The paper explores employment, education and poverty amongst Pakistani women within the context of women's rights guaranteed by the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Variations in opinion exist among region and employment status. By Karl Feld and Will Hayes, D3 Systems. The full paper can be found at http://www.d3systems.com/public/public/wimc.asp
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For many organisations, campaigning is a new type of activity and few have had the opportunity to help each other build capacity to campaign. Oxfam International’s book, ‘Building National Campaigns’ draws on it’s experience in supporting national labour-rights campaigning initiatives at local and national level.
This companion online resource provides you with inspiration for planning your own campaigns and feature photos and campaign materials from Colombia, Morocco, Nicaragua, Sri more...
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'“Beyond 2008” is a project of the Vienna NGO Committee on Narcotic Drugs (VNGOC) which was originally established in 1983 to provide a link between NGO’s, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). The objective of the Committee is to support the work of the UNODC, provide information on NGO activities and involve a wide sector of civil society in raising awareness of global drug policies.'
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This research paper examines the influence of civil society development on governmental corruption across 25 Eastern European and Central Asian countries from 1997 to 2004. My analysis builds upon previous research that analyzes causes of governmental corruption by adding specific measures of civil society. To effectively measure civil society, I use five indicators of Non Governmental Organization (NGO) performance as a proxy to civil society. Data are analyzed using a pooled time-series, cross more...
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The Hungarian Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour (MSAL) has published its database at http://www.civil.info.hu/modules/Orgs. It is the most comprehensive state database online at this moment and it collects and presents data from the following sources among others: the registry information from the ONJC, 1% allocations received by that organisation, grants and other financial supports coming from state institutions. The database in its current form is unfortunately not really valid, or compre more...
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On April 8 the “DZI Spenden-Siegel Forum” was held in Berlin. This was the German team's mid-term event according to the eTEN requirement list for each participating country. Representatives from some of the biggest welfare organisations (Deutsche Welthungerhilfe), foundations (Bertelsmann Foundation), umbrella organisations (VENRO for the development organisations) as well as government representatives were among the more than 100 attendees.
Besides a presentation of the current progres more...
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The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is committed to advancing human rights and alleviating unnecessary human suffering. Founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, the Atlanta-based Center has helped to improve the quality of life for people in more than 70 countries. Led by the Carters and an independent board of trustees, the Center's staff wage peace, fight disease, and build hope by both engaging with those at the highest more...
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