Democratic Underground.com

  • Democratic Underground (DU) was founded on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2001, to protest the illegitimate presidency of George W. Bush and to provide a resource for the exchange and dissemination of liberal and progressive ideas. Since then, DU has become one of the premier left-wing websites on the Internet, publishing original content six days a week, and hosting one of the Web’s most active left-wing discussion boards … (about 1/2).
  • on en.wikipedia.
  • on Google-Video-results.

Homepage;
Latest; Forums; Journals; Articles; Store; Options; Lobby; Greatest; Help/FAQs; Journal Help; Donate;
Contacts.

About 2/2: … We welcome Democrats of all stripes, along with other progressives who will work with us to achieve our shared goals.  Continuer la lecture de « Democratic Underground.com »

War Is A Crime.org

formerly AfterDowningStreet

  • In May 2010 we renamed AfterDowningStreet.org (into) WarIsACrime.org.
  • « All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations. » UN Charter
  • « all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land. » US Constitution.
  • AfterDowningStreet.org is a nonpartisan coalition working to expose the lies that create and sustain wars and occupations and to hold accountable those responsible. We have speakers available … (about 1/2).

Homepage; Continuer la lecture de « War Is A Crime.org »

Black in Latin America

Linked on our blogs with Black in Latin America /Mexico and Peru: A Hidden Race.

Black in Latin America, a new four-part series on the influence of African descent on Latin America, is the 11th and latest production from renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., writer and presenter of the acclaimed PBS series African American Lives 1 (2006), Oprah’s Roots (2007), African American Lives 2 (2008), Looking for Lincoln (2009) and most recently Faces of America (2010). Black in Latin America is the third of a trilogy that began in 1999 with the broadcast of Professor Gates first series for public television, Wonders of the African World, an exploration of the relationship between Africa and the New World, a story he continued in 2004 with America Beyond the Color Line, a report on the lives of modern-day African Americans. Black In Latin America, premiering nationally Tuesdays April 19, 26 and May 3, 10, 2011 at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings), examines how Africa and Europe came together to create the rich cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean … (about 1/2).

Homepage and Current Features;
Resources; Essays; Gallery; Timelines; Videos: on PBS, and on YouTube;
(Contact)/Feedback online.

About 2/2: … Latin America is often associated with music, monuments and sun, but each of the six countries featured in Black in Latin America including the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru, has a secret history. Continuer la lecture de « Black in Latin America »

Shelternet.ca

in many languages, as: Punjabi, Farsi, Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Polish, Spanish, French, English

Shelternet is Canada’s first and only national online resource and support network for abused women and their children. Since its inception ten years ago, the organization has helped thousands of women across the countries who are victims of domestic violence. Shelternet is dedicated to decreasing the barriers faced by women accessing help online, increasing the technological capacity of shelters for abused women and their children, and facilitating a multi-sectoral response to violence against women and their children … (about 1/2 /Mission).

Frontpage for many languages; english Homepage; Sitemap;
Find a shelter /search-tools; Safety Plan; Understanding Abuse; How do I know; Types of Abuse; Who we are; Board; Team; Online Resources; Women; Teens; Kids; Friends, Family; Workplace; e-Services; Links;
Address: Shelternet for Abused Women, Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 120, Toronto, ON  M5T 2C7, Canada;
Feedback online, Contact: Tel. (416) 642-5463; Fax (416) 979-3939

About 2/2 … /Definition of Woman Abuse: Woman abuse is any verbal threat or physical force used to create fear and exert control over what a woman does.   Continuer la lecture de « Shelternet.ca »

Women's Shelters – SheltersForWomen.org (US)

is dedicated to providing free information for women in need

  • SheltersForWomen.org is dedicated to providing free information for women in need. The online housing database consists of over 3,000 listings and includes homeless shelters, transitional housing, residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs. We are dedicated to helping the homeless and low-income persons find the shelter they need … (full text about).
  • Women’s shelter on wikipedia.

Sitemap;
Schelters: for Families; for Homeless; for Youth; for Women, community outreach programs for women;
REHAB Centers – Drug and Alcohol Rehabs at the Salvation Army; Domestic Violence … /and women; /and Psy of Abuser; /and Rape; /and Hurts;
Contacts: go to Paths to Wellness and choose your (US-) State.

Violence Begins at Home (Author: Navneet Brar): Most of you reading this statement, ‘violence begins at home’, would be shocked. Continuer la lecture de « Women's Shelters – SheltersForWomen.org (US) »

Commonwealth Institute TCI

Linked on our blogs with Project on Defense Alternatives PDA.

  • The Commonwealth Institute’s mission is to support women CEOs, entrepreneurs and senior corporate executives by helping them grow their businesses and careers.
  • Click on PLAY to watch a 5-minute video about TCI Boston … (about 1/2).

Frontpage; Homepage Boston Chapter; (see also: Commonwealth Institute /South Florida Chapter).
Events, Programs; Membership; Sponsorship; Business Resources; Board; Staff; News;
Address: The Commonwealth Institute, 101 Federal Street, Suite 1900, Boston, MA 02110, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2 … /Who are we? A nonprofit women’s membership organization with a distinct mission to help entrepreneurs, CEOs, Executive Directors, and senior corporate executives build successful businesses.   Continuer la lecture de « Commonwealth Institute TCI »

Project on Defense Alternatives PDA

a project of the Commonwealth Institute – Linked on our blogs with The Commonwealth Institute TCI.

  • Since its inception in 1991, the Project on Defense Alternatives has sought to adapt security policy to the challenges and opportunities of the post-Cold War era. Toward this end it promotes consideration of the broadest range of defense options.
  • Central to its mission is the development of « transitional security policy, » which would serve to create conditions favorable to the advent of regional and global cooperative security regimes … (about Mission Statement 1/2).

Homepage; Continuer la lecture de « Project on Defense Alternatives PDA »

Mines Advisory Group MAG

Linked on our blogs with International Campaign to Ban Landmines ICBL.

  • MAG Mines Advisory Group – is a neutral and impartial humanitarian organisation that clears the remnants of conflict for the benefit of communities worldwide.
  • Saving lives and limbs … We work in current and former conflict zones, to reduce the threat of death and injury from remnants of conflict. These include anti-personnel and anti-vehicle landmines, as well as rockets, missiles, mortars, grenades, ammunition, small arms and light weapons, and many more types of deadly items. So we don’t just carry out plain landmine or bomb clearance – some of our projects aren’t even about landmines … (about 1/2).
  • MAG on en.wikipedia, and on fr.wikipedia.

Homepage; Sitemap;
Where we work; News; Multimedia; Media Center; Downloads, Reports; Get involved; Jobs; FAQs; Donate;
Address: MAG, 68 Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3NJ, UK;
Contact.

About 2/2: … We educate people living, working and travelling through contaminated areas, to minimise the risks of them, their friends and families being killed or maimed.   Continuer la lecture de « Mines Advisory Group MAG »

Center for Contemplative Mind in Society

What are Contemplative Practices? Contemplative practices quiet the mind in order to cultivate a personal capacity for deep concentration and insight. Examples of contemplative practice include not only sitting in silence but also many forms of single-minded concentration including meditation, contemplative prayer, mindful walking, focused experiences in nature, yoga and other contemporary physical or artistic practices. We also consider various kinds of ritual and ceremony designed to create sacred space and increase insight and awareness to be forms of contemplative practice … (full long text).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Our Programs; Tree of …; Resources; Research; Publications; Newsletter; Events; Staff; FAQs; Links; Donate;
Address: The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, 15 Conz Street, Suite 1, Northampton, MA 01060, USA;
Contact.

About the Center 2/2: The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society works to integrate contemplative awareness and contemporary life in order to help create a more just, compassionate, reflective, and sustainable society.   Continuer la lecture de « Center for Contemplative Mind in Society »

Rochester Women's Shelter, Inc. (US)

Women’s Shelter, Inc. was started by and has been sustained by survivors of domestic abuse. It began in the late 1970’s by four survivors who were determined to give other abused women something they didn’t have: a safe and secure place to live and help in learning how to live independently. Over the years, Women’s Shelter, Inc. has expanded to provide more space to safely house women and children … (about /History 1/2).

Homepage;
Resources /Fact Sheets; Services; Donations;
Address: Rochester Women’s Shelter, PO Box 457, Rochester, MN 55903, USA;
Contacts.

About 2/2: … In addition, Women’s Shelter, Inc. has added children’s advocacy, an International Shelter with programming specific to immigrant battered women and their children, Transitional Housing, and a multi-lingual staff.  Continuer la lecture de « Rochester Women's Shelter, Inc. (US) »

Refuge.org (UK)

  • A refuge is a safe house for women and children escaping domestic violence. The address is confidential and no men are allowed in the building. A refuge is a place where women can be sure they are safe, and where they can access emotional and practical support from staff who understand what they have been through.
  • Every woman in the refuge is escaping abuse, meaning they can share their experiences and offer each other support … (about /what we do 1/2).

Homepage;
Get help now; Questions; Policy, Research; Prevention, Education; Events; Links; Get involved; Volunteering; Donations;
Office Address: Refuge.org, 4th Floor, International House, 1 St Katharine’s Way, London E1W 1UN, UK;
Contact.

About /what we do 2/2: … We recognise that some women may wish to live in refuges sensitive to their cultural needs or preferences. Some of our refuges are specifically for women from particular ethnic or cultural backgrounds.  Continuer la lecture de « Refuge.org (UK) »

RAINBO.org – Research, Action Information Network for the Bodily Integrity of Women

RAINBO (Research Action and Information Network for the Bodily Integrity of Women) – alternatively RAINB♀ – is an international non-governmental organisation working to eliminate female circumcision FC, (resp.) female genital mutilation FGM through women’s self-empowerment and social change … (full long text on en.wikipedia /last updated 6 March 2011).

Homepage: the original Website has been suspended

… but RAINBO is presented on other websites, as:

  • on Wiser Earth (with Address /Contact on RAINBO, 275 Madison Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, New York, USA).
  • on Arab Info Mail as as Rainbo UK, Address:Queens Studios, 121 Salusbury Road, London NW6 6RG, UK, Phone:+ 44-20-7625-3400, Fax:+ 44-20-7625-2999, Website /not found!
  • on AboutUs / with Description as an African-led international non-governmental organisation, working on issues of women’s empowerment, sexual autonomy, reproductive health, and freedom from violence, with a focus on female genital mutilation and women’s rights to their bodily integrity.
  • on Mediterranean Women/en as an African led, international, non-governmental organisation working on issues of women’s empowerment, gender, reproductive health, sexual autonomy and freedom from violence as central components of the African development agenda …

The work of RAINBO is divided into two main programmatic areasContinuer la lecture de « RAINBO.org – Research, Action Information Network for the Bodily Integrity of Women »

International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran IASWI

Website in Farsi – Linked on our blogs with Workers’ Struggles in Iran, November 1, 2006.

The International Alliance in Support of Workers’ in Iran (IASWI) was formed in January 2000, with labour endorsements, particularly from Canadian labour movement, to launch and organize collaborative international solidarity campaigns in support of workers’ rights and struggles in Iran. (About).

english Homepage;
Campaigns; Seminars; Articles; News; Archives; Links; Partners: LabourStart; LabourNet UK /Homepage with search to many topics, do./Iran;
Address: IASWI, Box 1164, Station Q, Toronto, Ontario, M4T 2P4, Canada;
Contact.

What are our Objectives?: The lack of free and independent labour organizations, and the lack of the right to strike in Iran, have created great obstacles for workers in their struggles for the realization of their rights and demands. The working class in Iran needs the international support of the workers and their organizations in other parts of the world in its struggle. Continuer la lecture de « International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran IASWI »

Fair Work Australia FWA

in some 2 dozen languages (language assistance) – Linked on our blogs with Australian Services Union ASU, and with Women are paid the same as men for equal work.

What is FWA: (it) is the national workplace relations tribunal. It is an independent body with power to carry out a range of functions including:

  • providing a safety net of minimum conditions, including minimum wages, in awards
  • facilitating good faith bargaining and the making of enterprise agreements
  • granting remedies for unfair dismissal
  • regulating the taking of industrial action
  • resolving a range of collective and individual workplace disputes through conciliation, mediation and in some cases arbitration
  • functions in connection with workplace determinations, equal remuneration, transfer of business, general workplace protections, right of entry and stand down.

The work of Fair Work Australia is carried out by FWA members with the support of administrative staff. (full text about /our role).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Annual wage reviews; Members; Panels; News, Media; Services; Contracts; Careers; Fact sheets, guides; Updates; FWA database; History;
Addresses (1 of 8): FWA, Australian Capital Territory, 2nd Floor, CML Building, 17-21 University Avenue, Canberra, 2600 / resp. GPO Box 539, Canberra City, 2601, Australia;
Website feedback; Contact.

About agreement making: … Enterprise agreements: … are agreements made at an enterprise level between employers and employees about terms and conditions of employment.  Continuer la lecture de « Fair Work Australia FWA »

Australian Services Union ASU

Linked on our blogs with Fair Work Australia, with Australia: Union prepares sell-out of PPG paint workers, and with Women are paid the same as men for equal work.

  • ASU Indigenous Members share unique interests and have special needs. There are many indigenous members working in industries covered by the ASU around Australia.
  • The ASU is encouraging the formation of an ASU Indigenous network across the Union to caucus and advise the Union on advocacy of indigenous issues.
  • The ASU is active in Indigenous Issues within the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and the various State and regional Trades and Labour Councils. Read more about the ACTU’s Indigenous Committee … (full text AIM /Introduction).
  • ASU on en.wikipedia.

Homepage;
Campaigns; Calendar; Women; Latest News; Join us; Union Links; FAQs;
Addresses: ASU Headquarter, National Office Melbourne, Ground Floor, 116 Queensberry Street, Carlton South VIC 3053, Australia;
Contact /Feedback.

AIM 2/2: … /ASU Award coverage for indigenous members: Continuer la lecture de « Australian Services Union ASU »