Social Justice & Equality

The Big Question Company

Time and space for children’s thinking. Global education facilitator based in Leicester, specialising in trade justice, fair trade and Philosophy for Children (P4C).

2 Apr 08 Anglo Platinum is polluting local water supplies

says an investigation by ActionAid into the activities of the world’s biggest platinum mining company.

Socialist International Women

Socialist International Women is the international organisation of the womens organisations of the socialist, social democratic and labour parties affiliated to the Socialist International.

2 Apr 08 "Who emits more greenhouse gases?"

Poor African farmers who export their produce by air, or Western consumers who care about the environmental impact of ‘food miles’?

Action on Disability and Development

ADD work in partnership with networks of disabled people in some of the poorest communities in the world, to help them to campaign for the rightful inclusion of disabled adults and children in society

Burma Campaign - UK

The Burma Campaign UK campaigns for human rights and democracy in Burma

ERIS

A leading European provider of electoral and democratisation assistance.

Find Your Feet

Find Your Feet (FYF) is a UK-based development NGO working in partnership with NGOs in south Asia and southern Africa.

Release the Pro-Democracy Campaigners in Cairo Now !

Help free imprisoned Egyptian Activist, Blogger, and Friend, Alaa Abd El-Fatah and the 47 other protesters.

Their crime - peacefully demonstrating in support of the independence of the judiciary in Egypt.
Alaa is one of Egypt's most prominent bloggers and free
speech advocates. His work on open source advocacy in Egypt has been an inspiration to us all.

World Court Project

World Court rules nuclear weapons illegal!

Network news and actions

14 Oct 09 Twitter can't be gagged: online outcry over Guardian/Trafigura order

Trafigura, a London-based oil trader connected with dumping toxic waste in Ivory Coast in 2006, was the most used word on micro-blogging site Twitter this morning.

18 Sep 09 Stand up to Mandelson's draconian internet piracy laws now

Mandelson’s law would mean that the government could disconnect anyone they suspect of downloading anything copyrighted. Only in June this year the government had ruled out draconian measures like this but now it appears Mandelson has caved in to the wishes of the music and film industry.

16 Sep 09 New Africa broadband 'ready'

The launch of the government-backed East African Marine System (Teams) comes as providers face a backlash over slow connection speeds and high prices.