Catégorie : Civil Society

Yale University, USA

Founded in 1980, EWI is an international, non-partisan, entrepreneurial organization with centers in Brussels, New York and Moscow. Our directors, professional staff and alumni constitute the core of a worldwide network of women and men from diverse regional and professional backgrounds. Our track-record of mentoring, partnering and networking has made us an institution of choice for state and non-state actors seeking to cooperate, prevent conflict, and manage regional and global challenges … (full text, about 1/2).

Meeting of the Core Group of EWI’s Internat. Task Force on Preventive Diplomacy, April 13 -15, 2008 … (full text).

Homepage;
Policy Ideas;
Conflict Prevention;
Global Security;
Leadership and Learning;
EWI in Asia;
Association’s Organizations;
Contacts.

About 2/2: Our Values: The EWI network is united by the values of respect, fairness, responsibility, honesty and compassion. We work to give everyone a voice and establish trust among all parties within the framework of these values.

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WomenAid International is a humanitarian aid and development agency which promotes all rights for all people in all countries.

Humanitarian Aid and all other pages: you will reach them by a link in the left column;

Address: WOMENAID INTERNATIONAL, 3 WHITEHALL COURT, LONDON SW1A 2EL, TEL: +44 (0) 20 7839 1790, FAX: +44 (0) 20 7839 2929, e-mail, Reg. Charity No. 299224.

About: Founded over ten years ago as a humanitarian aid and development agency, WomenAid’s mission is to provide relief and assistance to women and children suffering distress caused by war, disasters or poverty, to
empower women through education, training, provision of credit and to campaign against violations of women’s human rights.

Millions of women throughout the world are marginalised, overlooked and locked in an unequal struggle for survival. Living in abject poverty, working long hours for little or no money, they are trapped in a life of suffering, hunger, malnutrition and disease.

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EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values … (about 1/2 & annual reports).

Homepage and latest news;
Job Openings, Fellowships and IPIOP Clerkships;
Litigation Docket;
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CFP 2007: Open panel on Net Freedom;
address: EPIC National Office, 1718 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20009;
contact: board and staff, and general inquiries.

About 2/2: EPIC publishes an award-winning e-mail and online newsletter on civil liberties in the information age – the EPIC Alert. We also publish reports and even books about privacy, open government, free speech, and other important topics related to civil liberties. We have no clients, no customers, and no shareholders. We need your support.

View EPIC’s most recent annual reports, all available as PDF documents … (about 2/2 & annual reports).

The American system of government is founded on two counterbalancing principles: that the majority of the people governs, through democratically elected representatives; and that the power even of a democratic majority must be limited, to ensure individual rights. (About 1/2).

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Supreme Court;
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Address: ACLU, 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10004;
contact.

About 2/2: Majority power is limited by the Constitution’s Bill of Rights, which consists of the original ten amendments ratified in 1791, plus the three post-Civil War amendments (the 13th, 14th and 15th) and the 19th Amendment (women’s suffrage), adopted in 1920.

The mission of the ACLU is to preserve all of these protections and guarantees:

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Added April 7, 2008: Linked with FINDINGS 188: World Prison Population List.

An Australian website. Here you will reach a big full Homepage with all links to the individual cases. No explanation needed, just actions.