Results List
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We The Citizens: Final Report
Source: We The Citizens
An experiment to ignite citizen involvement in democracy in Ireland found striking shifts in how participants feel about their ability to influence politics, according to a report by We the Citizens. A pilot project tested whether a more participatory form of democracy could work in…
Resource type: Research Report
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Esther’s Story: Walking Again Thanks to Adult Day Services
“The first day I went to the centre, I was scared, I was in a wheelchair, and I was paralysed on the left side. Everybody was so friendly. My arm was frozen to my side, and now I can move it and I can open…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Fidéle Mutwarasibo Discusses the Multicultural Reality of Ireland
Fidéle Mutwarasibo, Integration manager at the Immigrant Council of Ireland, discusses multiculturalism at the Council of Europe's NGO forum on diversity, He reveals his own personal experience as a Rwandan in Ireland and offers his advice on how the Dublin authorities can ensure the successful…
Resource type: Video
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Resourcing Quality Education
Source: Mail & Guardian Online
By Sibongile NkosiWinner Education AwardEqual Education The Khayelitsha–based Equal Education organisation began its work early in 2008 after a group of senior education activists, led by Zackie Achmat and Gauteng's former minister for education, Mary Metcalfe, identified the lack of equal and quality education as a major…
Resource type: News
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UN review puts Irish human rights record under scrutiny
Source: The Irish Times
MARK KELLY Thu, Oct 06, 2011 OPINION: MINISTER FOR Justice Alan Shatter and senior officials are in Geneva today, facing a series of tough questions posed by our European neighbours and by other UN member states on Ireland’s human rights record. The hearing forms part of…
Resource type: News
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Film: Fighting Against AIDS Denialism – And For Equal Access To Treatment – In South Africa
[atlpvideo src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UnhJ4po_5Ho" height="360" width="640"]Taking HAART provides a fly on the wall view of how outrage ignited a movement that united people across race and class, one that developed a well educated cadre deeply versed in the issues it confronted, built coalitions, used the courts, peaceful…
Resource type: News
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Young People from Foróige Quiz Presidential Candidates on Their Vision for Youth in Ireland
Source: Foróige
By Karen Hannify, ForóigeYoung people from Foróige participated in a special “Vision for Ireland’ Youth Forum putting the spotlight on Presidential Candidates on the role young people will play in their vision for Ireland. Five Presidential Candidates - Dana Rosemary Scallon, Sean Gallagher, Michael D.…
Resource type: News
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Effective Asylum Reforms Would Reduce Reliance on Courts
Source: The Irish Times
OPINION: There needs to be an effective remedy to asylum review cases so aggrieved applicants will not have to look to the courts for redress, writes CATHERINE McGUINNESS WHEN THE courts resume next month the High Court will return to a backlog of more than…
Resource type: News
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Medicare, Now Less Complicated
Source: SmartMoney
By Glenn Ruffenach Medicare probably wins the prize as the federal government’s most complicated creation. (Well, either Medicare or the Tax Code.) Now, a program that helps beneficiaries better understand how Medicare works is expanding to additional states. And the program’s founders could use your…
Resource type: News
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The Atlantic Philanthropies leads USA delegation to QLD
Source: UQ (University of Queensland) News
A vision to more rapidly translate health research into breakthrough medicines for patients is the driving force behind talks held this week between Queensland's ‘Smart State' medical research institutes and one of the world's top medical research universities. A delegation from the University of California,…
Resource type: News