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Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)
Statistics and indicators from the government of South America's biggest country.
comAfrica.org
ComAfrica Institute, the former Brazilian Committee of Solidarity with the Peoples of South Africa and Namibia – COMAFRICA, aims to bridge academic research with the implementation of foreign policy by sectors of the Brazilian civil society as a public policy.
Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
An international, not-for-profit membership association of NGOs that facilitates the participation of organizations in United Nations debates and decisions. The site provides a Calendar of Substantive Committees Events.
Humanistic Institute for Development Cooperation - Hivos
Hivos is an organisation which operates on the basis of humanist values. The organisation is committed to the poor and marginalised in countries in the South and in South-East Europe.
Idealist - Action Without Borders
Database with over 25,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 153 countries. The organizations can be searched or browsed by name, location or mission. Provides job openings, volunteer opportunities, events, internships, campaigns, and sundry other resources posted by organizations all over the world.
OneWorld
Information, links, campaigns and documents on a broad range of human-rights, environment and sustainable-development issues.
South African Civil Society Information Service (SACSIS)
SACSIS is a platform for policy dialogue that has been established as a news agency to channel social justice news and analysis about policy dialogue in South Africa to the media.
United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS)
Small inter-agency programme established to strengthen UN-NGO dialogue and cooperation in the fields of development education, information and policy advocacy on global sustainable development issues. Site in english, spanish and french.
 
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The Sonke Gender Justice project tries to address the social aspects of the HIV epidemic, with a particular focus on gender issues. South Africa.
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.

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The Yanomami threathened by gold mining
Arab women's right to nationality
Stop violence against women


Selected news
Migration - Thu Aug 28 2008
Updates on undocumented migrants in Europe
The last edition of PICUM's newsletter, released August 2008, focuses on news items and policy developments concerning the basic social rights of undocumented migrants in Europe. (PDF format).
Source: Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants

Migration /Gender - Tue Aug 19 2008
Border thinking on migration, culture, economy and sex
Migrants are commonly seen as both unwanted intruders and powerless victims, but Laura Agustín own ideas work to break down this duality and think about power in different ways.
Source: Laura Agustín

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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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