Catégorie : Civil Society

Linked with Linked with Texts and Reports, like Women in Slums, an UN study,  with Background-Report on Cities in Transition, with W.O.M.E.N., with Hope in the slums: women’s work in Bangladesh, with Rethinking resettlement in Mumbai, and Mumbai pavement dwellers finally get their homes, with NGO’s like Ankur, with SHACK, Slum Dwellers International SDI, and TERI The Energy and Resources Institute, with persons like Shanta Devi – India, and Leena Joshi – India.

Nirbhay Bano Andolan, The ‘Be Fearless Movement’, India, for Community. Start Year 1993.

Contact Information: Shakil Ahmed, Ashoka Fellow Activist, Nirbhay Bano Andolan (people’s movement), A126, Azad Mohalla, Shanti nagar, Wadala (E), Mumbai – 400037, India. Tel: +91-22-20604029, +91-22-24167494, E-mail.

Positioning in the mosaic of solutions:
– Main barrier addressed: Corrupt or inept government and public systems,
– Main principle addressed: Build non-violent paths to rights, access & assets.

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Description of initiative:

We work in Mumbai’s slums and to empower the most marginalized in this huge city to fight for their rights. In a system that is corrupt and inefficient, it’s mostly the poorest who suffer the most. They have no access to even basic, hygienic living conditions and are always facing the worst human rights abuses – whether they are police brutalities or forced evictions.

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Linked with Texts and Reports, like Women in Slums, an UN study, with Background-Report on Cities in Transition, with W.O.M.E.N., with Hope in the slums: women’s work in Bangladesh, and Rethinking resettlement in Mumbai, with NGO’s like Mumbai pavement dwellers finally get their homes, with Ankur, with SHACK, Slum Dwellers International SDI, and Nirbhay Bano Andolan,
with persons like Shanta Devi – India, and Leena Joshi – India.

TERI, for innovative solutions for a better tomorrow. TERI was formally established in 1974 with the purpose of tackling and dealing with the immense and acute problems that mankind is likely to be faced with in the years ahead,
– on account of the gradual depletion of the earth’s finite energy resources which are largely non-renewable, and
– on account of the existing methods of their use which are polluting.

‘About‘, Click there on following links to find these sub-links: Projects, Publications, Events, Newsroom.

Research: Policy Analysis, Energy-Environment Technology, Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology, Biotechnology and Management of Bioresources, Regulatory Studies and Governance, Resources and Global Security, Action Programmes, Information Technology and Services, Sustainable Development Outreach,

Contact, General: Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110 003, INDIA, Tel. (+91 11) 2468 2100 and 1504900, Fax (+91 11) 2468 2144 and 2468 2145, For general inquires contact this e-mail.

A special project is Terra Green, News to save the Earth, (Homepage).
TerraGreen is an e-magazine (published by TERI) that reports significant shakeouts in India’s energy, environment and sustainable development scenarios, once every two weeks.

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Apnalaya is an NGO running community development in Mumbai slums. Working with local groups and offering training for capacity building. Programmes include education, recreation, training, community health, vocational training. Service provision to the most marginalised community, capacity building for local groups Partnership in programmes to improve their living environment. Activity Sectors Child welfare, Consumer issues, Development(General), Education, Food and Nutrition, Grants/Aids, Health, Local Administration, Micro-enterprises, Poverty, Public Administration, Sanitation, Sustainable Development, Urban Development, Women’s issues. Address 75 Bhulabhai Desai Road, Cumbala Hill, Mumbai – 400026, Maharashtra, IN. Tel 91-22-4949752, Fax 91-22-3688512. (ex the British Council database).

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Linked with G. Edward Griffin – USA.

Freedom Force International is a network of men and women from all parts of the world who are concerned over loss of personal liberty and expansion of government power. They are not mere complainers. They have a plan to do something about it. They also share a common belief in The Creed of Freedom, which is a statement of principles that guide them in their mission to build a better world.

Totalitarianism is on the rise everywhere because advocates of big government have taken leadership control of the power centers within every society. Power centers are organizations and social groupings – such as political parties, labor unions, church groups, media centers, and professional societies – that hold political power based on their claim to represent their members and on their ability to lead public opinion.

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Linked with Marta Drury – USA, and with Responsible Wealth.

The Global Fund for Women is an international network of women and men committed to a world of equality and social justice. We advocate for and defend women’s human rights by making grants to support women’s groups around the world. We are part of a global women’s movement that is rooted in a commitment to justice and an appreciation of the value of women’s experience. The challenges women face vary widely across communities, cultures, religions, traditions and countries. We believe that women should have a full range of choices, and that women themselves know best how to determine their needs and propose solutions for lasting change. The way in which we do our work is as important as what we do. This philosophy is reflected in our flexible, respectful and responsive style of grantmaking.

The Global Fund makes grants to seed, strengthen and link women’s rights groups based outside the United States working to address human rights issues that include:

• Ending Gender-Based Violence and Building Peace
• Ensuring Economic and Environmental Justice
• Advancing Health and Sexual and Reproductive Rights
• Expanding Civic and Political Participation
• Increasing Access to Education
• Fostering Social Change Philanthropy

Our Links:
Contact:

See much more on our websites.

Linked with Marta Drury – USA, with the Global Fund for Women.

Responsible Wealth is a national network of businesspeople, investors and affluent Americans who are concerned about deepening economic inequality and are working for widespread prosperity. Our three primary areas of work are tax fairness, corporate responsibility and living wages. We are leaders in business, community, government, philanthropy, academia and finance. We are among the wealthiest 5% of Americans, the primary beneficiaries of the robust growth of the American economy. We are united by our common concern that despite a booming economy, many are not sharing in the prosperity.

Founded in 1997, Responsible Wealth is affiliated with United for a Fair Economy (UFE), a national non-profit devoted to putting a spotlight on the dangers of excessive inequality of income and wealth in the United States.

Our work is focused on four areas:

We advocate fair taxes.
We support a living wage for all.
We call for greater corporate accountability.
We promote broadened asset ownership for all Americans.
We hope you’ll join us in our work!

Contact:

Read much more on our websites.

Linked with Christina Nsekela – Tanzania, and with Uzazi na Malezi Bora Tanzania UMATI.

The Tanzania Association of Non Governmental Organizations TANGO has been in existence since 1988. The organization started with an initial membership of 22 founder organizations. TANGO has over the year continued to attract new members each year.

Like a tree during the fall TANGO has at times experienced “membership fatigue” which is characterized by some members dropping out of active participation and other new members taking up the active participationCurrently TANGO has a membership of total of 620 NGOs, most of which are regional and district networks, that have members in the regions of 50 plus. This makes the TANGO membership by proxy to be around 1500 NGOs.

It is against the above stated background that TANGO is said to be the largest and long-standing voluntary and self-organized national umbrella of Tanzanian NGOs.

TANGO has continued to pursue its initial goals of unifying the NGO sector and creating an enabling environment, by lobbying for a friendly NGO Act.

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Linked with Christina Nsekela – Tanzania, and with Tanzania Association of NGOs TANGO. (Described on IPPF.org, International Planned Parenthood Federation).

The mission of the Association is to play a supportive role to the Government Family Planning Programme, information and service provision, and to venture into the introduction of sexual health programmes in areas considered too sensitive by the Government; instituting quality of care programmes and piloting innovative approaches to sexual and reproductive health.

Tanzania FPA operates a large community-based programme as one way of improving access to services and bridging the gap between awareness and practice. UMATI aims to improve its services by including counselling for HIV/STD and post abortion, infertility investigations and minor clinical tests, – cervical swabs and pap smear tests.

The UNHCR asked UMATI to provide family planning services for the large Rwandan refugee community. They carried out a needs assessment mission in Ngara which found that women refugees were desperately looking for FP services, due to the hazardous conditions for giving birth, and as they had become aware of the services in Rwanda. It was found that male refugees were opposed to family planning because they wanted to replace family members who had died. UMATI decided to conduct short courses in Family Planning Clinical Services to workers of NGO’s, provide contraceptives to all other NGO clinics and run a model clinic which will be referral and training centre. (Read much more on their Homepage).

Linked with Geoff Mulgan – England, with Background-Report on Cities in Transition, and with Geoff Mulgan’s Spring Conference 2006.

Demos is the think tank for everyday democracy. We believe everyone should be able to make personal choices in their daily lives that contribute to the common good. Our aim is to put this democratic idea into practice by working with organisations in ways that make them more effective and legitimate.

Focused on the following areas:

public services, the adaptive state;
science and technology;
cities and public space, self build cities;
arts and culture, valuing culture;
global security.

Our partners include policy-makers, companies, public service providers and social entrepreneurs. Demos is not linked to any party but we work with politicians across political divides. Our international network – which extends across eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, Brazil, India and China – provides a global perspective and enables us to work across borders.

Blog.
Latest Publications.
Contact.

WOMENS’S ORGANISATION FOR MANAGING AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, W.O.M.E.N. is a registered society manned by a group of women, committed to extend all voluntary services for the development of her counterparts. It is a non-profit oriented, secular, organization heading to make women / girls self-reliant, dignified and respectable. Added to these, it also caters to the needs and desires of the elderly and children as well.

Women’s Organisation for Managing Economic and Educational Needs (short name W.O.M.E.N.) was founded by Dr. (Mrs) Azmat Nayeem in Sep 1986. It is a Govt of A.P. registered society having seven competent women in the Governing Body. Though all belong to different academics, they have a basic instinct of social development with a practical approach.

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Linked with Shanta Devi – India.

Ankur was started in 1983 in Delhi to help build empathy and an appreciation of diversities. For the last two decades Ankur has been working with the urban marginalised to create alternative models of education that respond to vital societal concerns and strive for building a society that affirms dignity of life, sharing of resources, participation, dialogue and non-violence. Ankur works with children between ages 6 and 13 and 14 to 15.

• Book: by lanes.
• Annual Report 1998-1999.
• Contact us by Internet.
• Postal adresse: Ankur Society For Alternatives In Education, 7/10 Sarvapriya Vihar, New Delhi-110016.
• phone: 091-011-26523395, 26523417, fax: 091-011-26521411, E-mail.
• Blog in hindi.
• Blog in english.
• Homepage in hindi/english mixed.

Ankur’s activities are aimed towards:

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SHACK, Post Office Box, 14038 Mowbray, 7705 Cape Town, South Africa.

T: +27 21 689 9408, F: +27 21 689 3912, e-mail.

Reports:

Report-links for all Countries, from Angola to Zimbabwe;
A small step towards confederation in India;

New: THE CHALLENGE OF ENGAGEMENT, August 2006:

It is almost 16 years now since the SDI process began to take root. It started with community-to-community exchange programmes between pavement dwellers in Mumbai, India and shack dwellers from the informal settlements of South Africa.

Since then it has grown into an international network of urban poor Federations in 24 countries on 3 different continents. Many of the strategies and tactics for securing land tenure and housing that were developed in the early days remain in place today, although they have been refined and adapted by an ever deepening process of action and reflection.

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Linked with Hilda Liria Domicó Bailarín – Colombia.

Published in Cultural Survival Quarterly, Issue 8.4, December 31, 1984, By Zornosa, Yesid Campos:

A long process of extermination and reduction of rich and advanced Indian cultures began almost 500 years ago. The Aztec, Maya, Tayrona, Inca and Muisca, among others, had large cities and a wide variety of crops; they Were accomplished artisans, musicians and singers, philosophers and mathematicians, recognized astronomers and scientists. But, the conquest violently altered the dynamics of indigenous America; with it came land seizures, tribute payments and various forms of labor control such as the repartimiento, the encomienda and the mita. Onto Indian society, the colono imposed not only himself but his language, beliefs, customs and personal interests.

Nowadays in Colombia’s multi-ethnic society more than 75 separate Indian cultures (about 2% of the total population) resist the continual besiegement and aggression of the national majority.

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Linked with Mohau Pheko – South Africa, with The World Development Movement WDM, with The WDM Death Counter, and with New social justice movements in a changing reality.

The International Gender and Trade Network is a network of feminist gender specialists who provide technical information on gender and trade issues to women’s groups, NGOs, social movements and governments. IGTN acts as a political catalyst to enlarge the space for a critical feminist perspective and global action on trade and globalization issues. It is a Southern-led network that builds South/North cooperation in the work of developing more just and democratic policy from a critical feminist perspective. IGTN is organized in eight regions: Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Central Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Gulf, North America and the Pacific.

About;
Trade Agreements
Economic Literacy
Bulletins;
Issues.

Specially: Gender and Trade in Africa (GENTA):

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Linked with Mohau Pheko – South Africa, with The WDM Death Counter, with The International Gender and Trade Network IGTN, and with New social justice movements in a changing reality.

Also linked with Peter Hardstaff – England.

The World Development Movement WDM (Homepage): Founded in 1970, WDM campaigns to tackle the root causes of poverty. WDM believes that charity is not enough and aims to change the policies that keep the developing world poor. It is a democratic and politically independent organisation with 15,000 supporters and a strong role for its 100 local groups across the UK.

The World Development Movement WDM tackles the underlying causes of poverty. We lobby decision makers to change the policies that keep people poor. We research and promote positive alternatives. We work alongside people in the developing world who are standing up to injustice. The world has the wealth and means to end poverty. Yet nearly half of the world’s population live on less than £1.40 a day. And over 11 million children will die from poverty-related illness this year alone.

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