Catégorie : Project, Partnership, good work

men working to end men’s violence against women

• The White Ribbon Campaign (WRC) is the UK branch of the global campaign to ensure men take more responsibility for reducing the level of violence against women.
• The WRC is unique as the first male oriented organisation to oppose violence against women.
• While some men are part of the problem, all men can be part of the solution.
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Campaigns; News blog; Downloads;Links; FAQs;
Address: Birchcliffe Centre, Birchcliffe Road, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, HX7 8DG, UK;
MultiMap; Contact, Help.

History; What is the White Ribbon Campaign (WRC)? Continuer la lecture de « White Ribbon Campaign WRC, UK »

opening access to research

Award winning SHERPA is investigating issues in the future of scholarly communication. It is developing open-access institutional repositories in universities to facilitate the rapid and efficient worldwide dissemination of research … (full text Homepage).

Guidance; Repositories; Projects; Links;
Address: Stephen Pinfield or Christopher Pressler, Information Services, King’s Meadow Campus, University of Nottingham, Lenton Lane, Nottingham, NG7 2NR, UK;
Contact and Partner Institutions.

About /Mission: The original SHERPA partnership was formed for the SHERPA project (2002-2006) and drew from research-led universities with an active interest in establishing an example of a then-new concept – an open access institutional repository. After a year, the original 7 development partners were joined by 6 more partners to form a partnership of 21 individual institutions. We now have 33 partners and affiliates overall, consisting of 32 HE institutions, and the British Library.  Continuer la lecture de « SHERPA »

development & gender – mainstreaming gender equality

• BRIDGE supports gender advocacy and mainstreaming efforts by bridging the gaps between theory, policy and practice with accessible and diverse gender information in print and online.
• This site has been set up as a ‘virtual bookcase’ where you can download copies of all BRIDGE publications. You can find these either by theme or by type of publication using the menu bars.
• Siyanda is BRIDGE’s sister site.

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Left column: docs by Type or Theme, Translations; Right column; latest docs;
Search Docs; Subscribe newsletter; Web IDS;
Address: BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies IDS, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE, United Kingdom;
Contacts.

About: BRIDGE Vision – Gender knowledge for a fairer world: Continuer la lecture de « Bridge Online reports »

former SOSIG, web resources for social science research and education

• Intute is a free online service that helps you to find the best web resources for your studies and research.
• With millions of resources available on the Internet, it can be difficult to find useful material. Our subject specialists review and evaluate thousands of resources to help you choose the key websites in your subject.
• We can also help you develop your Internet research skills through our Virtual Training Suite tutorials, written by lecturers and librarians from universities across the UK … //
• … Intute is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee JISC. (full text about).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Accessibility; Community; Media; Partners; Projects; Publications; Events;
RDN: Retrospective /Introduction; Intute: The New Best of the Web; History of the Virtual Training Suite;
Address: Intute Executive, Mimas, The University of Manchester, 5th Floor, Roscoe Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK;
Contact.

History: 13th July 2006 saw the launch of Intute. Beginning life as a grass roots community of information professionals working on individual projects, Intute was the result of years of evolution and development, and has now matured into a fully integrated and widely used national service. Continuer la lecture de « INTUTE »

Based in Johannesburg, the Forced Migration Studies Programme (FMSP) is an internationally engaged; Africa-oriented and Africa-based centre of excellence for research and teaching that helps shape global discourse on migration; aid and social transformation. (Homepage).

Projects; Research; Resources; Programs; Staff; News; Events; Vacancies; Collaborating institutions;
Address: Forced Migration Studies Programme, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, P. O. Box 76, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa;
Contact.

Reports: Migrant Mobilisation: Structure and Strategies in Claiming Rights in South Africa and Nairobi, by Zaheera Jinnah with Rio Holaday, November, 2009 …  Download the whole report: 47 pdf-pages.  Continuer la lecture de « Forced Migration Studies Programme FMSP »