groupes en action

Tracking the positive and negaive impacts of over 4000 companies worldwide (also in spanish and in french).

Linked with Business and Human Rights Resource Centre of 2007-07-15.

This resource centre and online library covers over 2700 companies, over 160 countries, over 150 issues. It catalogues thousands of links to a wide range of materials published by companies, NGOs, governments, intergovernmental organisations, journalists, academics, etc. It includes reports of corporate misconduct, as well as positive examples of « best practice » by companies. The library is multilingual, containing items in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and German. We plan to expand the non-English content … (full text).

Sitemap;
homepage and latest news;
introduction to the subject;
Overview /General business & human rights;
for development specialists;
for environment specialists;
for human rights specialists;
for women rights specialists;
links;
contact & addresses (UK, USA, Hong-Kong, South Africa).

About: The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has become the world’s leading independent resource on the subject.

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Serving Earth through Self-Awareness

Linked with John Perkins – USA, .

DREAM CHANGE (DC) is a world wide grass roots movement of people from diverse cultures and backgrounds dedicated to shifting consciousness and promoting sustainable lifestyles for the individual and global community. The objective of inspiring earth-honoring changes in consciousness is accomplished through programs that educate and foster environmental and social balance. DC was originated to encourage new ways of living.

Homepage and future events;
Presenter of events (John Perkins, Llyn Roberts, Joyce Kendall, Bill Pfeiffer, Robert Levy, Eola Ball, Bob Southard);
Dream Change Projects;
How to help;
Newsletter;
Address: Dream Change, P. O. Box 705, Whately, MA 01093, USA;
Contact by mail.

About: DREAM CHANGE grew out of meetings held in indigenous communities in the early 1990’s, initiated by author and environmentalist, John Perkins.

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South African Research & Documentation Centre

Linked with Pilirani Semu-Banda – Malawi, and with The Gender and Media Project.

Vision: SARDC is an independent regional information resource centre which seeks to enhance the effectiveness of key development processes in the SADC region through the collection, production and dissemination of information, and enabling the capacity to generate and use information.

Frontpage and latest News;
Economic Development;
Governance /sustainable democracy;
India Musokotwane Environment Resource Centre for Southern Africa IMERCSA; http://www.sardc.net/imercsa/environment.asp?action=env
BOARD Members;
News Features;
Contact (scroll down).

About: Mission: SARDC’s objective is to improve the base of knowledge about economic, political, cultural and social developments, and their implications, by making information accessible to governments and policy makers, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, regional and international organizations, development agencies, parliaments, and media.

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the women’s international perspective

Linked with Pilirani Semu-Banda – Malawi.
The Women’s International Perspective, The WIP, is a comprehensive news website of women contributors that reports world news, opinion, and commentary. Our mission is to provide quality news from the unique perspectives of women that is accessible worldwide and free to our readers.

Homepage and News;
Sitemap;
Education;
Economy;
Politics;
Science;
Technology;
The World;
Authors;
Archives: Past WIP Contributor Articles;
Address: The WIP, 563 Figueroa Street, Monterey, CA 93940, USA,
+1 831 274 8884, e-mail;
Contact.

About: … The WIP is a balanced media source that promotes diversity and is not associated with any particular religion, political party, or cultural affiliation. As a worldwide collective of women writers, The WIP is an opportunity to eliminate the tremendous under-representation of women journalists and offers a greater diversity of background and opinion than typically found in one online news publication.

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Strengthening the media’s ability to report on gender and development issues in the SADC region

Linked with Pilirani Semu-Banda – Malawi, and with Daughters for loan under fire.

Small Grants on Gender Reporting in Southern Africa:

In 2003 SARDC-WIDSAA offered small grants to enable Journalists to research and write articles that reflect the range of perspectives related to gender policies and their effect among communities, the rural poor, and governments in the region. The grant is part of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency’s (Sida) support to WIDSAA phase III’s work in the SADC region.

gender beat checklist;
key gender instruments;
gender & media project of SARDC/journalists;
recent publications;
mail-contact.

Why Gender and Media: Gender is a common thread that runs through every issue, whether one is addressing issues of poverty reduction, HIV and AIDS, health, education, human rights, democracy and elections, good governance, or development. In southern Africa the multiplicity of debates on gender and development within the SADC region, as well as the rapid change in issues and approaches to the work being done in this field, pose a huge challenge for regional integration, governance and economic emancipation … (full text).

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