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Treatment Action Campaign, the Lesbian and Gay Equality Project and the Triangle Project are Atlantic grantees. She loved soccer and represented South Africa in our women's soccer team, Banyana Banyana. On April 28, 2008, Eudy Simelane was raped, stabbed 25 times, robbed and murdered because…

by FRANNY RABKIN BEING out as a lesbian in SA can get you killed. Or raped. Or both. This is the "shocking" reality faced by gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered people in this country, although they live in a country with one of the most…

The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) and supporters today presented the Minister for Justice’s Special Advisor with over 4000 signatures in support of the regularisation of undocumented migrants in Ireland. “These signatures show support from the Irish Public to find a solution for an estimated…

Lawyers for Human Rights and the Legal Resources Centre are Atlantic grantees. South African human rights organisations on Saturday condemned the arrest of about 300 destitute Zimbabwean nationals. "We have been informed by the SAPS (South African Police Service) that the purpose of the raid…

On a mellow California afternoon earlier this month, I drove a few hours up the coast from Los Angeles, where I’d been on a panel at the annual meeting of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, to spend some time with one of the most influential…

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Inez – a Challenging Woman, a documentary produced and narrated by Susan McKay, will be available for UK viewers to watch online through February 20. Watch online in the UK >Featuring interviews with friends and colleagues like former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton and former President…

The Atlantic Philanthropies’ approach to investment in South Africa and the country’s challenges in the face of declining international funding are discussed in this speech by Gara LaMarche, Atlantic’s President and CEO, at the Inyathelo Annual Awards Ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa. It is…

New York, June 9, 2009 Vivien Labaton has been appointed Director of Strategic Programme Initatives at The Atlantic Philanthropies effective May 28, 2009. Labaton will work with Atlantic's four programs in seven countries to develop and implement their grantmaking strategies to achieve social justice and…

by Tim Jones In a furious, multistate campaign raging far from television cameras and cable TV chatter, scores of lawyers are arguing over the voting rights of perhaps millions of Americans who plan to cast ballots in the presidential election. This is the courtroom campaign…