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(grains of peace)

Graines de Paix est une association humaniste qui vous propose de contribuer à la paix en aidant chacun à mieux transmettre les valeurs humaines aux jeunes et moins jeunes. Elle est indépendante de toute obédience religieuse, sectaire ou politique, tout en étant activement ouverte au dialogue et à l’échange. Elle a été reconnue d’utilité publique et bénéficie de l’exonération fiscale. Elle est basée en Suisse et active dans plusieurs autres pays. Nos outils sont conçus pour sensibiliser les jeunes et les moins jeunes à trois idées fortes:

• les valeurs humaines, force inspiratrice pour la paix;
• les « réflexes de paix » , outils pour inviter la paix dans l’action;
• « l’inacceptabilité » de la violence pour soi-même, pour contribuer à la paix.

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Sitemap/ Plan du site Graines de Paix;
Qui sommes-nous;
Qui nous ne sommes pas;
nos idées: La paix, la violence, vers de nouvelles définitions
Nos programmes thématiques;
Sponsors et partenaires;
Nous soutenir;
Nous recherchons des personnes pour les activités occasionnelles suivantes … ;
News et Newsletters;
Adresse: Graines de Paix, Rue Cornavin 11, 1201 Genève (2e étage, à droite en sortant de l’ascenseur);
Contactez-nous: Tel +41 022 700 9414, Fax +41 022 700 9416, e-mail info.

Nos constatations: La société civile, les écoles, les institutions internationales et locales s’engagent de plus en plus à contribuer à un climat de paix. Sur le plan positif:

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The Mission of One H.E.A.R.T. is to save the lives of Tibetan women and children, one birth at a time.

Saving the lives of Tibetan women and their children is of utmost urgency for the survival of the Tibetan people and culture. Improving maternal health and reducing child mortality have globally been recognized as vital to promoting development and eradicating poverty, as set out in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals … (full text/background).

Homepage;
Programs;
volunteers;
medias;
donate;
links;
Contact.

History: One H.E.A.R.T., is a 501(c)(3), established in 1998 under the umbrella of the University of Utah Health Sciences Center (UUHSC) after Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) division members returned from a visit to the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). This visit sought to address the very high maternal and infant morbidity and mortality rates and took place at the invitation of the Lhasa City Municipal Hospital and the TAR Health Department. Initial efforts were well received and officials invited One H.E.A.R.T. to collaborate with the TAR Health Bureau in an ongoing, advisory capacity … (full text).

Union of International Associations (UIA) is the world’s oldest, biggest and most comprehensive source of information on global civil society. Databases and publications cover many aspects of international organizations – their history, organization and meetings, and the problems and methods with which they work [more]. Here the main entry point for all online databases.

The UIA was founded one hundred years ago, in 1907, by Henri La Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science. It is a non-profit non-governmental organization registered under Belgian law as an AISBL. It has consultative status with ECOSOC (since 1951) and UNESCO (1952) … (full text).

Homepage;
online databases;
projects;
services;
Members:
Active members;
Associate Members;
UIA News, and inscription for the Newsletter: down in the right column;
Contact.

About: The Union of International Associations (UIA) – non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental – is an extraordinary scientific research institute and documentation centre. It focuses on a topic of increasing relevance: the nature and evolution of international civil society. Since 1907, it has been a pioneer in the provision of information on international organizations and their global challenges.

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Linked with Meredith Tax – USA.

We have formed the Women’s World Organization for Rights, Literature and Development, or Women’s WORLD, because nowhere on earth are women’s voices given the same respect as men’s. In a few countries, a few women are heard some of the time; in most countries, our words are greeted with polite indifference and mere lip service is paid to our concerns; and, in far too many countries, women who try to have a public voice are met with hatred, contempt, suppression, exile, or death … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Sitemap;
Publications;
For women writers;
Biography Profiles Online;
Human Rights Programs;
Regional Programs;
Affiliates;
(many good) links;
Contact.

About: … Whether the agency of suppression is the state, the publishing industry, religious authority, or the family, all forms of silencing and exclusion must be seen as censorship. When certain subjects are made taboo to women—subjects like war and peace, religion, or law—this is censorship. When people who write critically about gender arrangements cannot find publishers, this is censorship. When girls are not taught to read and write, this is censorship. Gender-based censorship is a human rights abuse that must be fought. The world cannot afford to use less than half its wisdom.

Women’s WORLD will undertake work in the following areas:

• We will research, explore, and educate the public about the scope and prevalence of gender-based censorship, and work to have this problem redefined as a human rights abuse that violates the right to free expression of more than half the world’s population;
• We will defend writers who are attacked because of their views on gender or because they are women who dare to write;
• We will mount international press campaigns about particular cases and extreme abuses;
• We will encourage the development of women’s presses and journals, the first line of defense against gender-based censorship, and strive to link them internationally, so they can share views and resources and create a social space for women’s independent political thought.

Women’s WORLD Board of Directors:

• Officers: Chair: Mariella Sala (Peru), President: Meredith Tax (USA), Vice Chair: Nadezdha Azhgikhina (Russia), Secretary: Joan Ross Frankson (Jamaica), Treasurer: Paula Giddings (USA) .
• Members of the Board: Ama Ata Aidoo (Ghana), Kristen Booth Glen (USA), Angélica Gorodischer (Argentina), Ritu Menon (India), Micere Githae Mugo (Kenya), Grace Paley (USA), Luisa Passerini/Annamaria Tagliavini (Italy).

… (full text about).

Association for Integrity and Responsible Leadership in Economics and Associated Professions

Linked with Bernd Senf – Germany.

… AIRLEAP http://www.airleap.org/
is a non-profit organization. We are incorporated in the state of Virginia, in the United States, but our audience, and the relevance of the topics that we address, are worldwide. We are deeply concerned about the issues of integrity and responsible leadership in economics as they relate to economic discourse, economic decision making, and the career development of economists and related professionals. We believe that most economists and related professionals share our concerns, but many are doubtful that anything can be done to improve the state of affairs in economics, which has existed for quite some time … (full text homepage).

Site Index;
Meetings and Events;
Our Mission;
Members and Volunteers;
Reviews and Publications;
Links;
Contact.

About: AIRLEAP seeks to study and promote integrity and responsible leadership in economics and related professions. We are a charitable and educational, non-profit organization that is incorporated in the state of Virginia, and we are exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (EIN 36-4600302).

Our approach to the issues if integrity and responsible leadership is positive—not negative—with a focus on fostering and disseminating useful and influential thought. We are open to a variety of possible mechanisms for carrying out this mission. For example, we will sponsor and organize sessions at economics conferences where research findings on these issues will be presented.

Updated November 5, 2009: this website has been renamed in Real-World Economics Review.
See also its new blog: Real-World Economics Review Blog.

Linked with Bernd Senf – Germany, with The Natural Economic Order, with die natürliche Wirtschaftsordnung, and with Real World Economics.

Homepage and links;
the real-world economics review,
The strange History of Economics;
A Brief History of the Post-Autistic Economics Movement;

papers on economy and: ecology, and ethics, and pluralism, and development, and on heterodox economics.

Sign the petition, May 2008;
Newsletter (inkl. links to back-issues),
Contact.

Like rationality, nearly everyone thinks efficiency is a good idea. Neoclassical economists adore using this word, especially when addressing the public. But the meaning of “efficiency” always depends on what you choose to count. For example … (full long text).

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Rethos is a proud member of the Alternative Media Initiative

Check out videos, articles, blogs and more. Or upload and share your own content!

Homepage and links to all articles;
FAQ;
Volunteer Opportunities;
Employment opportunities;
Exchange Opportunities;
10 typs to green your business starting today;
Rainforest Alliance announces 2008 Honorees … ;
newsletter: find the e-mail link in the left column.

Just down of this they would like you to sign in. Maybe then you’ll find also a contact link. (see also: activate your account).

Rethos.com is member of the alternative channel, see their:

Homepage;

the forum’s video’s page;

the forum’s images.

Alternative links:

Alternative Media Access Center AMAC;

Internet newspapers as Alternative Media.

Linked with David Harris (the protester) – USA.

ANTI-WAR.US is dedicated to the free distribution of anti-war graphic material. As creative individuals trained in methods of mass communication, we can make a real difference by providing clear anti-war messages. All materials on this site are created voluntarily and distributed free to activists around the world.

All other links are to be reached from inside the homepage.

For newsletter: take contact-link below and put as subject: [Please add me to your mailing list.] (without the [ and ]);
Contact.

Contribute: TWO WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE

• Upload your artwork on the site by completing our online form; or E-mail your artwork;
• Be sure to include the artwork title in your message.

The following additional information is not required, but appreciated:

• Your name;
• Organization you wish to be identified with;
• Your home city, state/province, and country of residence;
• Intended uses of your artwork, for example: poster, flyer, postcard, sticker, etc.

Our goal is to provide print-ready graphics to activists. To ensure the widest possible distribution of your work, please follow these guidelines:

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Nearly three billion poor people in developing countries lack access to the basic financial services – such as a small loan or a safe place to save – needed to help them manage their precarious lives. At the core of microfinance is a fundamental belief that access to financial services empowers the poor by reducing their vulnerability and giving them choices. Whether they save or borrow, evidence around the world shows that when poor people have access to financial services, they choose to invest these savings or loans into building a range of assets that will make them less vulnerable. Such assets can be sending their children to school, buying medicines and more nutritious food, fixing a leaky roof, or building income-earning potential by investing in their own enterprises. In essence, access to financial services enables poor people to build their own way out of poverty. (About CGAP 1/2).

Homepage;
About Microfinance;
Key Principles on Microfinance;
Publications;
Online Resources;
There is nothing « micro » about poverty: The numbers astound: one in two human beings lives on $2 a day, or less. As many lack public sanitation. Two billion want for electricity, a billion more for clean water. The challenge is immense, but the fight against poverty often begins at the smallest level … (full text);
Contact.

(About CGAP 2/2): Who We Are: CGAP is a consortium of 33 public and private funding organizations – bilateral and multilateral development agencies, private foundations, and international financial institutions – working together to expand poor people’s access to financial services.

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(websites in many languages)

Linked with the Global Human Rights Education Database, and with Felisa Tibbitts – USA.

The Human Rights and Service Learning;

HREA and Amnesty International-USA just published a manual: Service learnings, Lessons, Plans and Projects on human rights and service learning … download the 134 pdf-pages;
Learning Centre;
Resource Centre;
Forums;
Databases;
links;
Networks;
HuriSearch (Human Rights Search tool);
International Network of Human Rights Schools;
and much more …
Contact (Netherlands and USA).

Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) is an international non-governmental organisation that supports human rights learning; the training of activists and professionals; the development of educational materials and programming; and community-building through on-line technologies. HREA is dedicated to quality education and training to promote understanding, attitudes and actions to protect human rights, and to foster the development of peaceable, free and just communities.

HREA works with individuals, non-governmental organisations, inter-governmental organisations and governments interested in implementing human rights education programmes. The services provided by HREA are:

• assistance in curriculum and materials development;
• training of professional groups;
• research and evaluation;
• clearinghouse of education and training materials;
• networking human rights advocates and educators.

… (full text).

Link: The HREA on the Cathalogue for Philantrophy (History etc.).

Sound and Picture Archives for Research on Women

SPARROW is:

• A trust set up in 1988 [Register Number E-11958] in Maharashtra to build a national archives for women with print, oral history and pictorial material.
• A live archives reaching out to schools, colleges, women’s groups and other organisations.
• An active agent of conscientisation.
• A forum for discussions.
• An interactive space
• A daring flight into unexplored areas of experience and expression.

Homepage;
Projects;
Outreach;
Workshops;
Publications;
Archives (Oral History Recordings, Media Watch, Video Documentation, Photographic Project, Multi-Lingual Collections);
Annual Reports;
Newsletter;
Downloads;
Contact.

Profile: The idea of setting up SPARROW took root in 1988. Before that, those who are now the trustees of SPARROW had met several times and discussed the possibilities of setting up a Women’s Archives with a difference.

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The Project on new African Literature

Linked with Abdourahman Ali Waberi – Djibouti.

We present exciting new and emergent African literatures, especially those trapped within the ideological, political, economic, and institutional contexts of the Postcolony, and excluded by the canonising mechanisms of the metropolitan academy. This approach will be our tradition. Apart from facilitating critical conversations, we will disseminate, archive, and comment on the works of well-known, emergent and relatively unknown but equally engaging writers of the third generation from the entire continent. Although the site map is self-explanatory, it might be useful to point out that the ‘resources’ icon opens up a photo gallery of literary activities, as well as clips of authors reading excerpts from their work. This, hopefully, will expand to become a formidable online audio library with time. Our ‘programs’ icon prepares the reader for still unfolding subsidiary projects like the Elmina Press, a long term publishing project for making new African and black diasporic literatures as well as scholarly work visible in the metropolis, and for expanding outlets for manuscripts that would otherwise remain buried. (Homepage).

People;
Programs;
Resources;
The Language Curtain, Gbounbboun;
PONAL Quarterly Forum PQF;
Submission Guidelines;
Address: Project on New African Literatures, 1812 Dunton Tower, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
K1S 5B6;
Contact.

About: http://www.projectponal.com/mission.html
Excerpt: … Yet, these international successes do not even begin to reflect the scope of continental developments that have come under such critical rubrics as third generation writing (in Nigeria), migritude writing (in Francophone Africa), post-apartheid or post-trauma writing (in southern Africa), and post-Uhuru writing (in Eastern Africa).

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the war and peace report, radio and TV news – also in espanol.

Linked with Amy Goodman – USA.

Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez … (about 1/2).

Homepage and latest news;
listen/watch today’s show;
Features;
get involved;
Downloadable Resources;
Volunteer;
stations (in US);
address: Democracy Now! 100 Lafayette St., Suite 604, New York, NY 10013-4400, Call Us: +1 (212) 431-9090, Fax Us: +1 (212) 431-8858;
contact.

(About 2/2):
Pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the U.S., Democracy Now! is broadcast on Pacifica, NPR, community, and college radio stations; on public access, PBS, satellite television (DISH network: Free Speech TV ch. 9415 and Link TV ch. 9410; DIRECTV: Link TV ch. 375); and on the internet. DN!’s podcast is one of the most popular on the web.

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Linked with Sushobha Barve – India.

Welcome to our Website. We hope that what you experience here will further your involvement in promoting Peace & Democracy in the sub-continent.

The initiative towards formation of Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy was taken in late 1993 and the first joint declaration was announced on September 4, 1994 at Lahore. The objective of this initiative was to facilitate common people in both the countries to listen to voices that are different from the belligerent voices of the respective Governments … (About 1/2).

PIPFPD / Indian Chapter’s Homepage; (more links inside of this homepage)

PIPFPD / Pakistan Chapter’s Homepage; (more links inside of this homepage)

A Joint Statement of Lahore, September 1994;
photo gallery;
map;

Contact/addresses: PIPFPD Secretariat / Indian Chapter: A-1/125 Second Floor, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, 110 029, India, Tel: 51652451/52, Fax: 51013382. e-mail;

PIPFPD / Pakistan: 11-Temple Road, Lahore, Pakistan, Phone: 0092-42-7357926, Fax: 0092-42-7223455, e-mail.

(About 2/2): It is with the objective of asserting the sanity of the peace loving people of India and Pakistan that concerned citizens and groups in both the countries have come together to formulate strategies for promoting peace and strengthen democracy in the sub-continent.

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ASIA PACIFIC ONLINE NETWORK OF WOMEN IN POLITICS, GOVERNANCE AND TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP

Linked with Mrinal Gore – India.

online women in politics.org was borne out of the vision of Asian Women Leaders to explore creative ways in organizing a network of Asia Pacific women involved in politics, governance, decision-making and transformative leadership … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
events and activities;
online training module;
women’s suffrage;
regions;
countries;
women’s situation;
resources;
contacts.

About 2/2: In this so-called Information Age, the Internet—through websites, electronic discussion lists, message boards and email-offers excellent opportunities to link women leaders and visionaries from all over the world without worrying about the cost, time and geographical barrier. Through the above mentioned Internet tools information-sharing, communication, networking and consensus-building amongst women leaders and organizations will be more efficient, faster and cheaper.

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