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World Movement for Democracy in Middle East and North Africa
Resources - Links -This page lists various useful Web links for research and projects to promote democracy in the Middle East and North Africa region.1. Think Tanks Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - Middle East Project wwics.si.edu/mep/index.htm The Middle East Project activities focus on three domains: current affairs; Islam, democracy and civil SOciety; and iddues relating to women's rights. 2. Civil Society AMIDEAST www.amideast.org/programs/et/dd/default.htm AMIDEAST's Democratic Development Programs provide human-resource and technical-development services that serve both governmental and nongovernmental institutions and focus on three major sectors: legal and judicial institutions, legislatures, and NGO's. Center for International Private Enterprise - Arabic version www.cipe.org/arabic/ CIPE's focus in the region is designed to strengthen the media's role in reporting on economic issues; promote the role of the private sector in the political process; and strengthen the independence and advocacy efforts of business association. The Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations www.conferenceofngos.org/ngocont CONGO facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and decisions. CONGO is most active in the major UN centers of New York, Geneva, and Vienna, but extends its work to all regions of the world. Jordan DevNet www.jordandevnet.org The Web site contains databases of civil society organizations in Jordan and projects undertaken by various civil society organizations. Search for Common Ground/European Centre for Common Ground www.searchforcommonground.org Both organizations are working to move the world toward cooperative solutions to conflict and to promote programs that aim to resolve conflict, and prevent violence. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Council, Non-Governmental Organizations Section www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/ This site lists information on upcoming UN conferences and NGO accreditation. The World Bank's Civil Society Page wbln0018.worldbank.org/essd/essd.nsf/NGOs/home The purpose of this Web site is to keep NGOs and civil society groups informed about increasing opportunity for interaction with the Bank. The Web site has a list of the World Bank's projects with NGOs. 3. Universities American University in Cairo www.aucegypt.edu/ American University of Beirut www.larn.org.lb/ Georgetown University - Center for Contemporary Arab Studies www.ccasonline.org/ Harvard University - Center for Meddle Eastern Studies www.gsas.harvard.edu/academic/departments/programs/cmes.html Stanford University - Comparative Democratization Project democracy.stanford.edu/ 4. Capacity Building / Advocacy Advocacy Institute www.advocoacy.org The Advocacy Institute is dedicated to strengthening the capacity of political, social and economic justice advocates to influence and change public policy. The Advocacy Project www.advocacynet.org/index.html The Project is comprised of a group of individuals with a commitment to human rights and an interest in information technology. The Benton Foundation www.benton.org Bridging the worlds of philanthropy, public policy, and community action, Benton seeks to shape the emerging communications environment and to demonstrate the value of communications for solving social problems. BUNIAN www.bunian.org.jo/bunian/index.htm Bunian is a programme designed to enhance the capacity of NGOs through managerial training, and by enhancing cooperation and coordination between NGOS through networking. Chardon Press Resources of Social Change www.chardonpress.com/ The Web site lists books and other resources on fundraising and organizing for social change. It contains fundraising ideas, nonprofit help, social justice activism, writing letters and grant proposals, philanthropy and charity resources, charitable organization management, and board of directors development. International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC) www.intrac.org INTRAC provides support to organizations involved in international development with the aim of improving the performance of non-governmental organizations by exploring relevant policy issues and by strengthening NGO management and organizational effectiveness. Shatil - New Israel Fund www.shatil.org.il SHATIL is an organization in Israel that works with NGOs, including Arab ones, to provide technical assistance on all sorts of issues, including fundraising, accounting, media, etc. 5. Translation Services Babel Fish Translation babelfish.altavista.com/raging/translate.dyn SystranLinks: Translation for Website w4.systranlinks.com/config?s=doc/Free.html 6. Women Arab Resource Center on Violence Against Women - AMAN www.amanjordan.org The Arab Resource Center on Violence Against Women features a variety of materials and resources designed to empower women and educate them on human rights and the law. Arab Women Connect www.arabwomenconnect.org The Arab Women Connect aims to explore the potentials and applications of new information and communication technologies for Arab women's empowerment. It also aims at providing access to information, analyses and resources on Arab women to policy-makers, researchers, donors, UN agencies and Arab women's organizations through the use of e-mail and the Internet. NISAA www.nisaa.org NISAA offers women in the Arab World opportunities to exchange experiences and information on gender specific topics in order to intensify their cooperation among each other. Women's Court: the Permanent Arab Court to Resist Violence Against Women www.arabwomencourt.org The Women's Court: The Permanent Arab Court To Resist Violence Against Women is a symbolic popular court that aims at fighting all forms of violence practiced against women in Arab societies. Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace www.learningpartnership.org Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace (WLP) is an international, non-governmental organization (NGO) that empowers women and girls in the Global South to re-imagine and re-structure their roles in their families, communities, and societies. 7. Publications Al-Hewar Center www.alhewar.com Al-Hewar Center, as an independent forum for dialogue, publishes AL-Hewar Magazine, which serves as a forum for dialogue among the diverse opinions of Arabs as well as others with an interest in the Arab world and its culture and politics. The Web site's "Basket of Links" includes new articles and links. The Center for Sustainable Human Rights Action (CeSHRA) www.ceshra.org CeSHRA offers a Human Rights Institution-Building Handbook Series and regional studies and program reports. Centre of Islamic and Middle East and North African Law (CIMEL) www.soas.ac.uk/Centres/IslamicLaw/Materials.html The Centre promotes the study and understanding of Islamic law and modern Middle East legal systems. Midwest Academy www.midwestacademy.com The Academy produces an Organizing for Social Change manual yearly. Sisterhood is Global Institute www.sigi.org/publictn.htm SIGI publishes and circulates international educational tools and research papers aimed at clarifying concepts, deepening understanding, and building consensus on issues of priority to women. United States Agency for International Development - USAID www.usaid.gov/democracy/pubsindex.html USAID offers a Democracy Dialogue newsletter and has a written series to accompany its Implementing Policy Change Program. Its Web site also provides manuals and handbooks available online. 8. Media Elsohf.com www.elsohf.com Elsohf.com is the first online Arab journalism review, and focuses on media-related issues in the Arab world, such as censorship and self-censorship, as well as journalism more generally. Indymedia www.indymedia.org Indymedia is a good place for NGOs that want to start getting their press releases out beyond their own countries. 9. Youth YouthActionNet www.youthactionnet.org YouthActionNet seeks to connect, inspire and nurture present and future young leaders. 10. News al Jazeera www.aljazeera.net Arab TV www.arabtv.com BBC in Arabic www.news.bbc.co.uk/hi/arabic/news/ Birzeit University - News links www.birzeit.edu/links/nnm.html Jerusalem Media & Communication Center www.jmcc.org Jordan Times www.jordantimes.com le Monde www.lemonde.fr Middle East Economic Survey www.mees.com/dotcom/mecountries/index.html Middle East Virtual Community www.mevic.org/menanews.html MEVC lists online news and information and is an attempt by academic nationals residing in the Middle East, to open, promote and sustain intra-regional channels of communication and cooperation. MSANEWS www.msanews.mynet.net/Launchpad/index.html Sahafa Online www.sahafa.com 11. General Arab Initiative for the Freedom of Association www.arabifa.org/domino/arabifa/aifa/nsf The Complete Guide to Palestine's Websites www2.birzeit.edu/links/index.html Human Rights Internet www.hri.ca/welcome.cfm Jemstone Network www.jemstone.net Middle East News Online www.middleeastwire.com A good place to post press release United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service Handbook ngls.tad.ch/english/pubs/hb/hbeng.html United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Treaty Body Database www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf |
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