Full Coverage: Activism

29.12.2005 Amendments to a controversial bill on NGOs have not significantly changed its likely negative impact on Russian human rights groups and may still result in the closure of affiliate offices of foreign rights organisations, a leading rights agency warns.

28.12.2005 Dr Nilay Ranjan talks about the changing face of advocacy
at the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial meeting. He mentions that the protest at the Hong Kong clearly passes on the message that the developing and least developing countries need more policy space in the negotiation process. If it is denied, people will protest in more violent ways because unfair trade directly affects the livelihood of the individual, which provokes them to raise their voice.

22.12.2005 An increasing number of Chinese citizens are voicing their frustration over corruption, religious persecution, environmental degredation, and the vast socio-economic gap between urban and rural populations, says the Asia America Initiative. Although largely uncoordinated, the movement is attracting the support of urban intellectuals and legal experts.

20.12.2005 Women Power Connect, a women's organisation, has decided to force the elected representatives and policy makers to make changes in government policies in favour of women and strictly implement the existing laws.

19.12.2005 Sign up and show your support for children living with HIV or those who have lost parents and friends through AIDS-related illness. Back UNICEF's campaign to provide drug treatment, protection and prevention for children affected by the epidemic.

17.12.2005 The billboards with the propeller logo and Europe Now slogan were raised all over Macedonia, on the same day the Summit of EU Leaders started in Brussels, which is expected to adopt a decistion to grant Macedonia status of candidate for EU Membership.

16.12.2005 Richard Sandbrook, former Executive Director of the International Institute for Environment and Development and a founder member of Friends of the Earth, has died.
Independent obituary
Guardian obituary

16.12.2005 ActionAid has appealed for the immediate and unconditional release of two anti-poverty activists who are being held without charge in Ethiopia.

15.12.2005 Earlier this year a debt cancellation package was agreed for 18 of the world's most impoverished countries, but now the IMF has announced a final test must be passed by six of them to qualify for the January write-off. Africa Action wants you to join them this week in telling the IMF that more delays cost more lives!

14.12.2005 Al Gore's new TV venture seeks to redefine mainstream news and entertainment for the 18-34 demographic. Launched in August, the commercial enterprise relies on young and emerging media makers for 30% of its content and, while initial response has been positive, some are worried the for-profit, socially aware outlet could undermine public access and narrow diversity.

14.12.2005 For 22 years MADRE has affected change and improved the lives of women around the world; now you can find out who inspires them! To celebrate their birthday, MADRE is showcasing a portrait gallery of young women working for human rights and justice around the world. Nominate one for display at the U.N. during Women's Month in March 2006.

12.12.2005 Over the past ten days or so, millions have rallied around the world to raise awareness about trade injustice and the Millennium Development Goals. 60,000 Sri Lankans joined hands to tell the world that poverty can be eradicated if we all unite.

12.12.2005 The Oasis Forum organised People's rally held recently in Lusaka declared to teach President Levy Mwanawasa a lesson in the Tripartite 2006 elections.

09.12.2005 The LDA of Prijedor is part of a network of eleven LDAs in the Balkan region, which together form the Association of Local Democracy Agencies. We talked to Patricia Bugna, the Head of LDA, about the organization and its activities.

09.12.2005 Whether it's "Mix It Up at School Lunch Day", where students eat with someone they normally wouldn't, or "Mix It Up Group Dialogue", students are learning to accept one another regardless of race, class, gender or religion.

09.12.2005 New York University will begin removing all Coca-Cola products from its campus on 9 December in protest against the companyÂ’s failure to submit to an independent investigation of its bottling plants in Colombia, where workers have accused Coke of human rights abuses.

09.12.2005 Len and Paul Burman rode their bikes across the U.S.A. to raise over $100,000 for healthcare work in Haiti; others are building a school in Afghanistan and organizing global events to promote tolerance. Our Voices Together is ready to help you make your big dream come true to encourage development, foster goodwill, or promote understanding around the world.

08.12.2005 Join thousands around the world who have signed this petition asking for the release of four members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), taken hostage in Iraq on November 26. CPT sends witnesses to conflict areas in the name of peace--its members have been in Iraq since 2002 and were among the first to document abuses in the Abu Ghraib prison.

08.12.2005 Three more days of campaigning have left in the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence have left in B&H. The CURE Foundation invites you to take part in the remaining activities.

07.12.2005 The opening of the Casino in down-town Tirana will only bring social, economic problems, and problems with disturbance of the public order, reacted the MJAFT! movement one day after the official opening.