Catégorie : Civil Society

Linked with Asghar Ali Engineer – India, with Madrasa education myth and reality, and with Islamic banking in India: Challenges and prospects.

Guiding statement: « I belong to two circles of equal size, but which are not concentric. One is India, and the other is the Muslim world (Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar): I am a Muslim and profoundly conscious of the fact that I have inherited Islam’s glorious tradition of the last fourteen hundred years. I am not prepared to lose even a small part of that legacy. The history and teachings of Islam, its arts and letters, its culture and civilization are part of my wealth and it is my duty to cherish and guard them. But, with all these feelings, I have another equally deep realization, born out of my life’s experience which is strengthened and not hindered by the Islamic spirit. I am equally proud of the fact that I am an Indian, an essential part of the indivisible unity of the Indian nationhood, a vital factor in its total makeup, without which this noble edifice will remain incomplete (Maulana Abul Kalam Azad). »  (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Special reports; Blogs; Multimedia;
Scholarships for Indian Muslims;
Job circles;
Data bank; Polls; Feeds;
Official Address: 1155 Main Street #107, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA;
Post-address: PO Box 7790, Jupiter, FL 33468, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2: … In increasing commercialized media, TwoCircles.net (TCN) will be a voice of sanity. We will cover news from marginalized sections of India. Our main focus is on Indian Muslims but we will be covering and reporting whole range of issues affecting Indians, Muslims and International issues.

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Global Partnership

Linked with Mu Sochua – Cambodia.

Vital Voices Global Partnership is the preeminent non-governmental organization (NGO) that identifies, trains, and empowers emerging women leaders and social entrepreneurs around the globe, enabling them to create a better world for us all. We provide these women with the capacity, connections, and credibility they need to unlock their leadership potential:

• We are at the forefront of international coalitions to combat human trafficking and other forms of violence against women and girls.
• We enable women to become change agents in their governments, advocates for social justice, and supporters of democracy and the rule of law.
• We equip women with management, business development, marketing, and communications skills to expand their enterprises, help to provide for their families, and create jobs in their communities.

… (full text about 1/2, overview).

Homepage;
Programs, Global Leadership Network;
Press; our blog;
Resources;
Board of Directors, Global Advisory Council, Staff,
Get involved, Jobs, Internship; Donate;
Address: Vital Voices Global Partnership, 1625 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 850, Washington, DC 20036, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2, … our History: The nonprofit Vital Voices Global Partnership grew out of the U.S. government’s successful Vital Voices Democracy Initiative. Continuer la lecture de « Vital Voices »

financing fair trade, investing in a fairer world

Linked with International Federation for Alternative Trade IFAT;

Shared Interest is a co-operative lending society that aims to reduce poverty in the world by providing fair and just financial services. We have been part of the fair trade movement for 17 years and work extensively with community-based businesses in Africa and other continents to help them make the most of fair trade … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
becoming a member; becoming an ambassador;
vision, mission, values; partnership and networks;
finance for fair trade; annual reports;
working for Shared Interest; the beekeeper game;
associated with IFAD; shared interest foundation; borrowing from Shared Interest;
Addresses: Headquarter, Shared Interest Society Ltd, No 2 Cathedral Square, The Groat Market, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1EH, United Kingdom – (more in Nairobi and Costa Rica);
Contacts.

About 2/2: … We work primarily by providing finance up front to producers, often via their buyers, to enable them to buy raw materials, tools and the other things they need at the time they need them. We also offer longer term loans and other credit facilities to support the development of fair trade businesses.

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Institut International du développement durable

Picked up on Weitzenegger’s Website for International  Development Cooperation, and its Newsletter.

IISD champions sustainable development around the world through innovation, partnerships, research and communications. (Homepage).

Site Index:
Sustaining Excellence: The 2007-2008 Annual Report of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, download it in english, 38 pdf pages, en français;
Access and benefit-sharing; Publications; Media; Earth Negotiations Bulletin; e-newsletter;
Economics and Sustainable Development SD; Indicators; Water;
Governance of networks; Influence of Networks;
Address: IISD’s Head Office, 161 Portage Avenue East, 6th Floor, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 0Y4;
Contacts.

About: The world is challenged by a changing climate, biodiversity loss, abject poverty and environmental degradation. What can make a difference? Good ideas. Creativity. Passion. Innovation. The achievement of change.

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also in Deutsch, Español, Français

War Resisters’ International’s programme The Right to Refuse to Kill combines a wide range of activities to support conscientious objectors individually, as well as organised groups and movements for conscientious objection. (Right to Refuse to Kill).

Homepage;
Programmes and Projects: Prisoners for Peace/CO Database, World survey of conscription and conscientious objection to military service, War Profiteers;
WRI network: Affiliates, Seminars and Events, WRIwiki, background documents and statements, Links;
Publications: e-newsletters, War Profiteers’ News, The Broken Rifle, wri-info, women, books and reports, resources for downloading, image galleries;
Campaigns: Seminars and events, Global initiative against War Profiteers, War tax resistance;
Address: War Resisters’ International, 5 Caledonian Rd, London N1 9DX, Britain;
Contact: down of each page.

About WRI: War Resisters’ International was founded in 1921 under the name « Paco ». It was and is based on the WRI declaration:

• War is a crime against humanity. I am therefore determined not to support any kind of war, and to strive for the removal of all causes of war.
• War Resisters’ International exists to promote nonviolent action against the causes of war, and to support and connect people around the world who refuse to take part in war or the preparation of war. On this basis, WRI works for a world without war.

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