The current legal, political, and economic context in Burma does not enable foreign investment that complies with key international norms and standards. In spite of the recent reforms, FIDH and Altsean-Burma believe that Burma continues to lack the
Development & capacity building
Cambodia : Human rights monitoring with online maps
Monday, December 3 2012
Human rights advocates in Cambodia have been using online maps to document, monitor, and expose human rights violations across the country. Sithi or the Cambodia Human Rights Portal has a Violation Map which provides an overview of the extent of
Complaints Choirs : Moaners of all nations, unite in song !
Saturday, December 1 2012
Your neighbor is learning to play drums? Her boss decided to pick on her clothes? And politicians, what do you think ? Moaners of all nations, unite in song ! If you have something to complain about, join a Complain Choir ! Send your complaints by
Good Vibrations for prisoners
Saturday, December 1 2012
Good Vibrations is a UK registered charity that helps prisoners, patients in secure hospitals, ex-prisoners and others in the community to develop crucial life and work skills through participating in intensive Gamelan (Indonesian bronze percussion)
Time is money : participate on an equal footing
Saturday, December 1 2012
In the villages of Bali (Indonesia), there are two currencies: the official national currency (rupiah), and a second currency, based on time and exclusively created by the community. It is about 3 hours. When the community needs to organize a
Music as an agent of social development,
Saturday, December 1 2012
"Music has to be recognized as an agent of social development, in the highest sense because it transmits the highest values - solidarity, harmony, mutual compassion. And it has the ability to unite an entire community, and to express sublime
WTO for a clean, affordable and sustainable sanitation.
Saturday, December 1 2012
World Toilet Organization (WTO) is a global non-profit organization committed to improving toilet and sanitation conditions worldwide. WTO is also one of the few organizations to focus on toilets instead of water, which receives more attention and
Bamboo Bikes: high quality, good price
Saturday, December 1 2012
Bicycle remains an affordable transport, allowing people to travel with a high degree of autonomy. Bicyle allows patients to go to hospital, transporting women in labor for deliveries in remote medical centers, giving youth access to education when
Solar energy for farms, rural villages, small businesses
Saturday, December 1 2012
One way to diffuse rapidly and massively solar energy technology around the world is to create a solar technology that is cost-effective in the short term and readily accessible. Solarfire.org principles are : Concentrate on the uses and applications
Prevent child mortality at low cost
Saturday, December 1 2012
Pesinet's mission is to reduce sustainabily child mortality by facilitating access to existing healthcare systems through the design and deployment of community-based health services for mothers and their children. Pesinet provides a prevention and
The ASEAN Science Film Festival : Knowledge + fun
Saturday, December 1 2012
The ASEAN Science Film Festival kicked off in Kuala Lumpur on October 15 and will be taking place in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam this year until December 10. The vast majority of the festival
1 minute + 1 mobile = 1 film
Saturday, November 24 2012
The competition awards the best short film shot with a mobile phone. The contest offers everyone to show its talents as a filmmaker, without any financial need. "The idea has always been to give a voice to filmmakers from all over the
Intermediate education to avoid rural exodus
Monday, November 5 2012
One of the most cost effective and efficient ways the US creates a young, entry-level labor force is not found in the traditional universities that offer four-year degrees. It is the ubiquitous community colleges or junior college systemlocated all
The International Year of Cooperatives Short Film Festival
Saturday, October 20 2012
The International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) Short Film Festival will take place on 19 November 2012 at the United Nations Headquarters during the closing ceremony of the Year. The theme is "Cooperative Enterprises Build a Better World". We
2012, UN International Year of Cooperatives
Saturday, October 20 2012
The International Year of Cooperatives 2012 intended to raise public awareness of the invaluable contributions of cooperative enterprises to poverty reduction, employment generation and social integration. The Year will also highlight the strengths
Children are to be familiar with democratic practices
Sunday, October 14 2012
”It is absolutely required that children who will have to live in a democratic society are to be familiar with democractics since their schooldays,” said Chairman of Union Election Commission U Tin Aye. The State is endeavouring for sticking to the
Humor and Politics Award
Monday, October 8 2012
15 puns and jokes were in competition for the 10th Prize, awarded by the Press Club. Every year, journalists and media professionals select the mous funny sentence (voluntary or not) made by a political figure during the last twelve months. My
Literacy contest attracts hundreds of people
Sunday, September 16 2012
Lima (Peru). A writing contest attracts hundreds of people. Writers, wearing masks, compete : they have five minutes to write a story. Every Monday, sitting in front of a computer, wearing masks, a few writers compete anonymously. The jury is
Human rights plead competitions
Monday, September 10 2012
For lawyers. For decades, the Mémorial de Caen has been inviting lawyers from all around the world to defend genuine and individual cases of victims whose fundamental rights have been violated. Ten lawyers plead their cases in front of a jury of key
Tools & experiences : human rights education
Monday, September 3 2012
After dozen years of dictatorship, Burmese people and leaders want a better life for their country. Wealth is not (only) in exploring mines and gas, but in well-educated burmese people, working for their people. Laptops better than kalachnikovs PEACE
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