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[caption id="attachment_19627" align="aligncenter" width="978"] Visitors at Constitution Hill look at the display at the Women's Goal Museum which used to house female political prisoners.[/caption] South Africa Atlantic began its work in racial equity in the nascent years of post-Apartheid South Africa. In 1991, Atlantic’s Founding…

1. Purpose The Atlantic Code of Ethics sets forth standards that we should follow when we engage in Atlantic business or in activities that could reflect on Atlantic.  The Code applies worldwide, complementing local policies specific to our individual offices.  We must respect both the…

For many around the world, Ireland in the last ten years or so has represented two things: first, a strong voice for human rights and justice, from Presidents like Mary Robinson to prominent private citizens like Bono. And second, a powerful economic success story: the…

By Jamie Smyth, Social Affairs Correspondent.  PEOPLE EMPLOYING domestic workers such as nannies, housekeepers and cleaners are being actively targeted for inspections for the first time under a new campaign undertaken by the National Employment Rights Authority. A pilot phase of inspections will begin in…

Originally published on August 23, 2011 Workers Protected by Law, but Not in the FieldsRipe with Abuse Human Rights Conditions in South Africa’s Fruit and Wine Industries> Read the report> View photographs, videos, resources and more. (Cape Town) – Workers in Western Cape province who help produce…

Barack Obama’s campaign gave hope to millions of immigrants and their leading advocates. Atlantic has been proud to support and stand with these groups in the long campaign for comprehensive immigration reform. But that hope has been strained of late, and it is time to…

By GUY BOULTON An array of unions and liberal activist groups in Wisconsin have joined a national coalition that plans to spend $40 million to push for health care reform, particularly universal coverage, in the coming election. The Health Care for America Now coalition, a…

The roots of the global financial crisis, and the paths out of it, are matters for debate. But what no one disputes is that the landscape in which foundations like Atlantic are working has been dramatically altered, and likely will be for some time to…

Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is an Atlantic grantee. by Stephen Rogers SEVERAL thousand illegal immigrants open to immediate expulsion are to be allowed stay in the country for at least four months under legislation published yesterday. The group is comprised of citizens from outside the…

by ALBOR RUIZ YOU WOULD'VE thought the dozens of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in full battle gear that descended on Laurel, Miss., Monday had found Osama Bin Laden. That, though, was not the case. It turns out that their mission was much easier and…