Full Coverage: Activism

18.04.2008 Indian NGO Jagori, a women’s training and resource centre is organising a two week training programme at Kangra, Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The course aims to equip rural youth with skills to build a just and gender-sensitive society.

16.04.2008 The Blue Alert campaign in five Indian coastal cities witnessed hundreds calling for government action to mitigate climate change threats. An earlier report by Greenpeace has highlighted possible displacement of over 125 million people in India and Bangladesh that puts vulnerable coastlines at risk.

10.04.2008 Hondurasin sosiaaliset liikkeet aikovat pysäyttää maan 17. huhtikuuta järjestämällä yleislakon. Liikkeet vaativat hallitukselta muun muassa sosiaalisia uudistuksia, uusliberalistisen politiikan lopettamista, tasaisempaa tulonjakoa ja köyhyyteen puuttumista.

08.04.2008 WASHINGTON, Apr 7 (OneWorld) - Five adults and five youths were inaugurated into the Hall of Fame for Caring Americans today, a tribute to national role models who have dedicated their lives to the advancement of others.

01.04.2008 ‘When the going gets tough, the tough get going’ is an old adage. Three stories of incredible courage and resilience in the face of adversity are just illustrations of numerous other women in rural India who are putting up a brave fight against poverty, diseases, societal attitudes, bureaucratic apathies, physical attacks and so on.

01.04.2008 NEW YORK, Mar 31 (OneWorld) - Green groups are planning to celebrate April Fools Day Tuesday with a variety of actions designed to embarrass oil industry bosses gathering in Washington.