Results List
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Oxford University – Centre on Migration, Policy and Society
$465,848
Resource type: Grantee
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Recognise Key Role of Migrant Care Workers in Our Ageing Society
Source: Centre on Migration, Policy and Society
Migrant workers play a vital role in the care of older people in the United Kingdom but they face poor pay and working conditions that the government must address to ensure fair treatment for the workers, according to this report funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies…
Resource type: Research Report
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Migration and Integration
Source: Centre on Migration, Policy and Society
The influx of migration into Ireland has left the government grappling with many issues and gives nongovernmental organisations an opening to play a large role in influencing policy and the nature and style of interventions, according to this study, which was funded by The Atlantic…
Resource type: Research Report
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The Role of Foundations in Immigrant Rights
The rights of immigrants must be protected and foundations can use their unique strengths to play a leading role such as funding public education and civic engagement, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies' President and CEO, in this speech at the European Foundation Centre Meeting…
Resource type: Speech
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Declaration of the Civil Society Conference held on 27-28 October 2010, Boksburg, South Africa
Source: The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
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…
Resource type: News
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Hate Campaigns Can’t Block Overdue Steps Toward Fair Treatment of Immigrants
Source: Gara LaMarche
Barack Obama’s campaign gave hope to millions of immigrants and their leading advocates. Atlantic has been proud to support and stand with these groups in the long campaign for comprehensive immigration reform. But that hope has been strained of late, and it is time to…
Resource type: News
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Investment in South Africa From Inside and Out: Reflections of an Overseas Friend
The Atlantic Philanthropies’ approach to investment in South Africa and the country’s challenges in the face of declining international funding are discussed in this speech by Gara LaMarche, Atlantic’s President and CEO, at the Inyathelo Annual Awards Ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa. It is…
Resource type: Speech
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Supporting Initiatives By and For Women Is Critical To Achieving Social Justice
Source: Gara LaMarche
In their new book, “Half the Sky,” Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wu Dunn assert that there can be no social or economic justice, or human rights progress around the world, that does not have women and girls at its core. It’s a…
Resource type: News
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Xenophobic Violence in South Africa: Rays of Hope in Terrible Times
Source: Gara LaMarche
Johannesburg, South Africa When I arrived here on Monday after eighteen hours in transit, I was greeted by the horrific image on the front page of that morning’s Star, of a refugee hunted down by a mob and burned alive, in a grim imitation of…
Resource type: News
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Sutherland urges Irish to adapt to needs of migrants
Source: Irish Times
Summary: Irish people will have to adapt their sense of nationality to include migrants if we are to integrate immigrants successfully into society, the UN's special representative on migration, Peter Sutherland, said yesterday. Mr Sutherland was speaking at the publication of a policy document on…
Resource type: News
