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August 2007

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Waiting for water
08/24/2007 Local water activists’ group Forum for Water and Sanitation (NFWS), Nepal, said the lack of laws enabling equal rights to water has long been a key problem and blamed the poor water management, political neglect and the current legal framework for water scarcity.
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Related: [Nepal] [South Asia] [Environment] [Human Rights] [Governance]
Image: Waiting for water © Catholic Relief Services
08/23/2007 UNITED NATIONS, Aug 22 (OneWorld) - Despite intense relief efforts from around the world, thousands of people in Peru who survived last week's deadly earthquake are still living without food, shelter, and life-saving medicines.
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Related: [Peru] [Emergency Relief] [Poverty] [Indigenous Rights] [Social Exclusion]
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Institut Pelangi Perempuan. http://www.satupelangi.com/
08/14/2007 Istilah 'butch' dan 'femme' sebetulnya merupakan wacana dan konsep kuno. Istilah ini awalnya digunakan oleh kelompok-kelompok lesbian kelas pekerja di Amerika yang memanfaatkan waktu senggangnya di bar-bar.
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Related: [Indonesia] [Human Rights] [Civil Rights] [Gender] [Sexuality]
Image: Institut Pelangi Perempuan. http://www.satupelangi.com/
08/06/2007 Human rights organisation Amnesty International will observe, 9 August 2007 as an International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples and support their demands for the right to full implementation of The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. This act will allow the tribals to lead a life free from threat of evictions and displacement.
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Protest for fair justice
08/06/2007 Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar after her release from a Madhya Pradesh jail has said that the adivasis have become the victims of a conspiracy and she has vowed to carry on with the agitation to demand a just rehabilitation for the tribals.
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Related: [South Asia] [India] [Land] [Indigenous Rights] [Governance]
Image: Protest for fair justice © Narmada Bachao Andolan

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Action Without Borders, Inc.
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Refugees International
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American Friends Service Committee
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NetAid
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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
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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
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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

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