Equality of rights for women is a basic principle of the United Nations. The Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations sets as one of the Organization's central goals the reaffirmation of "faith in fundamental human rights, in the

is global group of organisations working to promote and support the management of social performance by MFIs.

The Commission proposes a new paradigm of nutrition which incorporates the double burden of undernutrition and diet-related adult disease. This double burden is amplified by the link between maternal and fetal undernutrition and a population's susceptibility to adult diet-related disease.

Sexual and reproductive rights are a pivotal neglected priority in HIV/AIDS policy, programming and resource allocation. Failure to protect the human rights of girls and women, including their right to health and their right to live free of sexual coercion

A new study on procurement reform suggests that the World Bank's narrow focus on value for money may undermine the ability of governments to use procurement as a tool for development; meanwhile US and European corporate lobbyists continue to pressure

In 2005 the World Bank launched a review of its conditionality policy. This was in response to growing international criticism, from developed and developing countries alike, that the World Bank was still attaching too many intrusive and, at times, harmful

IITC) is an organization of Indigenous Peoples from North, Central, South America and the Pacific working for the Sovereignty and Self Determination of Indigenous Peoples and the recognition and protection of Indigenous Rights, Treaties, Traditional Cultures and Sacred Lands.

An Indigenous Commission for Development of Communications Technologies (ICT s) in the Americas was launched at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues meeting in New York. The Commission s goals are to bring Indigenous peoples together with industry

was set up to strengthen food security, health and community development in a way that reflects Indigenous Sovereignty and Standards as related to the Water World and its interlinked natural resources through education, empowerment and capacity building by Indigenous Peoples.

The Ngäbe located in the community of Charco La Pava, District of Changuinola, Province of Bocas del Toro, Republic of Panama, are being subjected to cruel violations of our fundamental human rights. The community has been taken over by the

MTAN) is composed of a group of Tribal Hatchery Biologists who are interested in promoting fish rearing techniques for Tribal hatchery programs. The primary means by which MTAN helps tribal hatchery employees, is by sharing fish culture information through this

Indigenous Peoples attending the Permanent Forum are outraged that their rejection of the carbon market has been ignored in the final report of the 7th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII). The final report of

The Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, Inc. (CIER) is a First Nations' environmental corporation created by a Board of First Nations' leaders from across Canada

The Brookings Institution today announced the formation of the Partnership for the Americas Commission, a panel of eminent figures who will assess the current state of U.S. relations with the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Based on this

known as SRI - also as le Systéme de Riziculture Intensive in French and la Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo Arrocero (SICA) in Spanish -- is a methodology for increasing the productivity of irrigated rice cultivation by changing the management of

On June, 25th 1999 Prof. Immanuel Wallerstein was interviewed by Dr. Anand Kumar, Dr. Frank Welz, and Mrs. Gabriele Tysarzik at the Maison de Sciences de l'Homme in Paris. This interview was prepared by Gabriele Tysarzik (skript), Bernd Remmele (HTML

Fish have been harvested from rice fields as an additional crop since ancient times. Biologically, rice fields can be considered as agriculturally managed marshes, which remain dry for varying periods of time during the year. Physically, the aquatic phase has