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

AfDevInfo is:

• a research facility and software house working at the interface between cutting edge data capture, processing and distribution technologies and pragmatic politico-economic research.
• Our sister site, afdevinfo.com tracks the mechanics of political and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• At the heart of AfDevInfo ‘s development and delivery capability is a suite of integrated databases tracking and linking people, organisations and places; projects, meetings and disputes; financial transactions, documents, news and statistics.
• We develop technologies and practices that transform the high volume of unstructured, low quality electronic data now available into accessible, structured, high quality information.
• Our team encompasses a wide range of in-country development experience in Sub-Saharan Africa, with diverse academic and professional backgrounds.
• AfDevInfo is a commercial, not-for-profit enterprise committed to harnessing information to strengthen and improve government in Africa.

(Homepage).

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Address: African Development Information Services Ltd, Unit 1, 30a Highgate Rd, London, NW5 1NS, United Kingdom;
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Linked with Gayle Williams – South Africa and UK, and with UK charity worker killed in Kabul.

Our Purpose: SERVE Afghanistan’s purpose is to express God’s love and bring hope by serving the people of Afghanistan, especially the needy, as we seek to address personal, social and environmental needs … (who we are 1/2).

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Who we are 2/2: … UK Registered Charity: SERVE Afghanistan is a Christian charity registered in the UK (no.1105086), has been working with Afghan refugees since 1980 in Pakistan and has gradually moved both its project work and its head office into Afghanistan itself. Until September 2001, SERVE’s Head Office was located in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Currently, the Head Office is located in Kabul.

Funding Sources: SERVE Afghanistan’s expatriate staff are all volunteers. SERVE’s funding comes from a combination of private agency donations, government co-funding, trusts, foundations, churches and concerned individuals. Its accounts and books are audited annually by an external chartered accountant. In 2005 SERVE provided full time paid employment to over 200 Afghan nationals, male and female.

On the Ground: SERVE Afghanistan is registered with the governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan and works in cooperation with UN bodies and other local and international relief and development organizations.

Linked with Antonio « Toni » Negri – Italy, and with Professor David Held Interviewed by Naked Punch.

Naked Punch originates from a collective, now dissolved, called “The Postanalytic Group”, that in 2002 met for a series of weekly gatherings. Naked Punch is run by a large editorial collective headed by three editors working on a voluntary basis … (about).

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About: Naked Punch is an engaged review of contemporary art and thought. Essentially a federal, « non-institutional » project, Naked Punch is the spontaneous collaboration of thinkers and artists residing in different cities of the world. Before being a magazine, a container of material or a « cabinet of objects », it is a shared understanding, a shared feeling of unease, a shared concern, and a shared sensitivity.

A distinguishing feature of Naked Punch is its contemporaneity . The review aims to actively engage with current developments in, broadly, three deeply connected areas.

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Linked with Beena Sarwar – Pakistan.

Convention Statement: We, the participants of this convention on human development, believe that we must take control of our own future and work for an enabling environment for pro-poor and development-friendly public policy. We pledge to continue working for a Pakistan where:

• Governance of public institutions is transparent and effective; there is austerity in government spending; and wide public participation in national decision-making.
• Ready access to justice for all is ensured, constitutional supremacy and rule of law is established, and the independence of judiciary and media is respected.
• Public spending is re-directed to significantly increase investments in education, primary and preventive health care, and grass roots economic development.
• The culture of dependence on foreign aid and loans is curtailed.
• Social and economic entrepreneurs are given the space to create a vibrant and just society.

(Convention Statement).

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Address: Human Development Foundation, 1350 Remington Road, Suite W, Schaumburg, IL 60173, USA;
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About: Introduction: For the past decade, the Human Development Foundation of North America (HDF) has helped more than 200,000 of the most underprivileged people in all four provinces of Pakistan.

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Linked with Fumihiko Sueki – Japan.

The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) was established in 2002 to advance the academic study of Asia (South, East, and Southeast) and Asian Diasporas. YCAR continues the strong tradition of internationally recognized research in Asian studies pioneered since 1974 by the University of Toronto-York University Joint Centre on Modern East Asia, more recently known as the University of Toronto-York University Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies (JCAPS), in which York faculty members and graduate students played a central role … (about 1/2).

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Address: York Centre for Asian Research YCAR, Suite 270 York Lanes, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3;
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About 2/2: YCAR is an Organized Research Unit (ORU) within York University. ORUs bring together researchers from across the university, including social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, and the professional schools, to organize and administer research, conference, and training projects, as well provide public profile for York University research.

YCAR currently administers research and conference activities with total annual project accounts of $500,000, and works with an annual operating budget for centre administration of about $100,000. Financial accounting for York University ORUs is overseen by York University’s research accounting department.

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Linked with Terry Greenblatt – USA.

(She began working with UAF on June 1, 2008, and officially succeeded co-founder, Julie Shaw, on July 1, 2008).

Urgent Action Fund, as part of women’s rights movements worldwide, supports women’s rights defenders working to create cultures of justice, equality and peace. We provide rapid response grants that enable strategic interventions, and participate in collaborative advocacy and research. We are led by activists, inspired by feminism, and strengthened through solidarity. (Homepage).

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Download: 10 years Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights, 28 pages;
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Address: 3100 Arapahoe Ave., Suite 201, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA;
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About /COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVES PROGRAMME: The Collaborative Initiatives programme brings like-minded women activists together to share knowledge, skills and information and to strategise on the growth of a strong and sustainable African women’s human rights movement.

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Linked with Ellen Barry – USA.

The period immediately after release from prison is one of the most vulnerable for people with chronic illnesses. The Post-Release Wellness Project (PRWP) is an innovative model designed to promote the health and well being of newly released prisoners–Community Health Workers are at the heart of its success. The model has been developed through the partnership of three organizations: Transitions Clinic, the Health Education and Community Health Studies Department of City College of San Francisco, and Legal Services for Prisoners with Children … (full text Making the Transition).

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Address: Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, 1540 Market Street, Suite 490,  San Francisco, CA 94102;
Contact. (415) 255-7036, e-mail.

LSPC Celebrates 30 Years: This year, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) proudly celebrates 30 years of organizing against the prison industrial complex.

Over the past three decades, LSPC has seen the collapse and re-birth of the anti-prison movement while also witnessing the incredible growth and devastating effects of the prison system on people in prison, their loved ones and the broader community. Through it all, we have not only survived, but changed and grown to meet new challenges. We were born from the incredible vision of our beloved Founding Director, Ellen Barry, who started LSPC in 1978 with the help of two small grants from the Berkeley Law Foundation and the New York Public Interest Law Foundation. In the ensuing 30 years, we’ve expanded from a one-person legal services agency to a nationally-renowned organization of 15 people with a $1 million budget.

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Linked with Candi Smucker – USA.

At Ten Thousand Villages, we work with over 120 artisan groups in more than 30 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to bring you fair trade jewelry, home decor, gifts and more. As one of the world’s oldest and largest fair trade organizations, we build long-term relationships with artisans that are based on mutual understanding and respect. Fair trade enables artisans to earn a fair wage and provides the opportunity for a better quality of life. (Homepage).

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Fair Trade: A Worldwide Movement;
What Fair Trade Means;
How We Practice Fair Trade;
IFAT: Key Principles Of Fair Trade;
Our Fair Trade Friends;
Akron Offices, More than 130 Hearts, One Giving Mission;
How To Get Involved;
Find Artisans by region or coutry;
Ten Thousand Villages News;
About Us;
Contact.

Fair Trade: Unique Products. Unique Business: Ten Thousand Villages is a nonprofit fair trade organization that markets handcrafted products made by artisans from more than 130 artisan groups in 36 countries. As one of the world’s oldest and largest fair trade organizations, Ten Thousand Villages has spent more than 60 years cultivating long-term buying relationships in which artisans receive a fair price for their work and consumers have access to unique gifts, accessories and home decor from around the world. Enterprising Artistry: Ten Thousand Villages comprises a global network of social entrepreneurs who strive to improve the livelihood of disadvantaged artisans by building a market for handmade products in North America.

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Linked with Kate Donnelly – USA.

The United States’ oldest secular pacifist organization, the War Resisters League has been resisting war at home and war abroad since 1923. Our work for nonviolent revolution has spanned decades and been shaped by the new visions and strategies of each generation’s peacemakers. (Who we are).

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Address: War Resisters League, National Office, 339 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012;
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What We Believe: The United States’ oldest secular pacifist organization, the War Resisters League has been resisting war at home and war abroad since 1923.

Our work for nonviolent revolution has spanned decades and been shaped by the new visions and strategies of each generation’s peacemakers. Our political influences span the globe; central are the teachings of the Indian leader, Mohandas Gandhi, and of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., pacifist-feminist activist and theorist Barbara Deming, labor organizer Cesar Chavez, and peace agitators A.J. Muste and Dave Dellinger.

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Linked with Ellen Barry – USA.

The prison abolition movement seeks to abolish prison and the prison system which advocates of the movement claim are inhumane. Prison abolitionists present a broad critique of the modern Western criminal justice system, alleged to be both racist and classist as well as ineffectual at reforming criminals, decreasing crime, or reconciling the victims of crime … (wikipedia).

More on wikipedia:

• Advocates for prison abolition.
• Prison reforms and alternatives.
• Arguments made for prison abolition.
• List of organizations supporting prison abolition.

The prison abolition movementseems not having an own website, but it is named on many related publications:

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To search for the truth of the Hawaiian Culture

Linked with Roselle Bailey – USA /Hawai.

Ka `Imi Na`auao O Hawai`i Nei … means to search for the truth of the Hawaiian culture. Through hula, we help restore the culture to its original dignity. We teach how to understand, enjoy, and appreciate the medicine, science, art, language, crafts, philosophy and religion of the Hawaiian people. « E Mau Ke Ea, E Mau Ke Ola », Let the spirit live; may life and health flourish. (About).

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Addresse: Ka`Imi Na`auao O Hawai`i Nei, P.O Box 1686, Kapa`a, Kaua`i, Hawai`i 96746;
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Halau History:

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Linked with Aileen Clarke Hernandez – USA, with NOW and Abortion Rights /Reproductive Issues, with National Organization for Women NOW, and with The California Women’s Agenda CAWA.

Founded in 1993, the African American Women’s Institute (AAWI) is a focal point for cross-cultural studies of  women in color … (Homepage 1/2).

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Address: AAWI, Howard University, P.O. Box 590492, Washington, D.C. 20059;
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Homepage 2/2: … The Institute seeks to build collaborative links with other local university women’s programs and community organizations and also seek to create scholarly exchange programs between the university and local institutions like the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, The Bethune Museum and Archives, and the Library of Congress, Research emphases include chronicling African American women’s history, research, and scholarship with particular emphasis on the upper south of the United States, using related fields like urban geography and history to study area-wide patterns of employment and migration. While examining the complex interface of race, sex, and class in the region, AAWI will also emphasize the compelling ways women have reshaped the culture and managed economic realities of the region. AAWI is also working to create a nexus between African-American women and other women of the DiaspOSP-RA and is developing a mentoring/support program and certificate program for women on the Howard Campus and in the community.

Linked with Aileen Clarke Hernandez – USA, with The African American Women’s Institute AAWI, with The California Women’s Agenda CAWA, and with NOW and Abortion Rights /Reproductive Issues.

The National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States. NOW has 500,000 contributing members and 550 chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Since its founding in 1966, NOW’s goal has been to take action to bring about equality for all women. NOW works to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of society; secure abortion, birth control and reproductive rights for all women; end all forms of violence against women; eradicate racism, sexism and homophobia; and promote equality and justice in our society … (full text about NOW {a}).

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About NOW {b}:
NOW is the largest, most comprehensive feminist advocacy group in the United States. Our purpose is to take action to bring women into full participation in society — sharing equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities with men, while living free from discrimination.

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Linked with Hadayai Majeed – USA.

Our Mission: Help eliminate the climate of fear and ignorance that makes family violence possible;
Our Vision: A world where violence is not used to solve problems and parties to relationships are not required to sacrifice integrity and well-being as a condition of participation. (Homepage, Helplines and Sign Petition).

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Address: Baitul Salaam Network, PO Box 11041, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA;
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About: The Baitul Salaam Residence for Abused and Neglected Women and Children.

Since November 1, 1999 the shelter program has housed 610 women and children from various parts of the US and four foreign countries (Pakistan, India, Egypt, Ghana and Tanzania). Through our outreach program we have assisted thousands with gas money and bus fare to look for work, referrals for medical assistance, housing, legal and many other services.

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celebrating women who ignite global change

Sparks seeks to build a community of young, global citizens who are invested in changing patterns of inequality that impact women throughout the world. (Homepage).

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Address: Spark | 2130 Fillmore Street, #243 San Francisco, CA 94115, USA;
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• Spark seeks to build a community of young, global citizens who are invested in changing patterns of inequality that impact women throughout the world.

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