Full Coverage: Activism

27.06.2007 An ambitious and innovative reality TV show - Haath se Haath Milaa (Let’s Join Hands) – by BBC World Service Trust, that played a vital role in India’s largest mass media campaign on HIV and AIDS, has won a World Award at the Asia Media Summit 2007.

27.06.2007 The Supreme Court of Nepal has established a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the thousands of enforced disappearances in Nepal during civil conflict and ordered the government to comply with international human standards.

27.06.2007 Though Asia has achieved economic growth along with poverty reduction in recent years economic growth alone does not guarantee poverty reduction. But this growth – and its impact on different aspects of development – has been uneven across and within countries.

27.06.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Jun 27 (OneWorld) - Thousands of social activists from across the United States are descending on Atlanta, Georgia this week.

26.06.2007 This anthology, edited by Rehana Ghadially, throws light on the contextual realities of urban Indian women in a most comprehensive manner. It presents a view of the Indian women's movement – past and present – as it responds to a range of issues (including those related to identity, globalisation, media, ICTs and political participation) in the pre and post liberalization eras. It is recommended for students and academics in women's studies, political science, sociology, psychology, ICTs, media studies and development.

18.06.2007 India’s ‘Father of the Nation’, Mahatma Gandhi, has influenced many movements for freedom and civil rights across the world and inspired leaders like Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. His birth anniversary will now be observed each year as the International Day of Non-Violence. The UN hopes Gandhi’s unique means of non-violent action will promote “a culture of peace, tolerance, understanding and non-violence.”

12.06.2007 FSPI report the case of violence and shooting against the peasants in Tanak Awu, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara to the UN Commission of Human Rights in Jakarta. This time, the case is reported to the special delegation of UN Secretary Hina Jilani.

08.06.2007 The climate change accord reached by the G8 countries at the German resort town of Heiligendamm has brought forth mixed reactions. Even as the G8’s initiative in engaging the five emerging economies – Brazil, China, India, South Africa and Mexico – over the issue has been welcomed, many feel that the rich nations are still evading their historical responsibilities.

06.06.2007 As part of the movement to save the capitalÂ’s river Yamuna, a march led by IndiaÂ’s waterman Rajendra Singh raised local awareness on the riverÂ’s plight on its way to New Delhi.

06.06.2007 Even as the world's richest eight countries meet at Heiligendamm in Germany for the 33rd G8 meet, civil society organisations from across the world have gathered to lobby with the leaders to do more to eradicate poverty. Oxfam International and the United Nations Millennium Campaign have both launched blogs that bring interesting news, insights and opinions from a NGO perspective.

04.06.2007 There have been a series of targeted attacks perpetrated against Papernas in recent times. Although a number of complaints have been filed against the perpetrators, there has been inadequate police investigations and action taken on these cases.

30.05.2007 Supported by International Organization for Migration – IOM, Government of Finland and Advisory Office for Good Governance - Office of the Kosovo Prime Minister, INTEGRA NGO, in coming days will launch the second phase of project “I Decide For My Self”, in seven main regions of Kosova.

29.05.2007 After it announced its action “Placate Your Hero”, the BIRO Movement received a number of threats from members of various neo-Nazi organizations. Fearing the united neo-Nazis and nationalist may direct their aggression towards BIRO activists, the movement decided to conduct its action a day earlier.

28.05.2007 The city of Zadar, under the auspices of cooperation within NATOÂ’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) and Croatian National Bureau for Protection and Rescue, hosted the 'IDASSA 007', May 21-24. Under the auspices of the project, a variety of catastrophic events and disasters were simulated, such as earthquakes, fires and terrorist attacks.

25.05.2007 UNITED NATIONS, May 25 (OneWorld) - The news that a major investment firm has drastically reduced its business interests with those close to the Sudanese government has emboldened pressure groups involved in the global campaign to stop attacks in Darfur.

22.05.2007 India will mandate a final product standard for soft drinks, claim a government expert committee report. This comes in the wake of a four-year fight by Indian NGO Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on pesticide residues in soft drinks.

11.05.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, May 10 (OneWorld) - Antiwar activists from around the country will celebrate Mothers Day by converging on Washington, DC, where they will demand Congress end the U.S. occupation of Iraq.

03.05.2007 Uruguayan Vice President Rodolfo Nin Novoa inaugurated a meeting of Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP), a worldwide coalition of civil society organisations lobbying governments to eradicate poverty, with a call to the campaign to help bring down poverty and a promise to halve Uruguayan poverty levels by 2015.

25.04.2007 NEW YORK, Apr 25 (OneWorld) - Human rights defenders across the world are making fresh calls this week for governments to get serious about ensuring basic education for all.

25.04.2007 The MULTIMEDIA Performing Arts Centre from Skopje, together with the Museum – Stip, Stip Municipal Council, the Foundation for Local Development, “Sergej Mihajlov” Music School, and “Zaedno” (Together) NGO, will organize the “ART GENERATOR” Urban Arts Festival in Stip, April 26-29, 2007.