This Network is a group of trade union-linked researchers from all over Africa. It provides information and services to both the public and African Labour researchers.
International network of citizens’ organizations struggling to eradicate poverty and the causes of poverty, to ensure an equitable distribution of wealth and the realization of human rights.
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Centre for Civil Society
The Centre, established in the Faculty of Community and Development Disciplines, promotes the study of the non-profit sector as an area of scholarship activity en South Africa .
Centre for Media Studies
CMS is an independent multi-disciplinary research and development organisation. Research areas include: media, communications and social and development issues. India.
Centre for Rural Technology
A professional non-governmental organisation engaged in developing and promoting appropriate technologies effective in meeting the basic needs of the rural mass and improving their life support systems. Nepal.
China Association for NGO Cooperation - CANGO
Network of Chinese NGOs to address poverty alleviation, environmental protection and social development in China’s poor, remote, and minority-inhabited areas.
Civil Society for Poverty Reduction - CSPR
Civil society anti-poverty advocacy network of over 140 organisation working for pro-poor development in different parts Zambia.
Coastal Rural and Urban Poor Development Association (CRUPDA)
CRUPDA’s mission to build capacity of the men women and children particular and weaker section of the society in general so that they can realize their rights, through mobilization, increased, building capacity, ensuring participation, advocacy and lobbying. Bangladesh.
Common Concern Network (CCN)
The vision of Common Concern Network (CCN) is peaceful coexistence and a poverty-free society. Its aim is to promote peace and sustainable agricultural development in Nigeria.
Community Trust Fund - CTF
CTF endeavors to protect human rights, promote equality, assist the poor, provide emergency disaster relief assistance, and help all people affected by the ongoing civil war in Sri Lanka regardless of religion, ethnicity, or cultural background. Sri Lanka.
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
Pan-African non-governmental organisation. CODESRIA's principal objectives are facilitating research, promoting research-based publishing and creating multiple fora geared towards the exchange of views and information among African researchers.
Desarrollo Institute
The institute is made up of a highly qualified group of individuals specializing in economics, social studies, and administration, with a counsel of development experts to advise them. Paraguay.
Development Resources Centre (DRC)
DRC was conceived as an organisation geared to the transition, working to strengthen civil society in South Africa's transformation. South Africa.
When the United Nations hosts a summit meeting of world leaders next September to assess the current state of its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it is expected to single out one of the major "success stories" of the day: a reduction in global poverty.
Participatory governance is about empowering citizens to participate in processes of public decision-making that affect their lives. This site provides information on participatory governance practices and tools – all aimed at achieving more transparent, responsive, accountable and effective governance, at both the local and national level, through active citizen participation.
Grassroots women claimed cities at grassroots academy
While the V World Urban Forum was taking place in Brazil in March 2010, women from over 20 countries exchanged their practices and experiences in the "claiming our cities, claiming our roles" Grassroots Academy. The participants came up with collective advocacy messages to influence policies and resource allocation to reflect the needs of poor women.
The world is still on track to achieve the Millenium Development Goal (MDG) target of cutting the rate of extreme poverty in half by 2015 says a new report by the United Nations a few months before a major General Assembly meeting is to review progress so far. Many countries are moving forward, but unmet commitments, inadequate resources, lack of focus and accountability, and insufficient dedication to sustainable development have created shortfalls in many
areas. Some of these shortfalls were aggravated by the global food and economic and financial crises.
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