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International and Regional Organizations FrontLine Front Line is the International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders that seeks to provide rapid and practical support to at-risk human rights defenders. Justice Studies Center of the Americas Intergovernmental entity whose mission is to support the countries of the region in their judicial reform processes. Its members include every nation of the OAS. Chile. UN and Partners on Development Cooperation UN and Partners on Volunteerism UN guide to population information Resource page of the United Nations Population Network (POPIN). Access to different sources of population information produced by the UN (data, publications, organizations, conferences). UN Millenium Development Goals By the year 2015 all 189 United Nations Member States have pledged to meet goals on: extreme poverty and hunger; universal primary education; gender equality and empower women; child mortality; HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases; environmental sustainability; and global partnership for development. This link contains information about the declaration. UN Statistics Division The Division publishes statistics and statistical methods in the fields of international merchandise trade, national accounts, demography and population, social indicators, gender, industry, energy, environment, human settlements and disability.   more useful info ...  Society International NGOs and Networks Information Resources	International NGOs and Networks Information Resources   People Society    Education    Health    Human Rights    Social Development Environment Communication Globalization   Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) 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. 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. Society for women and AIDS in Africa (SWAA) SWAA is a pan-African women's organization dedicated to women and their families in the fight against HIV/AIDS. It has 39 branch offices in Africa. Asian Coalition for Housing Rights - ACHR Regional network on human settlements and urban issues consulted by many UN agencies. Go to NGO directory Call to action for housing and land rights day 2008! Play fair at the olympics Campaign for a complaints procedure under the CRC Selected news Health - Thu Aug 28 2008 WHO report says health is determined by social factors Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death says the final report of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Source: WHO Health - Fri Aug 22 2008 Global agenda increasingly disease-driven Despite the massive amounts of money driving current efforts, the global health agenda is still in its infancy. Increasingly, experts say, the kind of disease-focused model is defining the global health agenda. Source: IPS See more ...

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