Full Coverage: Activism

28.04.2005 L'Échange international de la liberté d'expression (IFEX) lance aujourd'hui une nouvelle publication qui vise à fournir aux activistes du monde entier qui oeuvrent en faveur des droits de la personne les outils essentiels qui leur permettront de faire campagne plus efficacement, afin de mieux défendre la liberté d'expression et la liberté de la presse.

28.04.2005 Some great photographs from Christian Aid of events around the world calling for trade justice as part of the Global Week of Action earlier this month.

25.04.2005 « En tant que chrétien, j’accepte et respecte la décision des cardinaux. Mais il me sera difficile d’apprécier le nouveau pape, étant donné ses positions sur l’Eglise et le monde », déclare le Brésilien Leonardo Boff, l’un des principaux idéologues de la théologie de la libération, dans la Folha de São Paulo. Selon cet ancien franciscain qui a abandonné le sacerdoce en 1992, « le nouveau pape ne va pas se contenter de perpétuer l’esprit du pontificat de Jean-Paul II, mais il va aussi, et surtout, radicaliser la doctrine morale de l’Eglise catholique », rapporte le quotidien brésilien.

25.04.2005 MANS invited the High State Prosecutor Vesna Medenica to submit her irrevocable resignation and contribute, with a personal example, to the successful reform of Montenegro judicial system.

25.04.2005 In 2000, world leaders made a commitment to ensure that children everywhere are in school by 2015 by signing the Millennium Declaration. Five years later, those leaders are falling short of their target. Action Week (April 24-30) is a worldwide effort to remind them of their promise that every child should have an education.

25.04.2005 Africa Malaria Day's major celebration will take place Monday in the capital of Zambia, where recent projects have provided millions of children with insecticide-treated bednets to protect against the disease. Impressive projects have raised the intensity of the fight against malaria across the continent, says Unicef, refuting an editorial from the Lancet medical journal that the World Health Organizations' campaign against malaria has been ineffective.

25.04.2005 The Knit for Kids project has provided over 250,000 sweaters--crafted by volunteer knitters across the United States--to needy kids around the world. Joan McKeon, the 200,000th sweater knitter, recently visited recipients in an Azerbaijan orphanage.

21.04.2005 The campaign planned by GONG for the Local Elections 2005 is directed at informing the citizens on the electoral processes for the local and regional self-government.

21.04.2005 The public relations success of the Make Poverty History campaign runs the ironic risk of creating supporters who can respond only to shallow messages of the mainstream media - comforted by ephemeral slogans and untroubled with learning about the underlying issues. A crucial opportunity for stimulating activism beyond 2005 may have been missed, argues the Director of the Development Education Association.

20.04.2005 As Coca Cola shareholders convened in Delaware April 19 for their annual meeting, protesters spoke against the company's operations in India that have taken vital water and dumped toxic waste in areas around some bottling plants. They are demanding that Coca-Cola cease operations immediately and provide compensation to the affected communities.

20.04.2005 On April 16, 28-year-old Marla Ruzicka of California was killed when a car bomb exploded on the streets of Baghdad. Marla, a long time activist, had worked with refugees in Palestine, campesinos in Nicaragua, and AIDS victims in Zimbabwe. She was in Baghdad working for the humanitarian organization she founded, the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC), which documents cases of innocent civilians hurt by war.

19.04.2005 On the occasion of the Global Youth Service Day, April 18, a public debate was held in Krizevci, on the subject of “Real Needs and Capacities of Krizevci Youth”. The “Youth Associations in Krizevci” brochure was presented at the debate. Later in the day, the Project “Youth in the Town Council” was presented in the Krizevci Town Hall.

19.04.2005 Some 10 million people in over 70 countries were expected to take part in the Global Week of Action for Trade Justice last Monday through Friday. One of the largest and most star-studded events took place in London, as 25,000 people stayed up all night to call for fair trade, not free trade.

18.04.2005 On April 22, the world celebrates Earth Day. Moving Ideas has compiled a guide to local, national and international actions to improve the environment in which we live. Find out what you can do.

15.04.2005 The Mercy Corps Kosovo, MINGOS (Mitrovica Initiative for Support to NGO Sector) and Inicijative NGO from Prokuplje, started the implementation of the “Youth Voices” Project, designed to promote democracy among the multiethnic young population (between 15 and 19 years of age) in the villages of Southern Serbia and Northern Kosovo.

15.04.2005 The all-night vigil for trade justice is turning into an all-night carnival with no shortage of great entertainment to keep you awake - and get the message across to the politicians to wake up to the issues that really matter.

15.04.2005 Currently, 104 million children are out of school, and 57 percent of them are girls. Many have never had the chance to go to school and half of those who did will never finish. During Education Action Week, Care USA urges you to contact your representatives in Washington; ask them to double U.S. support for basic education in 2006--from $400 million to $800 million--they say.

14.04.2005 Erica Zelfand grew up in Massachusetts and always wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail--a 2,000 mile footpath that hugs the ridge of the Appalachian mountain range, one of North AmericaÂ’s major landforms. Together with Timothy Crespi, Zelfand decided to conquer her dream and make the trip more than just symbolic by hiking to raise awareness and funds for effective anti-hunger programs.

13.04.2005 U.S. policymakers will vote on the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) in the next week. Food First is staging a national call-in day against CAFTA on April 13, to prevent the marginalisation of small farmers in Central America and the United States, and urges you to join in.

13.04.2005 The U.S. Congress is working on a budget that could include deep cuts in basic programs for children and families. Tell Congress you're willing to pay your fair share in taxes, but not for a budget that gives the affluent more than their fair share while cutting food stamps, health care and child care assistance for kids and families, says Connect for Kids on April 12--"National Budget Call-in Day."