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In 2005, a group of scholars and activists, mostly from the global South, created the Copy/South Research Group to analyse, criticise, and confront the oppressive nature of current global copyright regimes, such as those defended by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, and similar ones around the globe.
A network of over 150 civil society organizations in Nigeria comprising of civil rights, grassroots, and community-based Non-Governmental Organizations campaigning for the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill and eventual implementation when it becomes law in Nigeria.
Fatema Mernissi web-site about new information technology's (IT) impact, focused on local research on the strategic information-fueled rise of civil society in the Moslem world. Morocco.
International NGO dedicated to the dissemination of New Information and Communication Technologies (NICT) in developing countries, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean.
International Internet Community for Environment, Human Rights, Development and Peace. APC is a major CSO worldwide network in advocating for and facilitating the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) by civil society.
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East African Media Women Association
Its vision is for African women to have equal access to New Information and Communication Technologies (NICT), and to be empowered to use these in ways that benefit their lives and those of their communities.
EcoNews Africa
EcoNews Africa analyses global environment and development issues from an African perspective and reports on local, national, and regional activities that contribute to global solutions. Kenya.
Fundação CERTI
Fundação CERTI focuses its activities on the productive chain of information technology. Brazil.
GEM
Guide to integrating a gender analysis into evaluations of initiatives that use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for social change.
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.
IT for Change
IT for Change (ITfC) is a non-profit organisation located in India. ITfC envisions a society capable of effectively using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as a tool to further progressive social change.
Itrain Online
ItrainOnline is a joint initiative of six organizations with expertise in computer and Internet training in the South (APC, Bellanet, INASP, IICD, IISD, OneWorld). ItrainOnline contains a selection of computer and Internet training resources for development and social change. Resources in English and Spanish.
Kabissa
Organisation that seeks to use technology to strengthen organisations working to improve the lives of people in Africa.
Kubatana - NGO Network Alliance Project
An online community for Zimbabwean activists. Kubatana aims to improve the accessibility of human rights and civic information in Zimbabwe. News and lists of NGOs, civil society organisations and social justice groups. Zimbabwe.
MAHITI
MAHITI is a Bangalore based Internet resource group for the voluntary sector. They provide affordable and appropriate IT services in the areas of fundraising, collaboration, advocacy and knowledge sharing.
MekongInfo
The Sustainable Management of Resources in the Lower Mekong Basin Project (SMRP) supports partners in Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam to develop, promote and implement strategies in participatory natural resource management. The focus is on the generation, exchange and dissemination of information and experiences about: land use planning and allocation; and forest management systems, in upland watersheds and areas inhabited by ethnic minorities.
Mulonga - Tonga OnLine
It is a project on media, ICT and art focusing on the Tonga people living along the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia. The project goal is to promote a Tonga voice on the Internet and to provide the Tonga minority with the most advanced information and communication tools.
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