This Network is a group of trade union-linked researchers from all over Africa. It provides information and services to both the public and African Labour researchers.
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.
Alertanet - Portal on Law and Society
Latin American Network that works to support the efforts for social change, democracy, justice, pluralism, Human Rights, and peace in the region. Peru.
Anti-Privatization Forum (APF)
The APF’s role is to unite struggles against privatisation in the workplace and community. It is open to any organisation or individual opposed to privatisation. South Africa.
Arab Info Mall
This project is a tri-lingual website (Arabic, English, and French), through which Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) are represented as a kiosk inside the mall.
Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (Arena)
Regional network of concerned Asian scholars –academics, intellectuals, activists, researchers, writers, and artists– which aims to contribute to a process of awakening towards meaningful and people-oriented social change. They promote equity among social class, caste, ethnic groups and gender.
Black Sash
They work to ensuring the recognition and protection of citizens´ human rights. Black Sash began as women´s anti-apartheid movement opposed to the gross human rights violations practised under apartheid in South Africa.
CACIM -- India Institute for Critical Action : Centre in Movement
The Institute proposes to be a hub within transnational networks among people and organisations located in different parts of the world. Its goal is to support and encourage activists, students, researchers, professionals, artistes, and thinkers, young and more mature, and both those belonging to the so-called 'civil' and also those excluded from this, belonging to the popular and 'incivil' worlds, who are involved in different ways with 'movement', in their individual work and also to network and work together.
Caucus of Development NGO Networks - CODE-NGO
Its formation marked the development community’s desire to promote professionalism, expand the reach, and increase the effectiveness of NGO/PO work in the Philippines.
Centre for Education and Communication - CEC
Resource centre for labour, in particular, for members of the unorganised and informal sectors. It has developed as a centre for workers' education and participatory labour research. India.
Civil Association for Equality and Justice (ACIJ)
A non-profit and non-partisan organization, founded as a place where citizens can participate, generate proposals, and channel their enthusiasm to build a more fair and equitable society. Argentina.
Conectas
Conectas is an NGO based in Sao Paulo with a mission to enhance respect to human rights through dialogue and collaboration leading to mutual strengthening of civil society organizations in the South.
Cooperation Committee for Cambodia - CCC
The CCC plays a major role in strengthening cooperation between Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Cambodia, to enhance the development of the country. Cambodia.
The International Council of the World Social Forum and the African Social Forum and the Senegalese Organizing Committee launch a public consultation until September 10th to finalize the thematic axes of the centralized edition of the WSF, to be held in Dakar, Senegal, on February 06-11 2011.
Technology transforms election monitoring in Kenya
Civil society organizations in Kenya have helped build an online platform that has actively monitored Kenya's constitutional referendum on August 4, 2010 via sms, titter and mail. This is a key step towards the consolidation of democracy in the country.
When the United Nations hosts a summit meeting of world leaders next September to assess the current state of its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it is expected to single out one of the major "success stories" of the day: a reduction in global poverty.
The world is still on track to achieve the Millenium Development Goal (MDG) target of cutting the rate of extreme poverty in half by 2015 says a new report by the United Nations a few months before a major General Assembly meeting is to review progress so far. Many countries are moving forward, but unmet commitments, inadequate resources, lack of focus and accountability, and insufficient dedication to sustainable development have created shortfalls in many
areas. Some of these shortfalls were aggravated by the global food and economic and financial crises.
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