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Human Resources

• The Idealist
  Action without borders: Jobs, volunteering, resources in the global non-profit sector.

Human Rights

• African Rights
  African Rights is committed to the struggle for universal human rights and access to justice. We give a voice to victims of abuse, insisting that their views and experiences require urgent and appropriate responses. We aim to stimulate positive action and debate—and we are not afraid of controversy.
• Amnesty International
  Online documentation archive on Zimbabwe.
  Amnesty International video and audio archives for Zimbabwe
• Centre for Victims of Torture
  Works locally, nationally and internationally to heal the wounds of torture on individuals, their families and their communities and to stop torture worldwide.
• Front Line
  Front Line, the International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, defending those who champion the Universal Declaration of Human rights. Front Line was founded in Dublin in 2001 with the specific aim of protecting Human Rights Defenders, people who work, non-violently, for any or all of the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Front Line aims to address some of the needs identified by defenders themselves, including protection, networking, training and access to the thematic and country mechanisms of the UN and other regional bodies.
• Human Rights in Subsaharan Africa
  This website only hopes to guide you to some resources with information on human rights in Africa.
• Human Rights Watch
  Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide. It accepts no government funds, directly or indirectly
• International Federation for Human Rights
  The aim of the FIDH is to obtain effective improvements in the protection of victims, the prevention of Human Rights abuse and the prosecution of those responsible. FIDH was set up in 1922. It is now a federation of 116 Human Rights organisations in nearly 100 countries. It co-ordinates and supports their activities and provides them with a voice at the international level.
• International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
  The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) is an independent, international health professional organization, which promotes and supports the rehabilitation of torture victims and works for the prevention of torture worldwide.
• National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) - Namibia
  NSHR aims to secure due recognition and observance of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, especially those enshrined in the Independence Namibian Constitution and enumerated in numerous international human rights and humanitarian treaties and declarations adopted by the UN, its specialized agencies and similar international bodies.
• Southern African Human Rights NGO Network - (SAHRINGON)
  The Southern African Human Rights NGO Network (SAHRINGON) is a multi-country, cross-cultural network of human rights organisations which aim to create a dynamic human rights movement in the region and contribute to the development of a democratic Southern Africa.
• South African Human Rights Commission
• University of Minnesota African Human Rights Resource Centre
  Useful links to African legal, human rights and NGO organisations and documents.
• World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
  OMCT is today the largest international coalition of NGOs fighting against torture,summary executions, forced disappearances and all other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in order to preserve Human Rights.

Humanitarian Assistance

• Medair
  Founded in 1988, Medair is an non-governmental organisation (NGO) independent of any political, economic, social or religious authority. Its international headquarters are based in Switzerland. Its mission is exclusively humanitarian and it accomplishes its work in a spirit of dedication and solidarity, inspired by its Christian values. It does not proselytise. Medair's objectives are to respond to suffering victims in war and disaster situations (especially those which have been forgotten or neglected) through various kinds of emergency and rehabilitative projects.

Information portals

• AlertNet
  AlertNet provides global news, communications and logistics services to the international disaster relief community and the public. Reuters 150 years' experience reporting from disaster zones around the world allows AlertNet to give disaster relief organisations reliable information, fast.
• Association for Progressive Communications
  An international internet community for environment, human rights, development and peace.
• Digital Dividends
  Their goal is to identify and promote business solutions to the global digital divide—sustainable models that will allow ICT-for-development to "go global," creating social and economic dividends in poor communities around the world.
• Index on Africa by The Norwegian Council for Africa
  Index on Africa is a gateway to information on Africa on the Internet, with over 2.000 links sorted by country, subject and news.The Index has been created by The Norwegian Council for Africa (NCA), as a part of NCA's efforts to raise awareness about Africa and African affairs.
• OneWorld
  OneWorld is a community of over 1250 organisations working for social justice. Below are a number of "channels" which provide very useful information
  • AIDSchannel.org
    A multimedia web portal on issues relating to HIV/AIDS.
  • DebtChannel.org
    The biggest barrier to sustainable development facing many countries is the ever-growing external debt burden. This is a one-way-in to the issue with insightful features, analyses, opinions, campaign news, actions, events and headlines from the leading partners involved in the issue.
  • LearningChannel.org
    A global portal on quality education, where content pertaining to education, from organisations both in the North and the South, is accessible to all.
  • The Media Channel
    'As the media watch the world', we watch the media...'
  • Digital Opportunity Channel
    This portal is committed to highlighting the current trends in ICT for development, debating issues such as the digital divide and the efforts to tackle it, showcasing best practices, and providing shared spaces for interested practitioners to network with one another, collaborate on common projects and campaign for common goals.
  • OneWorld Radio Channel
    High-quality news and radio features on topical issues from around the world. With more added nearly every day in several languages, you can either download them for rebroadcast on your station, or listen to them online - free.
  • OneWorld Photo Channel
    Showcasing the best photos and pictures from OneWorld's partners, the Photo Channel brings graphically to life the issues of social and environmental justice.
  • OneWorld TV Channel
    Updated weekly, OneWorld's TV channel showcases some of the world's most outstanding television documentaries - right here on the web. RealVideo software is needed.
  • OneWorld Kids Channel
    News, guides for kids, quizzes where you can test your knowledge - and a chance to find out how Earth-friendly you and your parents are.
• Reliefweb
  ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). It endeavors to serve the information needs of the humanitarian relief community.

Information Technology resources

• APC Africa ICT Policy Monitor
  The APC Africa ICT Policy Monitor's primary goal project is to enable the consideration of civil society needs in ICT policy development. The ultimate aim being that governments and policy makers recognise that access to and the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) is a basic human right.
• Development Gateway
  The Development Gateway Foundation is an enabler of development. We help improve people’s lives in developing countries by building partnerships and information systems that provide access to knowledge for development. The Development Gateway is an independent not-for-profit organization. It was conceived by World Bank President James Wolfensohn and initially developed in the World Bank. Operations began in July 2001.
• Digital Divide Network
  The Digital Divide Network is the Internet's largest community for educators, activists, policy makers and concerned citizens working to bridge the digital divide. At DDN, you can build your own online community, publish a blog, share documents and discussions with colleagues, and post news, events and articles.
• Digital Freedom Network
  The Digital Freedom Network (DFN) develops and promotes the use of Internet technology for human rights activism around the world.
• Digital Partnership
  The Digital Partnership is an international partnership facilitating innovation and affordable access to technology, training and the Internet for learning, enterprise and development in developing and emerging market economies through a sustainable private/public partnership model. It is an initiative of the International Business Leaders Forum, established in May 2001 with support from leading global IT companies and their major corporate IT users, the World Bank and foundations.
• highwayAFRICA - the digital renaissance
• Kindersite
  The mission of the Kindersite Children's Internet Research Tool is twofold:
  1. To offer early learners, from the age of 2 years, a safe and engaging environment whereby they can find and use appropriate content on the Internet, in the form of games, stories and songs, as an alternative choice of entertainment that may have educational value.
  2. To offer academic educational researchers a tool that can measure and correlate data on children's use of content on the site, according to their research criteria. The project will incorporate a mechanism whereby the research can be followed-up offline.
• LearningChannel.org (see OneWorld above)
  A global portal on quality education, where content pertaining to education, from organisations both in the North and the South, is accessible to all.
• SchoolNet Africa
  SchoolNet Africa is one of Africa's first African-led, African-based non-government organisations (NGO) that operates across the continent in its endeavour to improve education access, quality and efficiency through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in African schools. SchoolNet Africa works mainly with learners, teachers, policymakers and practitioners through country-based schoolnet organisations across Africa.
• Technological Educational and Scientific Development for Africa (TES-DA)
  Our main aim is to develop and provide all encompassing but efficient and feasible scientific, educational and technological solutions to benefit occupants living in severe poverty within African countries in an attempt to promote and create sustainable economic development within such areas and self sufficiency of individuals, enhancing their own general living conditions and standards.
• Tor: An anonymous Internet communication system
  Tor is a toolset for a wide range of organizations and people that want to improve their safety and security on the Internet. Using Tor can help you anonymize web browsing and publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, and more. Tor also provides a platform on which software developers can build new applications with built-in anonymity, safety, and privacy features.
  

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Our current electronic activism campaign calls on Zimbabweans to rally together for democracy

We apologise for the inconvenience but this is a revolution.
~ Subcomandante Marcos

International petitions
In addition to local actions by Zimbabweans to confront the current regime, many international organisations have launched petitions to demand respect for human rights and a return to democracy in Zimbabwe. Some of these include:
- Avaaz
- Every human has rights
- Human Rights First

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