Scriptorium

SCI is a peace organisation that co-ordinates international voluntary projects for people of all ages, cultures, religious and economic backgrounds. Our work is based in the belief that all people are capable of living together and co-operating with mutual respect and without recourse to violence to solve conflict. Through international voluntary work we aim to give people the chance to experience this way of living whilst contributing in a useful manner to the community.

Annual reports (to be downloaded);
What we do;
Workcamps;
Get involved;
News and Publications;
Newsletter;
Links;
Contact.

About: It has 43 branches and groups worldwide and an ever growing number of partner organisations. The network spans 5 continents, but is based mainly in Europe and Asia. Volunteers have the opportunity to participate in a huge variety of projects all around the world. For example:

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Linked with Lynnsay Rongokea Francis – Cook Islands, and with Heisoo Shin – South Korea.

APWLD is a network of organisations from all over the Asia-Pacific region. The membership body, composed of individuals and national organisations in the Asia-Pacific region, is represented in the Regional Council (ReC). The Programme and Management Committee supervises and monitors the Secretariat. The Secretariat operates to plan and coordinate the activities of the organisation.

Structure;
Forum, News;
Calendar of Activities;
APWLD was also at the UN HRC Geneva.
Contact.

June 20, 2006: Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development has announced that it has a new regional coordinator, Lynnsay Rongokea Francis, starting 1 July 2006. She takes the place of Titi Soentoro. Prior to her appointment as Regional Coordinator, Ms. Francis was involved with advocacy and lobbying for political reform in the Cook Islands and formed the Group for Political Change (GPC) in 2002. She has also has been a member of APWLD Steering Committee from 2000-2003.

APWLD developed from dialogues among Asia Pacific women lawyers, social scientists and activists, which began at the 1985 Third World Forum on Women, held in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Linked with Sr. Bhikkhuni Dhammananda alias former Dr. Chatsumarn Kabilsingh – Thailand, and with The Chaing Mei Declaration.

Sakyadhita, the name of the International Association of Buddhist Women, means « Daughters of the Buddha. » The objectives of Sakyadhita, as expressed at its founding meeting in 1987 in Bodhgaya, India, are:

• To promote world peace through the practice of the Buddha’s teachings,
• To create a network of communications for Buddhist women throughout the world,
• To promote harmony and understanding among the various Buddhist traditions,
• To encourage and help educate women as teachers of Buddhadharma,
• To provide improved facilities for women to study and practice the teachings,
• To help establish the Bhikshuni Sangha (community of fully-ordained nuns) where it does not currently exist.

Buddhist Women as Teachers.

Join the Sakyadhita community! Support the important work of Sakyadhita by becoming a member. Fill up the Membership Form.

Linked with Patricia Gaffney – England.

The Peace Education Network brings together peace education practitioners and others committed to promoting education for peace. The Peace Education Network works to encourage the development of knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for exploring, making informed decisions about and exercising responsibilities and rights in a democratic society. The network organizes an annual peace education conference and coordinates approaches to curriculum development and the effective distribution of existing resources to teachers and others working in the field.

MEMBERS of the peace education network;
All about;
Events;
Resources;
Contact.

Disputes may be inevitable, but violence is not. To prevent continued cycles of violence, education must seek to promote peace and tolerance, not fuel hatred and suspicion. The General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed the years 2001-1010 the International decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World. It defines a culture of peace as ‘all the values, attitudes and forms of behaviour that reflect respect for life, for human dignity and for all human rights, the rejection of violence in all its forms and commitment to the principles of freedom, justice, solidarity, tolerance and understanding between people’. Essential for building a culture of peace is peace education. The United Nations has called on every country to ‘ensure that children, from an early age, benefit from education to enable them to resolve any dispute peacefully and in a spirit of respect for human dignity and of tolerance’. (full text).

Published on the Tribune de Genève, April 16, 2007.

Kofi Annan, former secretary general of the United Nations, is spearheading a project to create an international humanitarian forum in Geneva, according to media reports. Annan has already chosen to “retire” to the canton but it appears he will remain busy in his retirement. The forum, to be launched in September, would be similar to the World Economic Forum in Davos, only it would be devoted to advancing humanitarian causes, promoting peace and reducing poverty.

Annan has already expressed his interest in these issues, while head of the UN. The idea of a humanitarian forum has received the strong support of the Swiss federal government. And it is believed to be backed by Swiss president Micheline Calmy-Rey – (see also in the german wikipedia) – who has made the promotion of an international Geneva one of her priorities.

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Linked with Patricia Gaffney – England.

Pax Christi, Peace of Christ, is a gospel-based lay-inspired, peacemaking movement. Founded in the Catholic Church, its membership is open to individuals, groups and organisations of all faiths who are in sympathy with its aims and values. It is affiliated to Pax Christi International. Pax Christi strives to help the Church and the wider community to proclaim and to make peace, through its experience and ideas, and especially through the witness and action of its members.

The three major objectives of Pax Christi are:

• reconciliation;
• the promotion of a culture of peace and nonviolence;
• providing the means to bring about peace, e.g. through peace education resources and training.

Peace Resources;
Peacereporter worldwide;
News & Reports;
links;
Contact (on the Homepage, scroll down).

And: Pax Christi on wikipedia; Pax Christi International.

means equal chance for every child

Linked with Patricia Gaffney – England.

Comprehensive Future wants to see a comprehensive school system throughout England, with fair admissions criteria to all publicly funded schools, guaranteeing an equal chance to all children and an end to selection by ability and aptitude. We don’t have a fully comprehensive secondary school system in England. Many English children face selection for entry into secondary education. The 11plus still exists in about a quarter of English local authorities. Other schools are partially selective on ability. All schools can select 10% of their intake on aptitude for specific subjects.

Main Index;
Latest publications;
Support campaign;
links to communication exchange with Jim Knight;
Contact.

See also:
our BLOG.
Barry Comprehensive School.

Comprehensive Future is the campaign for fair school admission policies in England. The campaign, which is non party political and open to all, aims to bring about a comprehensive secondary school system with fair admissions criteria to all publicly funded schools, guaranteeing an equal chance to all children.

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Linked with Patricia Gaffney – England.

CAFOD’s vision and values: Underpinning CAFOD’s work is a deeply held set of values that are central to the organisation’s ethos and identity. We act based on principles of compassion, solidarity, stewardship and hope. Confronted by immense poverty and suffering, CAFOD’s most fundamental response is compassion. (full text).

What we do;
News & Events;
Where we work;
CAFOD’s finances;
Contact.

About:

• CAFOD is the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development. It is the official overseas development and relief agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
• CAFOD has been fighting poverty in developing countries since 1962.
• CAFOD believes that all human beings have a right to dignity and respect, and that the world’s resources are a gift to be shared equally by all men and women, whatever their race, nationality or religion.
• CAFOD is a member of the Caritas International Federation, a worldwide network of Catholic relief and development organisations.
• CAFOD raises funds from the Catholic community in England and Wales, the UK government and the general public so that it can promote long-term development, helping people in need to bring about change for themselves through development and relief work. (full text).

Linked with Khadija Al-Haisami (or Dr. Khadigah Ahmad al-Haisami) – Yemen,
and with ‘TOWARDS THE RISE OF WOMEN IN THE ARAB WORLD‘.

Human Rights Information and Training Center: Human Rights Information and Training Center (HRITC) is a private, civil, non-governmental, non-profitable organization, which aims at enhancing human rights values in Yemen and the Arab World and is committed to all international charters, agreements and declarations published by the United Nations. (see on UNDP).

About: HRITC was established in1995 and works with both non-governmental organziations and government bodies. Objectives: Its objective is to create awareness about human rights and to develop a human rights culture in Yemen.
Activities: Activist, Educational, Type: Non Governmental Organization.
Contact: Headquarters: P.O. Box 4535, Taiz, Yemen
Phone: (967-4) 211-227, Fax: (967-4) 211-227. (See on Wiser Earth).

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Linked with Khadija Al-Haisami (or Dr. Khadigah Ahmad al-Haisami) – Yemen.

Center for Empirical Research and Women’s Studies, Sana`a` University, Dr. Raufa Al-Sharqi, P.O. Box 1802, Sana`a` ROY, Republic of Yemen. Tel 967-01-219339, Fax 967-01-219341:

• Sisters Arabic Forum (SAF);
• Women’s Court: Arab Court To Resist Violence Against Women;
• Association for Middle East Women’s Studies List;
• Women’s Forum for Research & Training;
• AVIVA List, (on the Wayback Machine);
• PeaceWomen List;
• World March of Women List;
• Global List.

Linked with Jacob S. Hacker – USA, and with Economic risk has shifted … .
Welcome to the Social Science Research Council SSRC. Since our founding in 1923, we have developed a world-wide reputation for advancing knowledge on critical social issues, both nationally and internationally. Our work focuses on ‘building capacity in fields that engage important public issues. Current topics include international migration, AIDS and Africa, media reform, and religion and international affairs’. Go to programs overview.
Nurturing new generations of social scientists, both in the U.S. and abroad, through fellowships, training and mentoring programs. Go to fellowships overview.

Publications: about THE PRIVATISATION OF RISK:

• Catastrophic Risks: The need for new tools, financial instruments and institutions, by Graciela Chichilnisky;
• The Privatization of Risk and the Growing Economic Insecurity of Americans, by Jacob Hacker;
• Rising Angst? Change and Stability in Perceptions of Economic Insecurity, by Elisabeth Jacobs; Kathryn Newman;
• Identifying and Managing Household Risk: Lessons from Bankruptcy, by Melissa Jacoby;
• Risk versus Uncertainty: Frank Knight’s “Brute” Facts of Economic Life, by William Janeway;
• The Rising Risks of Rising Economic Inequality: Do Americans Care? By Leslie McCall;
• Rewriting the Rules: Families, Money and Risk, By Elizabeth Warren.

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Linked with Florence Muia – Kenya.

Future Dream: In 2002, 4 acres of land was donated to Upendo Village, NFP for a permanent site in the small town of Naivasha (50 miles north of Nairobi). As soon as funds are available we shall start building so that we can expand our services to more clients and embark on basic training for them. There is no duplication of this service in surrounding areas. The closest similar program is 50 miles away.

Mission Statement;
Client Stories;
Progress;
How you can help;
Contact.

The Upendo Village NFP is a project designed to respond at the local level to the needs of women and their children living with HIV/AIDS. The project surrounds them with resources and support to improve their health, increase their lifespan and plan for the future. Upendo Village is not a hospice program where death is the final outcome. We are providing hope, love, services, and resources so that families can be strengthened and can plan for their future.

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(in english, en français, in arabic).

Linked with Samir Kassir – Liban (May 5, 1960 – June 2, 2005), with A time to rethink, and with ‘Why do many Muslims mistrust secularism?‘.

Most parts of this website are in arabic language.

But from their english homepage you may find a long list of links leading to published english texts.

Linked with Marie Rose Cimpaye – Burundi.

Working for a right to a just and free society (Homepage);

What we do/programmes; At the core of all ACORD’s work is the capacity building of community based organizations and the facilitation of stronger civil society networks that takes part in social action. (full text);
News;
Publications/Reports;
Where we work;

Contacts:

• – International (for many African Countries, contact is made through the web).
• – ACORD BURUNDI, BP 2300, Chaussee Prince Louis, Rwangasore, Building CNI, Bujumbura, Burundi, Tel:+257 21 8309, Fax:+257 21 8310, Email, Country Coordinator: Sophie Havyarimana.
• – ACORD LONDON, ACORD, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London, EC2A 4JX, United Kingdom, Tel: +44 (0)20 7065 0850, Fax:+44 (0)20 7065 0851, E-mail.

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