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Toronto Star: World's women have an advocate
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Articl ...
Feature on Stephen Lewis, UN envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. Lewis leading drive for separate UN women's agency (*not* UNIFEM). Cf. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=32815.
Jason Kottke - WorldChanging - "Trust Cost" ratings
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/005677.html
28 Dec 06. "Embodied energy and carbon footprint calculations are a good start, but it would be nice if the product itself came with a True Cost number or rating, like the nutritional information on a cereal box..."
Social Innovation Conversations - Interview w/ Alice Tepper Marlin
http://www.siconversations.org/shows/detail1224.html
Recorded 1 Jan 2007. "Tepper Marlin describes the strategies SAI has used to bring stake-holders together to work to the same standard" (SA8000). Also mentions 'JOIN' (Joint Initiative) and its pilot project in Turkey.
National Geographic - The Genographic Project
http://https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic
Joint project of NG, IBM to "map humanity's genetic journey through the ages." Spencer Wells, Director. Others involved: Ajay Royyuru, Himla Soodyall, Elena Balanovska, Pierre Zalloua. 'Legacy Fund' being built to support indigenous groups.
Campaign to End Fistula - Home
http://www.endfistula.org
Official site of UNFPA-led campaign, launched in 2003. "Our target date for fistula elimination is 2015, in line with MDG targets to improve maternal health."
ODI - Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN)
http://www.odihpn.org
"Est. 1994 to provide independent forum for policy-makers, practitioners and others working in or on humanitarian sector to share and disseminate information, analysis and experience." Part of ODI's Hum. Policy Group (HPG). Rachel Atkinson, Coordinator.
World Food Programme (WFP) - Home
http://www.wfp.org
UN agency that delivers food for emergency relief, development. Josette Sheeran, Exec Director. HQ in Rome.
FreePledge - Home
http://freepledge.com
"FreePledge enables people to shop online from prominent retailers, to pay the normal prices, and to have a percentage of their purchases donated to nonprofits of their choice at no [additional] cost to them." Jonathan Xu, Caroline Bernadi.
Medical Missions for Children (MMC) - Home
http://www.mmissions.org
Runs variety of telemedicine / remote consultations in which rich-country doctors assist in cases of children in developing countries. Runs the Medical Broadcasting Channel, which syndicates past symposia, etc. Frank and Peg Brady, founders.
W3C - 'Public disaster management ontologies' mailing list
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-disaster-management-ont
"List Purpose: Planning for the creation of an Incubator Group for Disaster Management Ontologies." Lead contributors/organizers include Ivan Herman (W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead) and Chamindra de Silva (Sahana).
OpenNet Initiative - Country profiles
http://opennet.net/research/profiles
"A synopsis of the findings and conclusions of ONI research into each of the countries." Net filtering observed in four areas: political, social, conflict/security, and Internet tools.
UN - Directory of UN Information Centres (UNICs) United Nations Infor...
http://www.un.org/aroundworld/unics/english/directory.htm
UNICs, "located in over 60 countries, help local communities obtain up-to-date information on the UN and its activities." Contact details for each location. Unclear what overall status/priority of UNICs is at present...
Human Rights Watch - Country pages
http://www.hrw.org/countries.html
Alpha list of countries, with links to all HRW docs for each.
John Robb - Global Guerrillas - Home
http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas
"Networked tribes, infrastructure disruption, and the emerging bazaar of violence. An open notebook on the first epochal war of the 21st Century."
ReliefWeb - Policy and issue documents
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/doc205?OpenForm
"Topics and thematic documents of global importance to humanitarian professionals." Sort by date, source, theme, or doc type. Also submit your own docs.
Oxford ECI - Global Environmental Change and Food Systems (GECAFS) - ...
http://www.gecafs.org
"Intl, interdisciplinary research project focussed on understanding links between food security and global environmental change." Seeks to "assess environmental and socioeconomic consequences of adaptive responses aimed at food security."
CGD - Engaging Fragile States initiative
http://www.cgdev.org/section/initiatives/_active/engagingfragilestates
Re: "Improving the effectiveness of foreign assistance in countries that represent difficult, long-term development challenges" and "practical and effective ways for working in difficult, often badly governed, and conflict-prone environments."
Rich Skrenta - Topix weblog - Reinventing Topix
http://blog.topix.net/archives/000133.html
1 April 2007. Quick overview of major overhaul to Topix (ie, move to greater focus on citizen journalism, etc).
CGD - Migration and Development initiative
http://www.cgdev.org/section/initiatives/_active/migrationanddevelopment
"Examines effects on migrants and their countries of origin. We aim to put migration at the center of the development policy agenda, and to bring evidence about the development impact of labor mobility to the rich world migration policy debate."
BBC - Climate change portal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/climatechange
"News, opinion and explanation from around the BBC."
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