Links to Further Information on Global Issues
Facing the Future: People and the Planet
This Web site includes brief and in-depth information on a range of Global Issues as well as a bibliography.
http://www.global-issues.net/
New Internationalist: The people, the ideas, the action in the fight for global justice.
This monthly magazine sets out to explain and inform, giving readers the essentials of a subject in a concise, easy-to-read full-colour format with excellent photos and graphics. In each issue New Internationalist editors select a subject of vital interest. It could be Human Rights, Hunger, Fair Trade or Globalisation. The magazine takes the subject apart, examines the issues and then reconstructs it to give you a coherent picture. You come away with a clear grasp of an important topic.
http://www.newint.org/
Open Democracy: Free thinking for the World
Open Democracy is an independent Web site on global current affairs that offers stimulating, critical analysis, promoting dialogue and debate on issues of global importance and linking citizens from around the world.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/
Global Issues that Affect Everyone.
This Web site looks into global issues that affect everyone and aims to show how most issues are inter-related. The articles are written/ compiled by an individual with an interest in global issues.
http://www.globalissues.org/
Global Issues on the UN Agenda
An alphabetical list of issues on the UN agenda and links to their respective Web pages.
http://www.un.org/issues/
Global Issues Gateway
Global Issues Gateway provides learning resources for those investigating issues arising from increasingly porous geographic and cultural borders.
http://www.gig.org/
Global Networks: A journal of transnational affairs
Global Networks is a new journal devoted to the social scientific understanding of globalization and transnationalism.
http://www.globalnetworksjournal.com/
Development Education Ireland
This Web site is a development and human rights education resource maintained by a group of organisations and NGOs based in Ireland. The site contains a wide range of materials covering a broad range of issues and challenges.
http://www.developmenteducation.ie/
Development Education Association (DEA)
The DEA is a UK-based national network of some 250 member organisations that share a commitment to development education.
http://www.dea.org.uk/
http://www.dea.org.ukKerry Action for Development Education (KADE)
Formed in 1993, KADE is a community-based company run by a board of management composed of representatives from local bodies as well as individuals. http://www.kade.ie
Activelink
Activelink works with non-profit organisations to develop online communications in the public interest, to promote action and participation and to foster the sharing of ideas, experience and information for a better world. Through the "Community Exchange" tab, visitors to the site can view events and campaign information, training opportunities, publications, and job/volunteer opportunities. http://www.activelink.ie
Comhla¡mh
Access Comhla¡mh's Jobs Noticeboard on http://www.comhlamh.org/jobs.php
Those interested in volunteer opportunities should check out Comhla¡mh's Volunteering Options Web site at http://www.volunteeringoptions.org. Visitors can search opportunities by location, activity, organisation and duration.
Dochas
Dochas circulates Wednesday's News, a weekly publication that highlights vacancies, conferences, events and courses for persons interested in the community/development sector. http://www.dochas.ie
Volunteering Ireland
Volunteering Ireland is a membership-based organisation which promotes voluntary activity by acting as a link between such organisations and individuals who wish to undertake voluntary work. http://volunteeringireland.com/
VSO Ireland
VSO (formerly Voluntary Service Overseas) is an international development charity, committed to tackling the causes of disadvantage in poor countries by sending volunteers.
http://vso.ie/
Note: Suas has compiled these links as a service to visitors to its Web site and cannot guarantee the accuracy of information on external Web sites.
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80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World 80:20 is an Irish-based registered charity founded in 1996 promoting popular education on human development and human rights. www.8020.ie
Africa Centre The Africa Centre aims to advance attitudes, policies and actions that promote tolerance, justice and social inclusion for African communities in Ireland and to encourage a more positive Africa-Ireland exchange. http://www.africacentre.ie
Amnesty International Amnesty International's vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. http://www.amnesty.ie
Bóthar Bóthar is a charity specialising in helping poor farmers in Africa & third world countries to help themselves by giving them the gift of livestock. http://www.bothar.ie
Centre for Global Education The Centre for Global Education (CGE) is comprised of eight development agencies to provide education services that will enhance awareness of international development issues. http://www.centreforglobaleducation.com/
Concern Concern aims to enable absolutely poor people to achieve major improvements in their lifestyles which are sustainable without ongoing support from Concern. http://www.concern.net
Comhlamh Comhlamh is a membership organisation that works to educate and campaign on global justice issues, with a focus on global trade, global migration and development aid and cooperation. http://www.comhlamh.org
Debt & Development Coalition Ireland The Debt and Development Coalition Ireland (DDCI) is composed of organisations and individuals who share a deep concern about the injustice of the debt crisis and a commitment to work together for an effective, fair and speedy solution to the crisis. http://www.debtireland.org/
Dóchas Dóchas is the umbrella organisation of Irish Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) involved in development and relief overseas and/or in the provision of development education. http://www.dochas.ie
Galway One World Centre The Galway One World Centre (GOWC) works towards creating an inclusive society that is no longer damaged by injustice, oppression and exploitation, where power and resources are justly shared and where people live with dignity, freedom and determination. Through various activities GOWC links local development issues with their wider global contexts. Contact 091-530590 for more information.
Irish Aid Irish Aid is the Government of Ireland's programme of assistance to developing countries. http://wwww.irishaid.gov.ie
Oxfam Oxfam is committed to ending poverty and suffering in developing countries. It promotes understanding of the causes of these injustices, and campaign for a world where every man, woman, and child can live free from hunger, poverty, and oppression. http://www.oxfamireland.org/
Trocaire Trocaire is working for a just world where people's dignity is ensured, the rights of individuals are respected and where basic needs are met. http://www.trocaire.ie/
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