Full Coverage: Civil society

27.04.2006 More than a dozen civil society organisations gave a call on Thursday to support the ongoing Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) agitation and ensure that millions of Indians getting uprooted due to development – construction of dams, digging of mines and setting up of industries – are given their rights by the government.

27.04.2006 The booming Indian BPO business is providing a whole new set of opportunities for a community often ignored — the physically challenged.

26.04.2006 DASA facilitates an exchange programme for African researchers through its Centre for Governance in Africa Programme, in conjunction with Fredskopset, the Norwegian Volunteer Service. The objective of this particular programme is to expose young professionals working in the area of governance to political processes in other African countries, and to develop a framework for collaboration around African based democracy and governance centers.

25.04.2006 Todas as entidades que participaram durante os dias do II Fórum Social Brasileiro reuniram-se, na manhã de domingo, 23, na Plenária dos Movimentos Sociais, para apresentar suas propostas.

25.04.2006 Fadil Maloku, Executive Director of the Institute for Democracy and Ethnic Relations of Kosovo and Professor of Globalization and Civilizations at the UP Sociology Department, discusses the possible models for solution of the autonomy of ethnic minorities in Kosovo after the negotiations on the final status of the province are completed.

25.04.2006 To complement our team, we expect to recruit an enthusiastic and team-orientated colleague. IICD’s mission is to assist developing countries in the use of ICT as a strategic tool for sustainable development and poverty alleviation. IICD does this through empowering local organisations and stakeholders to make effective use of ICTs on their own terms, and through catalysing lessons learned and knowledge sharing on ICTs by local organisations and the international community.

25.04.2006 You will be responsible for ICT capacity development of our local partners in one or two developing countries. To start with this will be Tanzania.

24.04.2006 There are times when a handful of dedicated men and women can work together to stop campaigns of terrorism and to remedy the intractable poverty that leads to massive violence.

21.04.2006 OneWorld South Asia is holding a consultation on Thursday, April 27, 2006, from 11 am – 1.30 pm at its office, C-5 Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-16 on People's Movements: The Importance of Holding Government's Accountable.
The debate intends to look at the conflicts in development, the beneficiaries of the development process, governance and our roles therein.

21.04.2006 Is the new zeal for conflict prevention work just a lot of “hot air”?

21.04.2006 Lessons learned from the “age of genocide.”

19.04.2006 The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters' (AMARC) Asia-Pacific office will be holding a roundtable discussion in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 5 May 2006, that will bring together community radio producers and advocates, non-governmental organisations and donors to assess the social impact of community radio in the region.

18.04.2006 Change Initiatives organized a workshop on the scope for ICT-based Enterprises for Women on 2nd and 3rd March 2006 in Kolkata. Dr G.D. Gautam, Special Secretary, Department of IT, Government of West Bengal inaugurated this workshop. Also present at the occasion were President of Change Initiatives Mr Sibaji Roy, Vice President Dr Mukul Mukherjee & Workshop Convener Ms. Alokananda Rao. The entire session was presided by Director of Change Initiatives, Ms Jhumpa Ghosh Ray.

18.04.2006 The Union of Women Associations of Macedonia (SOZM) held a workshop under its Women Can Do It in the Media Project. The workshop, held yesterday, concluded that the medi play a key and decisive role in the creation of opinions and information in the field of gender equality, but they first need to increase their internal gender sensitivity.

18.04.2006 Participants from various African countries, who gathered here, 11-12 April 2006, formed a NEPAD e-Africa Youth Programme, whose main objective is to build a cadre of young people who will raise awareness on issues of the Information Society and serve as active participants in building an inclusive Information Society in their countries and on the African continent.

17.04.2006 Video Volunteers is a media for empowerment organization based in New York, with Drishti Media Collective in Ahmedabad as its partner in India. We set up Community Video Units, in which 4-8 community members produce Monthly Video News Magazines to screen in their communities to accelerate social change.

17.04.2006 Fifteen months after their heroic exploits in the aftermath of the tsunami that claimed several hundred lives and wreaked unprecedented havoc in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a team of amateur radio operators is back in Port Blair.

14.04.2006 Ermir Dobjani, Albanian Ombudsman, met on 7 April 2006 with representatives of the Coalition for Promotion of Women and Youth in Politics, which presented him with a petition requesting that a minimum quota of 30 percent for women participation in politics is set up and officially regulated.

14.04.2006 The Government of Kosovo, in its regular session held yesterday, April 13, adopted the Draft-Resolution on Minority Rights, reaffirming the institutions’ position to respect the rights of all citizens of Kosovo. The Draft will be now forwarded to the Kosovo Parliament, to be adopted in the coming sessions, announced Ulpiana Lama, Government Spokesperson.

13.04.2006 World trade organisation director general Pascal Lamy felt the full weight of Indian civil society on a recent visit as he sought to get a sense of the stakeholders' views on the Doha development round of negotiations. From angry farmers to lucid economic experts, he heard the strong views of those who may ultimately be affected by the outcome of the current round of trade talks.