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A Case Study in Policy Entrepreneurship: The Centre for Disability Law & Policy, National University of Ireland, Galway
Source: Susan Parker
Carefully researched studies are essential for advocates to make persuasive arguments to legislators and for policymakers to make informed decisions. But too often academic research is disconnected from the real world concerns of those who make or wish to influence policy. The Centre for Disability…
Resource type: Research Report
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Using the Law to Secure Social Change on the Island of Ireland
Source: University College Cork and Queen's University Belfast
This report discusses lessons Atlantic grantees have learned about using the law to secure social change in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and Northern Ireland (NI). Atlantic’s support for this work began in 2004. Back then, few organizations in ROI or NI had much experience with public…
Resource type: Research Report
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South African Civil Society and Xenophobia
Source: Strategy & Tactics
This comprehensive 500-page report, coordinated by Strategy & Tactics, was written by some of South Africa’s leading social and political scientists as well as civil society activists. The report analyses the conditions that allowed xenophobic violence to erupt in South Africa in May 2008, leaving…
Resource type: Research Report
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European Anti-Discrimination Law Review
Source: Migration Policy Group
The European Anti-Discrimination Law Review, prepared by the European Network of Legal Experts in the non-discrimination field, provides an overview of the latest developments in European anti-discrimination law and policy. The Review is published biannually and edited by Human European Consultancy and the Migration Policy…
Resource type: Research Report
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Using the Law to Secure Social Change: Case Studies and Briefs on Legal Advocacy
Source: Ursula Kilkelly, Laura Lundy and Angela Matthews
This collection of short case studies and briefs provides insights into how Atlantic grantees used the law to secure social change in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Drawn from a longer report summarized here, the case studies and briefs cover work of Atlantic’s…
Resource type: Case Study
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Child Care Law Reporting Project Interim Report
Source: Child Care Law Reporting Project
Children in the Republic of Ireland are most frequently taken into care for neglect, and almost a fifth of children taken into care have special needs, according to this report from the newly created Child Care Law Reporting Project. The report’s striking findings also show…
Resource type: Research Report
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The Isivivana Centre
The Isivivana Centre is a social justice and community center in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa. It was built to house activist organizations, including many Atlantic grantees. Members of the local community can also access the library, watch films in the cinema or visit the free…
Resource type: Video
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The Centre for Effective Services’ Library
The Centre for Effective Services’ online library offers a variety of resources. Learn more > The Centre for Effective Services’ (CES) online library makes available a great quantity of relevant, usable evidence for policy makers, service commissioners, providers and practitioners. CES has served as Atlantic’s long-time partner…
Resource type: Research Report
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St. James’s Hospital Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing, Dublin, Ireland
The Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing at St. James ‘s Hospital in Dublin is an example of a capital investment that went beyond mere construction. Atlantic offered the hospital a matching grant of €2.7 million over five years in 2004 enabling the hospital to obtain a long-sought…
Resource type: Video
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Isivivana Centre, Khayelitsha — a home for activists campaigning for social justice
Source: Chronicle Digital
The new Isivivana Centre, a project of the Khayelitsha Youth and Community Centre Trust in South Africa, has its official opening Thursday, October 13. The center will house a collection of activist organizations, including many Atlantic grantees. Here are the nongovernmental organizations that operate out of the…
Resource type: Video