Citizen initiatives in social services, popular education and human rights
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Citizen initiatives in social services, popular education and human rights
（Good practices and innovative experiences in the South / edited by Martin Khor and Lim Li Lin, v. 3）
Zed Books, 2001
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
These volumes constitute a unique, inspiring and practically useful compilation of the rich variety of innovative good practice being pioneered at governmental, NGO and community levels in so many Third World countries. They provide a wealth of information on a large number of particular policies, projects and organizations in Asia, Latin America and Africa.
The project is the result of an initiative by UNDP's Special Unit for Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries. The process of selection and description has been carried out by Third World Network in Penang headed by Martin Khor, drawing on the detailed knowledge of, amongst others, Claude Alvares of the Other India Press, Roberto Bissio of the Instituto del Tercer Mundo in Uruguay and Berhane Egziabher of the Institute for Sustainable Development in Ethiopia.
The practical importance of this three-volume collection is to contribute to the process of replication across the South of the best ideas, practice and ways of organizing. These are based on a number of common principles, including respect for local cultures and knowledge systems; genuine harmony with the natural world; quality outcomes of real benefit to local communities and countries; and equity and democratic involvement. In political terms, this richly variegated and inspiring collection shows us all what some remarkable communities, organizations and governments in the Third World are achieving.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Basic Needs and Social Services
1. Community-based Health Programs
2. Brazilian Citizens Taking Action Against Hunger and Deprivation
3. Disaster Preparedness and Management Innovations in the Philippines
4. The Pani Panchayat - Water and Equity
5. The SLU-SVP Housing Project
6. Housing Co-operatives in Uruguay
7. Institutionalizing Voluntarism - The University of the Philippines Experience
Part II: Education and Information
8. Databanking and Research for Popular Education
9. Pioneering Gender Awareness in the Academe
10. The Other India Bookstore and Press
11. Theatre for Education and Liberation
12. Alternative News Agency as an Instrument of Social Change
13. The Education Forum Experience in Alternative Education
Part III: Social Rights and Advocacy
14. Consumers Action in a Third World Context
15. Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation
16. Defending Indigenous Women's Rights
17. Innovative Policy Advocacy for Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines
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