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.
Its aim is to work for a society that is peaceful, free, equal, just and sustainable by a process of empowering people and building a mass movement to uphold human rights. Malaysia.
Regional network on human settlements and urban issues consulted by many UN agencies.
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Egyptian Center For Housing Rights- ECHR
NGO that specializes in claming and defending the right to adequate housing, particularly for the most disadvantaged sectors of society. Egypt.
Free World Foundation
The Foundation aims to fight HIV/AIDS pandemic, tuberculosis and malaria in the Greater Accra Region of the Republic of Ghana by promoting good governance, youth empowerment and education.
Hamyaran Iran NGO Resource Center
Organization focused on capacity building of NGOs and an initiator of community empowerment projects countrywide. The Hamyaran Iran NGO Resource Center is well respected by the Iranian NGO community, the UN agencies within Iran, the Iranian government, as well as by the World Bank and the development community within the region.
Health Education Library for People
The Health Education Library for People (HELP) is the first non-profit organization health education resource centre in India, with a collection of over 5,000 books, 10,000 pamphlets, magazines, news letters, videotapes and CD-ROMs.
ICICI Communities
They work to empower the millions of economically and socially challenged citizens of India.
Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR)
The Institute focuses on the promotion of nation-building within a constitutional democracy. It is committed to bringing South Africans of different persuasions and insights into dialogue with one another. IJR seeks to promote solutions to problems that continue to undermine peaceful transition both in South Africa and elsewhere.
International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development - INFID
INFID is an open and pluralistic network of NGOs from Indonesia and various member countries of the Consultative Group for Indonesia as well as of international organizations and individuals with an interest in and commitment to Indonesia.
International Solidarity Movement - ISM
Palestinian-led movement working to raise awareness of the struggle for Palestinian freedom and an end to Israeli occupation.
Janmanch
It is the information exchange platform of CREDO (Centre for Research into the Environment and Development Online) to provide a research database and information warehouse to researchers, NGOs and journalists working at developmental issues. India.
Jerusalem Forum
Organization geared to educating, and exposing the human dimension of the Palestinian people and their attachment to their land, past and present, in the hope of helping to build a growing database of documented, credible information for posterity.
Labour File
Monthly journal of labour and economic affairs, highlighting the struggles and alternatives of workers and their organisations. Aims to bring information to unorganised and informal sectors and to labour leaders, and to provide a resource for researchers, decision-makers and the media. India.
Movimientos.org
Web community of Social Movements. Available also in spanish and portuguese.
Naandi Foundation
Naandi is a not profit organisation working for Child Rights, Safe Drinking Water and Livelihoods for small and marginal farmers.
Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisations - PIANGO
Regional network of NGO focal points or coordinating bodies known as National Liaison Units (NLUs) based in 22 Pacific Island countries and territories to facilitate and support coalitions and alliances on issues of common concern, and to strengthen the influence and impact of NGO efforts in the region.
The International Council of the World Social Forum and the African Social Forum and the Senegalese Organizing Committee launch a public consultation until September 10th to finalize the thematic axes of the centralized edition of the WSF, to be held in Dakar, Senegal, on February 06-11 2011.
Technology transforms election monitoring in Kenya
Civil society organizations in Kenya have helped build an online platform that has actively monitored Kenya's constitutional referendum on August 4, 2010 via sms, titter and mail. This is a key step towards the consolidation of democracy in the country.
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.
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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