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Seanad passes Partnership Bill
By Harry McGee. Legislation giving effect to civil partnerships passed all stages in the Seanad by 48 to four votes tonight. The first civil registrations for same-sex couples are likely to take place next January following overwhelming approval of the enabling legislation by the Oireachtas…
Author: The Irish Times
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Migrant bodies' funding slashed
by RUADHáN MacCORMAIC IMMIGRATION:THE STATE’S advisory body on racism and intercultural affairs is to have all its Government funding withdrawn, while the Office of Integration will see its budget cut by a quarter. State funding of the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism (NCCRI)…
Author: The Irish Times
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Professor Kader Asmal to open 15th Out in Africa Film Festival
Original Source The Out in Africa SA Gay & Lesbian Film Festival which is turning 15 this year is honoured to have Professor Kader Asmal, former Minister, MP and currently professor extraordinary at UWC, as key note speaker at the Festival’s opening night in Cape…
Author: Filmmaker South Africa
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Media Monitoring Project submits complaint about Daily Sun reporting on xenophobia
After much speculation about the media’s influence on the recent outbreaks of xenophobic violence, Daily Sun is now subject of an official complaint about their coverage of non-nationals. The Media Monitoring Project (MMP) and its partner Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA)…
Author: Media Monitoring Project
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Legal matchmaker joining resources and genuine need
By Katy Chance. IT SEEMS entirely apposite that ProBono.Org has the street address of Women’s Jail, Constitution Hill; free legal work in SA may have had its roots in the criminal domain, but for services in matters of civil and public interest today, all roads…
Author: Business Day
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The Strengthening of Atlantic’s Social Justice Mission: What It Means for Our Funding
I’ve just returned from Denver, Colorado, where the annual conference of the Council on Foundations ended Tuesday. A significant theme of the conference this year, which Atlantic helped to organise, was what foundations can do to advance social justice. I was honoured to moderate a…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Investment to Build New Generation of Leaders
Fellowship program, driven by $US50 million grant, will drive change from grass roots up to redress social disadvantage By Andrew Trounson, University of Melbourne A seismic US$50 million investment in societal change in Australia and New Zealand by US-based Atlantic Philanthropies will create a new…
Author: Pursuit
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A bridge across the River Foyle
By Meabh Ritchie Religious feeling runs high on the two sides of Derry, but Northern Ireland’s Sharing Education Programme sees Catholic and Protestant pupils working together, reports Meabh Ritchie It may be early summer, but sheets of rain are slicing the landscape in two and…
Author: TES Connect
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North's racist incidents could 'rocket'
by Dan Keenan Officials at two Stormont departments are working on specific policy proposals to meet the needs of immigrant communities in Northern Ireland following recent racist attacks. The Assembly was also warned that the rate of racist incidents was due to “rocket”. Initiatives from…
Author: Irish Times
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As 2009 Nears, Stresses Vie with Opportunities for Atlantic and its Grantees
As 2008 draws to a close, organisations, just like individuals, should take a moment to reflect on the challenges and accomplishments of the year that is ending, and prepare for the one ahead. I’d like to do that, in this final column of an eventful…
Author: Gara LaMarche