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Posts Tagged ‘Minority Rights’

  • Friday, August 28th, 2009

    South Tyrone Empowerment Programme (STEP)

    STEP provides community development and training services to individuals and groups in the South Tyrone community and across Northern Ireland. They have made a significant contribution to developing a participative, rights-based community infrastructure in South Tyrone. STEP provides training, community development, and interpretation services. They also offer community groups and individuals: Mentoring and advice on [...]

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  • Monday, August 17th, 2009

    The Media Initiative for Rights, Equity, and Social Transoformation (MIREST-Nepal)

    The Media Initiative for Rights, Equity, and Social Transoformation (MIREST-Nepal) aims to support democracy through the mass media by raising awareness of issues such as good governance, social inclusion, human rights, and peacebuilding. MIREST-Nepal offers workshops, awareness-raising activities, audio and video debates, FM broadcasts, and the publication of journals, bulletins and leaflets. Grassroots Project for [...]

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  • Monday, August 17th, 2009

    Institute of Peace and Development (INPED)

    The Institute of Peace and Development (INPED) aims to protect and promote human rights to support conflict transformation, peacebuilding and development in the Sindhuli district of Nepal. INPED educates marginalised groups in the need for cooperation with a sense of peace and social justice in order to assert the rights of the community. Human Rights [...]

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  • Monday, August 17th, 2009

    Indreni Rural Development Centre

    Indreni Rural Development Centre promotes education for community empowerment, by offering training and informal education in areas such as human rights, sanitation, microcredit, and income generation. All of the centre’s work aims to raise levels of education, as they believe that people only need a little support – once they are educated, they become independent [...]

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  • Monday, August 17th, 2009

    Dalit Welfare Organisation, Sindhuli

    Dalit Welfare Organisation, Sindhuli (DWO-S) was founded to work on behalf of the dalit (‘untouchable’) caste in Nepal, but recently it has moved into the areas of conflict transformation and peace-building. Its focus is on minimising the effect of conflict on children and raising awareness about non-violent conflict resolution. The organisation has three principle aims: [...]

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  • Monday, August 17th, 2009

    Dalit Development Society

    The Dalit Development Society is dedicated to addressing the needs of marginalised people, espeically those from dalit (‘untouchable’) caste groups. DDS works to create a more just society. It focuses on victims of the recent conflict and dalit people, promoting basic human rights and re-integrating marginalised people. DDS works to address social exclusion, in the [...]

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  • Monday, August 17th, 2009

    Centre For Community Resources and Environment Development (CeCRED)

    CeCRED believes that poverty is a major cause of conflict in Nepal, and strives to decrease the likelihood of future conflict by addressing extreme poverty amongst marginalised groups. Although almost 90% of Nepal’s population depends on agriculture, much farming still relies upon old-fashioned methods; CeCRED therefore aims to improve living conditions for the most vulnerable [...]

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  • Friday, August 14th, 2009

    Balkan Sunflowers

    Balkan Sunflowers is a media and education organisation which involves young people in peacebuilding projects, promoting intercultural collaboration and community cohesion in Kosovo and the Balkan region. Established in 1999, with 15 staff and 14 international volunteers, the bulk of their work is in Kosovo, but they also have branches in Skopje, Macedonia. Balkan Sunflowers [...]

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