Catégorie : Civil Society

Linked with Isabelle Werenfels – Germany.

The Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Research Institute for International Affairs, with its more than 130 employees, is the largest research institute on international politics and security in Western Europe. Its primary function is to act in an advisory capacity to the federal government and the German Parliament (Bundestag) on foreign and security policy issues. Though funded by federal budget appropriations, the institute’s research is conducted independently, without direct government supervision or control.

The SWP was established in 1962. Under its founding director Klaus Ritter it acquired a reputation for its publications and conferences on arms control and security issues, subjects of special interest during the Cold War. Topics such as the transition in Russia and Eastern Europe, the new role of Western institutions and que Continuer la lecture de « Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik SWP »

Linked with Solange Fernex – France (1934 – 2006).

US website of WILPF. Contact: U.S. Section Office, 1213 Race Street, Philadelphia PA 19107, Phone: 215-563-7110, Fax: 215-563-5527, mail.
VISION STATEMENT: WILPF envisions a transformed world at peace, where there is racial, social, and economic justice for all people everywhere – a world in which:

• The needs of all people are met in a fair and equitable manner,
• All people equally participate in making the decisions that affect them,
• The interconnected web of life is acknowledged and celebrated in diverse ways and communities, and
• Human societies are designed and organized for sustainable existence.

MISSION STATEMENT: WILPF members create the peaceful transformation they wish to see in the world by making connections that:

• Provide continuity with the past so that knowledge of historical events and patterns informs current activities for change;
• Create analysis and action that reflect and reinforce each other;
• Link and challenge root causes of oppression, especially racism, sexism, heterosexism, militarism, economic disparity, and political disempowerment; and
• Build and strengthen relationships and movements for justice, peace, and radical democracy.

Women Challenge US Policy WCUSP; Building Peace on Justice in the Middle East(Read all on WCUSP).

Linked with Thierry Falise – Belgium & Thailand, and with Vanida S. Thephsouvanh – Laos & France.

Classified and annotated links to more than 11,000 full text documents on Burma/Myanmar.

Main Library (by subject):  Activism; Archeology; Aung San Suu Kyi; Children; Civil Society; Civil war; Dialogue/Transition; Drugs; Economy; Education; Environment; Ethnic and minority groups in Burma; Foreign Relations; Funding; Geography; Health; History; Human Rights; International Assistance to Burma; Internal Displacement; International Labour Organisation; Labour issues; Languages of Burma; Law; Migrants; Military (Tatmadaw); Palaeontology; Politics and Government; Refugees; Social policies; Society and Culture; SPDC-related sites; Sustainability; The United Nations System; Tourism; Trafficking; Women.

Reading Room (by source):  Bibliographies, universities, institutes, libraries, other research tools; Burma news (archived); Burma news (breaking); Burma news (current); Burmese Community sites; Burmese-language news sources; Conferences/seminars etc.; Discussion Groups; Electronic Newspapers; Films, videos, photographs and other images of Burma; General information, profiles, statistics; Major Burma portals; Major online locations of reports and articles on Burma; Maps (by date); Multilingual resources; Online sale of books, CDs, magazines etc.; Search engines.

Alphabetical list of subjects: Complete list of categories and sub-categories.

New: La dimension des droits de l’homme dans les relations internationales : le cas de la Birmanie / Myanmar (to be downloaded, 103 pages).
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reg.burma archive (1993-2001): This is the 220MB archive of the IGC online conference which was the main vehicle for online Burma communications for most of the ’90s. The archive, which is fully searchable from the reg.burma search, contains all the issues of the BurmaNet News from 1993-2001 and its predecessors, early numbers of « Burma Issues » and about 30,000 pages of other material, including some long documents. This is the conference that was searchable from the « Burmanet Gopher » which disappeared a couple of years ago. Now, thanks to IGC, ibiblio and OBL, it is back for searching (not for posting).

Burma Press Summary: Complete Text Archive (i.e. minus graphics)  of Hugh MacDougall’s abstracts of « The Working People’s Daily » and « The New Light of Myanmar » April 1987 to December 1996. Many full texts of speeches, laws etc. An important resource for Burma researchers. Warning: some big files.

Linked with Theodor Rathgeber – Germany.

See also wikipedia, and Promoting the Rights, Voices and Visions of Indigenous Peoples,

The Adivasi, the Tribal People of India is a popular believe that the four hundred or so adivasi communities of India, representing about 7% of the population, are some sort of primitive remnant of early Homo Sapiens. They persist in an archaic and primitive lifestyle. Many of them are hunters and gatherers or rudimentary agriculturists using slash and burn methods of cultivation. Many of them live in isolation in hills and forests and are isolated in their culture and religion, infact, they are not integrated into the surrounding Hindu or Muslim communities. In some areas they are the dominating group and therefore they do not live in isolation, in this cases they are settled agriculturists cultivating the land in a wide range of ways.

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Linked with Aida Touma-Suliman – Israel.

WAV’s Mission: We believe women should have full rights over their self and body and have the right for self-accomplishment and development. We condemn and reject all violence against women. We reject all laws that discriminate against women, and we seek to change social norms that treat women as “mere housewives” or “sexual objects.” WAV sees violence against women as a social problem practiced, legitimized and intensified by the traditions, norms and laws of society. The most extreme form of this is the murder of women which is justified by protecting the so-called “family honor.”

WAV’s Goals:

Exposing the problem of violence against women;
Establishing support services for women victims of violence;
Promoting the status of women within our community.

Projektvorstellung Women Against Violence (WAV) Nazareth, Israel.

III INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY  OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SOCIAL FORUM, PERVOLIA, CYPRUS, 26-28 MARCH 2004.

Contact: Women against Violence, P.O.Box 313, Nazareth 16000, Israel, Tel: +972. 4. 456 6059, Fax: +972. 4. 655 3781, e-mail.

The Diplomatic Club.