Results List
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Law as a Vehicle for Social Change
Source: Martin O'Brien
Martin O’Brien, Senior Vice President for Programmes at The Atlantic Philanthropies, delivered FLAC’s Seventh Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture in Dublin. Ellis was a community activist who dedicated his career to working with community groups on issues including welfare rights, legal aid, legal education and…
Resource type: Speech
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“A story of great human proportions” – Lydia Foy and the Struggle for Transgender Rights in Ireland
Source: Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
This report chronicles Lydia Foy’s long legal struggle in Ireland to be officially recognized as a woman—an effort that not only ended in victory for her but that led to a fundamental change in Irish law and how society views gender and identity. Foy’s story…
Resource type: Research Report
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Civil Partnership Commencement Order Signing
Interviews with Dermot Ahern TD, Minister for Justice and Law Reform, Kieran Rose, Chair and Co-founder of GLEN, Christopher Robson, Board Member and Co-founder of GLEN, Muriel Walls, Solicitor and Family Law Expert, Dr. Fergus Ryan, Head, Department of Law DIT. The signing of the…
Resource type: Video
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Giving Children’s Rights Their Day in Court
The research underlying the 1997 report by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child identified many issues related to the youth of Northern Ireland. A key finding was low awareness among children, families and caregivers of children’s legal rights and available services.…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Public Interest Litigation in South Africa Offers Lessons for Advocates
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Public interest litigation in South Africa faces several challenges but advocates can undertake four key strategies to enhance its success, according to this report by The Atlantic Philanthropies. Atlantic this week publishes its report on strategic evaluation of public interest litigation in South Africa. This…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Atlantic Insights: Government Partnerships & Engagement
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
As detailed in this new Atlantic Insights, partnering and engaging with government was a key strategy in the foundation’s work to provide people with opportunity, dignity and equity. The volume’s three case studies show how Atlantic engaged with government to help: Keep U.S. students off the…
Resource type: Research Report
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Advancing Children’s Rights Through Advocacy in Ireland
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Between 2004 and 2012, Atlantic invested $28 million to support the work of groups in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland advocating for policies and programs meant to advance the rights of children. As discussed in this summary, the work had three key objectives:…
Resource type: Research Report
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A Decade Lost: Locating Gender in U.S. Counter-Terrorism
Source: The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice
The U.S. Government’s counter-terrorism efforts profoundly implicate and impact women and lesbians, gays, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (LGBTI*), according to this report which provides the first global analysis of the rising impact of gender on the U.S. “War on Terror.” Drawing on regional consultations,…
Resource type: Research Report
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A Meeting of Queer Minds
Source: Karen Martin
This report covers the exchange, key learnings and recommendations of leaders and activists from Irish and South African organisations representing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (LGBTIs) at a retreat, sponsored by Atlantic, near Cape Town in March 2010. Introduction In March 2010, The…
Resource type: Research Report
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Partners in Injury Prevention
Motorbikes are the transportation of choice in Viet Nam. They jam the streets of Ha Noi, Da Nang and other cities, and their noisy engines pierce the tranquility of the countryside. Families of four, including tiny infants, may squeeze onto one bike, and business people…
Resource type: Grantee Story