Catégorie : Civil Society

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Linked on our blogs with Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research CGIAR, and with Jean Ziegler – Switzerland and its links.

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty. IFPRI is one of 15 centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research CGIAR, an alliance of 64 governments, private foundations, and international and regional organizations … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Our work; Products, Publications; Resources; Countries; News, Events; Careers; Staff;
Address: IFPRI Headquarters, 2033 K St, NW, Washington, DC 20006-1002, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2 … /IFPRI’s Vision: A World Free of Hunger and Malnutrition.  Continuer la lecture de « International Food Policy Research Institute IFPRI »

In July 2003, the first incarnation of IPOC – the Southern African Online Corruption Information Centre, was launched. Our vision was to develop an online resource centre that would ultimately become one of the primary online reference points for those in Southern Africa interested in combating corruption .The initiative was informed by a meeting of Southern African civil society organisations in August 2002 , organised by Southern African Human Rights Initiative Trust and Transparency Zimbabwe, which identified the need for a regional portal on corruption … (about /History 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Projects; Database; Publications; Case Stadies; Links; Anti Corruption Hotline Numbers;
Address: iPOPC Africa, 2nd Floor, Armoury Building, Buchanan Square, 160 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, South Africa;
Contact.

About /History 2/2: … In 2004, having received feedback from anti-corruption practitioners, the team decided to revamp the site and changed the name to the Information Portal on Corruption (IPOC).  Continuer la lecture de « Information Portal on Corruption in Africa iPOC »

Linked on our blogs with Hinckley forum discusses Turkish minority’s lack of rights in China, with Hinckley Institute of Politics, and with Oslo Freedom Forum – a conference for human rights.

• The Uyghur American Association (UAA) is based in Washington, DC and is a tax-exempt, non-profit membership organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Tax Code.
• The Uyghur American Association (UAA) works to promote the preservation and flourishing of a rich, humanistic and diverse Uyghur culture, and to support the right of the Uyghur people to use peaceful, democratic means to determine their own political future. The UAA has undertaken the Uyghur Human Rights Project for the purpose of promoting improved human rights conditions for Uyghurs and other indigenous groups in East Turkistan (also known as China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), on the premise that the assurance of basic human rights will facilitate the realization of the community’s democratic aspirations. (about UAA).

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Relief Fund; Join / Service; PDF: Political Prisoners Info; Articles; Gallery; Links; Donate;
Address: Uyghur American Association UAA, 1420 K Street, NW. Suite 350 Washington DC, 20005, USA;
Contact. Tel: (202) 478-1920, Fax: (202) 478-1910, E-mail.

About Uyghurs: An introduction to Uyghurs and their motherland, East Turkistan. Continuer la lecture de « Uyghur American Association UAA »

Advancing innovative and inclusive approaches to social change at local, national, and global levels. Since its founding in Denver in 1981, the Fund has contributed nearly $90 million to social change through a blend of grant making and operating programs … (full text Homepage).

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Our work; Programs; Resources; Grant Guidelines; Press; Staff; Jobs; Link to Us;
Institute for Inclusive Security; Prime Movers; ArtWork for Kids; Increasing Philantrophy; Demand Abolition; Political Parity;
Address: Mt.Auburn Office, 625 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;
Contact.

About /Mission: Hunt Alternatives Fund advances innovative and inclusive approaches to social change at the local, national, and global levels.  Continuer la lecture de « Hunt Alternatives Fund »

Linked with CSR in a season of economic downturn, with New Economy Movement, with CSR in a season of economic downturn, with New Economics Foundation NEF, and with Emergence Collective.

Assata, Exile since 1979: On May 2 1973, Black Panther activist Assata Shakur (fsn) JoAnne Chesimard, was pulled over by the New Jersey State Police, shot twice and then charged with murder of a police officer. Assata spent six and a half years in prison under brutal circumstances before escaping out of the maximum security wing of the Clinton Correctional Facility for Women in New Jersey in 1979 and moving to Cuba … (Main Page and about Assata Shakur 1/2).

Forum Portal;
News; Resources; Articles; Alerts; Arkade; Gallery; Links;
Partner: The talking Drum collective and its collective Member Site;
Contact online.

Main Page and about 2/2 … /Assata /In her own words: My name is Assata (« she who struggles ») Shakur (« the thankful one »), and I am a 20th century escaped slave.  Continuer la lecture de « Assata Shakur and the Forums »

promoting media diversity, pluralism, self sufficiency, independence

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) is a non-governmental organisation with members in 11 of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries. Officially launched in September 1992, MISA focuses primarily on the need to promote free, independent and pluralistic media, as envisaged in the 1991 Windhoek Declaration … (about /Background 1/2).

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Programmes; Publications; Events; Releases; Newsletter; Jobs; Links;
Address: MISA Regional Secretariat, 21 Johann Albrecht Street, Private Bag 13386, Windhoek, Namibia;
Contacts.

About /Background 2/2: … MISA seeks ways in which to promote the free flow of information and co-operation between media workers, as a principal means of nurturing democracy and human rights in Africa.  Continuer la lecture de « Media Institute of Southern Africa MISA »

(former Society for the Protection of Science and Learning SPSL). – Linked with Network for Education and Academic Rights NEAR.

The Academic Assistance Council  (AAC) was founded in March 1933 by William Beveridge, then Director of the London School of Economics, in response to an article in a Viennese newspaper announcing « that a dozen leading professors were being dismissed from posts in German Universities by the newly established Nazi regime, either on racial or on political grounds » … (about 1/2).

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What; Campaigns, Events; UK Univ. Network; Resources; Media; Grants; How to help;
Address: CARA, London South Bank University, Technopark, 90 London Road, SE1 6LN, London, UK;
Contact: Phone: +44 (0)207 021 0880, Fax: +44 (0)207 021 0881, e-mail.

About 2/2: … He returned to the UK to rally support for fellow academics suffering persecution under the rise of  Fascism in Europe and, eight weeks later, the AAC was born.  Continuer la lecture de « Council for Assisting Refugee Academics CARA »

• Working Together to Protect and Respect Refugees: ECRE (European Council on Refugees and Exiles) is a pan-European network of 69 refugee-assisting non-governmental organisations that promotes a humane and generous European asylum policy.
• Together with our members, we promote the protection and integration of asylum-seekers, refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) based on values of human dignity, human rights and an ethic of solidarity. (About).
• See ECRE also on wikipedia.

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Vision,values; Projects; Our people; Members; Membership; Topics; Resources; Advocacy Network; Donors;
Address: ECRE, Secretariat, Rue Royale 146, 2nd Floor, 1000 Brussels, Belgium;
Contact.

What We Do: ECRE responds to EU and governmental initiatives at EU level. Through our pro-active policy work and research, we encourage new thinking on refugees and asylum in Europe.  Continuer la lecture de « European Council on Refugees and Exiles ECRE »

ending torture, seeking justice for survivors

REDRESS is a human rights organisation that helps torture survivors obtain justice and reparation. REDRESS works with survivors to help restore their dignity and to make torturers accountable … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Info for Torture Survivors; Reparation; Our work; Bill; News, events; Mechanisms: International, Domestic;
Address and map: REDRESS, 87 Vauxhall Walk, London, SE11 5HJ, UK;
Contact.

About 2/2 … /Mission:  Continuer la lecture de « REDRESS »

an online help from citizen’s advice bureau (UK)

• … The Adviceguide website is the main public information service of Citizens Advice, providing people with round-the-clock access to CAB information on their rights – including benefits, housing and employment, and on debt, consumer and legal issues.
• We aim to empower people by providing them with the information they need to solve their own problems and to signpost them to appropriate advice when necessary. Adviceguide helps you to have a better understanding of your rights and entitlements, and also to take the first steps in resolving your problems.
• The information in this website is for general guidance on your rights and responsibilities. If you need more details on your rights or legal advice about what action to take, please contact an advisor or solicitor  … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Accessibility; Help;
Links in the left column: Your Money /Benefits … etc.; Your family /Family ;  Your daily life /Communications ;  Your rights /Discrimination … and so on;
Contact Feedback online.

About this site: … For help on choosing and using a solicitor, go to ‘Using a solicitor’ in Adviceguide.  Continuer la lecture de « Citizen's Advice Guide »

Shakti Women’s Aid understands the importance of being listened to, being believed and not being judged. We also understand that it is crucial that you know that there is a way out of abuse and that you do have choices. Shakti Women’s Aid will give you support for what your wishes are and to allow you to gain control of your life … (about 1/2 /Aims and Objectives).

Homepage;
Training, events; Help/Info: for women, for young people; Jobs; Links; Donate;
Address: Shakti Women’s Aid, Norton Park, 57 Albion Road, Edinburgh, EH7 5QY, UK;
Contact online.

About 2/2: … The core values under which we work have developed from what our service users have told us would be most helpful to them. Continuer la lecture de « Shakti Women's Aid »

peace and prosperity through knowledge

The Africa Policy Institute (API) is an independent, not-for-profit pan-African think tank designed as a centre of excellence on peace, security and governance, conceived as enablers of sustainable development. The Institute is devoted to field-based research, analysis and serious thinking to generate credible knowledge as the basis for policy dialogue and sharing of innovative policy perspectives with African institutions, states, civil society and the private sector. API`s headquarters is in Nairobi, (Kenya), with a regional office in Pretoria, South Africa and a liaison office in Kampala, Uganda … (about 1/2).

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Transnationals; Governance; Projects; Regionals; News, events; API UKUMBI CENTRE; Networks, resources; Vacancies;
Address: NAIROBI OFFICE, NHIF PARKING TOWER, 5th FLR, RAGATI ROAD, P.O. BOx 34791-00100, NAIROBI, KENYA;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Vision: Our vision is of a peaceful, democratic, and prosperous Africa shaping its own destiny and contributing to a just and equitable world.  Continuer la lecture de « Africa Policy Institute API »

social justice through human rights – also in spanish

The Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) works to promote social justice through human rights. In a world where poverty and inequality deprive entire communities of dignity, justice and sometimes life, we seek to uphold the universal human rights of every human being to education, health, food, water, housing, work, and other economic, social and cultural rights essential to human dignity … (about 1/2 ).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Issues; Countries; Resources; Accountability; Publications; News; Blog;
Address: Center for Economic and Social Rights, Fuencarral, 158-1ºA, 28010 Madrid, Spain;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Extreme poverty and rising inequality should not simply be considered an inevitable tragedy.  Continuer la lecture de « Center for Economic and Social Rights CESR »

fighting hunger with human rights – also in spanish

FIAN is an international membership based organisation. FIAN’s institutional members are its national and regional sections which are legal entities in their own right and have their own membership and elected decision-making bodies … (full text who we are).

english Homepage; Sitemap;
Programs; Cases; Resources; Newsletter; Worldwide; Membership; Jobs; Get involved; Donate;
Address: FIAN International e.V., PO Box 10 22 43 – 69012 Heidelberg /or Willy-Brandt-Platz 5 – 69115 Heidelberg, Germany;
Contact.

About /Introduction: FIAN – that is FoodFirst Information and Action Network. FIAN is an international human rights organization that has advocated for the realization of the right to food for more than 20 years. Continuer la lecture de « Foodfirst Information and Action Network FIAN »

The Hunger Site was founded to focus the power of the Internet on a specific humanitarian need; the eradication of world hunger. Since its launch in June 1999, the site has established itself as a leader in online activism, helping to feed the world’s hungry and food insecure. On average, over 220,000 individuals from around the world visit the site each day to click the yellow « Click Here to Give – it’s FREE » button. Its grassroots popularity has been recognized with Web awards in the activism category — a Cool Site of the Year Award and a People’s Voice winner at the Webby Awards. Since its inception, visitors at The Hunger Site and shoppers at The Hunger Site store have given more than 671 million cups of food … (full text about the Hunger Site).

Homepage;
Free ways to help; Teachers; Take action; News; World Hunger; Girl Effect; Games that give; Donate food; Global Food Security Act;
Address: The Hunger Site, One Union Square, 600 University Street, Suite 1000, Seattle, WA 98101-4107, USA;
Contacts.

About our projects /Millennium Promise Update: 2010 – We proudly support Millennium Promise, the leading international non-profit organization solely committed to supporting the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals to halve extreme poverty by 2015 … watch the video, 2.00 min.  Continuer la lecture de « The Hunger Site »