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ensuring that women have secure rights to their land isn’t just a good idea – it is essential to addressing poverty and hunger around the world

• Four Decades, 40 countries, 400 Million people – Founded as the Rural Development Institute RDI, Landesa’s work in more than 40 developing countries over that past four decades has improved individual lives, families, and communities.
• More than 100 million families worldwide — representing well over 400 million people — have received land rights as a result of our partnerships with governments and other development organizations … (full text who we are).
• Rural Development Institute RDI on wikipedia.

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Where we work; Current Projects; Fellowship; Research, Reports; Research, Resources; Securing Land rights; Consulting Services; Partners; Success Stories; Staff; Get involved; Careers; Press;
Address: Landesa – Center for Women’s Land Rights, New Delhi (National Office), Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha,  West Bengal, India;
Contact.

What we do 2/2: Efforts to help one landless family at a time are important. But Landesa’s work to advance durable land rights brings transformational changes, and helps other important development work – like literacy, clean water, and nutrition – to take hold for generations.  Continuer la lecture de « Landesa – Center for Women’s Land Rights »

research and ideas for shared prosperity

The Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit Washington D.C. think tank, was created in 1986 to broaden the discussion about economic policy to include the interests of low- and middle-income workers. Today, with global competition expanding, wage inequality rising, and the methods and nature of work changing in fundamental ways, it is as crucial as ever that people who work for a living have a voice in the economic discourse … (about 1/2).

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Issues; Research; News; Events; Experts; Family Budgert; Publication: State of working America;  Contribute;
Address:Economic Policy Institute, 1333 H Street, NW, Suite 300, East Tower, Washington, DC 20005-4707, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2: … EPI was the first — and remains the premier — think tank to focus on the economic condition of low- and middle-income Americans and their families.  Continuer la lecture de « Economic Policy Institute EPI »

Use the online union finder tool now – Linked with Trades Union Congress TUC.

• workSMART is brought to you by the TUC – the umbrella for Britain’s unions … (about 1/2).

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The basics; Your money; all other Topics: Left column; Like a dogsbody? Helplines; Tools, Utilities; Newsletter; News;
Contact online.

About 2/2: … Our aim is to help everyone at work – whether or not they are union members – get a good deal from their working life. We are here not just when things go wrong, but also to help you get on, keep well, plan for when you retire, and sort out your career.   Continuer la lecture de « Work Smart »

promoting social entrepreneurship, businesses and ideas – Linked on our blogs with The Word on Women: Why Land Rights Matter.

• SocialEarth is a fresh, entrepreneurial and socially mindful weblog focusing on businesses that are doing good through their work. At SocialEarth, we believe the future of our livelihoods and our world depends on the creation and sustainability of such businesses. Therefore, we seek, promote and support social entrepreneurs, young and old, domestic and international, established and new, who have the audacity to create mindful businesses where profitability is a necessary objective and solving a ‘social ill’ is an imperative. If you know a person or business that is doing good, tell us!
• Stories we cover: … (about 1/2).

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Entrepreneurship; Green; Education; Microfinance; Tech; CSR; Health; World; Resources; SocialEarth India;
Contact online.

About 2/2 … /News: We cover news stories from green to microfinance, and almost everything in between. If there is an entrepreneur who is a making a genuine difference in the world via their business, we would be happy to do a story on them.  Continuer la lecture de « SocialEarth »

• The Work Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation whose independence, expertise and networks give us a strong platform for engagement.
• We are the leading independent authority on work and its future.
• We aim to improve the quality of working life and the effectiveness of organisations by equipping leaders, policymakers and opinion-formers with evidence, advice, new thinking and networks. (About us).

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Research; Media; Business; Events; Book: Do Enterprise Zones Work? Partnership;
Address: The Work Foundation, 21 Palmer Street, London, SW1H 0AD, UK;
Contact online.

How we make a difference: /What we do: The Work Foundation analyses, advises and influences around the areas of economic change, how to create high performing Good Work organisations and to improve the quality of working life.  Continuer la lecture de « Work Foundation »

• The TUC is the voice of Britain at work. With 58 affiliated unions representing 6.2 million working people from all walks of life, we campaign for a fair deal at work and for social justice at home and abroad.
• We negotiate in Europe, and at home build links with political parties, business, local communities and wider society … (full text about the TUC).

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Britain’s Unions; Work Rights; Events; e-mail Alerts; Publications; Blog: Touch Stone and its Web Links; Courses;
Address: Trades Union Congress, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3LS, UK;
Contact and Map.

Join an Union: What do trade unions do?  Continuer la lecture de « Trades Union Congress TUC »

One main mission of Mandat International is to inform and orientate the delegates in Geneva for a short stay by cooperating closely with the conferences organization secretariats: … (full text Mission).

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Main Projects; For Delegates; Internat. Conferences; Docs; Evolution Internat. Arena; Main fields of cooperation; Internship/Volunteering;
Resources/Links: NGO database, World Civil Society Forum, Geneva Portal, Geneva Interenat., Welcome Desk/FAQs;
Address: Mandat International, Chemin William Rappard 31, 1293 Bellevue, SUISSE/Switzerland;
Contact and support.

About the Delegates: Non-Governmental Representatives and Delegates are people who participate in international conferences independently of governments. They can be representatives of non-governmental organizations, research centres, universities, autonomous communities, foundations or professional associations.  Continuer la lecture de « Mandat International »

en français

• Whether you work for a non governmental or international organisation, the Cité de la Solidarité Internationale offers you a warm welcome and makes available high quality services to facilitate your organisation’s development and help you to settle into the Annemasse area and the wider metropolis of Geneva.
• Founded just a few years ago, the Cité de la Solidarité Internationale is developing and becoming increasingly innovative day after day. Discover the latest developments from the Cité de la Solidarité Internationale by subscribing to our newsletter! The entire team of the Cité de la Solidarité Internationale is at your disposal to answer any questions you may have. Feel free to contact us. (english Welcome).

Services; Turnkey Offices; Gatherings; Accessibility; Diary; Press; Newsletter; Gallery; They go with us; Partner websites;
Annemasse Aglo – Address: Cité de la Solidarité Internationale, MED, 5, place de l’Eglise St André, 74100 Annemasse, France;
Contact.

About the concept – an NGO cluster and meeting venue: The Cité de la Solidarité Internationale is a cluster and meeting venue dedicated to NGOs and international solidarity agencies, located in Annemasse, Haute-Savoie (France), just a few kilometres from the United Nations district in Geneva. Continuer la lecture de « Cité de la Solidarité Internationale »

Linked on our blogs with Private Bradley Manning: A victim of the military empire?

« The Rutherford Institute is one of the nation’s premier civil liberties organizations. »— (Nat Hentoff, nationally syndicated columnist)

• « When founding The Rutherford Institute, my goal was to create an organization that would defend people who were persecuted or oppressed without charging them for such services. The Rutherford Institute exists to ensure that people are treated fairly in the courts and are free to express themselves without fear » (John W. Whitehead, President and Founder of The Rutherford Institute) … (about 1/2).
• Watch (again) this video: WikiLeaks editor on Apache combat video: No excuse for US killing civilians, 7.22 min, Uploaded by RussiaToday on Apr 6, 2010.
• watch also: on Target, 4.37 min;
• and: Julian Assange: Private Bradley Manning A ‘Political Prisoner’ – Interview w/ Cenk Uygur, 0.44 min.

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CFC Campaign; Membership; Resources; Publications, Shop; Newsletter; Support the Fight; Donations; Issues: Links in left comlumn;
Address: The Rutherford Institute, Post Office Box 7482, Charlottesville, VA 22906-7482, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Founded in 1982 by constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead, The Rutherford Institute is a civil liberties organization that provides free legal services to people whose constitutional and human rights have been threatened or violated.

The Rutherford Institute has emerged as one of the nation’s leading advocates of civil liberties and human rights, litigating in the courts and educating the public on a wide spectrum of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States and around the world.

The Institute’s mission is twofold: to provide legal services in the defense of religious and civil liberties and to educate the public on important issues affecting their constitutional freedoms.

Whether our attorneys are protecting the rights of parents whose children are strip-searched at school, standing up for a teacher fired for speaking about religion or defending the rights of individuals against illegal search and seizure, The Rutherford Institute offers assistance—and hope—to thousands.

/La Fondation EarthFocus – from a global concept to local projects – innovative educational tools to better understand sustainable development – see also: Youth Conference 2011, March 17-22, 2011.

• … Vision: Our aim is to provide young people throughout the world with a forum for discussion and serve as a catalyst for action. The magazine Earth Focus has been described as “one of the hardest hitting environmental publications in circulation at the moment” [1] . The Earth Focus Foundation, founded in Geneva, Switzerland, by Princess Catherine Aleya Aga Khan, the widow of the late Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, continues to work on developing projects for young people.
• Mission: … (full text).

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Youth Conference: 2010, /do. March 17-22, 2011;
Change Network; Debates; Members; Green Map; Scholarship Partners; Schoolsinvolved; Volunteer Travel; Links;
Address: Earth Focus Foundation, Nicola Spafford Furey, Vice Présidente, 6, Chemin Sous Cherre, 1245 Collonge Bellerive, Switzerland;
Contact.

Global Activities: The Earth Focus Foundation has several on-going projects which nurture an environmental education on local and global issues which are becoming (ever more) pertinent to the changing world that the youth are inheriting. Continuer la lecture de « EarthFocus Foundation »

• What is Greycells? /FAQs: A group of retired international civil servants from organizations in Geneva has taken steps toward forming an association, named Greycells – Association of former international civil servants for development -, through which they can make their experience and expertise available, on a volunteer basis.
• When? Greycells was formally established by a Constituent Assembly held in Geneva on 17 January 2008 … (about/FAQs 1/2).

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Activities, Projects; News; EC report to GA 2010; Constituent Assembly; Statutes; GA; Links;
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About 2/2 /FAQs: … /What are Greycells activities? Greycells deals with the areas of work of international organisations and is in a position to mobilize expertise in these fields. Continuer la lecture de « Association of Former International Civil Servants for Development – Greycells »

Linked on this blog with The NGO Management School, updated as: NGO Management School NMS, Switzerland.

The NGO Management Association an independent non-profit association registered as NGO in Switzerland (reg. no. CH-550-1055048-2) and based in the Geneva area. It was set up in 2001 by a group of professionals working in the humanitarian sector in Geneva, Switzerland. The starting point of this volunteer association was to help NGOs improving their management capacity and performance by making available free management tools and key articles on NGO management. To this purpose, we set up the website NGO Manager with the NGO Management E-Library … (about 1/2).

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Training; Consultancy; Networking; News/Press; Library; Job Service;
Address: NGO Management Association Switzerland, CH-1269 Bassins, Switzerland;
Contact online.

About 2/2: … In 2007, in response to a growing demand by NGOs and individuals for training in NGO management and organisational development, the NGO Management School Switzerland was set up as a non-profit department of the NGO Management Association. Test courses were conducted in 2007, and the first public courses were held in 2009.  Continuer la lecture de « NGO Management Association Switzerland »