Full Coverage: Civil society

31.05.2006 The Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre has done little for the long-term treatment of gas victims. Though built specifically to give free long-term treatment to gas victims, the hospital, which is the only super-specialty hospital in Bhopal, also caters to other patients who pay for their treatment. In the process, the gas victims are systematically discriminated against.

31.05.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, May 30 (OneWorld) - American private aid agencies are responding to the massive earthquake that hit Indonesia over the weekend. The magnitude 6.3 quake that struck southern Java in the early morning Saturday left over 5,000 dead, 20,000 injured, and 130,000 homeless.

30.05.2006 The DOSTA! Movement organizes a huge protest concert on June 3, in front of the B&H Parliament (12:00 to 22:00 hours), with performances of socially engaged B&H bands, to express its dissatisfaction with the general situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

29.05.2006 Under its “New Role for NGOs in the Process of Design of B&H Public Policies” project, ALDI released the results of the public opinion survey on the work of municipal authorities/administration in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

25.05.2006 Thousands of people strong peaceful protest against weapons and armed violence was held yesterday in Skopje, the capitol of Macedonia. The rally was organized as part of the International Action Week Against Small Arms, as well as to mark the death of three and wounding six young people in an internet café, last week.

25.05.2006 Yesterday, in Zagreb, the Centre for Peace Studies organized a round-table discussion on the draft-Law on Security and Intelligence System of the Republic of Croatia. The draft has already passed the first reading at the Sabor (Croatian parliament), and the text is now in the process of preparation for the second reading. CMS estimates that there are several disputable points and, yet, there was not wider public debate on the proposal.

25.05.2006 A civil society assessment of the Indian government has found that the government has failed in honouring its commitments made to the people in employment, education, health and social equity among others. An assessment of two years of the government was done by over 100 NGOs and experts in New Delhi recently.

23.05.2006 Experts, at a meeting of NGOs in New Delhi, said that if the Indian government had delivered on its promises related to education, as promised by it two years back, it may not have faced the huge country-wide agitation by medicos on reservations.

23.05.2006 At the press conference held earlier today, the Civil NGO from Skopje presented the campaign organized to mark the Global week of Action Against Arms (May 22-29). The Campaign will be implemented in cooperation with the UNDP's Partnership for Community Safety and Security; the Caritas France in Macedonia; Cair Municipality; Zgjohu! civil movement (Wake UP!), and "Esnaf" association of artizans and craftsmen from the Old Bazaar in Skopje.

22.05.2006 The Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical Research (ISPPI) and SUNA NGO organized a debate today in Skopje, discussing the topic of the Role of NGO Sector in the Electoral Process. The debate, organized under the "Regional Development of Civic Society Capacities in Serbia, Kosovo and Macedonia", aims to contribute to a more efficient promotion of democratic values.

22.05.2006 Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) is now the regional center for human rights education in Southern Philippines.

22.05.2006 Hot on the heels of Unicef's World Cup effort come Save the Children's Cup song, This Game is Our Game, and Amnesty with its Join the Stadium campaign. Meanwhile, there is growing concern about the safety of black and Asian fans travelling to Germany for the contest.

22.05.2006 A coalition of Indian civil society organizations are holding a two-day meet in New Delhi to remind the Indian government of the promises that it had made to the people during elections nearly two years back. The organizations are also releasing a report card of the government’s performance during these two years.

18.05.2006 The CESID (Centre for Free Elections and Democracy), in cooperation with the CEMI (Centre for Monitoring) from Podgorica, will monitor the referendum on the state status of Montenegro in all ballot stations, announced CESID.

18.05.2006 This handbook is designed for rural professionals and development professionals (support NGOs, groups, farmers’ organisations, etc.) who want to set up and run information services.

17.05.2006 Four years back, in 2002, OneWorld launched the Digital Opportunity Channel. The Channel was launched on World Telecommunications Day which is observed globally on 17th of May.

16.05.2006 NEW YORK, May 16 (OneWorld) - Peace groups in the United States are testing new ways to stop the U.S. war machinery in Iraq, Afghanistan, and places that might become new targets in the new future.

15.05.2006 The National Foundation for Development of Civil Society, GONG, USAID, European Centre for Nonprofit Law and AED, in cooperation with the Central State Administrative Bureau, organized a gathering last Monday, May 8, to discuss the topic "Croatian Foundation Legal System: Do we need new Law on Foundations?" If the gathering was to answer that question, the answer would, undoubtedly, be yes.

10.05.2006 NEW YORK, May 9 (OneWorld) - After staying away for several weeks, humanitarian workers with a leading international charity organization are back to work in Indonesia's Aceh region, which was worst-hit by the devastating tsunami of December 2004.

09.05.2006 International development agencies in Nepal are seriously concerned about an acute food shortage in several hill and mountain districts in the western region of the Himalayan kingdom.