NGOs - we & others

the network for progress … a network of people, nonprofits, and foundations, creating change together

Glowfish is the fastest growing network of people, organizations, and ideas dedicated to progress. Like you, everyone and everything here believes in bettering the human condition, whether through sharing the arts or the provision of essential needs, whether on this continent or another, whether in our free time or as our livelihood. Glowfish is dedicated to creating connections and the sharing of ideas that create action toward bettering humanity. Glowfish is completely free and has something for everyone.
What’s Glowfish got for you? For Nonprofits? For Foundations? … (Homepage).

Most pages are reached by links from the homepage (Recent Jobs and Volunteer Postings, Search Glowfish, User Login, Featured New Organizations, Recent Topics, New GlowFishers, Featured Groups, Recent Strategy Papers, Recent Resources);

Contact: For now, you can contact us by e-mail, or by messaging our organization on the site itself.

About Glowfish: Glowfish is a network for progress.

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Linked with Janusz Korczak alias Henryk Goldszmit - Poland (1877 - 1942);

The Swedish Korczak Association was founded in 1971 by Michal Wroblewski, a former co-worker of Korczak’s in Poland. The Association was formally registered in 1988 and throughout its existence it has maintained an affiliation with the Stockholm Teacher’s College … (about 1/2).

Convention on the Rights of the Child, Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 20 November 1989;
dedication;
books (diff. languages);
photos;
the Chronicle;
the cybrary of the holocaust;
a german site;
a teacher’s guide to the holocaust;
Feedback e-mail.

About 2/2: The purpose of the Association is to disseminate information on Janusz Korczak and his lifework.

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Linked with Elizabeth Edattukaran - India.

Vision: “Envisage a just and peaceful society where people enjoy life in its fullness.”
Mission: Empower the poor, the marginalized and the vulnerable to take responsibility for themselves and the society through a process of community health.
Goal: NECHA strives to make community health a people’s initiative in the village of North East India. (see here).

Homepage;
Organizational Profile;
Programmes;
Members;
Publications;
Photogallery;
Contact.

Genesis (Profile, scroll down): Fr. K.C George, a diocesan priest from the Archdiocese of Imphal, who was convinced of the philosophy of community health and the practical approach of alternative systems of treatment in North East, was instrumental for conceiving the idea of NECHA in the North-East. In fact he is the founder father of NECHA. A team of nurse sisters was his support in the initial stages.

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About Janusz Korczak, from the whole world

Linked with Janusz Korczak alias Henryk Goldszmi - Poland (1877 - 1942), with the Center for the Protection of Children, Bishkek, and with JKB Korczak Prize in Burundi: Encouraging peace.

To take part: You can address all kinds of documents to us: text, photographs, pictures, pdf, video, etc. It is possible to submit them in all languages, but the preferential language of the site is English. To facilitate our collaboratif work, preferentially use either the form of contact of the site, or this e-mail.

Homepage;
Sitemap;
Korczak International News;
What are doing the korczakian people today?
International contact list;
Korczak in Kyrgyzstan;
Newsletters;
Contact online.

Editorial: Welcome on this new site, intended to inform you better about the activity of the Janusz Korczak associations world-wide and the realisation of the international Korczak movement.

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Linked with Janusz Korczak alias Henryk Goldszmi - Poland (1877 - 1942), and with Janusz Korczak International News.

No own website found, but they are named on many good sites.

1) On the Korczak friends in Kyrgystan. This is a non-government organisation working with street children in Bishkek. The main strategy is focussed on:

• Lobbying for the protection of the rights of street children;
• Working with the mass media to present fuller information and suggest solutions;
• Allowing the children and the parents to be heard-by giving them a voice in civil society;
• Providing basic services and developing alternatives;
• The Centre has created a network of programs aimed at supporting these children in the basic aspects of their lives.

… (full long report).

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An Islamic Monthly in english language, published in India, Bangalore

Linked with Nigar Ataulla - India, Bangalore.

Editorial of July, 2008: The relationship between ritualism and values is inversely proportional. The more one sees a society engrossed in rituals, putting on the garb of holiness and sanctity, the less respectful it becomes of the values. It grows more concerned with image than character. Rituals often have the tendency of raising a faade, putting on a mask, covering up the real face and robbing the individual or the society off the substance. People of faith, be they Muslims, Christians, Hindus or others, often camouflage their action under ritualism to put on a cloak of sacredness … (full text).

Homepage as sitemap;
The Muslim World;
Muslim Perspectives;
Community Initiative;
Muslims and Money;
Muslims and Economy;
The world of Internet;
Special Report;
Snapshot;
Links;
Address: ISLAMIC VOICE, English Monthly, Post Box # 4705, VivekNagar Postoffice, Bangalore-560 047, Karnataka. India;
Contact.

Women in Islam: Asmaa bint Yazeed Orator of all Women - Asmaa (May Allah be pleased with her), the Prophets companion, obtained from him the definitive statement that women are in no way less than men.

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Linked with Fund Helps Threatened Scholars Around the World.

The Scholar Rescue Fund formalizes an unwavering commitment to academic freedom that the Institute of International Education (IIE) has demonstrated for over 85 years. At the heart of the Fund is the idea that each scholar we help who continues his or her work in safety is a beacon of hope in our world. Together we can make a difference. One life, one voice, one idea at a time.

I am a scholar in need;
I am interested in hosting;
I want to donate;
World Report;
News;
Partner Organizations;
Addresses: Scholar Rescue Fund. Institute of International Education, 809 United Nations Plaza, New York 10017-3580;
and: SRF Iraq Scholar Rescue Project, Institute of International Education, 1400 K Street, NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20005-2403;
Contact.

Specially connected Organizations:
Institute of international Education IIE;
Iraq Scholar Rescue Project;

About: Around the world, scholars have long suffered harassment, torture and persecution as a result of their work. In the worst cases, scholars pay with their lives for their dedication to scholarship and freedom of thought.

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initiative for a just & compassionate society

Linked with Urvashi Butalia - India.

The AMAN’s programmes are managed by a central office and implemented under six major portfolios that are described below. AMAN’s library, archives and the web-site are important pedagogical resources for work on peace-building. The portfolios are: … (full text Programme Design).

Homepage;
Activities;
Genesis;
Strategy and Perspectives;
Articles and Papers;
Portfolios: Campaign for Non - Violent Conflict Resolution (4 items); Gender Mental Health and Conflict 5 items); Human Security Citizenship and Law (4 items); Pedagogy for Social Peace and Civic Restraint (3 items); Social Resources and Caste Conflict (3 items);
Volunteer Form;
Address: AMAN Public Charitable Trust, O - 63, IInd Floor, Lajpat Nagar Part II, New Delhi, India 110024;
Contact.

About AMAN: AMAN envisages a pro-active role for civil society in the reduction of conflict and the mitigation of its effects. Its philosophy is based on the concepts of ahimsa and samrastha (non - violence and harmony).

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A network of college preparatory schools based in Harlem NY

Linked with Howard L. Fuller - USA.

Village Academies was founded on the belief that education can change the lives of our children – and can change the course of history. We are building a network of high quality, public charter schools in Harlem, New York. Harlem is the historical epicenter of our country’s civil rights movement, home to legendary activists and extraordinary leaders. Our generation must carry on the work of the civil rights movement – by ensuring that all children have equal access to quality education … (full text Homepage).

Apply to teach;
Educational program;
Our professional standards;
Jobs and Internships;
Newsletter;
Donations;
Contacts.

Growth Plan (about): Above all else, Village Academies is passionate about providing the highest quality education for children in under-served communities.
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Linked with Devinder Sharma - India.

Welcome to the premier Indian Food Policy website. The Indian Food Policy web site, is a platform for discussion of issues related to South East Asian food, agriculture and trade policy. Every sixth human being on the planet resides in India. We believe democratic food policy is meaningless rhetoric without listening to the views of the Indian farmer … (full text).

Homepage;
Kisan chaupal - IFP Community;
Today’s article;
Guest article;
Reports;
Blogs;
Forums;
Links: right column of each page;
Address: Indian Food Policy Website, 62 Daffodil Gardens, Ilford IG1 2JW, Greater London UK;
Contact.

Farm dept / press releases: A tragedy of unprecedented proportions is unfolding across rural India.

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TAX HAVENS CAUSE POVERTY: The Tax Justice Network promotes transparency in international finance and opposes secrecy. We support a level playing field on tax and we oppose loopholes and distortions in tax and regulation, and the abuses that flow from them. We promote tax compliance and we oppose tax evasion, tax avoidance, and all the mechanisms that enable owners and controllers of wealth to escape their responsibilities to the societies on which they and their wealth depend. Tax havens lie at the centre of our concerns, and we oppose them … (full text, Homepage 1/2).

Sitemap;
activities;
Aid, Tax and Finance for Development;
Corruption and the Offshore Interface;
Links;
Newsletter;
Contact.

Homepage 2/2: … Take a look at our core themes:

• We support sustainable finance for development;
• We support international co-operation on tax, regulation and crime;
• We oppose tax havens and offshore finance;
• We support transparency and we oppose corruption;
• We support a level playing field in competitive markets;
• We support progressive and equitable taxation;
• We support corporate responsibility and accountability;
• We support tax compliance and a culture of responsbility.

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Linked with Dragica Aleksa - Croatia.

CESI is a member of Croatian Women’s Network; ASTRA – Central and Eastern European Women’s Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights; WGNRR – The Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights; SEE ECN – South East European Education Cooperation Network; The Balkan Women’s Network for Democratization and Conflict Prevention; INSTRAW-GAINS – International Research and Training Institute for Advancement of Women – Gender Awareness Information.

Homepage;
Programmes and Projects;
Research;
Reports;
Films and Video-Clips;
Educations;
Archive;
Links;
Address: CESI, Nova cesta 4, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia;
Contacts.

About: … Vision: Republic of Croatia is democratic, socially just society in which all persons enjoy equal ights and have equal opportunities for realization of their full potentials, and they participate in all aspects of social, political, cultural and economic life.

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Political Affairs – Marxist Thought Online

Support the Employee Free Choice Act; The Employee Free Choice Act can help reclaim the American Dream by restoring workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life. Our goal is to gather signatures in support of this bill-1 million voices calling for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. But 1 million people is a lot of people. We won’t reach our goal without your help and the help of your friends and family. Please support this bill and help us reach our goal of 1 million signatures—sign the petition today.

Homepage;
Links;
Mailing address for all correspondence: Political Affairs, 235 W. 23rd St., New York, N.Y. 10011;
Contact: tel 646-437-5336, online.

About 2/2: Political Affairs is an online magazine of ideology, politics, and culture. Our mission is to go beyond simply giving an account of events to providing analysis and investigating what is new and changing in our world – from a working-class point of view.

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The Voice of Youth in Delhi

Linked with Tripurari Sharma - India.

Homepage;
Career Queries;
CV / Internship and Jobs;
study abroad;
medico maniacs;
Youth V radio;
poetry;
art and theatre;
Contact.

Campus News /Return of the Fuchcha: Radio Mirchi has started a new project in Delhi namely ‘Return of Fachcha’to help students seeking admissions in the colleges. The 14-day campaign will provide students with needful information about admission procedures like how to fill the forms, how many photographs to carry, other documents that would be required at the time of admission and important things that freshers should keep in mind.

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a website for the Akhas

Linked with Sinuan - Laos, Akha tribe;

The two of us have been living in Laos since 2002 with the goal of improving the lives of the Lao Children through healthcare and education. We are living in Muang Sing District in the Luang Nam Tha Province in a village surrounded by many Akha and other ethnic villages … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
The Akha Photogallery;
Links;
Address: Health Frontiers, Vientiane, LAO PEOPLE’S DEM REP;
Contact.

Pages of two websites linked with Akha.net:
HEALTH FRONTIERS 2006 REPORTS;
International Opportunity for Pediatrician or Med-Peds Physician;
The Photogallery of Bryan Watt;
(another) Akha Network’s Homepage;
Virtual Borders, an ambient TV.net and its downloads by Mukul’s Homepage;
The virtual Hilltribe Museum;
The Akha on wikipedia.

About Akha.net 2/2: … I am a humanitarian photographer and my wife is a pediatrician with a masters in public health and a diploma in tropical medicine. She attended Don Dok, the National University of Lao to study the language.

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Linked with Biserka Momcinovic - Croatia.

Centres for Civic Initiatives (CCI) is one of the largest indigenous, non-governmental organisations in BiH. The mission is to initiate and promote active participation of citizens in democratic process and strengthen capacities of individuals and organisations to successfully solve problems in their communities … (Homepage and latest news).

For all internal links click in homepage’s left column: (About us, Democratisation, Parliamentary Programme, Press, Previous activities, Reports and Publications, Links and networks, Our funders, Newsletter, CEECN, and addresses of 6 regional Offices).

Mail-contact:

About us: … 7 years ago CCI was active in three regions, working from three regional centres of our country: Tuzla, Banja Luka and Mostar.

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Linked with Howard L. Fuller - USA.

The ability to choose how your child is educated is a power all parents deserve. BAEO exists to help Black parents understand all of the educational options that exist … (full text Parental Choice Options).

Homepage;
news;
scholarship info;
BAEO Mission Statement;
symposium;
gates small schools;
how to donate;
resources and links;
Address: 1710 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Suite 12, Washington, DC 20036;
Contact: phone (202) 429-2236, fax (202) 349-9879.

About BAEO: Organizational History: On March 4-6, 1999, the Institute for the Transformation of Learning (ITL) at Marquette University convened a meeting of 150 Black people in Milwaukee Wisconsin, to learn more about the benefits of educational options for Black families.

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Linked with Devinder Sharma - India.

The goal of mindfully.org is to provide useful information to people who would not obtain this information otherwise. Mindfully.org is to be used as a nonprofit research tool. Our opinion is indeed biased — because it seems to us that the “balanced news” of today’s journalism is accomplished by blending fact with fiction. Each article on this website is far from the final word on any subject and one can only get an overall view by viewing a lot of it. In other words, don’t base your opinions on one file or even a few files from Mindfully.org. As for our political affiliaout 1/2tion, we have none — not conservative or liberal … (full text, 1/2).

Homepage, … and in its left column 18 links to specific environmental items (from air to water);
Fair Use Notice;
Search;
Contact.

About 2/2: … We see liberals and progressives as kind-hearted conservatives who can only add to the downward spiral of society in the US. We live in a world of contradictions where conservatives are willing to bring on Armageddon and liberals resist change at all costs. In other words, conservatives are liberal and liberals are conservative.

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Version en Castellano.

Linked with Viviana Elisa Díaz Caro - Chile.

Derechos Chile, a web page dealing with the history of human rights abuses in Chile, beginning in 1973 when the military regime of General Augusto Pinochet took power and continuing through today’s current events. On this site you will find testimony, photographs, articles and other interesting information. With its link to The Santiago Times, Derechos Chile offers regular news stories about the continuing evolution of human rights issues in Chile. Here you will find information for everyone - for those with a limited understanding of Chile, and for those who participated in making its history. If you want to know more about the site, please continue reading (homepage).

Sitemap: Chrolology; UNDER THE DICTATORSHIP; LANDMARK EVENTS;  CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN CHILE; Photogallery;
Info Center: Santiago Times; Envrio Report; Trave Essays;
CHIP, the Chile Information Projet;
ARCHIVES;
Links;
Contact and about.

WHY KEEP LOOKING BACK AT THE PAST? The team that created this web page was motivated by a concern for the word “memory.” In the years that have gone by since Chile began its “transition” to democracy, there has been a constant call for people to forget. The effort to erase the memory of a very specific part of the country’s history comes most especially from one sector of the society. Still, as made evident by regular, every-day events, the contradictions from the past continue to have their effect today.

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helping make work more inspiring

Linked with Prabhu Guptara - India and Switzerland.

Career Innovation (Ci) develops research-based solutions that increase levels of performance and engagement at work. Our global research & development activities are funded by top employers, who collaborate to solve emerging challenges and gain recognition as inspiring places to work. Our career tools also help individuals find more fulfilling work – not just by changing jobs or companies, but also by taking a fresh approach to their current work that increases their satisfaction and contribution. In short, our goal is to help make work more inspiring. (Homepage).

Ci group;
Research and reports;
Ci solutions;
Career Tools;
Engaging Conversations;
Newsletter;
Address: The Career Innovation Company, 27 Park End Street, Oxford, OX1 1HU, United Kingdom;
Contact.

About: Career Innovation is a small, visionary, networked research and technology business. Ci is based in Oxford, UK and works with clients and member companies across Europe and the United States.

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Linked with Michael Albert - USA.

There are two organisations with almost the same name:

1): The SDS 1960 organization: see on wikipedia:

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was, historically, a student activist movement in the United States that was one of the main iconic representations of the country’s New Left. The organization developed and expanded rapidly in the mid-1960s before dissolving at its last convention in 1969. SDS was the organizational high point for student radicalism in the United States and has been an important influence on student organizing in the decades since its collapse. Participatory democracy, direct action, radicalism, student power, shoestring budgets, and its organizational structure are all present in varying degrees in current national student activist groups. Though various organizations have been formed in subsequent years as proposed national networks for left-wing student organizing, none has approached the scale of SDS, and most have lasted a few years at best … (full text on wikipedia/1960 organisation).
Their blog: the SDS organizer;

Links: New Left Archive; SDS Historical Documents and other links; Shut it down; The Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection; Further reading.

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2): The SDS 2006 organization: their homepage:
Bulletin June/July 2008, 23 pages;
Contact Regional Organizers (240 Total);
Join SDS;

See also on wikipedia: SDS’ main page, and also the wiki’s 2006, The New SDS: Beginning January 2006, there is a movement to start a new SDS. A small group of old SDS members joined with a Connecticut high school student to call for a new SDS fighting for civil rights and against war. Several chapters at various colleges were later started. On Martin Luther King Day of 2006, these chapters called for the first national convention since 1969 to be held in the summer of 2006.

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Linked with Bruce Fein - USA.

The American Freedom Agenda’s (AFA) mission is twofold: the enactment of a cluster of statutes that would restore the Constitution’s checks and balances as enshrined by the Founding Fathers; and, making the subject a staple of political campaigns and of foremost concern to Members of Congress and to voters and educators.  Especially since 9/11, the executive branch has chronically usurped legislative or judicial power, and has repeatedly claimed that the President is the law. The constitutional grievances against the White House are chilling, reminiscent of the kingly abuses that provoked the Declaration of Independence.
(full text, Homepage).

News;
Events;
Address: 910 17th St., NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20006;
Contact.

About: … The 10-point AFA statutory agenda would repeal the Military Commissions Act’s authorization of military commissions for the trial of alleged war criminals based on coerced or secret evidence. The trials should proceed in civilian courts or by courts-martial which feature time-honored procedural safeguards to insure reliable verdicts.

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Protecting Civil Liberties - Promoting Human Rights

Linked with Bruce Fein - USA, and with the American Freedom Agenda AFA.

Liberty campaigns - with the public, press and politicians - to influence government policy on issues that impact on our rights and freedoms … (Issues).

Homepage and latest news;
News and Events;
Liberty Constitution and Rules, 8 pages;
Join Us;
Job Opportunities;
Publications;
Newsletter;
Address: Liberty, 21 Tabard Street, London SE1 4LA, England;
Contact.

About: Who we are: Liberty is also known as the National Council for Civil Liberties. Founded in 1934, we are a cross party, non-party membership organisation at the heart of the movement for fundamental rights and freedoms in England and Wales. We promote the values of individual human dignity, equal treatment and fairness as the foundations of a democratic society.

Our mission: Liberty seeks to protect civil liberties and promote human rights for everyone.

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Google’s Knol will change Content forever

Community site for Google’s new Knol Content Encyclopedia … KnolStuff.com is a brand new social netwoking community for Google’s Open Encyclopedia. This is a Community to discuss and learn about “Knol” and take advantage of what Google is offering. This site also supports the new Google OpenSocial Platform. Share with others updates and insights about Knol. Meet new people and network. (Homepage 1/2).

Open Social Blog;

Members: with their page, their friends, and with their blog.
Groups;
Events;
My page / Sign Up/In for sharing;
Contact: click on Sign In.

Google Knol is Open to the Public (Homepage 2/2):
Click also here.

Google Blog 7/23/2008: A few months ago we announced that we were testing a new product called Knol. Knols are authoritative articles about specific topics, written by people who know about those subjects. Today, we’re making Knol available to everyone. Read more: … (full text).

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to prevent war and armed conflict

Linked with Rebecca Johnson - England.

The Past century was the most lethal in human history: Over 200 million people were killed in 250 wars and genocidal onslaughts, more people than were killed in warfare in the past two thousand years.* More than six million people have died in war since the end of the Cold War, when things should have changed for the better … (Preventing Violence: The Global Action Project 1/2).

Homepage;
Who we are;
Meetings: A UNEPS ‘White Paper’ Launched in Washington, DC;
Take Action;
UNEPS;
Newsletter;
Address; 675 Third Avenue, Suite 315. New York, NY 10017;
Contact.

Preventing Violence: The Global Action Project 2/2: … The world’s societies and governments already know how to stop the killing. What has been missing is a program for the sustained, integrated, worldwide application of their resources and knowledge. Global Action to Prevent War provides such a program.

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Linked with Rebecca Johnson - England, and with Britain’s new nuclear abolitionists.

The Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy has been working since 1995 to promote effective approaches to international security, disarmament and arms control. Engaging with governments and civil society, Acronym provides reporting, analysis and strategic thinking on a range of issues relevant to peace and security, with special emphasis on treaties and multilateral initiatives … The Acronym Institute is grateful to the Ford Foundation, the Ploughshares Fund, and the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust for their enabling support of our work and publications, including this website. (full text Homepage).

The Journal Disarmament Diplomacy;
The United Nations and the Conference on Disarmament;
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the International Atomic Energy Agency;
WMD Possessors and Aspirants;
Disarmament Calendar 2008: Main Conferences & Events;
Glossary of Acronyms;
Links (for Organisations);
Address: The Acronym Institute, 24 Colvestone Crescent, London E8 2LH;
Contact: Tel: +44 (0) 20 7503 8857, Fax: +44 (0) 20 7503 8857, e-mail of Founding Director & Editor: Dr Rebecca Johnson.

About: The Acronym Institute was set up in November 1995 under the name ‘Disarmament Intelligence Review’. In April 1997 it became sole publisher of Disarmament Diplomacy, a journal of news, documentation and opinion pieces on disarmament and arms control negotiations. In September 1997 the Institute was legally established in London, UK, under the name The Acronym Institute.

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(APA = American Psychological Association)

Be it resolved that psychologists may not work in settings where persons are held outside of, or in violation of, either International Law (e.g., the UN Convention Against Torture and the Geneva Conventions) or the US Constitution (where appropriate), unless they are working directly for the persons being detained or for an independent third party working to protect human rights. (Homepage);
The 2008 Protest for an Ethical APA, Boston, August 16, 12pm - 2pm;
Resolution;
Sign the resolution;
Frequently Asked Questions about the Resolution;

Archived Links (with texts, videos, audios);
Links to more information about colleges and universities that have protested the APAs stance on psychologists’ involvement in illegal detention sites: Inside higher ED; and Psyche, Science and Society, Archive for May 24th, 2008.

About: We commend the American Psychological Association for having recently amended its 2007 Resolution Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Application to Individuals Defined in the United States Code as “Enemy Combatants” (Amendment)  so as to unequivocally condemn all techniques considered to be torture,  thereby closing loopholes that existed in the original Resolution (see below). However, the International Committee of the Red Cross determined in 2003 that the conditions in such Centers are themselves tantamount to torture. Yet psychologists maintain a presence in such sites and in 2007 the elected and appointed leaders of the APA voted once again against an amendment that would have prevented psychologists from working in facilities in which detainees are deprived of their human rights except as health personnel.

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Helping society move towards a socially just and environmentally restorative existence

Linked with Wiser Earth.org.

The Natural Capital Institute serves the people who are transforming the world. We are a team of researchers, teachers, students, activists, scholars, writers, social entrepreneurs, artists, and volunteers committed to the restoration of the earth and the healing of human culture. We do two things: we describe pathways of change in books and research reports, and we create tools for connecting the individuals, information, and organizations that create change … (Homepage).

Who we are: Current Interns, Board Members and Staff;
Our History;
WISER;
WiserEarth;
WiserBusiness;
WiserEarth Partners;
WISER Platform;
Newsletter: Please drop a note to NCI’s outreach coordinator Melinda Kramer;
Address: Natural Capital Institute, 3 Gate Five Road, Suite A, Sausalito, California 94965;
Contact. Tel: 415.331.6241, Fax: 415.331.6242, e-mail.

(About)/WISER Guidelines:

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The Hindu caste system has been called a “hidden apartheid” and the single greatest existing social evil. But outside of the subcontinent few people know much about it, even among leftists … (Homepage 1/2).

News;
Maharashtra burning;
The Mumia Abu-Jamal case;
On the social function of caste;
Caste among Muslim;
Letters to workers vanguard;
On discrimination against untouchable survivors of the South Asian tsunami;
More readings;
Links;
Contact by e-mail.

Placed as External Links:
Human Rights Watch-report on casts;
Read my guestbook;
Sign my guestbook;
Country Study: Cast and Classes;
Dalits & Human Rights: The Battles Ahead, By P. Sainath.

About (Homepage 2/2):
Some 250 million people around the world were born untouchable. They live throughout South Asia, as well as in Japan and parts of West Africa. Over 160 million of them are in India, where they make up more than one-sixth of the population, and where over 580 million more people belong to other oppressed castes and tribes.

The purpose of this site is to share our ideas and research. Our perspective is Marxist. It will take a socialist revolution to create the material basis for abolishing the caste system. And only a party that openly fights against caste oppression can lead the workers of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka to power.

We are not that party, or any kind of organization.

This site is run by Sujatha and Alan. Sujatha grew up in an untouchable family in Andhra Pradesh.
See also: Sujatha’s multi-generational family narrative;

waging politics online

Linked with Matt Stoller - USA, with videos concerning the US, and with Finding Your Obviousmeter.

Blogpac funds progressive leadership and experiments with injecting new voices in the political process using internet activism. We give grants, no strings attached, to activists on the internet who have a demonstrated record of success in either creating progressive change or creating the space for progressives to make change. We also seek moments to inject progressive power into the political system through focused internet and new media activism, (about 1/2).

Blogpac grants money to two sets of emerging leaders.

• 1) Activists who have created change outside of a traditional party or campaign structure.
• 2) Local bloggers that build community spaces for activists in their state.

Homepage/main and latest posts;
Press;
In the right column: find sign up and blogroll;
Contribute;
Address: Blogpac, P.O. Box 30727, Philadelphia, PA 19104;
Contact: by e-mail, online.

About 2/2: Who We Are: Matt Stoller is the President of Blogpac. Formerly blogging with MyDD, he now incites the masses and offers strategic advice to the Democrats from his perch at OpenLeft. In 2005, he worked as the blogger for Jon Corzine for Governor, and for Simon Rosenberg for DNC Chair. He has been blogging since 2002 and has since become a caricature of himself.

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Toward a just and sustainable world created by community (in many languages, click on their homepage above at right)

Linked with Women’s Earth Alliance WEA, and with The Natural Capital Institute NCI.

Wiser Earth is a project of the Natural Capital Institute NCI. Wiser Earth serves the people who are transforming the world. It is a community directory and networking forum that maps and connects non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and individuals addressing the central issues of our day: climate change, poverty, the environment, peace, water, hunger, social justice, conservation, human rights and more. Content is created and edited by people like you.

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About: … WiserEarth provides the tools and a platform for non-profit organizations, funders, social entrepreneurs, students, organizers, academics, activists, scientists, and citizens to find each other, make connections, build alliances and share resources.

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Linked with the french groups ARTANES and PLANeS.

From choice, a world of possibilities:

• PPF is a global service provider and a leading advocate of sexual and reproductive health and rights for all.
• We are a worldwide movement of national organizations working with and for communities and individuals.
• We advocate for universal access to contraceptives, gender equality and safe abortion.

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About: We are a global service provider and a leading advocate of sexual and reproductive health and rights for all.
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Fondation Suisse pour la santé sexuelle et reproductive
(aussi en allemand /auch auf deutsch)

Lié avec/linked with International Planned Parenthood Federation IPPF.

Organisation faîtière des centres de consultation en planning familial, grossesse, sexualité et éducation sexuelle, PLANeS s’engage pour que le droit et l’accès aux prestations de santé sexuelle et reproductive soient assurés à toute personne … (page d’accueil).

PLANeS est membre de l’IPPF (International Planned Parenthood Federation).

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Qui est PLANeS ?

• La Fondation PLANeS, créée en 2000, est une organisation à but non lucratif, indépendante de toute appartenance politique et confessionnelle. Elle succède à l’Association Suisse de Planning Familial et d’Education Sexuelle (ASPFES), fondée en 1993. PLANeS s’engage pour la promotion de la santé sexuelle et reproductive, ainsi que pour les droits de la population qui y sont liés.
• PLANeS est l’organisation faîtière suisse des centres de consultation en planning familial, grossesse et sexualité, des services d’éducation sexuelle et des associations professionnelles dans ces domaines. C’est une fondation, dans laquelle se trouve intégrée une association.
• PLANeS est le membre suisse de l’IPPF (International Planned Parenthood Federation), organisation mondiale non-gouvernementale de planning familial.

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Association romande des éducatrices/teurs, formatricers/teurs en santé sexuelle et reproductive

Lié avec/linked with International Planned Parenthood Federation IPPF.

Notre association est composée de professionnel(le)s ayant obtenu le certificat de cours post-grade HES en santé sexuelle et reproductive (option éducation sexuelle) délivré conjointement par les Universités de Genève et de Lausanne, ainsi que par la Haute Ecole de Travail Social de Genève (HES). Ce certificat est reconnu par PLANeS (Fondation suisse pour la santé sexuelle et reproductive) … (texte entier Home/page d’accuel).

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• Secrétariat, Anik Debrot, ARTANES, Case postale 20, 1701 Fribourg, ccp 25-40585-9, e-mail;
• Caroline Jacot-Descombes, Présidente, Rue Alfred-Vincent 7, 1201 Genève, 079/562 49 48, e-mail.

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Centre for developmental practice

We are a non-governmental organisation from Cape Town, South Africa. We work with development practitioners, organisations and movements who are engaged in social transformation with marginalised communities.

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About: … The establishment of a Centre for Developmental Practice indicates an intention to share the work of CDRA more widely, to attempt to disseminate and promote its approach to the benefit of a wider group of people – both practitioners and organisations. By forming ourselves into a Centre for Developmental Practice we are bringing to the sector a resource to help practitioners and organisations develop their practice, nurturing in them a developmental, and therefore transformational, way of understanding the world and intervening in it.

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Linked with Mallika Sarabhai - India.

From a small dance academy that was founded over five decades ago, today Darpana is a workshop for the arts where tradition meets technology to break down boundaries of art and life and where performers from the world over work together to open mindscapes through the arts. Established by Mrinalini and Vikram Sarabhai in 1949, for the last two decades the academy has been directed by their daughter Mallika Sarabhai. Today it has a permanent staff of over 60 people and several hundred others on projects. Its departments range from performance and teaching of the arts to their use as development communication through face to face impacting and software production. Its audiences range from arts lovers to district and supreme court judges, the less privileged across the world, children, women, tribal populations and more. With over 25000 graduates, nearly 10000 performances, audiences in 90 countries and a vibrant arts environment, Darpana today is a centre for artists committed to excellence, innovation and the excitement of using the arts for change. Darpana’s vision is a contemporary symbiosis affirming the role of creativity in culture, researching into our origins and reaching out to the unsaid or unthought of, with a language that is universal. (The Institution).

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About: Club Natarani: With new and innovative work from Ahmedabad and elsewhere in the world, overseas performing groups touring India, traditional and folk performances, films, cartoon festivals, children’s events and performances, Natarani’s wide canvas has something to offer for everyone.

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Questions the press should ask

Linked with Alberto J. Mora - USA, with Ten lessons from recent torture hearings, and with Cruelty as a weapon of war.

Great questions are a key to great journalism. But often, in the press of deadlines, the flood of raw information, manipulated news, deliberate misinformation and just plain junk, great questions are hard to develop. Reporters and editors need to know what’s happening, why it happened, who’s involved, who’s affected and what happens next … (About 1/2).

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Linked with Alex de Waal - England, and with Sudan and the International Criminal Court ICC.

The SSRC builds interdisciplinary intellectual networks to address global changes. We bring varied perspectives to bear on crucial issues and mobilize inclusive and informed publics based in multiple geographical locations. In this way, these activities promote international collaboration. International collaboration operates as a “strategic emphasis” that crosscuts, and integrates with, Council-wide programmatic areas, projects and activities, while also moving the Council’s regional programs into a new generation of research and scholarship. This is achieved through:

• organizing collaborative research on regional, cross-regional and global issues;
• facilitating and evaluating cooperation amongst institutions, centers and social science donors to enable international collaboration;
• developing training and exchange activities that promote research collaboration.

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About the SSRC: The Social Science Research Council is an independent, not-for-profit research organization founded in 1923. Based in New York City, it mobilizes researchers, policy makers, professionals, activists, and other experts from the private and public sectors to develop innovative approaches to issues of critical social importan