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Declaration of the Civil Society Conference held on 27-28 October 2010, Boksburg, South Africa
The Civil Society Conference held on 27-28 October 2010 was a historic turning point in the history of South Africa. Over 300 delegates from 56 mass-based civil society organisations, with a combined membership of millions of South Africans, came together to rebuild a strong, mass…
Author: The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
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Changing the Story: Using the Arts to Advance Social Justice
In the 2008 film Sin Nombre, the audience follows a young Honduran woman named Sayra as she winds her way through Mexico and into the United States in search of a better life. Her trip is lonely and dangerous, and through her eyes Sin Nombre…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Grant Makers Urged to Take Activist Role
By Caroline Preston. Foundations are not institutions set apart from society and its problems, and grant makers can and should be involved in the fight for a more just and equitable world, Gara LaMarche, president of Atlantic Philanthropies, and Benjamin Jealous, head of the NAACP,…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Update from Northern Ireland: February Agreement Puts Government Back on the Track to Peace
Northern Ireland was a different place when Atlantic first began making grants there in the early 1990s. The violent conflict had claimed thousands of lives and had deeply divided communities. Atlantic was drawn to the country by Atlantic Founder, Chuck Feeney, who himself played an…
Author: Martin OBrien
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Victory for Migrant Workers' Campaign
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is an Atlantic grantee. The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is celebrating a significant victory regarding the announcement today by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern, TD, together with the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Trade and…
Author: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
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Russ Feingold Introduces Legislation to Abolish Federal Death Penalty
Feingold’s Longtime Effort Comes as New Mexico Repeals Death Penalty Original Source By Arthur Delaney, Huffington Post Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) reintroduced legislation Thursday to abolish the death penalty at the federal level. The “Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2009” comes just after New…
Author: Huffington Post
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Gay Groups Slam SA Government
South Africa’s leading LGBT organisations have slammed the government for failing yet again to uphold gay and lesbian rights in the international arena. The Joint Working Group, which represents a network of 26 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex organisations, said that it is deeply…
Author: Mamba Online
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Human rights body says 24% cut makes it unworkable
by Carol Coulter The Human Rights Commission has sought an urgent meeting with the Department of Justice to discuss the cut of 24 per cent in its budget, which it said will leave it completely unable to perform its functions. In a statement following a…
Author: Irish Times
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Budget cuts put rights at risk, says Amnesty
by OLIVIA KELLY THE DECISION to cut funding for two key human rights organisations in last week’s budget could spell their demise, executive director of Amnesty International Ireland Colm O’Gorman has said. The Government’s decision not to proceed with plans to merge the Equality Authority…
Author: Irish Times
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Inequalities in health among children
by DR MUIRIS HOUSTON A MAJOR survey of 10-17 year olds in the Republic has found evidence of health inequalities among school children. The Inequalities in Health among School-Aged Children in Ireland report, published this morning, has been prepared from data gathered for the 2006…
Author: The Irish Times