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Civil Society
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• Essential
web sites
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Essential
Web Sites
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Civil Society in the Americas
This is a section of the Political Database of the Americas
edited by the Georgetown University. It contains information
about civil society groups operating in the Americas. The
sources are categorized by country
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Oilwatch
Oilwatch is a network of NGOs based in Ecuador. It is inspired
by the necessity to develop global strategies for communities
affected by oil activities and to support the resistance processes
of coummunities that do not want to see their territories
affected, to work for sustainability and collective rights
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Other Web
Sites
• Acciòn
Ecològica
Non governative organization for environment protection in
Latin America
• Asociación
Intersectorial para el Desarrollo Económico
y el Progreso Social (CIDEP)
NGO promoting human, social and economic development in Salvador
• Asociaciòn
Madres de Plaza de Mayo
The aims of this Organization are to protect human rights
in Argentina and to promote the research and diffusion of
informations on people disappeared during the dictatorship
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Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting
Equity and Growth (CIPPEC)
CIPPEC is a private, non-profit organization that strives
to create a more just, democratic, and efficient State in
Argentina for the purpose of improving the quality of life
for all Argentine citizens
• Centro de Estudios
Legales y Sociales (CELS)
The Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) is a non-governmental
organization founded in 1979 to foster and protect human rights
and to strengthen the democratic system and the state of law
in Argentina.
• Centro de Estudios
para el Desarollo Laboral y Agrario (CEDLA)
CDLA is a Bolivian research and information center on the
labour market. It promotes the defense of economic, social
and cultural rights of workers
• Centro de Estudios
Públicos (CEP)
CEP is a private non partisan non profit academic foundation.
It is engaged in cultivating, analyzing, and disseminating
the values and principles on which a free and democratic order
is based.
• Fundación
Poder Ciudadano
NGO promoting civic participation in Argentina
• Instituto Brasilero
de Análises Sociais e Econômicas (IBASE)
IBASE is a Brazilian research and information center working
to improve living conditions of workers
• Instituto
de Estudos Socioeconômicos (INESC)
INESC is a Brazilian non-governative organization working
to protect human, social and economic rights of workers
• Observatorio de Multinacionales
en America Latina
Monitoring Center on corporate behaviour in Latin America,
edited by Spanish NGO Paz con Dignidad
• One World Latin
America
The Latin American section of One World
project, which aims to foster the diffusion of informations
on topics related to human rights, democracy and peace, sustainable
development and environment protection
• Poder Ciudadano
Poder Ciudadano is a non-partisan, non-profit organization
that promotes participation, civic responsibility and the
respect for civil rights in Argentina
• Probioma
Probioma (Productividad Biosfera Medio Ambiente) is a Bolivian
NGO working for environment protection
• Rede
Brasileira de Justiça Ambiental
A Brazilian non governative organization for environment protection
• World Rainforest Movement
The World Rainforest Movement is an international network
of citizens' groups of North and South involved in efforts
to defend the world's rainforests. Its offices are located
in the United Kingdom and Uruguay
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