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International NGOs and Networks Coordinator of the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) COICA coordinates organizations that work to strengthen the rights of indigenous people living in the nine countries that share the Amazon basin. MADRE International women's human rights organization that works in partnership with community-based women’s groups worldwide. Their programme reflects a human-rights-based and people-centered approach to achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals. Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization - UNPO UNPO is a democratic, international membership organization. Its members are indigenous peoples, occupied nations, minorities and independent states or territories who have joined together to protect their human and cultural rights, preserve their environments, and to find non-violent solutions to conflicts which affect them.   more useful info ...  People International and Regional Organizations Information Resources	International and Regional Organizations Information Resources   People    African Descendants    Disabilities    Gender    Indigenous Peoples    Infancy and adolescence    Migration    Sexual diversity Society Environment Communication Globalization   Border Thinking on Migration Migrants are commonly seen as both unwanted intruders and powerless victims, but Laura Agustin own ideas work to break down this duality and think about power in different ways. Laura Agustín writes as a lifelong migrant and sometime worker in both nongovernmental and academic projects about sex, travel and work. Sonke Gender Justice Network The Sonke Gender Justice project tries to address the social aspects of the HIV epidemic, with a particular focus on gender issues. South Africa. BAOBAB For Women's Human Rights Women's human rights organization, which focuses on women's legal rights issues under the three systems of law - customary, statutory and religious laws in Nigeria. Go to NGO directory Stand up and take action against poverty and for the MDGs Demand an end to official harassment of LGBT activists in Uganda The Yanomami threathened by gold mining Selected news Gender - Wed Sep 24 2008 Sex Workers from Denmark demonstrates at ESF 2008 in Sweden A danish sex workers rights group)(SIO) took the opportunity to do something else than having endless discussions with abolitionists from all parts of Scandinavia and organized a sex workers rights bloc at the European Social Forum 2008. Source: ICRSE Sexual diversity /Gender - Wed Sep 17 2008 Book: Sexuality, health and human rights This ground breaking work provides a critical analysis of shifting theoretical perspectives and activist strategies regarding sexual politics and their larger geopolitical context in the twenty-first century. See more ...

Durban Review Conference 2009 Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean Rights of persons with disabilities World Social Forum (WSF) Internally Displaced Persons Gender-based violence Poverty Migrations Cairo +10 - ICPD +10 Migrant sex work Beijing +10: Conference on Women review Convention on rights of migrants The gender gap in education Sexual and reproductive rights Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Homophobia Sexual diversity and the law Migration: Hemispheric Conference Women for peace Accessibility World Conference Against Racism - WCAR 2001

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