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By Larry Donnelly. "PUBLIC INTEREST law . . . what's that, an oxymoron?" So remarked broadcaster and Irish Times columnist Vincent Browne at a Dublin conference held by the Public Interest Law Alliance (Pila) last April. We in Pila, and in our parent organisation the…

By CORMAC O’KEEFFE The criminal justice system is spending "increasing and wasteful" sums of scare resources with poor results, a conference will hear today. Penal reform and children’s groups are calling for a shift from criminal justice to social justice, claiming that "modest investments" in…

Efforts to increase child literacy has experts flocking to Ballymun, writes Gabrielle Monaghan Youngballymun and Barnardos are Atlantic grantees. Across the road from the Virgin Mary Girls' National School, some of Ballymun's last tower blocks stand half-empty. Roddy Doyle may have immortalised them in The…

This case study describes how a group of large donors found an effective means to collaborate to make grants to small, grassroots organisations in South Africa through the Multi Agency Grant Initiative. The story of the Multi Agency Grants Initiative (MAGI) in South Africa (2006-2008)…

Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are a global health crisis. According to the World Health Organization, by 2050 the number of people with dementia will more than triple—reaching 152 million. The Spark The risk of dementia is tightly linked to aging. The expansion of aging populations…

                                                                                       Photo: Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Selected from across the United States and South Africa, the new Fellows will join an enduring transnational network of leaders working across issues, approaches and geographies to challenge anti-Black racism and build the policies, institutions and narratives needed…

Established to tackle dementia across the globe, the Global Brain Health Institute will further Robertson’s theory of cognitive reserve by training scholars of varying disciplines to “become leaders in devising strategies and policies for preventing dementia.”

The first group of fellows come from a range of disciplines, and will be responsible for addressing the causes and challenges of dementia. [caption id="attachment_78555" align="alignright" width="300"] Opening of the Global Brain Health Institute. Photo: TCD[/caption] By Niamh Egleston, Deputy News Editor The Global Brain…

By Sarah KarlanMany LGBT Africans seek asylum and refuge in South Africa, where the constitution – put into effect in 1996 by President Nelson Mandela – promises equal rights to all.A new video from Atlantic Philanthropies, a foundation focusing on human rights around the globe,…

SAPS Crime Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli.Corruption Watch (CW) and the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) have filed a joint application for leave to intervene as co-applicants in Part B of the matter of Freedom Under Law v National Director of Public Proseuctions, case No. 26912/2012 brought…