Scriptorium

Linked with Aileen Clarke Hernandez – USA, with The African American Women’s Institute AAWI, with The California Women’s Agenda CAWA, and with NOW and Abortion Rights /Reproductive Issues.

The National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States. NOW has 500,000 contributing members and 550 chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Since its founding in 1966, NOW’s goal has been to take action to bring about equality for all women. NOW works to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of society; secure abortion, birth control and reproductive rights for all women; end all forms of violence against women; eradicate racism, sexism and homophobia; and promote equality and justice in our society … (full text about NOW {a}).

Homepage;
actions;
join/give/support;
hot topics /news;
members;
chapters;
Links;
Contact online for your local chapter;
Get Information online.

About NOW {b}:
NOW is the largest, most comprehensive feminist advocacy group in the United States. Our purpose is to take action to bring women into full participation in society — sharing equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities with men, while living free from discrimination.

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Linked with Hadayai Majeed – USA.

Our Mission: Help eliminate the climate of fear and ignorance that makes family violence possible;
Our Vision: A world where violence is not used to solve problems and parties to relationships are not required to sacrifice integrity and well-being as a condition of participation. (Homepage, Helplines and Sign Petition).

Announcements;
Shelter; History;
Resource Directory; Financial Reports;
Join our yahoo discussion group IDVAG;
Address: Baitul Salaam Network, PO Box 11041, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA;
Contact/Feedback.

About: The Baitul Salaam Residence for Abused and Neglected Women and Children.

Since November 1, 1999 the shelter program has housed 610 women and children from various parts of the US and four foreign countries (Pakistan, India, Egypt, Ghana and Tanzania). Through our outreach program we have assisted thousands with gas money and bus fare to look for work, referrals for medical assistance, housing, legal and many other services.

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celebrating women who ignite global change

Sparks seeks to build a community of young, global citizens who are invested in changing patterns of inequality that impact women throughout the world. (Homepage).

Events;
Get involved;
Advocating;
Grantmaking;
Grant Application;
Field Partners;
Support;
Annual Report 2007, 12 pages;
Volunteering;
Join our mailling list;
Address: Spark | 2130 Fillmore Street, #243 San Francisco, CA 94115, USA;
Contact: Tel. 415-829-8068, e-mail.

About:
Our Mission:

• Spark seeks to build a community of young, global citizens who are invested in changing patterns of inequality that impact women throughout the world.

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Linked with Rosalie Bertell – USA.

The International Institute of Concern for Public Health is a Canadian-based nonprofit organization dedicated to helping communities assess and improve their environmental health status. The IICPH alerts and informs the public of the health hazards of pesticides, nuclear industries and other commercial, military, and industrial products. As well — independent of government and industry — the Institute provides the evidence and documentation needed by survivors of environmental disasters. This unique and essential service both supports and furthers the key principle on which the IICPH operates: that a safe environment is a fundamental human right … (about 1/2 /mission).

Homepage;
english docs;
docs en français;
links;
Bios and CVs;
Projects;
Donate;
Get involved;
Address: IICPH, P.O. Box 80523 Rpo White Shields, 2300 Lawrence Ave. East, Toronto ON Canada M1P 4Z5;
Contact.

About 2/2: … IICPH works in cooperation with Native Peoples, professionals, grassroots organizations, and citizens groups in Canada, the United States, Russia, the Central Pacific, India, South America, Europe, South Africa, and many other countries.

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The URPP Foundations of Human Social Behavior, Altruism and Egoism

Linked with Tania Singer – Germany.

The Univesity of Zurich founded the Research Priority Program on the Foundation of Human Social Behavior in 2005.

This interdisciplinary program focuses on the investigation of human social behavior from the perspectives of neuroscience, economics, psychology, philosophy, and evolutionary anthropology (on wikipedia, on WILEY InterScience, on Max Planck Institute).

The main goal is to understand the factors which determine prosocial and antisocial behavior in humans. The program concentrates not only on the social and biological bases of altruistic and egoistic behavior, but also on the economic and ethical consequences of people displaying this behavior … (Homepage).

Sitemap;
News;
Neuroeconomics;
Professor Ernst Fehr der UZH erhält Benoist-Preis 2008;
New Paper in Science / The Coevolution of Cultural Groups and Ingroup Favoritism;
New Paperin Nature / Egalitarianism in young children;
New Paper in Neuron / Oxytocin Shapes the Neural Circuitry of Trust and Trust Adaptation in Humans;
Research Groups;
Institutions;
Research Seminars;
Teaching;
Symposia and Workshops;
People;
Archive /Symposia;
Imprint;
Address /Administration: University Research Priority Program (URPP), « Foundations of Human Social Behavior », Blumlisalpstrasse 10, CH – 8006 Zurich;
Contact /Administration.

About / Resources: The Research Priority Program Foundations of Human Social Behavior is an interdisciplinary research program that investigates social behavior adopting a multi-method approach.

Continuer la lecture de « University Research Priority Programm URPP »

Linked with Fumihiko Sueki – Japan.

The Buddhist Community at Stanford is an ecumenical group dedicated to creating a supportive community for Buddhist study and practice. We welcome experienced Buddhists from different traditions as well as people who are exploring. Our activites include daily sitting periods, meditation classes, study groups, visits to local monasteries, Dharma talks, social gatherings, community service and more! (Homepage).

Activities;
Resources;
Links;
Mailing list/newsletter (inside of about):

• 1. Send an e-mail to subscribe, or to unsubscribe from the BCAS mailing list,
• 2. The subject line and body is ignored,
• 3. Make sure the rest of the message is blank;

Contacts.

The Buddhist Study Circle (click on the link inside of Activities): The study circle is structured so that there is practice and study. Beginning with a short and peaceful chant in the beginning, the group then learns from an American Tibetan nun about karma and how it functions in our lives. There are exercises in trying to make the principle come alive in our day-to-day lives. Everyone is welcome to participate.

Linked with Cora Weiss – USA.

• The International Peace Bureau is dedicated to the vision of a World Without War.
• We are a Nobel Peace Laureate (1910), and over the years
• 13 of our officers have been recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.
• Our 300 member organisations in 70 countries, and individual members, form a global network which brings together expertise and campaigning experience in a common cause.
• Our main programme centres on Sustainable Disarmament for Sustainable Development.
• We welcome your participation.

Homepage;
Sitemap;
History;
Publications;
Archives;
Disarmament for Development Program, General;
Membership;
Support;
Better World Links;
Newsletters and Calendars;
Address: International Peace Bureau, 41, rue de Zürich,  CH-1201 Geneva;
Contact.

About/what is IBP: The International Peace Bureau is dedicated to the vision of a World Without War. We are a Nobel Peace Laureate (1910); over the years, 13 of our officers have been recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Without community, there can be no liberation

Linked with Audre Lorde – USA (1934-1992).

Mission: The Audre Lorde Project is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non Conforming People of Color center for community organizing, focusing on the New York City area. Through mobilization, education and capacity-building, we work for community wellness and progressive social and economic justice. Committed to struggling across differences, we seek to responsibly reflect, represent and serve our various communities … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Statements;
Color Life;
What we do;
Organizing Areas;
Get involved;
Resources;
Calendar / events;
about Audre Lorde;
Donate now/support;
Internships;
Address: Audre Lorde Project, 85 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11217-1607, USA;
Contacts / Staff.

About 2/2: History: The Audre Lorde Project (ALP) is a Community Organizing Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, Trans and Gender Non Conforming (LGBTSTGNC) People of Color Communities.

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Challenging Homophobia

Linked with Suzanne Pharr – USA.

History: Lesbian Information Service is an independent organisation. Set up in July 1987 by Jan Bridget (Foster) and Sandra Lucille, it has provided one-to-one support to lesbians of all ages and backgrounds throughout Britain via face-to-face work, support groups, helplines, publications, newsletter, pen-pal schemes, telephone and correspondence counselling, residentials, campaigns, training, projects … (full long list of links).

This website seems have been updated until 2004. But some articles and researches are still available.

News (updated 20.1.04);
publications;
Battering;
research;
Address: P.O. Box 8, Todmorden, Lancashire, OL14 5TZ;
Contact: Tel: 01706.817235

Homepage: Established in 1987, Lesbian Information Service:

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Building, Connecting, and Amplifying Southern LGBTQ Organizing for Liberation

Linked with Mandy Carter – USA.

SONG believes all our identities, issues and lives are connected across race, class, culture, gender and sexuality. SONG is a membership-based, Southern regional organization made up of working class, people of color, immigrants, and rural LGBTQ people. We vision a world where the double shift factory worker and the drag queen at the bar down the block see their lives as connected and are working together for liberation … (about 1/2).

Homepage and Photos and Blog;
The Blog:

• New Version,
• former Version;

Watch our videos;
Programms 2008;
Donnate Now;
Familie Pictures / Durham, NC:

• Day of Truthtelling;
• Love Extravaganza;
• Pride 2007;
• SONG listening campaign;
• Staff, Board and Founders;
• The Campouts;

Reports & Documentation;
Updates/E-newsletters;

Address: PO Box 268 // Durham, NC 27702, USA;
Contacts to SONG’s Staff.

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Linked with Mandy Carter – USA.

The National Black Justice Coalition, www.nbjc.org, is a civil rights organization dedicated to empowering Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Our mission is to end racism and homophobia … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Events;
News;
Publications;
Issues;
Who we are;
What we do;
NBJC history;
Staff;
Board;
Supporters;
Get involved;
Address Headquarter: National Black Justice Coalition, 1638 R Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20009, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2:
As America’s only nationwide Black gay civil rights organization, we are the authoritative source on LGBT issues as they affect Black communities.

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Stopping Arms Proliferation at the Source

The Wisconsin Project carries out research and public education designed to stop the spread of mass destruction weapons and long-range missiles. The Project has been investigating transfers of nuclear, chemical/biological and missile-related technology since 1986. It is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that operates in Washington, D.C. under the auspices of the University of Wisconsin.  The Project’s three principal products are: … (full text Homepage).

The Risk report;
Iran Watch;
Iraq Watch; (as of August 2006, Iraq Watch is no longer being updated, click here for more information);
our achievements;
articles and commentaries;
Testimony, Reports and Speeches;
Controlling Dangerous Exports;
Infos on countries;
Newsletter;
Address: Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, 1701 K Street NW, Suite 805, Washington, DC 20006, USA;
Contact.

About: The Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control conducts research and advocacy to stem the spread of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction.

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Focuss.Info – a collaborative research tool for global development cooperation

The Focuss.Info Initiative is a collaborative platform for the creation and sharing of knowledge of valuable electronic resources in the field of global development cooperation. Focuss.Info improves the creation and sharing of global development knowledge in general and global development research specifically. This is being realized through three phases: … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Focuss.Info search engine indexes;
Who is Focuss (partners form a to Z);
Discussions;
Funding;
Contact: skype = focuss.info, e-mail.

About 2/2 – Three phases:

• 1) Storing hand-picked favorite Internet resources in social bookmark accounts (more … );
• 2 Sharing the hand-picked favorite Internet resources through a search engine (more … );
• 3 Creating a platform that improves knowledge creation and sharing (more … ).

Steps you need to take:

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The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) was established in Geneva in September 1996 to contribute to a better understanding of development and environment concerns in the context of international trade. As an independent non-profit and non-governmental organisation, ICTSD engages a broad range of actors in ongoing dialogue about trade and sustainable development. With a wide network of governmental, non-governmental and inter-governmental partners, ICTSD plays a unique systemic role as a provider of original, non-partisan reporting and facilitation services at the intersection of international trade and sustainable development … (about 1/2).

Homepage and latest news;
News and Analysis;
Programmes and Issues;
Dispute Settlement and Understanding Programme;
Economic Partnership Agreements EPAs;
Services;
Staff Team;
Work with us;
Address: International Environment House 2, Chemin de Balexert 7, 1219 Châtelaine, Geneva, Switzerland;
Contact.

About 2/2:
ICTSD facilitates interaction between policy-makers and those outside the system to help trade policy become more supportive of sustainable development. By helping parties increase capacity and become better informed about each other, ICTSD builds bridges between groups with seemingly disparate agendas. It seeks to enable these actors to discover the many places where their interests and priorities coincide, for ultimately sustainable development is their common objective.

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Japanese Home

Linked with Fumihiko Sueki – Japan.

Public Visitation Day: In order to introduce Nichibunken’s activities to the citizens of Kyoto, on Public Visitation Day a lecture as well as a look into Nichibunken’s research projects and facilities is provided for the public. Date and Time: October 30th, 2008 (Thursday, 10:00 – 16:30) … (full text).

Homepage in english,
SITEMAP;
Outreach Programs and Events;
Library;
Nichibunken Databases;
History;
Employment and Study /and Call for Applications;
Research Activities;
Scholarships/Fellowships: Domestics;
Overseas;
Links (and links in japanese);
Address: International Research Center for Japanese Studies, 3-2 Oeyama-cho, Goryo, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 610-1192, Japan;
Contact.

About Research Cooperation:

• The International Research Center for Japanese Studies was established both to promote research as well as to provide research cooperation and assistance. Continuer la lecture de « The International Research Center for Japanese Studies »