacity and performance by making available free management tools and key articles on NGO management. To this purpose, we set up the website NGO Manager with the NGO Management E-Library … (about 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Training; Consultancy; Networking; News/Press; Library; Job Service;
Address: NGO Management Association Switzerland, CH-1269 Bassins, Switzerland;
Contact online.

About 2/2: … In 2007, in response to a growing demand by NGOs and individuals for training in NGO management and organisational development, the NGO Management School Switzerland was set up as a non-profit department of the NGO Management Association. Test courses were conducted in 2007, and the first public courses were held in 2009.  Continuer la lecture de « NGO Management Association Switzerland »

people powered global development

Headquartered in Washington, DC, ThinkImpact is a global social enterprise that provides university students and young professionals the Innovation Institute, America’s premier immersion program in rural Africa that trains the next generation of social entrepreneurs.
The Innovation Institute is a curriculum based summer immersion program lasting 10 weeks (June through August), and offered on a competitive basis to select scholars from across the United States. Teams of 12 scholars led by 2 advisors are sent to live and work in rural villages in Kenya and South Africa where ThinkImpact has established relationships … (full text Mission and Model).

Homepage;
Where; Application; Careers; Team; Foundation; Innovation Institute; Scholars Program; Events; FAQs;
Address: ThinkImpact, 1755 S Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA;
Contact.

History: ThinkImpact was developed after a non-profit of the same name sold the rights of the Innovation Institute to ThinkImpact, the social enterprise. Continuer la lecture de « Thinkimpact »

be the change – Linked on our blogs with Global Envision.

Mercy Corps helps people turn the crises they confront into the opportunities they deserve. Driven by local needs, our programmes provide communities in the world’s toughest places with the tools and support they need to transform their own lives. Our worldwide team in 36 countries is improving the lives of 19 million people … (Who we are 1/2).

Homepage;
What we do; Where we work; Take action; Join our cause; Internships; Give now; Board; FAQs;
Address: Mercy Corps, 40 Sciennes, Edinburgh, EH9 1NJ, UK;
Contact online.

Who we are 2/2 … /the people we serve: No one is more motivated or better equipped to create change than the person whose life and future is at stake.   Continuer la lecture de « Mercy Corps »

committed to stopping the Tory cuts

• This blog orginally aimed to provide updates on sociological research  relevant to A level (16-19) sociology students. However, it’s morphing into a forum for expressing my leftist views on a range of contemporary events.
• Even if this is the case, many entries still covers issues, concepts and theories relevant to A level sociology. Also, even with the political content, a lot of posts are still  ‘pure updates’ on contemporary research … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Top Tens; Best Resources; More Resources; AS/ A Level Sociology; Publications;
(Contact) / Leave a reply online: scroll down on the about-site.

About 2/2: … this blog was only started in July 2010 – so if you are here for A level material then the Global Development and Education sources are a bit thin as we haven’t taught these yet this academic year – they will be populated with lots of juicy material from January 2011.  Continuer la lecture de « realsociology »

also in espanol

Planned Parenthood believes in the fundamental right of each individual, throughout the world, to manage his or her fertility, regardless of the individual’s income, marital status, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or residence. We believe that respect and value for diversity in all aspects of our organization are essential to our well-being. We believe that reproductive self-determination must be voluntary and preserve the individual’s right to privacy. We further believe that such self-determination will contribute to an enhancement of the quality of life and strong family relationships … (full text Mission).

Homepage;
Health Topics; Leadership; Local, State; International; News; Get involved; Take Action; Jobs, Volunteering; Donate;
Address: Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 434 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001, USA;
Contact.

Who we are: Planned Parenthood is many things to many people. We are a trusted health care provider, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a global partner helping similar organizations around the world.  Continuer la lecture de « Planned Parenthood Federation of America »

real help, real hope, a humanitarian organization focused on helping overcome poverty through child sponsorship – also in espanol

• Children International is a nonprofit humanitarian organization dedicated to bettering the lives of impoverished children, their families and communities. We achieve our goals primarily through child sponsorship, which unites children in need with individual sponsors who wish to address the children’s immediate and basic needs. Sponsorship gives poor children the tools and opportunities necessary for success by providing benefits and supporting programs for each child – primarily in the areas of education and health. Our sponsorship program currently benefits more than 335,000 impoverished children and their families in 11 countries throughout the world, including Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Mexico, the Philippines, the United States and Zambia. (Who we are).
• Children International on english wikipedia.

english Homepage; Sitemap;
Sponsor a child; About Sponsorchip: Programs and Services; Social Networks; Where; How; Reports; Newsletter; Employment; Donations;
Address: Children International, 2000 East Red Bridge Road, P.O. Box 219055, Kansas City, MO 64121, USA;
Contact.

About Us: Since 1936, Children International, a top rated charity, has been providing assistance to children and families struggling in terrible poverty. Continuer la lecture de « Children International »

• Kiva’s mission is to connect people, through lending, for the sake of alleviating poverty.
• Kiva empowers individuals to lend to an entrepreneur across the globe. By combining microfinance with the internet, Kiva is creating a global community of people connected through lending … (full text about KIVA).

Homepage;
How KIVA works; Lend; Do more; Community; Updates; Gifts; Blog; Press; Developers; Fellows; Jobs; Volunteer; Help /FAQs; Donate;
Address: Kiva Microfunds, 3180 18th Street, Suite 201, San Francisco, CA, 94110, USA;
Contact.

About Microfinance: Microfinance is a general term to describe financial services to low-income individuals or to those who do not have access to typical banking services.  Continuer la lecture de « KIVA – loans that change lives »