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Asia
Trade
Pan-Asian
ATTAC
www.attac.org
ATTAC (Association for the Taxation of financial
Transactions for the Aid of Citizens) is an international
network of independent national and local groups in 33 countries.
It promotes the idea of an international tax on currency speculation
(the Tobin Tax) and campaigns to outlaw tax havens, replace
pension funds with state pensions, cancel Third World debt,
reform or abolish the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and,
more generally, recapture the democratic space that has been
lost to the financial world. ATTAC is independent from all
political parties, and brings together labour unions, associations,
MPs, academics and citizens from all walks of life, in self-education
and peaceful action.
Voluntary help needed: See local links on ATTAC website
Friends of the Earth Middle East
P.O. Box 9341, 11191 Amman, Jordan
Tel: 962 6 5866602 or 5866603
Fax: 962 6 5866604
info@foeme.org
www.foeme.org
Friends of the Earth Middle East’s
primary objective is the promotion of cooperative efforts
to protect our shared environmental heritage. In so doing,
we hope to help achieve both sustainable regional development
and the creation of necessary conditions for lasting peace
in our region. FoE Middle East promotes its goals through:
Serving its member organizations through providing networking,
capacity-building, and information sharing services. Projects
also cover environmental issues of interest to the whole region,
such as renewable energy and environmental impacts related
to international trade.
Voluntary help needed: see website
Public Services International (PSI)
25-2, Jalan Telawi Dua, Bangsar Baru, MY
59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: 60.3.2871782 or 60.3.2871786 (Lakshmi)
Fax: 60.3.2871780
psiap@ppp.nasionet.net
OR
psiaplk@pd.jaring.my
www.world-psi.org/psi.nsf
PSI unites public sector workers in more
than 600 trade unions in over 140 countries. Twenty million
women and men in a variety of public service jobs <http://www.world-psi.org/psi.nsf/public?openpage>
are members of PSI.
For nearly 100 years, PSI has fought for public services through
its activities and campaigns <http://www.world-psi.org/psi.nsf/actions?openpage>,
its regional structure <http://www.world-psi.org/psi.nsf/regions?openpage>,
its association with other international organisations and
its work on priority issues <http://www.world-psi.org/psi.nsf/priorities?openpage>.
PSI is an officially recognised non-government organisation
- NGO - for the public sector within the International Labour
Organisation (ILO <http://www.ilo.org>)
and has accreditation with UNESCO <http://www.unesco.org>,
ECOSOC <http://www.un.org/documents/ecosoc.htm>
and UNCTAD <http://www.unctad.org>.
Voluntary help needed: see website
Transnationals Information Exchange-Asia
141 Ananda Rajakaruna Mawatha, Colombo 10,
Sri Lanka
Tel / fax: +94 (0)74 617 711
tieasia@tieasia.org
www.tieasia.org/TEXT/text_index.htm
TIE-Asia's vision is to: encourage and support
the development of unions and democratic workers' organisations
(where it is not possible for unions to exist), new forms
of organising and broader social coalitions in the export
orientated industries (with a focus on the garment and related
industries) of South and South-East Asia; to promote and implement
the rights of mainly women workers and to bring about improvements
to their livelihoods, their families, communities and society.
Voluntary help needed: see TIE-Asia website
Via Campesina
Secretaría Operativa, Operative Secretariat
Tegucigalpa, Apdo. Postal 3628MDC, Honduras, C.A.
Tel: + 504-2394679
Fax: + 504-2359915
viacam@gbm.hn
www.viacampesina.org
Via Campesina is an international movement
that coordinates peasant organizations of small and middle-scale
producers, agricultural workers, rural women, and indigenous
communities from Asia, Africa, America, and Europe. It is
an autonomous, pluralistic movement, independent from all
political, economic, or other denomination. It is integrated
by national and regional organizations whose autonomy is respected.
Voluntary help needed: see Via Campesina
website
Specific countries
Bangladesh
ActionAid
House CWN (A) 32, Road 43, Gulshan 2, Dhaka
1212, Bangladesh
Tel : 880-2-8815991, 8815992 and 8815973
Fax : 880-2-8815087
mail@actionaid-bd.org
http://www.actionaid.org/asia/
ActionAid believes that every person has
a right to many of the simple things we take for granted.
These include the right to food, healthcare, clean water,
education, shelter and security. These are set out in the
1948 United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights
and are defined in the constitution of many countries. However,
millions of poor people are denied these rights. ActionAid
believes that poverty will not end until everyone is able
to assert their basic human rights.
Voluntary help needed: ActionAid is always
looking for support from people with English writing skills.
This includes articles on websites, documents, press release,
case studies, and reports/publications. If you think you can
help us with our writing in English, either by working in
one of our offices or remotely by email, please contact David
Robinson at David@actionaidasia.org <mailto:David@actionaidasia.org>.
India
ActionAid
71, Uday Park, New Delhi -110 049
Tel : 91-11-651-0254/ 0273/ 0351/ 0316,
Fax : - 91-11-651-0254
mail@actionaidasia.org
http://www.actionaid.org/asia/
ActionAid believes that every person has
a right to many of the simple things we take for granted.
These include the right to food, healthcare, clean water,
education, shelter and security. These are set out in the
1948 United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights
and are defined in the constitution of many countries. However,
millions of poor people are denied these rights. ActionAid
believes that poverty will not end until everyone is able
to assert their basic human rights.
Voluntary help needed: ActionAid is always
looking for support from people with English writing skills.
This includes articles on websites, documents, press release,
case studies, and reports/publications. If you think you can
help us with our writing in English, either by working in
one of our offices or remotely by email, please contact David
Robinson at David@actionaidasia.org.
Clean Clothes Campaign
C/o SAVE, 5, Iswariya Nagar, KNP Colony,
Dharapuram main Road, Near Government Hospital,Tirupur - 641
608, TamilNadu, India
www.cleanclothes.org
A worker in the garment industry anywhere
in the world today is faced with decreasing wages, deteriorating
health, and an increased risk of losing her job. The Clean
Clothes Campaign (CCC) aims to improve working conditions
in the garment and sportswear industry.
Voluntary help needed: see website
Diverse Women for Diversity
A 60, Hauz Khas, New Delhi India 110016
Fax: +91-11-26856795,
divwomen@vsnl.com
www.diversewomen.org
Diverse Women for Diversity is a programme
of Navdanya. It seeks to herald a global campaign of women
on biodiversity, cultural diversity and food security. Diverse
Women for Diversity echoes women's voices from the local and
grassroots level to global fora and international negotiations.
It seeks to strengthen women's grassroots movements and provide
women with a common international platform to air their views.
Over the years, Diverse Women for Diversity has evolved a
nonviolent resistance and opposition to globalisation, emergency
of genetic engineering and patents on life forms. Women of
the world join hands under Diverse Women for Diversity.
Voluntary help needed: contact Diverse Women
for Diversity
Gene Campaign
J-235/A Sainik Farms, Khanpur, New Delhi
- 110 062, India
Tel: +91-11-26517248
Fax: +91-11-26969716
genecamp@vsnl.com
www.genecampaign.org
Today Gene Campaign is recognized as a leading
research and advocacy organisation working in the field of
food and livelihood security, bioresources, farmers' and community
rights, intellectual property rights and indigenous knowledge.
The group works together with the scientific community, students
and youth, cultural activists, environmental groups, consumer
groups, women's' groups, human rights and social justice groups.
It works with farmers' organisations and rural and adivasi
communities, in its efforts to influence and change policy
and laws on the ownership and use of bioresources.
Voluntary help needed: contact the Gene Campaign
Public Services International (PSI)
House No.61, I-Block, Sector 10, Faridabad,
121006, Haryana, India
Tel: 91.129.5260669 OR 91.129.5261175
Fax: 91.129.286198
psisouthasia@vsnl.com
www.world-psi.org/psi.nsf
PSI unites public sector workers in more
than 600 trade unions in over 140 countries. Twenty million
women and men in a variety of public service jobs <http://www.world-psi.org/psi.nsf/public?openpage>
are members of PSI.
For nearly 100 years, PSI has fought for public services through
its activities and campaigns <http://www.world-psi.org/psi.nsf/actions?openpage>,
its regional structure <http://www.world-psi.org/psi.nsf/regions?openpage>,
its association with other international organisations and
its work on priority issues <http://www.world-psi.org/psi.nsf/priorities?openpage>.
PSI is an officially recognised non-government organisation
- NGO - for the public sector within the International Labour
Organisation (ILO <http://www.ilo.org>)
and has accreditation with UNESCO <http://www.unesco.org>,
ECOSOC <http://www.un.org/documents/ecosoc.htm>
and UNCTAD <http://www.unctad.org>.
Voluntary help needed: see website
Nepal
ActionAid
GPO Box No. 6257, Lazimpat, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel : 977-1-419115, 410929
Fax : 977-1-419718
www.actionaid.org/asia
ActionAid believes that every person has
a right to many of the simple things we take for granted.
These include the right to food, healthcare, clean water,
education, shelter and security. These are set out in the
1948 United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights
and are defined in the constitution of many countries. However,
millions of poor people are denied these rights. ActionAid
believes that poverty will not end until everyone is able
to assert their basic human rights.
Voluntary help needed: ActionAid is always
looking for support from people with English writing skills.
This includes articles on websites, documents, press release,
case studies, and reports/publications. If you think you can
help us with our writing in English, either by working in
one of our offices or remotely by email, please contact David
Robinson at David@actionaidasia.org.
Forum for Protection of Public Interest
(Pro Public)
Post Box 14307, Gautam Budha Marga, Kathmandu,
Nepal
Tel: 9771 265023/268681/ 268022
Fax: 9771-268022
propublic@wlink.com.np
www.nepalnet.org.np/propublic
Pro Public is a non-profit, non-governmental
organization dedicated to the cause of public interest activities.
It focusses on the most pressing public interest issues: environmental
justice, pollution prevention and control, good governance,
protection of natural and cultural heritage, gender discrimination
and consumer protection. Through letter-writing, media campaigns,
advocacy, negotiation and litigation, Pro Public succeeded
in creating government accountability to some extent and assisted
in educating the public of its rights and obligations pursuant
to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal, 1990.
Pro Public identifies areas where public interest has been
severely jeopardized and provides zealous advocacy in support
of these issues and makes concrete efforts to mitigate present
and potentials problems in the legal and institutional arena.
Pro Public also works to enhance public participation in the
decision making process and to increase the capabilities of
the affected group.
Voluntary help needed: see website
Pakistan
ActionAid
H # 10, St.# 17, F-8/3 GPO Box No. 2943,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: 00-92-51-2264689, 228-2954, 2253880
Fax: 00-92-51-2260678
mail@actionaidpakistan.org
www.actionaid.org/asia
ActionAid believes that every person has
a right to many of the simple things we take for granted.
These include the right to food, healthcare, clean water,
education, shelter and security. These are set out in the
1948 United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights
and are defined in the constitution of many countries. However,
millions of poor people are denied these rights. ActionAid
believes that poverty will not end until everyone is able
to assert their basic human rights.
Voluntary help needed: ActionAid is
always looking for support from people with English writing
skills. This includes articles on websites, documents, press
release, case studies, and reports/publications. If you think
you can help us with our writing in English, either by working
in one of our offices or remotely by email, please contact
David Robinson at David@actionaidasia.org.
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