Full Coverage: Activism

31.08.2006 Sri Lankan organisation Sarvodaya is holding a meditation for peace initiative on October 2, 2006 - Mahatma Gandhi's birthday - at the sacred city of Anuradhapura. Sarvodaya expects to host one million people from all over the world - the largest gathering in Sri LankaÂ’s history - clad in white clothes to meditate for peace.

30.08.2006 The DOSTA activist movement of B&H citizens fighting for their dignity organized protest gathering in Sarajevo last Saturday, August 26, under the motto “Stop to Violence, Campaign Lies and Hate-Mongering”. The protests were held on Oslobodjenje-Alija Izetbegovic Square.

24.08.2006 Domestic violence against Afghan women appears endemic, and attacks against them usually take place with impunity, according to a disturbing new report by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).

23.08.2006 The MOST Centre for Cultural Development and Information started its Odjek civic information portal, dedicated to the NGO sector in Montenegro.

21.08.2006 NEW YORK, Aug 21 (OneWorld) - The Bush administration is facing fierce criticism across India for backing the Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola companies in their fight with local authorities and consumer groups.

21.08.2006 A consortia of organization from Bosnia and Herzegovina started the Information Wanted campaign, in Spring 2006. The campaign activities will culminate on September 28, the International Day of Free Access to Information, through a series of workshops, public presentations and debates in eight cities - Zenica, Mostar, Drvar, Livno, Zvornik, Bihac, Tuzla and Sarajevo.

18.08.2006 As a run up to the Indian Social Forum (ISF 2006), the first National Consultation for the Youth Forum has been scheduled for August 19-20 2006 at the Indian Social Institute in New Delhi on August 19 and 20. The Youth Forum India is a space for youth to come together and articulate their struggles and visions against the threat of neo-liberal, capitalist globalization and also uphold the secular, plural and gender sensitive framework of the other.

17.08.2006 On 9th September, 2006, the city of Kolkata in India will welcome over 2000 delegates to the 7th National Conference of Women's Movements, a platform for women to come together to share, dialogue, debate and sharpen their politics while deepening their understanding of and responses to issues and strategies. It will also provide the space to forge friendships and extend solidarity to each other.

10.08.2006 Acabo de ter o privilégio de participar num desses acontecimentos. Teve lugar entre 15 e 17 de Julho na cidade de Cusco, Peru, antiga capital do Império Inca, o umbigo do mundo, como lhe chamavam os Incas, a 3500 metros de altitude na Cordilheira dos Andes. Tratou-se do congresso fundacional da Coordenadora Andina das Organizações Indígenas do Peru, Equador, Bolívia, Chile, Colômbia e Argentina.

10.08.2006 Tens of activists of MJAFT Movement build yesterday (on Wednesday) a wall at the Rinia Park to symbolize the gap and division existing between the executive and the real needs of the citizens. On the one side of this concrete wall the activists wrote some of the unfulfilled needs like lack of water supplies, lack of electric power or other basic services.

08.08.2006 Local leaders from across rural India are to draw up an action plan to help stem the spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in villages, where the majority of new infections are occuring, officials said on Monday.

07.08.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 7 (OneWorld) - Protesters took to the streets around the world this weekend to oppose Israel's attacks on Lebanon and call for an immediate ceasefire. Demonstrations took place in London, Brussels, Cape Town, Cairo, Tel Aviv, Sarajevo, and across Indonesia.

04.08.2006 "How many more Qana massacres before the voice of sanity brings this carnage to an end?" What you do on Saturday can make a difference. Outraged people from across the UK are arriving in London with children's shoes to lay at Tony Blair's doorstep. Will you be there?