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ACORD International
ACORD (Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development) is an Africa-led international alliance working to promote social justice and running field operations in 17 countries in Africa, as well as Pan African and international advocacy work.
Consumers International
A federation of consumer organisations dedicated to the protection and promotion of consumers' rights worldwide through empowering national consumer groups and campaigning at the international level. It currently represents over 230 organisations in 113 countries.
Convergence of Movements of the Peoples of the Americas (COMPA)
COMPA is a broad-based, autonomous movement which spans the Americas. Through COMPA, women and men from different organized sectors struggle together to construct alternatives to neoliberal globalization, towards a new society.
International Council of AIDS Services Organizations (ICASO)
A global network of non-governmental and community-based organizations, ICASO was formed in 1991 with secretariats in five geographic regions, and a central secretariat based in Canada.
International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net)
ESCR-Net is an emerging coalition of organizations and activists from around the world dedicated to advancing economic, social and cultural rights. This website contains four interactive, searchable databases (or directories) of organizations and individuals, project and activities, regional and domestic case law, and events.
International Trade Union Confederation = ITUC
The founding Agreement for the Council, signed by top leaders of each of its participating organisations, is based on a "common determination to organise, defend human and trade union rights and labour standards everywhere, and promote the growth of trade unions for the benefit of all working women and men and their families".
OECD Watch
OECD Watch is an international network of NGO's promoting corporate accountability. Its purpose is to inform the wider NGO community about policies and activities of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Investment Committee and to test the effectiveness of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
UBUNTU - World Forum of Civil Society Networks
Its main objective is to unite and federate efforts, to build bridges of dialogue and communication amongst national and international institutions which are focused on promoting peace, endogenous development, dignity and human rights.
World Forum for Alternatives
The World Forum for Alternatives is an international network aiming at supporting the international convergence of social movements and other actors of the Civil Society from below. It build spaces of reflexion and coordination, puting at the disposal of social movements and ONG, tools of information and analysis about globalization of resistances and contribuiting to the difusion of the informations about the existing international struggles.
 
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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.
The Sonke Gender Justice project tries to address the social aspects of the HIV epidemic, with a particular focus on gender issues. South Africa.
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.
Regional network on human settlements and urban issues consulted by many UN agencies.

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Selected news
Human Rights - Wed Oct 08 2008
The last push to an effective Optional Protocol to the ICESCR
The text of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) was adopted by the Human Rights Council (HRC) on 18th June 2008. The next and last step towards the final adoption of the OP will be taken in the 3rd committee of the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly.
Source: ESCR-net

Education - Tue Oct 07 2008
Teachers speak out for decent work
Education International is joining with trade unions in 115 countries in strong support of October 7, the World Day for Decent Work, and the campaign launched by the International Trade Union Federation to demand change in the world economy.
Source: EI

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Children's rights Financing for Development The war on terror: a war on human rights World Social Forum (WSF)
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Economic, social and cultural rights - ESCR Making literacy a priority Education on the market Social security reform
International Criminal Court The gender gap in education The right to adequate housing Health and health services, goods for sale
Child soldiers Millennium Development Goals - MDGs Patents and medicines  

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