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Tchad – Agir Pour l’Environnement /Chad – act for the environment
(Main language of the website: french)

The current situation of Lake-Chad is very alarming, its surface does not cease decreasing year by year. The erosion of the shores and the traqnsport of solid elements by streaming fill the lake … (full text).

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who we are;
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activities reports;
Chad’s history (a 10 pages.pdf);
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SENSITIZING FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: Chad is a country sahélien and semi-desert which is confronted with a serious problem of turning into a desert, which touches in particular banks of the lake Chad. Vis-a-vis this danger, it is necessary, to see essential, to organize all the forces available to help the inhabitants of the country to be opposed to this projection of the desert. We modestly think of contributing to it via our association “Chad – To act for the Environment”, by blocking amongst other things the projection of the desert by the afforestation. With this intention, the participation of the population/the peasant in the management of the project is very wished. In this case our intention to create centers of village formation is justified amply …

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Has not its own website, but is named on many fellow sites. Here some:

Linked with Shereen Sazawar – Afghanistan.

The recent jailing of an Afghan magazine editor is raising concerns about the issue of press freedom in Afghanistan. Ali Mohaqiq Nasab, editor of the « Women’s Rights » monthly, was found guilty of publishing articles that were deemed un-Islamic. On 22 October, he was sentenced to two years in prison. The United Nations, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, and several international media rights groups including the International Federation of Journalists have protested. Journalists inside Afghanistan say they fear the case could pave the way for more attacks on the country’s independent … (full interview).

Sentenced to death: Afghan who dared to read about women’s rights, by Kim Sengupta, 31 January 2008;

Afghan reporter sentenced to death for ‘blasphemy’: court, Jan 22, 2008;

Jail term for Afghan journalist;

on South Asian Media.net /Afghanistan.

investment and development communications

Linked with Tony Colman – England.

Services: Companies must do more than simply communicate their finances to investors and the financial press. General corporate communications about the company’s goals, strategy and management is essential … (full text).

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network;
case studies: VISA international;
newsletter;
contact.

About: africapractice group provides strategic communications and investment publishing services to support our clients in the management and communication of professional, ethical business.
Operating at the intersect of business, government, international organisations and the media, africapractice group has a growing network of clients across Africa serviced from regional hub offices in Nairobi, Lagos and Johannesburg, affiliate offices across the continent and a coordinating office in London. The group offers clients consistent quality of service across each of these territories and additional representation in Cairo, Brussels and Washington.

Links:

The Careers Group;

Ethical Performance;

Other Sources (for Africa).

Public lawyers in NGOs PLINGO

PLINGO stands for ‘Public Lawyers in Non-Governmental Organisations’. The group was established by PLP in early 2005, as an information exchange, debating forum and voice for lawyers in this sector. Meetings take place approximately every two months.

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Forthcoming events;
Address: Public Law Project, 150 Caledonian Road, London N1 9RD, Tel (020) 7697 2190, Fax (020) 7837 7048, e-mail;
Contact.

About /What is public law? Public law is the set of legal principles which govern the exercise of power by public bodies.

What are public bodies? There are many public bodies of various kinds who take decisions every day which affect the lives of thousands of individuals. They include government ministers and departments, local authorities, the prison service, NHS Trusts, coroners’ courts and many more.

What are public law remedies? There are many procedures by which citizens can challenge the legality of decisions made by public bodies. They include:

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Linked with South-Asia Network for Advocacy against Trafficking in Persons SANAT, and with the Centre for Social Research CSR of 2007-12-29.

Centre for Social Research is one of the leading women’s NGOs in India working in the field of social action since 1983. The NGO aims towards making women empowered and self-reliant individuals, conscious of their rights … (Homepage).

sitemap;
projects;
networking & advocacy programs;
publications;
CSR in the medias;
research division;
internships;
annual reports;
discussion forum;
contact.

About: The Centre for Social Research is one of the leading Women’s Institutions working in the field of social action since 1983.

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SANAT is a project of the Centre for Social Research.

(The project was funded by:
The Academy for Educational Development AED;
The South Asia Regional Initiative (named on AED);
The Equity Support Program SARI/Q.

The Project:

• Promoting the development of regional communications networks, which will facilitate the monitoring, and control of activities relating to trafficking in persons;
• Encourage co-coordinated social movements against the trafficking of women;
• Devise strategies to carry out rehabilitation programmes for young women who have been subjected to trafficking keeping in mind education and employment opportunities to women in their own socio-economic settings;
• Lobby with SAARC governments to develop appropriate legislation for implementation of SAARC Convention of trafficking especially for rehabilitation of trafficked victims;
• Put pressure on all countries to implement the SAARC convention to improve the status of women (e.g. CEDAW, and SAARC Convention of Trafficking), and on all countries, which have ratified the conventions to establish laws and enforcement in accordance with the conventions; Facilitate, encourage and lobby for bilateral talks with India and other South Asian countries to terminate the practice of trafficking people between countries.

Project’s Objectives:

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In these days of growing media concentration, Green Left Weekly is a proudly independent voice committed to human and civil rights, global peace and environmental sustainability, democracy and equality. By printing the news and ideas the mainstream media won’t, Green Left Weekly exposes the lies and distortions of the power brokers and helps us to better understand the world around us.

Homepage & lastest news;
comments & analysis;
cultural dissent;
global jobs / vestas;
free online book;
archives;
green left discussion, a yahoo group;
australian activist calendar;
other progressive sites;
address: Green Left, PO Box 394, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia;
Contact.

About Green Left Weekly:
Green Left Weekly aims to provide a much-needed forum for discussion and debate about changing the world. By giving a voice to progressive ideas, by sharing a wide range of views, by linking issues, campaigns and activists, and by letting people know how they can join with others to take action for change, the paper contributes to the development of a more just and democratic world.

Most importantly, Green Left Weekly is a campaigning paper: it helps strengthen the anti-racist, feminist, student, trade union, environment, gay and lesbian, civil liberties and anti-imperialist movements by linking the issues and activists, and by letting people know how they can join others in action for change.

Green Left Weekly is your paper … (full text).

Linked with Laila Iskandar – Egypt.

Company Profile – a helping hand: The challenges facing businesses and community projects in a developing country can be daunting. Recognizing weaknesses or gaps in an organizational structure without having the time or specialized expertise to remedy them, can be a frustrating experience. That is where we, at CID, come in to lend a hand.

Homepage;
Sitemap;
CID Team;
Private Sector Development;
Community Development;
Training;
Communication;
Contact: on the web, by e-mail, by Tel-Egypt +20 2 736 44 79

CID is a business. It began by working with the 60,000 zabaleen who live on the outskirts of Cairo and gather daily 10,000 tons of garbage. CID introduced innovative social and environmental initiatives, including recycling as much as 80% of the inorganic waste into raw materials and manufactured goods. CID works with local and international partners and clients to link business and poor communities and create viable partnerships to address a myriad of needs, from rural sanitation and low cost housing to sustainable waste recycling programs. CID highlights how the reality of megacities, particularly in emerging markets, must place people at the center of waste management planning. (full text).

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also in espanol, francais, portugues, arab

Linked with remember some Arab NGOs.

The Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) is a growing alliance of trade unions, community groups, faith groups, women and youth organisations, NGOs and other campaigners working together across more than 100 national platforms. GCAP is calling for action from the world’s leaders to meet their promises to end poverty and inequality … (full long text).

Homepage and Latest News;
worldwide GCAP sites;
ISSUES;
GCAP partners;
Volunteer;
Documents and Reports;
Photo-Gallery;
Audio and Video;
Contact.

About:
At the start of the 21st century more than a billion people are trapped in a situation of abject poverty and gross inequality. 70% of them are women. We face an AIDS and Malaria emergency, with 40 million people infected by the disease. 104 million children are denied access to school and 860 million adults. (70% of them women) cannot read or write. Millions of people are unemployed or working in precarious jobs with deteriorating conditions of labour. Neither have a secure income to sustain their families. Children and young people make up half of the world’s population and suffer from the lack of inclusion and provision of basic services. Hunger is a daily reality for many. In parts of the world, the death of mothers in childbirth and infant children are still routine – deaths that could be prevented by the availability of simple healthcare. 1.4 billion people don’t have access to safe water. We draw inspiration from their persistent daily struggles to realise their rights to livelihoods, resources, assets and basic services. Today the world has enough resources, knowledge and technology to eradicate poverty … (full long text).

Remembering some Arabian NGOs, some already on this blog in summer 2005:

GCAP: the world largest Civil Society Movement, for an END to Poverty & Inequality website, and e-mail. If you wish to join GCAP, please contact the relevant person hereafter in your country:

• Algeria: El-Irchad Organization;
• Bahrain: Awal Women’s Organisation;
• Egypt: Egypt Association for Health and Environment;
• Iraq: Al Amal Organization;
• Jordan: Jordanian’s Women Movement;
• Kuwait: Kuwaitian Economic Organization;
• Lebanon: Collective NGO in Lebanon;
• Morocco: Espace Assoicative;
• Palestine: Palestinian NGO Network PNGO; or Bisanrd,
• Saudi Arabia: Yousef Makki;
• Sudan: Gender Centre for Research and Training;
• Syria: Committees for Mobilization of Civil Society, Fayez Sarah;
• Tunisia: Association of Democratic Women;
• Yemen: Chaqa’eq Forum.

I would also like to invite you to join an open discussion group on the Arab NGO Network for Development:

• ANND: Arab NGO Network for Developmend, website, and e-mail; ANND’s participion in the World Social Forum 2008;
• AHED: Association for Health and Environmental Development, website, and e-mail, (on our blog as Action against Poverty).

See also: CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation, (also in french and spanish), (on our blog as CIVICUS).

Linked with Angie Zelter – England.

Trident Ploughshares TP is a campaign to disarm the UK Trident nuclear weapons system in a non-violent, open, peaceful and fully accountable manner.

Introduction part I: Trident Ploughshares TP is a part of the international nuclear disarmament movement. Trident Ploughshares activists have pledged to disarm the UK Trident nuclear weapons system in a non-violent, open, peaceful, safe and fully accountable manner. At this time over 200 Trident Ploughshares activists have signed a pledge to prevent nuclear crime. (full text).

Homepage and latest news;
Sitemap;
Invitation to join;
TP Defences in Court, Legal Documents & Articles;
TP Legal Support;
TP Prisoner Support;
Anti War Actions;
Photo Gallery;
Newsletter;
Address: TP Office: 42-46 Bethel Street, Norwich Norfolk NR2 1NR, United Kingdom, Phone: 0845 45 88 366 (from overseas +441259 753815), Fax: 08454588364 (from overseas +441259751959);
Contact by e-mail.

Introduction, part II /(About): We believe that the use or threatened use of nuclear weapons is totally immoral and irresponsible and that the Trident system is illegal under international law.

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main language: german, second language english – same URL (to change, click on ‘Sprache’ in the left column)

Linked with Walden Bello – Philippines.

Homepage:

Climate Corporation’s EU Emission Trading Services assist companies affected by the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in selling or buying carbon credits. Our company was one of the first members of the leading spot exchange for EU allowances PowerNext. Climate Corporation provides companies with the means to efficiently manage allowance positions and secure investments in the GHG market …

All pages on this website run under the same URL. To find them, click on the links on the Homepage, for Emission Desk, CO2-Management, Compliance Package, Carbon Pool Europe, Newsletter, Archive 2005-2008 …

Address: Climate Corporation, Guntramsdorferstrasse 103, A-2340 Moedling/Austria, Tel: +43 2236 8002 7000.

Principles – The EU ETS: Facts and Figures:

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a worldwide felloship of committed scholar-activists

Linked with Walden Bello – Philippines.

Founded in 1974, the Transnational Institute (TNI) is an international network of activist-scholars committed to critical analyses of the global problems of today and tomorrow, with a view to providing intellectual support to those movements concerned to steer the world in a democratic, equitable and environmentally sustainable direction. In the spirit of public scholarship, and aligned to no political party, TNI seeks to create and promote international co-operation in analysing and finding possible solutions to such global problems as militarism and conflict, poverty and marginalisation, social injustice and environmental degradation.

Homepage and latest News;
The Carbon Connection – see also the video
Latest Publications;
Militarisation and Globalisation;
Newsletter;
links;
Contact.

About – TNI programmes engage in a broad range of research, policy advocacy and civil society networking activities:

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The America’s Union Movement

… (available also en espanol)

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations AFL-CIO is a voluntary federation of 55 national and international labor unions.

Homepage and latest News;
Sitemap;
Corporate Watch;
Join a Union;
Newsletter /take action /network;
Stop Sweatshops;
Union Jobs;
Research Resources;
Address: AFL-CIO, 815 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006;
Contact.

About: Today’s unions represent 10 million working women and men of every race and ethnicity and from every walk of life. We are teachers and truck drivers, musicians and miners, firefighters and farm workers, bakers and bottlers, engineers and editors, – and more …

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(in the six UN languages)

Linked with Francis S.L. Wang – USA & China;

The International Association of Law Schools (IALS) is a non-profit organization founded in 2005 with a membership of educational institutions, associations, and legal educators from throughout the world. Its members are committed to the proposition that the quality of legal education in any society is improved when students learn about other cultures and legal systems and the diverse approaches to solving legal problems employed in those legal systems … (full text).

The Charter for the IALS;
membership;
Services;
Meetings;
Board;
IALS Newsletter;
Links;
Contact & Address: International Association of Law Schools (IALS), 1201 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC, 20036-2717, Phone: 202.296.8851, Fax: 202.296.8869

About:

What Is the Mission of the IALS?

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