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2005 Index of Economic Freedom 23 January 2005
measures 161 countries against 50 independent variables in 10 aspects of economic freedom: Trade policy, Fiscal burden of government, Government intervention in the economy, Monetary policy, Capital flows & foreign investment,Banking & finance,Wages & prices, Property rights, Regulation, Informal market activity. The higher score on a factor, the greater is government interference in the economy; analysis of factors that most influence institutional setting of economic growth

Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement(ALRM) 21 December 2008
independent Aboriginal community controlled organisation governed by an all Aboriginal Board of 10 appointed from metropolitan & country Aboriginal community centres across South Australia; promotes legal, cultural, economic, political & social rights for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples as dispossessed peoples within South Australia; comprehensive legal advice & assistance; lobby group; support programs;

Accessible Book (from Open Library) 7 May 2010
scanned from hard copy books &digitized into DAISY, standard format for digital talking books; out of copyright books accessible via unencrypted DAISY format; in-copyright books are in encrypted DAISY & require an NLS(National Library Service for the Blind & Physically Handicapped) key to access; list of “Protected DAISY” titles, 410 at this writing; keyword search, subject listings, places & people, times, & list of prominent authors & prominent publishers;

Africa Portal online forum for researchers & opinion leaders to share insights & publish 29 November 2010
online library collectionof 2500+ books, journals, & digital documents related to African policy issues for free download;

AGORA(Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture) 14 June 2007

launched October 2003 & administered by FAO for access to 900+ key journals/30+ publishers in food, nutrition, agriculture & related biological environmental & social sciences;

Agropolis Museum: Food & agricultures of the world (Agropolis museum, France) 26 February 2011
food & how humans have produced it over centuries; The Banquet de l'Humanite (The dining table of the world) explains ongoing struggle for food worldwide, features clay figures representing countries with low, medium, & high rates of food production, & food information on each country is linked to; Excluded Ones represent "new poor people in a society of mass consumption" often unemployed, homeless or poor city dwellers; World's Food exhibit offers basics about food & human nutritional needs;

Alert Net(Reuters Foundation) 13 March 2005
up to date information & analysis on humanitarian issues & crises; network of 300+ contributing humanitarian organizations;

Amnesty International 22 July 2000
bringing attention to marginalized groups & individuals across the globe; advocacy & lobbying activities; The Wire monthly magazine; archived issues; online version of magazine also in Arabic & Spanish; Amnesty International Report 2007: disturbing trends across globe; regional overviews; country entries contain links to material from Amnesty International, general overview about human rights, how policies & actions may be affecting other parts of the world; Amnesty International Report 2009: continues to expand in scope with detailed country summaries, photo montages, video clips, customizable charts & tables, World By Region, Global Themes;

Apps for Development: World Bank 7 March 2011
innovative software applications that move us a step closer toward solving some of the world's most pressing problems; eg Food Factor visual reference of global food security, Forecasting MDGs - which countries are likely to achieve Millennium Development Goals established by World Bank; view all submissions & sort them out by topic, region of the world & title;

Asia Foundation non-profit, non-governmental organization (HQ in San Francisco) 12 June 2010
committed to development of a peaceful, prosperous, just, & open Asia-Pacific region supports programs in Asia that help improve governance, law, & civil society; women's empowerment; economic reform & development; & international relations. Drawing on nearly 60 years of experience in Asia, the Foundation collaborates with private & public partners to support leadership & institutional development, exchanges, & policy research.

AustLII - Human Rights Law Resources 12 September 2001
articles, conference papers, reports concerning human rights law from a variety of sources

Australian Development Gateway 7 April 2005
portal to social & economic development thro Asia-Pacific; 50 Country Gateways being established for World Bank; knowledge sharing - agriculture, education, governance, health, IT & water development professionals exchange; directories of organisations & individuals, listings of business opportunities, development discussion forums, & directory of aid projects & programs; free resources - studies, reports, toolkits & publications

Australian Institute of Employment Rights(AIER) 17 October 2009
independent body formed by respected professionals engaged as labour rights advocates, employers & their representatives, unions, academics & industrial relations practitioners; executive committee based on principle of tri-partite representation of employees, employers & independent persons exemplified by International Labour Organization of United Nations; harter of Employment Rights;

Australian National Forum 16 June 2005
not-for-profit; promoting democratic uses of Internet in Australia; virtual Town Square supported by University of Sydney, Brisbane Institute, QUT, Local Government Association of Queensland, Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, Australians for a Constitutional Monarchy & Oxfam Community Aid Abroad ; legislature – iParliament; speaker’s corner – The Domain; conversations – OnLineOpinions; deliberative democracy – On Line Focus; library – Issues Briefs;

Australians All (founded in March 2006) 14 November 2007
place for debate, discussion & responses to events that threaten our commitment to a just & equal Australia; Australians come together because of shared concerns about serious & dangerous divisions between the West & Islam which have led to fear & alienation;

Australian Trade Union Archives(ATUA) 6 August 2003
online gateway; comprehensive list of trade unions, trades hall councils & employer associations registered under federal IR system since 1904; pedigree charts showing organisations w.r.t. industry matters

Australian Tree Seed Centre(ATSC) CSIRO Plant Industry collection & research centre 5 October 2011
established in 1960s with funding from UN Food & Agriculture Organization to widely disseminate seed of Australian tree species, widely adaptable & especially suited to challenging & degraded environments to alleviate pressure human population growth puts on forests

Avaaz.org 14 November 2007
community of global citizens who take action on major issues facing the world today to ensure that views & values of the world’s people, not just political elites & unaccountable corporations, shape global decisions; promotes activism on climate change, human rights, ending poverty, corruption, war; See also Australian affiliate GetUp;

BLS Data on Unions summarizes & links to US Bureau of Labor Statistics data on labor unions; 20 March 2009
annual releases (late January for previous year) on union membership, data on trends in compensation costs, annual & monthly releases on work stoppages, statistics on employees of labor unions & organizations; Archived data (dates vary) for many releases;

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs 1 March 2008
forum for research & education in ethics & international policy; events sponsored, panel discussions & international symposia, publications include Ethics & International Affairs & Human Rights Dialogue, Worldview(1958 to 1985), articles by Noam Chomsky & Reinhold Niebuhr; upcoming events sponsored by the Council, update reports, how to support their mission; "Themes" include religion in politics, global social justice, along with ethics, war, peace; podcasts, reports, interview transcripts, & audio conversations related to each theme; "Programs" workshops, Morgenthau Memorial Lecture Series & online magazine, "Policy Innovations";

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 22 April 2007
Andrew Carnegie charged trustees of organization to “hasten abolition of international war, the foulest blot upon our civilization”; latest analyses, reports, & policy documents; contact staff members; “Experts” section details on persons who work for Endowment;

Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics: CAPWIP 25 July 2009
non-partisan, non-profit & non-governmental regional organization(NGO) dedicated to promoting equal participation of women in politics & decision-making;

Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion(CASE) 28 August 2004
London School of Economics & Political Science research center performs research into dynamics of low-income areas & social networks & social capital; sociology, social work, urban change, interpersonal dynamics; read & download research publications, working papers & policy briefs.

Centre for Documentary Practice(CDP) Griffith University/Queensland College of Art 13 October 2009
connect photojournalists & documentists worldwide as a community of practitioners within professional & academic worlds to provoke debate about issues & act as a resource for research & storytelling by providing exemplars through its publication, The Australian PhotoJournalist & website, giving a voice to marginalised & vulnerable;

Centre for Research for Inequality, Human Security & Ethnicity(CRISE) 27 June 2008
Oxford University created "to investigate relationships between ethnicity, inequality & conflict, with aim of identifying economic, political, social & cultural policies which promote stable & inclusive multiethnic societies"; embedded search engine; Publications - policy
briefings, policy work papers, & policy context papers; CRISE Policy Work features specific policy briefings mentioned often completed in conjunction with like-minded organizations such as UN Development Programme;

Chemists Without Borders 4 May 2007
public benefit, non-profit, international humanitarian organization designed to alleviate human suffering through proven chemical technologies & related skills; primary goals include, but are not limited to, providing affordable medicines & vaccines to those who need them most, supplying clean water in developing countries, facilitating sustainable energy technologies, & supporting chemistry education;

Child Rights Information Network (CRIN), London, free membership 3 July 2010
global network of child rights; central clearing house; 1550 organisations from 125 countries. 26 % Africa, 28.5 % Asia, 29 % Europe, 8 % North America; Children's Rights: International & National Laws & Practices C20 League of Nations (later UN) declared children need safeguards & protections separate from those of adults; Law Library of Congress provides access to laws & policies to protect children in 16 nations, including Israel, Japan, Mexico, & Russia; describes domestic laws & policies that affect child health & social welfare, education & special needs, child labor & exploitation, & juvenile justice; overview of the development of children's legal rights; Country Reports; Human Rights Watch: Global Report 2010; ENOC: European Network of Ombudsmen for Children;

Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) 14 October 2006
UK Department for International Development funded international partnership of universities, research institutes & NGOs analyses useful to government agencies, non-governmental organizations, researchers focussed on “3 pillars” - thematic research, policy analysis, & policy engagement; 400+ publications for download; Working Papers Series for India, Bangladesh & West Africa; Toolbox resource for researchers, donor agencies, students; methodological approaches to better reflect multi-dimensionality & complexity of poverty;

Citizen Tools (Christoph Berendes) 26 June 2010
information technologies & tools that help citizens, employees, & others to be skillful, effective, & powerful participants in organizations of all sizes; author has broad experience in systems development, user-friendly design, email & web-based customer support, online collaboration & decision-making, community & church activism, social research, & civic volunteering;

Cochrane Library Online Health Resource 14 June 2003
Cochrane Library available to all residents of countries in World Bank listed low-income economies(GNI<$1000/capita) via Cochrane Collaboration website, INASP or HINARI(Wiley-Blackwell IP recognition); Select Logon from LH menu, click Log On Anonymously; systematic reviews; 1500+ adding 300/yr; wide variety of topics; nationwide access in Australia licenced by National Institute of Clinical Studies for Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing(See NICS Guide to the Cochrane Library);

Common Information Environment 6 January 2005
significant public sector stakeholders work together to deliver information, services, empowerment across sectors in order to meet real world needs of UK citizens

Consultative Group to Assist the Poor 16 February 2007
Paris & Washington DC based consortium of 33 public & private development agencies working to expand access to financial services for poor in developing world World Bank, European Commission, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; About Microfinance, Key Principles of Microfinance, briefs & reports including poverty assessment tools, microfinance regulation, & training in microfinance lending;

Consumer Mailing Lists Consumer Databases contain 40 m+ records; continually updated 12 June 2004

Consumers International independent global campaigning voice for consumers 12 March 2007
220 member organisations in 115 countries; industry & regional reports, policy recommendations; consumer topics such as corporate social responsibility, food safety, World Consumer Rights Day(in March), international standards. Some in Spanish;

CSR Directory 700 worldwide organizations working on corporate social responsibility 27 September 2003

CorpWatch.org corporate activity worldwide 29 October 2001
campaigns: Alliance for Corporate Free UN, Climate Justice Initiative, Greenwash Awards; guide to online research on multinational corporations to counter corporate-led globalization through education & activism; for human rights, labor rights & environmental justice

Demos UK “think tank for everyday democracy” 7 April 2007
research reports & briefs in 6 areas: public services; science & technology; cities & public space; arts & culture; identity & global security; Cultural diplomacy premise “global reach & potential of Britain’s world class artistic & cultural assets should be at the heart of government relationship building abroad”; Connecting the Dots 108-page paper released in November 2009 "offers an approach premised on learning & adaptation, which demands that politicians & policymakers be prepared to embrace uncertainty & complexity" looking at 3 complex & intractable policyissues: illicit drugs in Mexico, London gang crime, & climate change; Everyday Equality series of papers that deal with state of governance in Britain argues that conservatives in the country should reconsider the issue of resource distribution & inequalities in British society; "it is important that the Conservative Party lives up to its increasingly progressive rhetoric &, at least, reduces inequalities for which the state is responsible";

Development Gateway® portal 8 May 2007
international nonprofit organization with mission to reduce poverty & enable change in developing nations through information technology; provides Web-based platforms that make aid & development efforts more effective around world: Effective government – enabling better aid management & coordination, more efficient & transparent government procurement; Knowledge sharing & collaboration – leveraging Internet for online communications among development practitioners world- wide; Local partner programs – connecting developing country organizations & helping empower them to use ICT to scale up local development efforts;

DiversityRx 12 February 2011
program to provide culturally & linguistically sensitive health care services to minority, immigrant, & indigenous communities; complements Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care(CLAS) standards supported by various government agencies; Resource Database can be searched or browsed; free to join; users can add to, comment on & mark favorite resources in the database;

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) 30 June 2007
international independent medical humanitarian organization delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural & man-made disasters, & exclusion from health care;

EarthTrends database 15 July 2006
World Resources Institute focus on environmental, social, & economic trends that shape our world

Economic Crisis & its Humanitarian Impact on Europe 21 November 2009
International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies(IFRC) 20-page report looks at 52 countries across region (including several in Central Asia), presenting findings from long-form interviews, rather than large statistical data sets; troubling findings include "increasing trend of insecurity, leading to increases in mental health problems, alcohol & substance abuse, social isolation & generalized stress"; case studies & 1st-hand observations of social service providers & administrators;

Economic Freedom of the World: 2011 Annual Report(Fraser Institute) 20 October 2011
index in EFotW measures degree to which policies & institutions of countries are supportive of economic freedom; cornerstones being personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to compete, & security of privately owned property; 42 data points for a summary index to measure degree of economic freedom in 5 areas: (1) size of government: expenditures, taxes, & enterprises; (2) legal structure & security of property rights; (3) access to sound money; (4) freedom to trade internationally; & (5) regulation of credit, labor & business.

Economics Working Papers in Oxford
economists, policy analysts papers arranged chronologically from series including Oxford Financial Research Centre Economics Series & Global Poverty Research Group;

eIFL.net 2 November 2003
independent foundation to lead, negotiate, support & advocate wide availability of electronic resources by library users in transition & developing countries

Electronic Frontier Foundation 19 October 2003
nonprofit group of lawyers, volunteers, visionaries working to protect your digital rights; blogs, online intellectual property, white papers;

Electronic Privacy Information Center 10 February 2006
defends online privacy, free speech, open government; background information current controversies; documentary resources on FISA & NSA eavesdropping program;

Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure Updates (US Department of Defense) 13 July 2010
155 pages of violations by Government personnel organized by type of violations, including conflicts of interest, misuse of Government equipment, violations of post-employment restrictions, & travel; valuable resource document for training & briefing personnel; updates only version includesmost recent cases;

Environmental Research Foundation 11 June 2005
understandable scientific information about influence of toxic substances on human health & environment to inform journalists, community activists, librarians, environmentalists, & others concerned with toxins & environmental justice; pertinent documents under such categories as agriculture & food security, global concerns, chemicals & health, human rights; database of related sites under categories of biodiversity, cancer, children/youth, & food safety; free electronic subscription to Rachel's Environment & Health News(named in honor of ecologist Rachel Carson); website in Spanish & English

Ethics & Global Politics 19 July 2008
open access scholarly journal Ethics & Global Politics to foster theoretical contributions to study of global politics by providing a forum for presenting novel ways of understanding & conceptualizing global political challenges; published by Co-Action Publishing with
substantial support from The Swedish Research Council & Department of Political Science at Stockholm University; register for updates, read their latest announcements, submissions guidelines;

Ethics in Science & Engineering National Clearinghouse (ESENCe; Beta) 23 January 2010
National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Research sponsored project at U of Massachusetts at Amherst to create an Ethics in Science and Engineering National uses state-of-the-art digital tools to preserve & disseminate materials on ethics & responsible conduct of research in science & engineering; Research Ethics News; interactive clickable map of related news items worldwide;

European Country of Origin Information(ECOI) Network 19 July 2008
gathers, structures & processes publicly available country of origin information with focus on needs of asylum lawyers, refugee counsels & persons deciding on claims for asylum & other forms of international protection; Refugee Law Reader(Hungarian Helsinki Committee), tincludes up-to-date core legal materials, instruments, & academic commentary; browse by specific country; advanced search engine for specialized needs & requests;

European Monitoring Centre on Racism & Xenophobia 29 July 2006
EUMC overview - networking activities, budget, mission statement; .RAXEN section topical documents - Policing Racist Crime & Violence & Migrants, Minorities & Legislation; Publications area for newsletter archives, annual reports, discussion papers;

European Union Labour Force Survey-Annual results 2007(Eurostat) 9 September 2008
annual averages of results of EU Labour Force Survey for EU-27 & all Member States; Indicators presented: employment rates, part-time employment as share of total employment, number of employed people broken down by economic activity & by occupation of the main job, average of hours usually worked by week, percentage of employees with limited duration contract, percentage of unemployed for 1 year & more, & youth unemployment ratio;

Explore "champion the selfless acts of others" & "create a portal into the soul of humanity" 16 june 2011
supported by Annenberg Foundation; view films on themes such as animal rights, poverty, environment, & spirituality ranging in length from 2 to 30 minutes; Discussions section to talk about travel, philanthropy, or filmmaking; Minds area features profiles of filmmakers & others & can be filtered by country & cause;

Farm Radio International(FRI), Canada, 1979- 28 May 2011
utilizes radio in fighting poverty & food insecurity in 39 African countries; disseminates information to farmers about sustainable agriculture, nutrition, health, & community development; Our Work; Scripts & Voices program provides broadcasters with scripts for dramas
translated into hundreds of languages adjusted to fit the local community of the radio station; Voices newsletter read on air providing farmersinformation related to the each theme presented in Scripts area & broadcaster training articles; Multimedia link with video clips of people associated with FRI & audio clips of segments of radio broadcasts from Ghana, Zambia, & Malawi;

Find & Connect Australia for Forgotten Australians & Former Child Migrants 4 April 2012
information about & images of children's homes; help to find records about childhood in care; connect with support groups & services in your state/territory; policies, public figures & legislation; National Apology to Forgotten Australians & Former Child Migrants in 2009 prompted Government announcement that $26.5m would be invested in Find & Connect services & projects over 4 years; Find & Connect South Australia;

Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Corporate Document Repository 23 July 2011
FAO works on 4 main areas that inform their mission: access to information, sharing policy expertise, meeting space for nations, & bringing knowledge to the field; FAO has concentrated their efforts on rural areas, i.e.where majority of poor & hungry people reside; "The State of..." links to download publication on subject, see a table of contents & basic overview; new document releases;

Ford Foundation created in 1936 by Edsel Ford 1 August 2009
$15.6 billion in monies for organizations working on issues such as human rights, social justice philanthropy, & access to education; Issues; Newsroom overview of recent success stories & reports; interactive map for programs worldwide;

Freedominfo.org 16 August 2002
portal describes best practices, consolidates lessons learned, explains campaign strategies & tactics, links efforts of FOI advocates around world; FOI laws, how drafted & implemented, how various provisions have worked in practice; world map showing countries with & without FOI laws; Case Studies, News, Reports, Analysis, IFTI Watch; links to organizations that advocate & monitor FOI laws & initiatives around world; disclosure policies of International Financial & Trade Institutions(IFTIs); organizations supporting & monitoring press freedom; human rights & other groups that monitor access to information

Free Expression Clearinghouse 13 July 2002
Free Expression Network(FEN) protecting right of free expression & opposing governmental efforts to suppress this constitutionally protected right; information on First Amendment issues to Internet community,advocates & researchers; court & congressional hearings from 1998; news stories on censorship issues, violations, & lawsuits in fields of art, printed media, music, television, video games.

FreeForAll 9 December 2008
international collaboration of libraries to provide underserved nations with health science journal articles for free

Future Agricultures UK Department for International Development (DFID) funded consortium 20 February 2010
comprised of Institute of Development Studies, Imperial College London, & Overseas Development Institute committed to examining issues surrounding agriculture & rural development with a particular focus on the developing world; News & Events, Debates, & Publications; RSS feed;

Gapminder 20 September 2008
non-profit venture to promote sustainable global development & achievement of UN Millennium Development Goals by increased use & understanding of statistics using Trendanalyzer software to offer visualizations related to questions that include "Which country has the best teeth in the world?" & "Who gets what: Farm subsidies"; videos, "Gapcasts", world charts; create Gapminder-like bubble graph from your statistical indicators;

Gender & Land Rights Database, Food & Agriculture Organization(UN) 6 March 2010
for policy makers, government officials, and others interested in relationship between gender & land rights; country level information on social, economic, political & cultural issues related to gender inequalities embedded in those rights; disparity on land access is a major cause of social & gender inequalities in rural areas; 6 categories, including women's property & use rights in the nation's civil code, customary law, land tenure, & civil society organizations which work on such matters; view full country reports, compare countries,or create reports on one distinct category; fulltext search across all reports;

GenderNet 20 September 2003
gender inequities throughout developed & developing nations; World Bank site to reduce gender disparities & enhance women's participation in economic development through its programs & projects; gender statistics; practical how-to strategies to close gender gap in such areas as digital divide, participation in rural development, transport; GenderStats electronic database of gender statistics & indicators culled worldwide; Gender Indicators Online;;

GeoHazards International (GHI), 1991- 13 August 2011
mission to "reduce loss of life & suffering around the world in communities most vulnerable to geologic hazards"; works "to create a world that devotes as many resources to preparing for & preventing the consequences of natural disasters as it devotes to responding to & recovering from them"; Our Priorities, Resources, Get Involved & Our Work tabs; Vulnerable Communities & Our Projects links; annual newsletter & GHI publications & email updates;

GEO Year Book 2007 9 February 2007
4th annual report on changing environment by UN Environment Programme in collaboration with world experts includes global & regional overviews of significant developments, highlights linkages among ecosystem health, human wellbeing, & economic development; examines new thinking on value of ecosystem services & threat of degradation; recent research findings & policy decisions that affect our awareness & response to global change;

GiveWell: real change for your dollar independent, nonprofit charity evaluator 24 October 2011
GiveWell Australia 3 key strategies: specialise in gathering information about charities, foundations & community attitudes to giving; ensure that professional advice on donations & bequests becomes a normal part of financial, tax & estate planning services; & to
help companies & grantmakers implement well constructed giving programs as part of their service to the community;

Global Compact (UN) 20 February 2010
strategic policy initiative for businesses committed to aligning their operations & strategies with 10 universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment, & anti-corruption; Highlights area information about their leadership summits, access to their monthly bulletin, & topical areas that deal with climate change & clean water initiatives; How to Participate information for stakeholders, including those in civil society, academia, cities, & business leaders; Some materials available in languages including French, Spanish, Russian, German, & Arabic;

Global Corruption Barometer 2003 17 July 2003
One of Transparency International's Corruption Surveys & Indexes; TI is a knowledge management centre, capturing & disseminating best practice & innovating with new approaches to tackle corruption; 19 January 2008:Global Corruption Barometer 2007(Transparency International)surveyed 64000 respondents in 60 countries to profile greatest degree of corruption & future development of corruption in their respective countries; Governments alone are not responsible. We need concerted action from civil society & private sector too;

Global Distribution of Poverty(Center for International Earth Science Information Network(CIESIN)) 6 March 2008
"to enhance current understanding of the global distribution of poverty & geographic & biophysical conditions of where the poor live"; maps, datasets (information about malnutrition & infant mortality rates), papers & presentations; 2006 Atlas of Poverty;

Global Ethics Observatory(UNESCO) 7 February 2006
worldwide ethics portal; direct & free access of 4 databases covering fields of bioethics, environmental ethics, science ethics & technology ethics;

Global Integrity(funded by World Bank) 24 February 2007
Global Integrity Report features integrity indicators which analyze openness, governance, anti-corruption mechanisms for a wide range of countries; read Report & browse media resources designed for journalists, check methodologies for compiling reports;

Globalisation 18 April 2002
key organisations for globalisation - banks, regional & world organisations, governments & think tanks - watchdog sites critical of globalisation; sites which provide material relevant to globalisation studies & international affairs

Global Voices community of 300+ bloggers & translators 8 May 2010
reports from blogs & citizen media with emphasis on voices not ordinarily heard in international mainstream media; seeks to aggregate, curate, & amplify global conversation online, develop tools, institutions & relationships to help all voices, everywhere, to be heard; aims "to redress some inequities in media attention by leveraging power of citizens’ media";

Go3r semantic search to avoid animal experiments (tab link from GoPubMed) 23 December 2009

Green Files(Marcus Zillmann) eco-friendly, biotech, environmental sources & directories 1 October 2008
Green Resources(Zillmann: December 2008 V6N12 Awareness Watch™ Newsletter)

Hague Justice Portal(Hague Academic Coalition) 2 August 2008
online presence of the Hague organizations work on issues related to international peace, justice, and security; News; International Justice Forum interactive forums on international law; current issues of Hague Justice Journal; materials in French & Dutch;

Handbook for Bloggers & Cyberdissidents 23 September 2005
how to set up & market a blog, maintaining credibility, & how to blog in countries with limited free speech; Reporters Without Borders defends journalists & media contributors & professionals imprisoned or persecuted for doing their work..

Happy Planet Index(HPI) measures ecological efficiency for delivering human well-being; 15 July 2006
combines environmental impact with human wellbeing to measure environmental efficiency with which, country by country, people live long & happy lives; access an interactive map & download rankings in Excel; from nef (new economics foundation) independent 'think & do' tank-real economic well-being; Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index developed to provide official measure for health & well-being [US] & show how work impacts life & health & conversely how life affects work & health; national figures for well-being, emotional health, physical health, & other factors; See also Human Development Index;

Health Affairs peer-reviewed journal created in 1981 under aegis of Project HOPE 17 December 2011
nonprofit international health education organization "explores health policy issues of current concern in domestic & international spheres"; free access to journal articles three years or older & blog content; email alerts & Twitter feed; Web First free previews of full-length articles & information about other forthcoming works; Health Policy Briefs timely & brief discussions of key health care issues; Blogs posts from experts on Medicaid, global health care funding projects, & grant projects for health care professionals & researchers;

HINARI(Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative) WHO 14 June 2007
100+ biomed publishers/3750+ journals; open access to health institutions in 113 countries who cant afford subscription - training funded by Elsevier through 'Libraries Without Borders' partnership with Medical Libraries Association;

Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights 25 March 2005
complete electronic record of US Commission on Civil Rights publications held in Thurgood Marshall Law Library(U of Maryland) & USCCR Web site; PDF format; searchable by keyword & accessible by date & title

History of the Workhouse 5 October 2002
provided employment for destitute in return for board and lodging for over 200 years; primary documents e.g. Poor Laws of C19, perspective on treatment of England's impoverished & destitute. Interactive maps of Britain & Ireland for locations of workhouses, dates of operation, street address; audio archive provides reminiscence from a workhouse clerk in late 1920s.

H-Peace electronic network, 2003- 15 September 2007
seeks to broaden understanding about historical & contemporary peace, justice, & disarmament concerns; part of the H-Net & affiliated with Peace History Society; book reviews, discussion logs, bibliographies, syllabi submitted by members; links to related lists, such as H-1960s, H- Democracy, H-Genocide, & H-War;

Human Development Index 29 October 2005
measures a country’s achievements in terms of life expectancy, educational attainment & adjusted real income; See also HD Report 2007-08;

Human Rights 18 July 2003
documents issued by 6 UN committees established to monitor implementation of principal international human rights treaties; Fulltext English, French & Spanish; reporting status, ratifications & reservations.

Human Rights Index for Arab Countries 10 October 2007
UN Development Programme on Governance in the Arab Region(UNDP-POGAR) repository for UN documents pertaining to human rights & responses by Arab member states to committees that monitor core international human rights treaties; View source, topic, year, or treaty committee; includes publications on jurisprudence, torture; in English & Arabic;

Human Rights Internet 2 May 2002
clearinghouse for human rights activists & organisations, governments & international agencies resources on human rights issues & role of civil society; conference proceedings, resolutions, background briefings, action alerts, research reports from international agencies; full text reports on topics including international law; subscription databases Human Rights Internet Directory websites recorded by site context, features, geographical focus, key words

Human Rights Library - U of Minnesota 14 April 2006
Full texts for 23000+ international treaties & other documents, in several languages, customized for PDAs;

Human Rights Watch 7 February 2003
Reports by region, global issues, & by individual country; Human Rights Watch World Report 2003; World Report 2010: Human Rights Watch; organization "focusing international attention where human rights are violated, we give voice to the oppressed and hold oppressors accountable for their crimes"; World Report is an evaluation of 90+ countries' human rights conditions; staff work closely with human rights activists in each country; interactive map, reports from prior year, multimedia feature;

HURISEARCH 18 June 2004
HUman RIghts SEARCH engine searches 1300+ human rights NGO sites in 58 languages with FAST search technology; access to information published by human rights organisations worldwide, NGOs; egalitarian & known ranking & indexing principles without regard to commercial agenda; overseen by human rights people specifically to meet human rights needs; multilingual [French, Spanish,German & Russian interfaces]; (Feb 09) 4400+ human rights websites 2.2m web pages;

Imagine Canada Nonprofit Library Commons non-profit for non-profits in Canada 21 March 2012
mission to advance knowledge & relationships to foster effective & sustainable charitable & non-profit organisations; online database features collections on non-profit boards & governance, corporate social responsibility, non-profit management, & human resources, unique collections target issues specific to non-profit community, bringing together a wealth of unique materials on issues often overlooked in mainstream business resources;

Index on Censorship(London) 17 May 2008
logging free expression abuses in countries, reporting on censorship issues worldwide, adding to debate on those issues; latest news including reports on restrictions placed on journalists & different legal battles; browse archives since October 2005; RSS feeds & tags.

Industrial Development Abstracts(IDA) 26 September 2008
activities of the UN Industrial Development Organization(UNIDO) to assist industrialization in developing countries; 11000+ fully indexed abstracts include descriptions of major studies & reports from UNIDO’s technical cooperation activities, reports & proceedings of expert working groups, workshops & seminars, publications in series since 1981; free image PDF files are sent to requestors via the Internet or on CD-ROM at EURO 15.00 including airmail shipping charge;

Information rights journal(UK Department of Constitutional Affairs) 10 March 2006
issues across information rights uniting freedom of information, data protection & environmental information regulations;

Institute for Global Ethics 25 March 2006
Ethics Newsline weekly electronic newsletter, letters from their president, topical white papers such as Ethics & the Learned Professions & Corporate Social Responsibility & Peacebuilding: A Case for Action in Israel & the Palestinian Territories; calendar of upcoming seminars & lectures;

Institute for Strategic Dialogue(ISD), 1996- independent thinktank 20 November 2010
working with leaders in government, media & private sector to challenge longrange threats to international & communal peace & enhance Europe's capacity to act strategically in the global arena; newly creagted network of Muslim professionals across Europe; sponsoring scholarships & leadership conferences; Scholarly & policy-type Publications; list of recent events sponsored; media from their talks & conference gatherings;

Institute for the Study of Social Change 8 February 2003
Founded in 1999 at University College Dublin; research projects(including policy evaluation & political behavior); Irish Social Science Data Archive; globalization, education, & economics; funding & postdoctoral opportunities

Institute for War & Peace Reporting(IWPR) gives responsible local media a voice 4 January 2007
builds democracy at frontlines of conflict & change through power of professional journalism; intensive hands-on training, extensive reporting & publishing, & initiatives to build capacity of local media. Supporting peace-building, development & rule of law;

Institute of International Social Development(IISD) 6 November 2010
encourages holistic development & empowerment of disadvantaged communities & societies & improving quality of life; welfare projects in India & Switzerland, training in New York; Programs run to accomplish one or more Millennium Development Goals(MDG) of UN;

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
established 1998 to raise awareness of plight of internally displaced people (IDP), point to gaps in national & international responses & promote solutions reflecting international standards & best practices; database of 50 countries in which people have been displaced within their own country due to conflicts or human rights violations; Scrolling over map reveals number of displaced people by continent; click on continent & country for ID Profile, Country Statistics, & Overview; IDP Maps from 2001 to 2009

International Center for Not-For-Profit Law(ICNL) 18 May 2007
legal environment for civil society & public participation; resource to civil society leaders, government officials, & donor community in 90+ countries; Tools & Publications on issues including taxation, guiding principles for not-for-profit laws, tools for assessing civil society; legal & fiscal framework of NGOs, local language publications about laws affecting civil society, country & region-specific assessments of legal framework for civil society, guidelines for laws affecting civil society, & key legal opinions

International Finance Group 6 October 2007
stated vision "that poor people have the opportunity to escape poverty & to improve their lives"; promote open & competitive markets in developing countries, generate productive jobs & deliver basic service; Sustainability Web Portal; Resources From IFC; reports on addressing gender inequalities & creative effective business linkages in various developing countries; embedded search engine;

International Food Policy Research Institute 2 February 2007
sustainable policies for ending hunger & poverty; To achieve sustainable food security & reduce poverty in developing countries through scientific research & research-related activities in fields of agriculture, livestock, forestry, fisheries, policy, natural resources management

International Labour Organization, 1919- 15 February 2003
UN specialized agency seeking promotion of social justice & international human & labour rights; founded 1919; only surviving major creation of Treaty of Versailles which brought League of Nations into being; first specialized agency of UN in 1946; only "tripartite" UN agency in that "it brings together representatives of governments, employers & workers to jointly shape policies &d programmes; primary focus to advance opportunities for women & men to obtain decent & productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security & human dignity; Featured Report including Global Wage Report & updates on global employment trends; ILO TV features video reports on their work & activities;

International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications(INASP) 20 February 2008
Mission is to enable a sustainable network of stakeholders that owns and drives access, use, dissemination and communication of research information; Collaborating with a wide network of partners in sister organisations, development agencies & publishers; implemented programmes in 40+ countries world wide; programmes designed for stakeholders engaged in all stages of the research communication cycle, with activities targeted to needs of researchers, editors, national publishers, librarians as well as ICT professionals; .

International News Safety Institute(INSI) 9 August 2007
global network or coalition of news organisations, press freedom groups, unions, humanitarian campaigners & individual journalists dedicated to safety of journalists & news media staff; not-for profit charity based in Brussels, run by news professionals; news, safety code, casualty list back to 1990 which includes all causes of death, whether deliberate, accidental, or health-related. Translations of selected documents available in several languages;

International Poverty Centre(UN Development Programme) 10 May 2008
event calendar, latest publications, information on social & economic policy programs; in-house magazine, In-Focus, policy briefs on topics like land reform & public utilities, One Pager series short papers in non-technical language for a wide audience.

Investigative Reporters & Editors, Inc.(IRE) 5 August 2006
their mission; Networking/Jobs postings & RSS feed. Journalists; Resource Center supported by charitable organizations contains 20000+ stories & links;

IssueLab 3 August 2007
nonprofit sector research; free for nonprofits to bring current & historical work to a broader audience; third sector mandated to address social inequities & engage the public in imagining solutions to these inequities; free monthly e-mail newsletter, archive & RSS feed;

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 4 November 2010
list of endangered species published annually; biodiversity is being lost at 1000 times natural rate. Of 52017 species assessed so far, 17936 are threatened with extinction - i.e.34%

Justice with Michael Sandel [Flash Player] 26 June 2010
Professor Michael Sandel of Harvard course of his Justice class; 12-part lecture series in its entirety, information about course readings, several discussion guides, online discussion forum;

KOF Index of Globalization(KOF Swiss Economic Institute) 11 May 2007
measures globalization on economic, social, & political dimensions. Detailed data for download, mapping & graphing tools add an informative visual element; annual indexes for 100+ countries since1970;

Koori Mail, 1991- fortnightly national indigenous newspaper now digitised & searchable 16 June 2011
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Australia through 500 editions of Koori Mail from grassroots communities to big end of town & national affairs; owned & controlled by Aboriginal people for Indigenous Australians, either as sponsorships & scholarships or dividends to the owning community organisations;

Labor Arts
virtual museum to gather, identify & display cultural & artistic history of working people & celebrate trade union movement's contributions; art on labor issues; photographs & paintings, pamphlets, pins, banners, ephemera; browse via categories Parades & Demonstrations or Buttons, Badges, & Ribbons;

Legislationline 6 May 2003
free online service from Office for Democratic Institutions & Human Rights(ODIHR) of Organization for Security & Co-operation in Europe(OSCE); International texts & domestic legislation in OSCE region (55 countries located in Caucasus, Central Asia, Europe & North America) dealing with rule of law, protection of human rights &d fundamental freedoms.

Legislative History on the Convention on the Rights of the Child 14 June 2007
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights publication based on major international treaty guiding their work; 2-volumes (part I and part II); advances; differential & often discriminatory impact that national legislation, policies, attitudes and cultural traditions can have on girls; press release;

London Benchmarking Group improving measurement & management of community involvement 11 November 2010
100+ international companies working together to measure Corporate Community Investment(CCI); comprehensive & consistent set of measures for CCI professionals to determine their company's contribution to community, including cash, time & in-kind donations, management costs. The model also captures outputs & longer-term impacts of CCI projects on society & the business itself;

Martus - global social justice monitoring system 1 May 2008
open source software tool used by human rights workers, attorneys, journalists to secure information from eavesdropping, theft or equipment failure. Some organizations which use Martus to protect their data also use Analyzer software program developed by the Human Rights Data Analysis Group to organize human rights information for statistical analysis;

Media monitors 29 December 2011
CyberAlert Inc worldwide media monitoring service has extended deadline to January 9 for not-for-profit organizations to apply for 2012 PR grants for 1 year of free online news &/or social media monitoring service to a minimum 15 non-profit & philanthropic organizations for 2012. Any type of organization in US or worldwide that provides charitable services is eligible for grant to retail value of US$3000-$4500;

Millennium Development Goals(MDG) 27 November 2010
MDG 5b+ Info online database system (United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)) tracks global progress towards achieving MDGs & related indicators of maternal health at country level. Adapted from UN-endorsed DevInfo database system; compiles latest relevant household survey data with international data for easy generation of tables, graphs & maps included in presentations, reports & advocacy materials; contains data on sexual & reproductive health indicators drawn from national Demographic & Health Surveys & MDG indicators at global, national & sub-national levels;

Misery Index(US) found by adding unemployment rate to inflation rate (MI: Wikipedia) 9 October 209
initiated by economist Arthur Okun, an adviser to President Lyndon Johnson in 1960's. It is assumed that a higher rate of unemployment & a worsening of inflation together create economic & social costs for a country;

Native Title Infobase(NTIB) 29 July 2004
all aspects of Australian native title & selected material from other jurisdictions including New Zealand, United States, Canada, Africa, Asia & other countries with indigenous populations involved in disputes over access to their traditional lands; See also National Native Title Tribunal Bibliographies(Australia) & AIATSIS Bibliographies;

Native TitleVision(NTV) Resource Centre National Native Title Tribunal(Australia) 14 February 2012
online viewing & querying geospatial information about native title matters with Internet Explorer or Firefox; Areas of claimant applications, Indigenous land use agreements(ILUAs) & determinations of native title described geographically & mapped. Future acts such as mining or petroleum tenements identified; users include case officers, lawyers, native title applicants, judges, administrators & interested parties, geographically distributed across rural, remote & urban Australia;

NATLEX database(International Labour Organisation) 22 February 2012
national labour, social security & related human rights legislation maintained by ILO's International Labour Standards Department; abstracts of legislation & relevant citation information, indexed by keywords & subject classifications. Each record in NATLEX appears in only one of the three ILO official languages (English/French/Spanish). Where possible, the fulltext of the law or a relevant electronic source is linked to the record;

Nonprofit Collaboration Database(Foundation Center) 11 June 2010
collection of cases & best practices for collaboration by nonprofits; basic search by methods of collaboration, advanced search by keyword, collaboration type, geographic location, reasons to collaborate, number of participating organizations, etc; Results presented in a table that includes name of organization, city & state, type of collaboration, & collaboration focus area; look for PDF of collaboration’s narrative;

NORMLEX (International Labour Organization) 22 February 2012
information on International Labour Standards(ratification information, reporting requirements, comments of ILO’s supervisory bodies, etc.) as well as national labour & social security; includes NATLEX database(national labour, social security & related human rights legislation) & information contained in former APPLIS, ILOLEX & Libsynd databases;

Nuffield Council on Bioethics 23 May 2009
xenotransplantation(animal to human organ transplant), prenatal screening, genetically modified crops, & patient confidentiality; Council's members include physicians, theologians, lawyers, philosophers, & scientists; Publications downloaded free of charge for one week after publication; FAQ;

OARE(Online Access to Research in the Environment) 14 June 2007
launched October 2006 & coordinated by UN Environment Program(UNEP) & scitech publishers for free access to 1000+ journals from 200+publishers;

OECD Policy Brief: Lifelong Learning and Human Capital                                                          4 August 2007

OneWorld.Net                                                                                                                         8 April 2005
news & views from 1600+ organizations promoting human rights awareness & fighting poverty worldwide; country guides, topic guides(child labour, microcredit, migration, etc.). Searchable

OneWorldRadio                                                                                                                       3 April 2004
part of international network of 1200+ partner organizations utilizing internet to promote human rights & sustainable development worldwide; online audio content from member organizations; French, Spanish & other languages; listen or download; search archive by language, region, topic; news & events section from conferences on media freedom throughout world links to important radio broadcasts; free membership; e- newsletter.

OnlineWomen inPolitics.org: Statistics 14 June 2004
facts & figures on women's participation in politics, governance, decision-making from Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics(CAPWIP) - non-partisan, non-profit & non-governmental

OntheCommons.org 17 November 2006
portal & blog activism on nature, creativity & knowledge, local community & everyday experience, probe their distinctive dynamics & re-invent mechanisms for strengthening them; critique of markets, property & neoclassical economics for innovation in social governance, political action, public policy & cultural change; blogging, essays, book reviews, profiles of commons leaders, online archives, discussions; "Our mission is to draw attention to the importance of the commons in the modern world. We advance commons-based solutions that will help achieve environmental restoration, social justice, global cooperation and a brighter future for all";

Open Society Foundations Started by philanthropist George Soros in mid-1980s 12 February 2011
helps countries make economic & social transition from communism; implement initiatives to advance justice, education, public health, & independent media; RSS feed; newsletter

Open Society Justice Initiative 19 March 2005
offices in Abuja, Budapest, & New York; protection of human rights, contributes to development of legal capacity for open societies worldwide; in-house journal Justice Initiatives online; information about its advocacy; events calendar; research & primary source materials - handbook for monitoring election campaign finance; section dedicated to combating discrimination in Russia; geographically organized material in Regions area.

OSIRIS Industrial Relations Searchable Database 20 April 2002
fulltext Australian Federal Awards, Agreements, Decisions, Variations & Decision Summaries from Australian Industrial Relations Commission; from DEWR(Commonwealth Dept of Employment & Workplace Relations); new version launched on 25 October 2002 to provide a more user friendly service integrated with existing WageNet & uses WageNet's name & address; OSIRIS will continue to be supported for a transitional period.

Ouch! BBC website by and for disabled people, family, friends, & professionals 5 February 2011
articles, podcasts, blogs, message board; Ouch! talk show podcast is an award-winning half hour show broadcast about twice/month topics include DadaFest,world's biggest disability arts festival, dating websites, live musical performances by disabled musicians, & Blind Football World Cup; Adrian Higginbotham's regular feature on accessible technology devices; Newsletter; Motley Zoo comic depicts disabled animals, such as a shy peacock or the owl & the pussycat that can't go out to sea because they have hydrophobia;

Peace Corps Digital Library (developing for 50th anniversary in 2011) 1 January 2010
archival material including digitized newsletters & speeches; posters, video clips, & marketing materials, stories & photos from current & returned volunteers; advanced search by keyword specifying specific parts of collection; content available in fulltext PDF;

Personal Property Securities(PPS) Register, Australia review 15 July 2011
Personal Property Securities Act takes effect on October 1, creating a single set of rules & a single, national register for any form of property other than land, buildings or fixtures that form part of that land - cars, boats, art, machinery& crops, as well as intangibles such as intellectual property & contract rights; Registers that will migrate include Australian Securities & Investments Commission's register of company charges, state registers of encumbered vehicles, state bill-of-sale registers & state crop & livestock mortgage registers, the fisheries register & Australian register of ships; includes non government National Exchange of Vehicle & Driver Information System data on stolen & written-off vehicles;

Point-of-Care Diagnostics for the Developing World (U of Washington) 29 October 2011
UWTV archive of talks by visitors, professors, librarians, & others associated with the institution on topics from urban planning to zoology; this talk on world of health care provisioning in the developing world by Professor Paul Yager of UW bioengineering department
offers information & findings about a new technology for manipulating small volumes of fluids to help health care professionals create a small portable & inexpensive system for detecting pathogens far from any centralized laboratory;

Population Action International (PAG) - Video 11 February 2012
series of videos to inform public about work, research findings; PAG staff take to the streets to talk with people about the world's population; search film offerings by topic;

Poverty Action Lab 17 May 2008
"improve effectiveness of poverty programs by providing policy makers with clear scientific results that help shape successful polices to combat poverty"; "Research", "People", "News", "Courses";

PovertyNet(Sponsored by World Bank) 20 April 2002
comprehensive measurements, trends, & strategies to reduce poverty; intersection of poverty with culture & health; Poverty Monitoring Database

Press Freedom Survey 6 May 2005
Freedom House's annual press freedom survey tracked trends in media freedom worldwide since 1980; 192 countries /1 territory; numerical rankings; legal, political, & economic factors affecting media freedom; surveys since 1999, rankings since 1980. From a freedom & democracy advocacy organization

Progressive Librarians Around the World 21 October 2001
beginning worldwide network - We insist upon equality of access to & inclusiveness of information services, especially extending to poor, marginalized & discriminated against; active solidarity-based provision of information to these groups & advocates in their struggles;

Practical Action 3 December 2011
aim is to help impoverished people use technology to challenge poverty, gain access to technical options & knowledge, & influence social, economic & institutional systems for innovation & use of technology; Downloads: Practical Answers lets users browse the extensive library, submit technical questions to expert; Share documents peoples’ experience with Practical Action; links to social networking, e-newsletter, & latest from series of blogs;

PublicRadioFan database 3 August 2007
browse what’s airing or streaming on public radio stations around the globe; personalize for your time zone, direct links to favorite programs; direct links to podcasts ; 1,000 podcast directory;

Quarterly Public Sector Debt Database(World Bank & International Monetary Fund, IMF) 9 December 2010
timely dissemination in standard formats of public sector debt statistics for 30 emerging market & developing countries to be updated every 3 months; includes country & cross-country tables, & enables users to query & extract data, by country, group of countries, & specific public debt components; Public Sector Debt Database guide for compilers & users(IMF);

Radical Reference 15 August 2005
collective of volunteer library workers in social justice & equality support activist communities, progressive organizations, & independent journalists by providing professional research support, education & access to information; collaborative virtual setting; information activism to foster a more egalitarian society

REDcom -- Freedom of Expression and the Press 29 April 2005
Direct access to 100+ organizations promoting freedom of expression & press freedom, right of access to information; from UNESCO´s Regional Office for Communication & Information for Latin America & Caribbean, based in Quito

Refugee Health Information Network(RHIN) 7 May 2009
collaborative partnership managed by refugee health professionals to provide quality multilingual, health information resources for those providing care to resettled refugees & asylees; links to multilingual information in print, audio, & video formats grouped for easy access;

Refugee Law Reader 6 October 2007
Hungarian Helsinki Committee - ethnic conflicts, civil strife, ongoing disturbances; international refugee law

RefWorld 24 June 2004
UN High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) databases containing Country of Origin Information(COI) & Legal Information; links to full-text country reports (e.g., from Amnesty Internation, US Department of State, UK Home Office), events timelines, think tank papers & research briefs; legal documents such as UN Resolutions, statutes & interim constitution; online version of Refworld 2004 CD-ROM collection(refugee encyclopedia); External Links directory of organizations that deal with refugee, asylum & human rights topics or provide (country-specific) information for practitioners; 2000+ links compiled & organized by type of organization, topic/mandate, regions & countries;

ReliefWeb administered by United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs(OCHA) 19 October 2004
Serving international humanitarian community; on-line archive of humanitarian, human rights & development reference documents; maps of emergencies

Reporters Without Borders 23 September 2005
trilingual (French, English & Spanish) daily tally of attacks on press freedom worldwide; press-freedom news agency; presents articles banned in country of origin, hosts newspapers closed down in homeland & serves as forum where journalists silenced by authorities can voice their opinions; complete reports on cases covered in press; daily barometer summarising most recent attacks on press freedom; defends journalists & media assistants imprisoned or persecuted for doing their job & exposes mistreatment & torture of them in many countries; fights against censorship & laws undermining press freedom; gives financial aid each year to 100 or so journalists or media outlets in difficulty (for lawyers, medical care & equipment) & families of imprisoned journalists; works to improve safety of journalists, especially those reporting in war zones;

Reputes Social Responsibility Ratings 31 July 2003
companies capacity to meet expectations of community stakeholders & business experts on Environmental Impact, Corporate Governance, Social Impact & Workplace Practices; subscribe

Reuters Alertnet 1 January 2005
extensive, up-to-the-minute information about fast-moving humanitarian emergencies; early warning of future emergencies;

Rights Protection agencies in South Australia 13 December 2011
UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights(UDHR) recognises inherent rights we all have to dignity & equality, including rights to: equality before the law, participate fully in community life, freedom of thought & religion, fair work conditions & a decent standard of living; Independent rights protection agencies are reminding all South Australians about their right to be heard when speaking up & making a complaint - Equal Opportunity Commissioner says people have a right to participate in all areas of public life, Commissioner for Victims’ Rights says victims of crime are entitled to access to justice & fair treatment, Health & Community Services Complaints Commissioner helps service users, carers & service providers resolve complaints about health & community services in South Australia, when a direct approach to the service provider is either unreasonable, or has not succeeded, South Australian Ombudsman can investigate complaints of an action by a state government department or local council which may infringe a human right; Issues regarding Employment - Employee Ombudsman, Wills & power of attorney - Public Trustee, Workers compensation complaints - WorkCover Ombudsman;

Salzburg Global Seminar to challenge present & future leaders to solve issues of global concern 31 October 2009
invites imaginative thinkers to come together & share ideas through meetings, talks, & group discussions, annual seminars, Initiatives, strategy meetings, press releases, Podcasts, Latest Videos;

Scientists for Global Responsibility(SGR) 20 September 2003
science & technology should be used responsibly in a way that contributes to justice & peace in human society & to long-term well-being of wider environment; download reports group, consisting of 600 scientists, has written such as Cleaner Technologies: A Positive Choice; abstracts of future & past conferences including Franks Barnaby's abstract The Risk of Nuclear Terrorism.

SHSviews(Social & Human Sciences division of UNESCO)
human rights, poverty eradication, social transformations worldwide; current & previous issues of quarterly magazine; works that analyze state of bioethics in Africa, AIDS outreach efforts in India, state of international anti-doping treaties; Interviews;

Social Capital Gateway 3 June 2005
Social capital is generally referred to as trust, institutions, social norms, social networks, & organizations that shape interactions of actors within a society & are an asset for individual & collective production of well-being. At the macro level, social capital can affect the economic performance and the processes of economic growth and development."

Social Watch
international network of citizens' groups concerned with the "fulfillment of internationally agreed commitments on poverty eradication and equality" submitting national reports, promoting dialogue about these development priorities, & developing an inclusive strategy in order to bring other groups into the fold; country reports, development indicators & interactive maps; links to organizations & conferences, including World Summit for Social Development & World Conference on Women;

SORRY books 8 March 2012
461 Sorry Books has powerful historical & social significance as personal responses of hundreds of thousands of Australians to the unfolding history of the Stolen Generations;

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute(SIPRI) 12 June 2004
established 1966 to commemorate country's 150 years of peace; scientific research on conflict & cooperation of importance for international peace & security; contributing to understanding conditions for peaceful solution of international conflicts & for stable peace; working papers, press releases, speeches, lectures; databases including one that contains country profiles that relate facts on international relations & security trends; SIPRI Database on Military Expenditure contains info for more than 160 countries; 2004 Yearbook.

Supercourse: Epidemiology, the Internet, & Global Health
World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center at U of Pittsburgh; repository of lectures organized topically into headings that include epidemiology, public health, & special diseases; browse by author or keyword; ; network of experts includes 56000+ scientists in 174 countries who have produced 5000+ lectures in 31 languages; Lecture of the Week on the homepage; search lectures on a range of topics; Publications; Special Lectures; Supercourse Golden Lectures include talks in Chinese, Arabic, Croatian, & Albanian;

Teaching Tolerance Magazine (Southern Poverty Law Center) 20 December 2008
search issues of the magazine by grade level, tolerance topic, & academic subject; choose type of content, including classroom activity, lesson plan, parent guide & magazine article

UC Atlas of Global Inequality 29 July 2006
Center for Global, International & Regional Studies(CGIRS) at U of California, Santa Cruz; global integration(globalization) & inequality database; maps examining material inequality, life & death, global connectedness, economic globalization & health; decades 1960-; indicators, glossary, bibliography. Searchable.

UNICEF: The Convention on the Rights of the Child 19 December 2009
focuses on 20 year anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; assessment by Chief of Gender & Rights Unit of UNICEF's Policy & Practice Division; 1 minute videos created by kids age 12-20 divided up by topic; photo essays;

Union of Concerned Scientists 3 April 2009
leading science-based nonprofit working for healthy environment & safer world combines independent scientific research & citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions & secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices, & consumer choices;

United Nations Development Programme(UNDP): Open Data 3 December 2011
Exploring the Data section, look over information organized by country or project, visual representation of where UNDP directs its resources; country or project data sets in visual format, export, filter;

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 14 May 2005
to effectively address needs of 370m indigenous peoples around world; official documents & proceedings created by Forum's work; photo gallery of indigenous peoples; speeches on indigenous issues; list of upcoming events sponsored by Forum; latest press releases

United States Peace Index 2011 (Institute for Economics & Peace(IEP)) 10 May 2011
USPI first in a series of national peace indices that will build on work of IEP in measuring & understanding the fabric of peace; IEP also produces Global Peace Index(GPI) - 5th for release in May 2011;

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library 19 May 2005
21000+ documents; search engine searches multiple human rights sites, research & topic guides; accessible in several languages

Virtual Activist 26 April 2002
strategies for effective use of e-mail, Web, chat, & other digital technologies; write a press release, set up a blind-cc mailing, create action alerts; writing tips.

vunions at vtown 24 June 2001
Virtual Community including website of Australian Council of Trade Unions & affiliates, representing nearly 2m. Australian workers & their families

WAGE: Centre for Research on Work & Society in the Global Era 12 October 2005
work & regulation of labour in Australia within a volatile international political economy; mapping & responding to emerging issues, opportunities & challenges for workers' rights; refereed working papers, journals & conferences, training workshops, seminars & educational programs; activist intellectual networks, linking into established research networks & research funding in Australia, Canada, OECD, European Union & US;

Wage Indicator(European) 17 July 2005
1700 professions; questionnaire on working hours, time perception, working history, company, contract & personal matters;

Wikileaks.org publishes classified, confidential, censored or otherwise secret documents 26 November 2008
anonymous international network of activists; host company has ties to Pirate Bay; uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking & analysis; exposing oppressive regimes in Asia, former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa & Middle East; revealing unethical behavior in governments & corporations; opens leaked documents up to stronger scrutiny than any media organization or intelligence agency can provide; "Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth"; RSS & Twitter;

Witness videos of human rights abuses 15 October 2011
WITNESS co-founded in 1992 with commitment of singer/activist Peter Gabriel partners with human rights organizations to bring power of video into existing campaigns & advance human rights causes worldwide; Case Studies link under Campaigns tab; Training tab;

Women's Law Initiative founded in February 2000 19 December 2009
to facilitate help for survivors of domestic violence & sexual assault; accessible style; information available under state, federal, tribal, & religious law, text of laws of each state that aid or effect domestic abuse survivors; information on help groups

Workers Online LaborNET resource for labour movement provided by Labor Council of NSW 24 August 2001

Working Class Movement Library(Salford, UK) 14 August 2009
stories & struggles of ordinary people's efforts to improve their world.; primary & secondary materials on trade unions, politics, activists, & protests; digitized galleries of trade union emblems, political posters, & banners; online catalogue; RSS feed about upcoming
talks, events, & conferences;m

Working Time Database 21 October 2005
searchable database of working time laws of 100+ countries; laws for heath & well-being of workers; balance between work & family life; ensure workers have adequate time to for other responsibilities & interests; prevent discrimination against part-time workers;

World Bank: An Online Atlas of the Millennium Development Goals 22 April 2007
challenge to poor countries to demonstrate good governance & to wealthy nations as a spur to support economic & social development; interactive atlas to track promotion of gender equality, combating disease, & reducing child mortality; maps document progress made in each nation; tables chart additional changes within each goal; export data; resize maps; See also World Bank, Mapped mash-up to look for projects, news, & statistics; track low to high income areas, with active projects; toggle "satellite" & "hybrid" views;

World Bank eAtlas of Gender interactive electronic atlases 3 October 2011
map & graph gender indicators over time & across countries; Animate maps to show change over time; View all data in ranking tables & charts alongside maps; Export maps & data for use in presentations; Import your own data

World Bank: Global Challenges 6 December 2008
works to combat poverty & increase development opportunities worldwide; 6 strategic themes that focus on global development include global public goods, Arab world, & middle-income countries; comprehensive reports, working papers, presentations; World Bank Group's pro bono global research project; World Bank: Annual Report 2010 data about world's 79 poorest countries that the World Bank aids through its International Bank for Reconstruction & Development & International Development Association, July 2009 to June 2010; interactive features, Data & Research, Analytical Tools, iSimulate macroeconomic simulations; ADePT software platform for automated economic analysis, PovCalNet poverty analysis tool assesses global poverty incidence figures; Wolfram|Alpha can now compute facts from @WorldBank's labor data;

World Bank Integrity (World Bank Group) 31 October 2009
independently investigates allegations of corruption & fraud; 3 primary sections: Fighting Fraud & Corruption, Investigating Staff Misconduct, Allegations; recent investigations into partner organizations who have worked with World Bank & alleged abuses regarding travel fraud, abuse of authority, & corruption within infrastructure projects; annual report; news updates.

World Bank Open Data Portal 5 October 2011
providing free access to a comprehensive set of data about development in countries around the globe;

World Community Grid 12 December 2004
IBM hosted public-computing network developed to bolster humanitarian research around world; all contributing to large research projects while idle; Institute for Systems Biology's Human Proteome Folding Project developing understanding of shapes of human proteins; downloadable Request for Proposals documents, & section for Project Archives; online forums; Grid statistics including current member totals.

World Development Report 2004 29 November 2003
World Bank document; broad improvements in human welfare around globe will not occur unless poor people receive wider access to affordable, better quality services in health, education, water, sanitation, electricity; download an executive or any chapter; importance of government action and framework for social provision; transcription of an electronic discussion held about draft edition of report in spring 2003; 24 April 2012: World Development Indicators 2012 & regional highlights(World Bank);

World Innovation Foundation(WIF) 31 January 2008
British think tank fosters scientific collaboration to address issues arising from population growth, climate change, pandemics, energy access & usage, poverty, water resources, environmental concerns; newsletters,1997- Mar 2007; list of Nobel Prize-winning members;

World Report on Disability(World Health Organization/World Bank) 28 June 2011
National & international initiatives – such as UN Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities of Persons with Disabilities – have incorporated human rights of people with disabilities, culminating in 2006 with adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities(CRPD); report provides evidence to facilitate implementation of CRPD, documents circumstances of persons with disabilities worldwide & explores measures to promote social participation, ranging from health & rehabilitation to education & employment;

World Resources 2008: Roots of Resilience - Growing the Wealth of the Poor 14 October 2008
WRI, UNEP, UNDP & World Bank; Expanding nature-based enterprises can increase income for the world’s rural poor & can develop the rural poor’s resilience to social & environmental threats such as climate change3/4 of 2.6 billion people who live on less than $2/day are dependent upon local natural resources for their livelihoods. Threats such as climate change and ecosystem degradation are beginning to strain those livelihoods; released as part of IUCN World Conservation Congress to examines existing community-based efforts & argue that properly fostered nature-based enterprises can improve rural livelihoods &, in the process, create resilience to economic, social, & environmental threats.

World Resources Institute(WRI) environmental think tank 21 April 2010
research to find practical ways to protect the earth & improve people’s lives; 4 key programmatic goals: Climate Protection; Governance; Markets & Enterprise; People & Ecosystems

World Social Forum 22 November 2007
open meeting place where social movements, networks, NGOs & other civil society organizations opposed to neo-liberalism & a world dominated by capital or by any form of imperialism come together to pursue their thinking, to debate ideas democratically, formulate proposals, share their experiences freely & network for effective action; characterized by plurality & diversity, is non-confessional, non-governmental & non-party. It proposes to facilitate decentralized coordination & networking among organizations engaged in concrete action towards building another world, at any level from the local to the international, but it does not intend to be a body representing world civil society; Charter of Principles approved by the International Council on 10th July, 2001;

Worldwatch Institute Independent research for environmentally sustainable, socially just society 18 November 2006

World Wealth Report (2004) 18 June 2004
7.7 m. high-net-worth individuals in world at end of 2003, + 7.5% (500000 people) on 2002; total global wealth of high-net-worth individuals(HNWIs) +7.% to $28.8 trillion; HNWIs are people with financial assets of US $1m+ excluding home real estate