Solidarity for Social Equality SSE

Human Rights Centre (we are equal in dignity)

  • Our Vision: We dream to create a harmonious society and we work to make it true. We believe that Poverty is the worst violation of Human Rights and thus we work with poor deprived and marginalized section of society to create a condition where everybody will be recognized as equal human being in dignity. In a word we dream to create a harmonious society and we work to make it true.
  • Our Mission: Our mission in SSE is to unite people together in social equality, curb socio-economic exploitation on oppressed and create abundant socio-economic opportunity for dominated people.
  • Our Goal: Our Goal is to initiate a social and economic process in our project area which will ensure better economic opportunity for poor, a healthier living and equal social status for people irrespective of caste, creed and bring gender equity in society.
  • Our Strategy of Intervention: … (full text Homepage).

Projects; Trainings; e-Counseling;
IEC materials; Resources;
Donate;
Address: SSE, At- Adarsha Pada, Post- Rajendra College, District- Balangir Orissa, 767002, INDIA;
Contact.

About: Genesis of SSE: SSE is organized by a group of Young and energetic persons who are sensitive to existing socio-economic Inequality in our society and are committed to be with oppressed people in the struggle for recognition in the society as Human Being of equal importance and equal rights. We welcome and even invite committed people to join us as member and socio-economic class of our society is not a barrier to it.

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The International Water Management Institute IWMI

Linked with Frank R. Rijsberman – Netherlands, and with Every Last Drop.

IWMI is one of 15 international research centers supported by the network of 60 governments, private foundations and international organizations collectively known as the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). IWMI has a staff of about 350 and offices in 12 countries across Asia and  Africa. (Homepage).

Publications, IMWI research reports, News room, Our blog;
Research and Impact, Selected current projects, knowledge sharing, working at IWMI;
Address: Headquarters : 127, Sunil Mawatha, Pelawatte, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka;
Contact: down of each page.

About:

  • IWMI’s Mission is to improve the management of land and water resources for food, livelihoods and nature.
  • IWMI’s Vision, reflected in the Strategic Plan is to be a world-class knowledge center on water, food and environment.
  • IWMI targets water and land management challenges faced by poor communities in the developing world/or in developing countries and through this contributes towards the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of reducing poverty, hunger and maintaining a sustainable environment. These are also the goals of the CGIAR.
  • Research is the core activity of IWMI. The research agenda is organized around four priority Themes including Basin Water Management; Land, Water and Livelihoods; Agriculture, Water and Cities; and Water Management and Environment. Cross cutting activities in all themes include, assessment of land and water productivity and their relationship to poverty, identification of interventions that improve productivity as well as access to and sustainability of natural resources, assessment of the impacts of interventions on productivity, livelihoods, health and environmental sustainability.
  • IWMI works through collaborative research with many partners in the North and South and targets policy makers, development agencies, individual farmers and private sector organizations.
  • Core Values: Excellence, Impact orientation, Teamwork, Knowledge-Sharing, Respect for Diversity, Partnerships.

The Two Circles.net

Linked with Asghar Ali Engineer – India, with Madrasa education myth and reality, and with Islamic banking in India: Challenges and prospects.

Guiding statement: « I belong to two circles of equal size, but which are not concentric. One is India, and the other is the Muslim world (Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar): I am a Muslim and profoundly conscious of the fact that I have inherited Islam’s glorious tradition of the last fourteen hundred years. I am not prepared to lose even a small part of that legacy. The history and teachings of Islam, its arts and letters, its culture and civilization are part of my wealth and it is my duty to cherish and guard them. But, with all these feelings, I have another equally deep realization, born out of my life’s experience which is strengthened and not hindered by the Islamic spirit. I am equally proud of the fact that I am an Indian, an essential part of the indivisible unity of the Indian nationhood, a vital factor in its total makeup, without which this noble edifice will remain incomplete (Maulana Abul Kalam Azad). »  (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Special reports; Blogs; Multimedia;
Scholarships for Indian Muslims;
Job circles;
Data bank; Polls; Feeds;
Official Address: 1155 Main Street #107, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA;
Post-address: PO Box 7790, Jupiter, FL 33468, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2: … In increasing commercialized media, TwoCircles.net (TCN) will be a voice of sanity. We will cover news from marginalized sections of India. Our main focus is on Indian Muslims but we will be covering and reporting whole range of issues affecting Indians, Muslims and International issues.

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Vital Voices

Global Partnership

Linked with Mu Sochua – Cambodia.

Vital Voices Global Partnership is the preeminent non-governmental organization (NGO) that identifies, trains, and empowers emerging women leaders and social entrepreneurs around the globe, enabling them to create a better world for us all. We provide these women with the capacity, connections, and credibility they need to unlock their leadership potential:

  • We are at the forefront of international coalitions to combat human trafficking and other forms of violence against women and girls.
  • We enable women to become change agents in their governments, advocates for social justice, and supporters of democracy and the rule of law.
  • We equip women with management, business development, marketing, and communications skills to expand their enterprises, help to provide for their families, and create jobs in their communities.

… (full text about 1/2, overview).

Homepage;
Programs, Global Leadership Network;
Press; our blog;
Resources;
Board of Directors, Global Advisory Council, Staff,
Get involved, Jobs, Internship; Donate;
Address: Vital Voices Global Partnership, 1625 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 850, Washington, DC 20036, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2, … our History: The nonprofit Vital Voices Global Partnership grew out of the U.S. government’s successful Vital Voices Democracy Initiative. Continuer la lecture de « Vital Voices »

Shared Interests.com

financing fair trade, investing in a fairer world

Linked with International Federation for Alternative Trade IFAT;

Shared Interest is a co-operative lending society that aims to reduce poverty in the world by providing fair and just financial services. We have been part of the fair trade movement for 17 years and work extensively with community-based businesses in Africa and other continents to help them make the most of fair trade … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
becoming a member; becoming an ambassador;
vision, mission, values; partnership and networks;
finance for fair trade; annual reports;
working for Shared Interest; the beekeeper game;
associated with IFAD; shared interest foundation; borrowing from Shared Interest;
Addresses: Headquarter, Shared Interest Society Ltd, No 2 Cathedral Square, The Groat Market, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1EH, United Kingdom – (more in Nairobi and Costa Rica);
Contacts.

About 2/2: … We work primarily by providing finance up front to producers, often via their buyers, to enable them to buy raw materials, tools and the other things they need at the time they need them. We also offer longer term loans and other credit facilities to support the development of fair trade businesses.

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The International Institute for Sustainable Development IISD

Institut International du développement durable

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

IISD champions sustainable development around the world through innovation, partnerships, research and communications. (Homepage).

Site Index:
Sustaining Excellence: The 2007-2008 Annual Report of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, download it in english, 38 pdf pages, en français;
Access and benefit-sharing; Publications; Media; Earth Negotiations Bulletin; e-newsletter;
Economics and Sustainable Development SD; Indicators; Water;
Governance of networks; Influence of Networks;
Address: IISD’s Head Office, 161 Portage Avenue East, 6th Floor, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 0Y4;
Contacts.

About: The world is challenged by a changing climate, biodiversity loss, abject poverty and environmental degradation. What can make a difference? Good ideas. Creativity. Passion. Innovation. The achievement of change.

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War Resisters’ International

also in Deutsch, Español, Français

War Resisters’ International’s programme The Right to Refuse to Kill combines a wide range of activities to support conscientious objectors individually, as well as organised groups and movements for conscientious objection. (Right to Refuse to Kill).

Homepage;
Programmes and Projects: Prisoners for Peace/CO Database, World survey of conscription and conscientious objection to military service, War Profiteers;
WRI network: Affiliates, Seminars and Events, WRIwiki, background documents and statements, Links;
Publications: e-newsletters, War Profiteers’ News, The Broken Rifle, wri-info, women, books and reports, resources for downloading, image galleries;
Campaigns: Seminars and events, Global initiative against War Profiteers, War tax resistance;
Address: War Resisters’ International, 5 Caledonian Rd, London N1 9DX, Britain;
Contact: down of each page.

About WRI: War Resisters’ International was founded in 1921 under the name « Paco ». It was and is based on the WRI declaration:

  • War is a crime against humanity. I am therefore determined not to support any kind of war, and to strive for the removal of all causes of war.
  • War Resisters’ International exists to promote nonviolent action against the causes of war, and to support and connect people around the world who refuse to take part in war or the preparation of war. On this basis, WRI works for a world without war.

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International Federation for Alternative Trade IFAT

in english, spanish, french and japanese

Linked with Shared Interests.com.

Fair Trade is a trading partnership, based on dialogue, transparency and respect, that seeks greater equity in international trade. It contributes to sustainable development by offering better trading conditions to, and securing the rights of, marginalized producers and workers – especially in the South … (full text about /what is Fair Trade).

Homepage;
The 10 Standards of Fair Trade; Sixty Years of Fair Trade; Market Development;
Building Trust; Speaking Out; Join IFAT;
Downloads, Library & Links;
Address: IFAT: the International Fair Trade Association, Prijssestraat 24, 4101 CR Culemborg, The Netherlands;
Contact.

About IFAT /Areas of work – Our work is centered around three areas of work:

  • Market Development (Developing the market for Fair Trade)
  • Fair Trade Monitoring (Building trust in Fair Trade)
  • Advocacy (Speaking out for Fair Trade)

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PACT radio – Pakistan

(also in the language of Pakistan)

Linked with Freshta Shikhany – Pakistan ex Afghanistan.

The aim of PACT programmes: The languages spoken on both sides of the Pak-Afghan border, the culture and traditions of the people, and the problems they are facing in their day-to-day lives, are all inter-related. People living on both sides of the border can help each other solve their problems. How can people’s standard of living improve? How can the conflicts which beset them, be solved in an amicable fashion? How can extremism and polarization of society – inimical to Islam – be replaced by Islamic moderation? … // … These are the answers which PACT programmes seek to address, in the words of ordinary members of society – the ones who have most to gain from solution of current problems, and most to lose from the perpetration of these problems. (full text about /the aim of PACT programmes – scroll down).

Homepage;
Programmes; Features; News archives; Listener’s letters;
From fact to fiction: a new cross-border soap opera in the making;
PACT reporters; Training;  play your part;
(actual) Jobs;
Address: PACT radio, 203 Badshah Tower, Stadium Road, Peshawar Cantt., Pakistan;
Contact.

About:

Centre pour l'Action non-violente CENAC

anciennement Centre Martin Luther King CMLK

But et services du Centre – Le but du Centre pour l’action non-violente (CENAC, ex-CMLK) est la promotion de la non-violence active et par là-même la prévention de la violence. Ses services actuels reposent sur 35 ans d’expérience:

  • Programme de formation annuel à la résolution non-violente des conflits.
  • Organisation de modules de formation, intervention lors de conflits, supervisions, en réponse à des demandes spécifiques.
  • Permanences de conseil et soutien personnalisé aux objecteurs de conscience désirant accomplir un service civil; promotion auprès des jeunes.
  • Centre de documentation unique en Suisse contenant plus de 7’000 références dont des collections de revues, des ouvrages pédagogiques, des vidéos.
  • Edition d’un trimestriel d’information et de réflexion «Terres civiles» sur la non-violence.
  • … (texte entier).

Page d’Accueil;
Service Civil;
Formation: une série d’ateliers thématiques au travers de son programme annuel,  des interventions personnalisées à la demande de groupes;
documentation;
Le Centre: Activités en cours,
Adresse: CENAC, Rue de Genève 52, 1004 Lausanne, Suisse;
Formulaire de contact; Contact directe.

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Every Human Has Rights.org EHHR

Linked with World Public Opinion.org, with The Elders.org.

2008 is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th anniversary. It’s time for a global conversation about human rights and the values that unite us as one human family. It can also be a time when each of us chooses to take human rights into our daily lives, individually and collectively. (Homepage with links).

Universal Declaration: read it and pledge it;
Get involved: as an individual, as an organization;
Campaign – every human has rights: campaign news, campaign stories, campaign themes, campaign human rights map;
You can explore two maps showing persons working for the human rights: the Global Awareness layer on Google Earth: Download and install; the HUBmap;
Newsletter: down in the left column;
Contact.

(down on the homepage): I choose to sign this declaration because …
… I wish to take responsibility for upholding the goals of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in my daily life and in my community. I will do my best to speak out to protect the freedom and rights of others in my community.

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Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

a legal approach to human rights

Linked with 2009 Specialized Human Rights Program.

Welcome page, (Homepage in spanish/espanol).

The Academy promotes scholarly and practical approaches to human rights and humanitarian law as well as strengthening links between human rights organizations, practitioners and educators worldwide. Through these partnerships, we hope to strengthen the culture and prominence of human rights and humanitarian law around the world. We offer training and courses in human rights for scholars, practitioners and students interested in the international human rights system and laws … (full text Homepage in english)
Spezialized Human Rights Program, May 25 – June 12, 2009;
Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition (in english, espanol and portugues);
HUMAN RIGHTS ESSAY AWARD (Deadline is February 3, 2009);
Training & Human Rights Promotion; Student Opportunities; Publications;
Address: The Academy is part of the Washington College of Law WCL, 4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016, USA;
Contacts: by Washinton Colleege of Law WCL.

About /general, and About Washinton Colleege of Law WCL: At the Washington College of Law, you meet the world where you will practice your profession … (full long text).

DARFUR Peace and Development

Linked with Aisha Abubakr Subaira Adam – Sudan, and with Crossing Conflict Lines to Promote Good Governance.

  • Welcome: Darfur Peace & Development is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization with headquarters in Washington, DC and offices in Khartoum and El Fasher Sudan.
  • DPDO provides humanitarian and development assistance to the victims of conflict in Darfur, Sudan without regard to ethnicity, gender, age or religious beliefs.
  • DPDO works to foster reconciliation, to facilitate just governance and to enable Darfurians to rebuild their homeland in effective, sustainable ways.
  • DPDO also promotes awareness of the crisis in the United States and advocates for a peaceful resolution of the conflict. (Homepage).

Where we operate;
Programs (Darfur Schools, Women’s Center, Solar Cooker Program, Community Dialogue, Advocacy, Documentation, Rehabilitation);
Events;
Media: Photos, Videos, Audio;
About Darfur; About Sudan;
Reports from (African Union, DPDO selected reports, US-congress, USaid, United Nations, Human Rights Watch);
Links;
Address Headquarters: DARFUR Peace and Development, 666 11th St. NW, Suite 315, Washington DC, 20001, USA (Mail: P.O. Box 90, Washington DC, 20044, USA);
Contacts.

About /Our mission: Darfur Peace & Development Organization (DPDO) was founded in 2002 by a group of Darfurians in the United States. DPDO is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to a peaceful Darfur that is justly governed and developed in a sustainable manner.

The mission of DPDO is to provide humanitarian relief to victims of the genocide in Darfur, to facilitate just governance, and to enable Darfurians to effectively rebuild and develop their homeland.
DPDO implements its programs with the following core values:

  • Inclusiveness, diversity, and human dignity
  • Exchange of ideas and strategies in a mutually respectful context
  • Continuous personal, social, and cultural growth
  • Concern for the rule of law and unrestricted access to justice
  • Development and distribution of knowledge relevant to Sudanese and those who assist them
  • Outreach and advocacy on issues of concern to Sudanese.

(for more: click on about and on its particular links).