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May 2006

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05/31/2006 Disability is not within a person but it is out there in the physical and social environment in the shape of barriers put in place by the non-disabled majority. Remove those barriers and the disabled can become functionally active and productive citizens of this country. Zahid Abdullah in The News speaks of the double discrimination against disabled women and girls and possible ways out.

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Indian Dalits Join Together to Fight against Their Poverty

05/29/2006 For the first time in the history of India, more than 5 million Musahars - the most disadvantaged section of India's Dalit Population in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal � are joining hands to wage struggles against their miserable conditions in Independent India.

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Related: [India] [Poverty] [Activism] [MDGs]

Save the Children UK Starts Campaign to Enrol Roma Children in School

05/26/2006 According to the Denied a Future? 2001-2006: The Right to Education for Roma Children in B&H survey, published by Save the Children UK in April 2006, there are still Roma communities in Bosnia and Herzegovina in which not a single child is included in the elementary education.

Reservations and society

05/25/2006 Affirmative action, not reservations, appears to be the call of the day. However, our Parliament, in its wisdom, has decided in favour of quotas. In his work on affirmative action, Nathan Glazer, the pre-eminent sociologist of ethnicity and group and individual rights, argued that at a crucial juncture, a society faces both ways - in favour of group and in favour of individual rights.

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Caste and Malnutrition is directly linked in Inida: UNICEF's Report

05/25/2006 UNICEF's malnutrition is directly linked with backward caste system and needs to resolved accordingly.

Igre bez granica za decu sa posebnim potrebama 2006

05/23/2006 Organizacija za pomoć i bigu o deci sa posebnim potrebama maliVEliki ljudi početkom jula organizuje druge po redu maleVelike igre bez granica za decu sa posebnim potrebama.

Ministers panel to study quota issue

05/18/2006 It will take into account the interests of all sections Arjun Singh reiterates Government's commitment to reservation Says there is no difference of opinion on the issue

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Vendors everywhere, but invisible

Women of Kisamoro selling mushrooms and other produce at Nyakigumba market.

05/16/2006 For nearly two decades, Tamil Selvi has been running a vegetable stall on the dusty corner of a street in a residential area in Madurai, a major town in southern Tamil Nadu, India. Soma Basu, in Terra Viva, highlights the situation of street vendors in the state.

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Image: Women of Kisamoro selling mushrooms and other produce at Nyakigumba market.

Educational Programme for Collectors of Material for Recycling

05/15/2006 The Care International in SCG and the Democratic Association of the Roma started the first educational programme for collectors of materials for recycling. The programme consists of three-month series of trainings in the fields of occupational protection, traffick regulations education, sorting of waste, technology for recycling of waste plastics and paper and environmental protection.

Akanksha

05/08/2006

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Image: Akanksha by Video Volunteers

Govt-aided NGOs must allot 49.5 per cent quota: Ministry

05/08/2006 The controversy over proposed reservation in the private sector for SCs, STs and OBCs and in higher educational institutions is yet to be settled but the Ministry for Social Justice and Empowerment has gone a step further � it has asked NGOs aided by the Centre to provide job reservations in their projects.

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NBA appeals to the National Human Rights Commission

05/06/2006

Even as the Narmada dam case comes up for hearing in the Supreme Court for the third time in a month, on May 8, 2006, NBA activists along with the Delhi Solidarity Group (a support group of the NBA constituting Delhi based activists and NGOs) appeal to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to uphold the human rights of affected people in the Narmada valley.

Rep�blica Dominicana: Refugiados tienen derechos violados

05/02/2006 El Comit� de Refugiados y Solicitantes de Refugio Unidos informa que todav�a no ha recibido ninguna respuesta de parte del gobierno dominicano, con respecto a los reclamos de dotar de documentos a los refugiados pol�ticos y sus descendientes.

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» - SOCIAL EXCLUSION - U.S. Partner Organizations

Free The Slaves
freetheslaves.net
Free the Slaves is a Washington, DC based non-government organization focusing on issues of modern slavery worldwide.

Initiative for Inclusive Security
inclusivesecurity.org
The Initiative for Inclusive Security, a program of Hunt Alternatives Fund, advocates for the full participation of all stakeholders, especially women, in peace processes. The Initiative for Inclusive Security includes The Women Waging Peace Network, a network of women peacemakers from conflict areas around the world. The Network was launched in 1999 to connect these women with each other ... Read more

JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.
www.jsi.com
JSI Research & Training Institute Inc., is a public health research and consulting firm that is dedicated to improving the health of individuals and communities throughout the world. JSI R&T builds local capacity to address critical health problems, collaborating with local partners to assist countries, governments, communities, families, and individuals to develop their skills and identify solutions that meet their ... Read more

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights/Leadership Conference Education Fund
www.civilrights.org
Civilrights.org is a project of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, a coalition of 180 organizations working side by side in the fight for equality and justice.

Action Without Borders, Inc.
www.idealist.org
Action Without Borders maintains Idealist.org, the richest online directory of nonprofit information, with information provided by 25,000 organizations worldwide.

Refugees International
www.refug ... onal.org
Refugees International is an independent, non-profit, humanitarian advocacy organization that generates lifesaving humanitarian assistance and protection for refugees and internally displaced people around the world. By promoting and working to improve international peacekeeping operations and capabilities, RI works to shorten or end the types of armed conflicts that are the major causes of the world�s 35 million displaced people. ... Read more

American Friends Service Committee
www.afsc.org
AFSC is a faith-based organization working for peace, justice and reconciliation in 22 countries of the world. With national headquarters in Philadelphia and 9 regional offices throughout the United States, AFSC emphasizes people, not politics or ideology � upholding the dignity and promise of every person.

In Motion Magazine
www.inmot ... zine.com
Multicultural, U.S. publication about democracy with columns on affirmative action, education, rural America, genetic engineering, art, healthcare, civil rights and more.

NetAid
www.netaid.org
NetAid educates, inspires and empowers young people to fight global poverty. It is creating a movement of young Americans who are champions for the world�s poor, with the long-term goal of establishing a strong U.S. constituency that supports international development.

Advocacy Project
www.advocacynet.org
The Advocacy Project, a nonprofit organization formed in 1998, seeks to help community-based organizations produce, disseminate, and use information in their efforts to become more effective advocates for social justice and human rights.

Arts Engine, Inc
www.artsengine.net
Arts Engine supports, produces, and distributes independent media of consequence and promotes the use of independent media by advocates, educators and the general public. Arts Engine projects include feature-length documentaries, the annual Media That Matters Film Festival, a yearlong multi-platform outreach campaign for social-issue shorts and MediaRights.org, a community website connecting filmmakers, youth, activists and educators.

PDHRE, People's Movement for Human Rights Learning
www.pdhre.org
PDHRE organizes and facilitates transformative, holistic human rights learning at the grassroots level worldwide. It produces videos and learning manuals to facilitate the development of human rights cities.

Kabissa - Space for Change in Africa
www.kabissa.org/
Kabissa is dedicated to using technology to strengthen organizations working to improve the lives of people in Africa.

MADRE
www.madre.org
MADRE is an international women's human rights organization that works in partnership with women's community-based groups in conflict areas worldwide. Our programs address issues of sustainable development, community improvement and women's health; violence and war; discrimination and racism; self-determination and collective rights; women's leadership development and human rights education.

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» - SOCIAL EXCLUSION - International Organizations

KITEGA COMMUNITY CENTER.
kitega-cc.org
ENTITY: Kitega Community center is a registered Non- governmental organization, it is also a not for profit Organization. Established under the inspiration of the church. Kitega Community Center was established in March 2000 to cater for various problems in the community. Kitega Community Center started under the umbrella body Uganda Association for the Mentally Handicapped. In 2004 Kitega Community Center registered as ... Read more