On AlterNet: ngos

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "ngos"

Haiti: Where the Earthquake Money Did and Did Not Go

Bill Quigley, Anna Ramanauskas, AlterNet. January 3, 2012.

Haitians ask the same question as many around the world “Where did the money go?”

Repealing the Global Gag Rule Is Only the First Step

Patty Skuster, AlterNet. January 13, 2009.

The Helms Amendment, which deprives millions of women around the world of safe abortion care, must be overturned.

In Iraq, NGOs Eyed with Mistrust

Dahr Jamail, Ali Al-Fadhily, IPS News. July 24, 2008.

Initially looking towards NGOs to provide relief, most Iraqis now seem to think that NGOs are working mainly for money and personal gain.

In Iraq, Women Increasingly Targeted for Violence

IraqSloggerJuly 24, 2007.

One of the bright spots of Saddam Hussein's brutal rule was the full recognition of women's rights. Those days are long gone.

Paul Hawken: How to Stop Our Political and Economic Systems From Stealing Our Future

Terrence McNally, AlterNet. June 26, 2007.

Paul Hawken, author of Blessed Unrest, discusses what he sees as the largest social movement in human history, and why that movement is so invisible to the media -- and itself.