Results List
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Media Monitoring Project submits complaint about Daily Sun reporting on xenophobia
Source: Media Monitoring Project
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)…
Resource type: News
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Xenophobic rage leaves trail of havoc in Gauteng
Source: Business Day
Original Source by Ernest Mabuza AMID warnings of a looming humanitarian crisis in Gauteng, SA's main economic hub, at least 12 people were killed and hundreds injured in apparent xenophobic attacks that spread to townships and parts of Johannesburg at the weekend. The violence, which…
Resource type: News
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DIT launches Mary Holland scholarships
Source: Irish Times
Two new journalism scholarships established in honour of the late Irish Times journalist Mary Holland were presented at a reception in Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) yesterday evening. The awards are aimed at encouraging prospective students who are living in Ireland - but who were…
Resource type: News
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Should Children Pay the Price for Inhumane U.S. Immigration Policies?
Source: Gara LaMarche
Every so often a story serves as a wake-up call that something is very wrong with the way the United States government deals with things. So it was with Saturday’s New York Times article about the actions of federal immigration agents last month in Ohio…
Resource type: News
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The Defeat of Immigration Reform in the U.S. – Now What?
Source: Gara LaMarche
Some weeks after the U.S. Senate failed to muster the necessary votes to deal with America’s immigration challenges, a clearer picture is emerging of what happened and what needs to happen next. Atlantic has supported The Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform and a number of…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Announces 2020 Cohort
Source: Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity
Selected from across the United States and South Africa, the new Fellows join a transnational network of leaders working across issues and geography to end anti-Black racism and white supremacy. NEW YORK, NY — In the wake of unfolding health and economic crises across the…
Resource type: News
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Evaluation of The Atlantic Philanthropies Migration Programme
Source: RAND Europe
Over the course of the 1990s and continuing through 2007, Ireland experienced a substantial increase in migration. The large influx of people from other countries seeking a better life placed pressures on the existing legislative framework that regulated the rights of migrants. It also put…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Using the Law to Secure Social Change: Case Studies and Briefs on Legal Advocacy
Source: Ursula Kilkelly, Laura Lundy and Angela Matthews
This collection of short case studies and briefs provides insights into how Atlantic grantees used the law to secure social change in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Drawn from a longer report summarized here, the case studies and briefs cover work of Atlantic’s…
Resource type: Case Study
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Indigenous Leader to Direct Prestigious Social Equity Program
Source: The University of Melbourne
[caption id="attachment_79793" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Mr Glanville's appointment was announced following Wominjeka, a Welcome to Country conducted early in the 2017 academic year.[/caption] Jason Glanville has been appointed as the foundation Program Director for the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity. The Atlantic Philanthropies launched the Atlantic Fellows…
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Working Together to Make a Difference
Source: Forbes
[caption id="attachment_79166" align="alignnone" width="700"] Source: iStock/lcswart[/caption] By William Foster, The Bridgespan Group South Africa has one of the most progressive constitutions in the world. But 20 years after its adoption, only 48 percent of its population is satisfied with the way South African democracy works.…
Resource type: News