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INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH /CIRET CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES ET ETUDES TRANSDISCIPLINAIRES.

Linked with Jacqueline Kelen – France, and with CHARTER OF TRANSDISCIPLINARITY.

The International Center for Transdisciplinary Research (CIRET)
is a non-profit organization, located in Paris and founded in 1987. The aim of our organization is to develop research in a new scientific and cultural approach – the transdisciplinarity – whose aim is to lay bare the nature and characteristics of the flow of information circulating between the various branches of knowledge. The CIRET is a priviledge meeting-place for specialists from the different sciences and for those from other domains of activity, especially educators. The aim of our organization is fully expressed in our moral project.

Transdisciplinarity;

MORAL PROJECT (1987);

Activity, only in french /Activité;

Organisation, only in french /L’ASSOCIATION DU CIRET;

Contact: For any supplementary information please write to:
Basarab Nicolescu, President of CIRET, 19 Villa Curial, 75019 Paris, France, e-mail.

Linked with Chris Maser – USA.

Trees for Life is a registered charity Scottish charity No. SCO21303, and a company limited by guarantee No. 143304 with its registered offices at Forres, Scotland. VAt reg. No. 605079649

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How you can help;
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News & Updates;
Aspen Information Resource;
Dundreggan;
Volunteer Work Weeks in the Scottish Highlands 2008;
Links to Ecological Restoration and Forest Information on the World Wide Web;
Address: Trees for Life, The Park, Findhorn Bay, Forres IV36 3TZ, Scotland, UK, Tel: +44 (0)1309 691292, Fax: +44 (0)1309 691155;
Contact.

About: Trees for Life began in 1981 as a direct result of the inspiration and example of Richard S. Barbe Baker, the ‘Man of the Trees’, as a local solution to the global problem of deforestation. It forms part of the Findhorn Bay Community, an intentional community comprising various organisations and many individuals drawn together by a common vision of creating a positive future for humanity and the planet.

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Linked with Sook-Im Kim – South Korea.

Together with the KWAU affiliated organizations including Saewoomtuh for prostituted women, Korea Sexual Violence Relief Center, Women Link, Korea Women’s Hot Line, Korean Differently-Abled Women’s United and United Voice (Hansori) for the eradication of Prostitution in Korea, KWAU has been preparing legal measures to prevent sex trafficking and prostitution, to punish the traffickers and to protect the victims of such trafficking and prostitutes who are confined, trafficked, and forced debt exposed continually.

For these purposes, an ‘experts’ meeting’ was formed with lawyers, scholars, and activists under the sex and human rights committee of KWAU. The experts’ meeting in preparation for the draft bill investigated and researched international conventions related with sex trafficking and prostitution by the UN and examples of legislation in each country and conducted a survey of prostitutes to reflect their views in the Act.

Address: Korean Women’s Association
(120-012) 1st FI., 190-10 ChungJung-Ro 2ga Seodaemun-Gu, Seoul, Korea; Website only in Korean script, Email.

Contact Information:

• If calling from South Korea: Tel: 02 313 1632, Fax: 02 313 1649
• If calling from overseas: Tel: +82 2 313 1632, Fax: +82 2 313 1649

Named in english on the following websites:
on chooike.org;
on Korean Study Resources;
results to be looked at also on Google Directory.

The Centre for Communication and Development Studies CCDS is a social change resource centre focusing on the research and communication of information for change.

News & features, Online resource base on development and social justice issues in India;
agenda;
open space;
research & documentation;
annual report 05-06;
donate;
contact.

About: The Centre for Communication and Development Studies CCDS:

• CCDS is a social change resource centre focusing on the research and communication of information for change;
• CCDS uses communication tools and processes to inform, initiate and inspire change in societal attitudes and public policy. Our activities are designed to strengthen civil society by promoting a deeper understanding of issues related to sustainable development, justice, equity and rights;
• CCDS disseminates ‘information for change’ in several ways: through online databases and e-newsletters, through dossiers and information packs on specific issues, through documentary film, theatre, workshops, seminars etc. All our communication tools and processes are designed to enable concerned citizens to marshall salient information, multiple perspectives and reportage, so that they can clarify their ideas and participate in drawing up an agenda for a more equitable and sustainable world;
• CCDS is a public trust, registered with the Charity Commissioner, Pune, Maharashtra (Registration No E 3657, Pune).

CCDS aims to:

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Human Rights: As important as civil and political rights in the Indian context are the rights of the marginalised – women, tribals, Dalits or lower-castes, and the poor whose survival depends on access to natural resources. It is the rights of the marginalised and of the minorities in the country today that are in peril. The challenge is to empower the poor and marginalised to demand their rights and participate in the public sphere.

Changemakers:

• Chitamma: Nari shakti;
• Mukta Jhodia: ‘I will die for my bheeta mati’.

homepage;
sitemap;
books & reports;
Features;
contribute;
acknowledgement;
useful links;
contact.

About: InfoChange News & Features is an online resource base that provides news, views, perspectives and debates on crucial issues of sustainable development and social justice in India and South Asia . It brings into sharp focus agents and avenues of change.

The website aims to inform readers on issues that are increasingly being pushed into the margins by the mainstream media. It seeks to enable readers to marshal facts, opinions and perspectives on rights and development issues, so that they can participate in drawing up an agenda for a more equitable and sustainable world.

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Linked with Chitamma – India.

ProPoor.org is an internet portal that provides information, resources and news about development work in South Asia. ProPoor is not a funding organization. As we create a platform to match resources with needs, we hope rekindle the spirit of service in individual hearts around the globe.

projects;
news;
contribute (submit a new story /subscribe /add an NGO /help respond to e-mails /help build a website for a nonprofit /do a kind act /write about an hero /donate /volunteer;
search/add information to our database;
subscribe/newsletter;
contact.

About: ProPoor’s mission is to empower NGOs, donors, and individuals by providing the tools to connect, and by facilitating the exchange of information.

Established in 1998, ProPoor is committed to the dissemination of information and promotion of sustainable development initiatives, in response to the needs of under represented and marginalized sectors of society in the South Asia.

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Rense.com (scroll totally down to find this): first a Disclaimer: the posting of stories, commentaries, reports, documents and links (embedded or otherwise) on this site does not in any way, shape or form, implied or otherwise, necessarily express or suggest endorsement or support of any of such posted material or parts therein. The myriad of facts, conjecture, perspectives, viewpoints, opinions, analyses, and information in the articles, stories and commentaries posted on this site range from cutting edge hard news and comment to extreme and unusual perspectives. We choose not to sweep uncomfortable material under the rug – where it can grow and fester. We choose not to censor skewed logic and uncomfortable rhetoric. These things reflect the world as it now is – for better and worse. We present multiple facts, perspectives, viewpoints, opinions, analyses, and information. Journalism is (or used to be) the profession of gathering and presenting a broad panorama of news about the events of our times and presenting it to readers for their own consideration. We believe in the intelligence, judgment and wisdom of our readers to discern for themselves among the data which appears on this site that which is valid and worthy … or otherwise. See full legal disclaimer.

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About: ther’s no about, but a huge amount of fun and articles you can reach from the Homepage.

AWEC is a National Afghan Women’s non-government organization, dedicated to the promotion of rights, self-sufficiency, empowerment and understanding among Afghan women and children through education, health, peace education and socio-economic development projects. Your care and concern in taking the time to visit our website is deeply appreciated.

projects:

• Street and Working Children Centers, Kabul, Established November 2003: … Set up and operate 2 resource centers in Kabul. The centers will conduct street based outreach work to protect the rights of the working children engaged in exploitative and hazardous activities through the provision of development opportunities for child workers and their families. The centers will provide opportunities for working children and through them their families, giving them access to education, vocational skills training, life skills training, psycho social support, small scale start up business funds and to have opportunities to develop as productive and respected citizens;
• Initiative to promote Afghan Civil Society IPACS Kabul: AWEC is implementing partner of I-PACS( Initiative to Promote Afghan Civil Society) project which is started on 2005 funded by USAID and administered by Counter Part International. The goal of the project is to increase the role and viability of civil society in Afghanistan by providing capacity building training , and providing small grants to civil society organizations showing potential to be sustainable and effective organizations … ;
• S.W.K. High School and Women’s Center Islamabad: Shahid Wali Khan (S.W.K.) junior and high school for Afghan Refugees Women’s center in Islamabad as well as women’s center. Provision of ongoing vocational training for graduates of high schools as well as literacy classes and other programs for women … ;

donations;
contact.

About:
What does AWEC stand for: Afghan Women’s Educational Center.

What is AWEC: AWEC is a National Afghan Women’s non-government organisation, dedicated to the promotion of rights, self-sufficiency, empowerment and understanding among Afghan women and children through education, health, peace education and socio-economic development projects.

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Centre for Research on Globalization (also in spanish, portuguese, german)

Homepage/links to our articles and news;
Global Economy;
Newsletter/become a member;
Crimes against Humanity;
Media Disinformation;
Intelligence;
… many agendas or regions (find links in the left column);
contact.

About: The Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG) is an independent research and media group of writers, scholars, journalists and activists. The CRG is based in Montreal. It is a registered non profit organization in the province of Quebec, Canada.

The CRG is also involved in book publishing and the organization of public conferences and lectures.

The Global Research webpage at www.globalresearch.ca publishes news articles, commentary, background research and analysis on a broad range of issues, focussing on social, economic, strategic and environmental processes.

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shining the light on government and the season

Frontpage;
Homepage/search/subscribe: POGO is an independent nonprofit that investigates and exposes corruption and other misconduct in order to achieve a more accountable federal government;

POGO’s investigations: The Project On Government Oversight is committed to exposing waste, fraud and corruption in the following areas: defense, homeland security, energy & natural resources, contract oversight, open government and scientific integrity investigations;

Blog;
press room;
get involved/log in;
donate;
address: POGO, 666 11th Street, NW,Suite 900, Washington, DC, 20001-4542 U.S.A., e-mail, phone (202) 347-1122, fax (202) 347-1116
contact/sign up.

About: The Project On Government Oversight follows a rich tradition of assuring that the government continues to work for the people it represents. Our nation was founded on the very principle that representation and accountability are fundamental to maintaining a strong and functioning democracy. Today, these principles espoused by our founding fathers are under attack as our federal government is more vulnerable than ever to the influence of money in politics and powerful special interests.

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1):
named on this web page of NGOs India; address: Saroj Nalini Dutt Memorial Association, 23/1 Ballygunge Station Road, Kolkata – 700 019, West Bengal, Tel: 91 33 24406852 , 33 24408656. No E-mail and Website indicated. Contact: Mrs Aroti Dutt.

Purpose: Aged, Child welfare, Disability, Disadvantaged communities, Education, Employment, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Grants/Aids, Health, Human Rights, Information and Communications Technology, Law, Population, Poverty, Rural Development, Sanitation, Science and Technology, Sustainable Development, Training, Water, Women’s issues.

Aim/Objective/Mission: In India early last century the position of women was low both in social and economic life. They had neither education nor economic ability, having no share in their husband and father’s property. Their life was a long history of ignominy and suffering depending on charity. The basic idea of pioneering organisation was to give dignity to women and to empower them with education and economic freedom through Training of Crafts and vocational education. Our mission is to reach that goal and give a place of honour to women which they will gain on their own right and be considered by her family and society as a person of worth recognition and respect. We have to move with the time, in the present day information Technology has got priority in many aspects and we have added in our project Planning Computer Training for girls.

2):
Address no 2 named on this web page of Sulekha:

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Linked with the Centre for Social Research CSR of 2008-01-30.

The Centre for Social Research is one of the leading Women’s institution working in the field of Social action since 1983 aiming to empower women by implementing projects at the grass root, gender imparting training to law enforcing agencies, corporate houses, academia, urban and local governing bodies, domestic and international non governmental organizations. The key focus areas of CSR include development and capacity building, combat against violence against women, action research, gender training, and networking & advocacy.

CSR aims to empower women and provide them with the resources to be self-reliant individuals. We work at the grassroots, regional and international levels to raise women’s awareness of their rights, build inroads into decision-making institutions from Panchayats to Parliament and to eliminate violence against women.

CSR has played important and significant roles at the National, regional as well as international level through its network. At the national level, CSR coordinates the activities of Joint Action front for women, a front comprising of over 100 organizations and individuals across the country … (full text).

Homepage;
sitemap;
projects;
publications;
news;
reports;
departements;
internships;
contact.

About: The Centre for Social Research is one of the leading Women’s Institutions working in the field of social action since 1983.

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Bengal Presidency Council of Women & the All Bengal Women’s Conference formed an independent organization for Suppression of Immoral Traffic. This society came into being as ALL BENGAL WOMEN’S UNION.

This welfare organization (ABWU) is giving free legal aid to the deserving and needy as per provisions of the Legal Services Authorities Act. The Legal Services Clinic, which is run every Saturday between 3 to 5 P.M., is approved by State Legal Services Authority West Bengal.

Project: anti-trafficing campaign;
This NGO on wikipedia;
new project / latest news;
case studies;
donate;
contact.

About: IT all started in the year 1932, when a group of courageous women in Bengal took up to helping the helpless, exploited and victimized fellow sisters, women and child trafficking had increased to an unprecedented extent. In between the two World Wars, the number of sailors and soldiers had considerably increased and flesh trade found a ready and expanding market in Kolkata.

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(also in chinese and in arabic)

We’re looking for any content – stories, poems, pictures, videos, music, graphics that let’s the world know that it’s time for child hunger to end.

Fight Hunger – Walk the World! is part of the UN World Food Programme working to end child hunger by 2015 which is part of the first Millennium Development Goal. All year round we build communities and partnerships both online and offline around the issue of child hunger. Every year we hold our annual global walk « Walk the World » to raise awareness and funds to end child hunger. Find out more about Walk the World and our other Campaigns to help feed hungry children all over the world.

Campaigns;
downloads;
partners;
press;
festival;
BLOGS;
contact.

About: We aim to do this by holding an annual worldwide demonstration across the globe called Walk the World. Once a year hundreds of thousands of people in every time zone will take to the streets to call for an end to the needless suffering of hungry children.

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The Social and Development Canvas of India

Linked with the search page of 1000PeaceWomen, (click there on India and find the 91 Indian PeaceWomen, some of them already on this Blog – see there our country page and go down to India).

IndianNGOs.com‘s repositioning excercise is now complete. The new IndianNGOs.com, which will go online from Jan 2008, will have NGOs whose credibility is assured. What happens to the thousands of NGOs in our database? IndianNGOs.com will launch a new portal for all NGOs then, where each NGO can share their information free and most importantly it will be seen free. Click to check the list of NGOs that will go on the new portal. Register free … (full text).

Press Releases;
Campaigns;
Making of a Vision Statement;
How to write a Mission Statement;
Governance;
Training;

At the place of a contact-link:

• NGO Registration Form;
• Project Registration Form.

And at the place of a final ‘about’, find the list of NGOs that will go on the new portal.