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    M23: in the name of the Senegalese people

    Open Democracy, 2012
    In 2011, the Constitutional Court in Senegal ruled that the President Abdoulaye Wade could run for a third term in office. The Senegalese people took to the streets to voice their disapproval of Wade’s efforts to retain power, as well as their discontent over the economic and social crises facing the nation.
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    Gender, organising and movement building at the intersection of environmental justice and reproductive justice: executive summary

    Ford Foundation, 2013
    A growing number of organisations are making connections between environmental justice (EJ) and reproductive issues. The reproductive justice (RJ) movement is relatively new, and explicit intersectional work with EJ is just beginning to be formally identified and examined.
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    Romani men and Romani women Roma human rights movement: a missing element

    European Roma Rights Centre, 2004
    Gender issues remain under-emphasised in the human rights discourse about Romani people. Drawing comparisons to gender issues in the American Civil Rights Movement, this article discusses the human rights of Roma, and the role of women in the Roma civil rights movement.
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    The seeds of a movement: disabled women and their struggle to organise

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2011
    Disabled women face multiple forms of discrimination that severely impact their rights (employment, reproductive and sexual, etc.) and make them more vulnerable to abuse.
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    Funding community organising

    European Foundation Centre, 2012
    In this guide, grantmakers talk about why community organising works, while experienced funders offer a grounding in basic organising, explaining how the funding environment is changing and how they support and manage relationships with grantees.
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    Changing their world: case studies

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2011
    This webpage contains links to the following case studies from AWID’s 2008 and 2011 editions of the Changing their World series: - ‘Women within the indigenous peoples’ movement of Mexico: new routes for transforming power’ by Marusia López Cruz
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    Self-care and self-defence manual for feminist activists

    CREA, 2008
    The self-care and self-defence manual for Feminist Activists has been translated from Spanish into English, via a collaborative process initiated by CREA. They were inspired to embark on this effort because they saw the value inherent in the text and felt it should be as widely read as possible.
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    State of civil society 2013

    CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation, 2013
    This second edition of the State of Civil Society (2013) has been produced by CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, and draws from nearly 50 contributions by people active in civil society all over the world.
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    Diversity and social opposition in the 21st Century: the trajectory of the World Social Forum (2001-2005)

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
    This paper analyses the experience of the World Social Forum in its five initial editions, from 2001 to 2005, all of them but one held in the Southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegré. Two main objectives are addressed: firstly the paper offers a profile of those in attendance at these events.
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    Moving targets: notes on social movements

    Hivos, 2010
    Published by the Civil Society Building Knowledge Programme of the Humanist Institute for Co-operation with Developing Countries (HIVOS), this working paper seeks to better understand the various dynamics inherent within social movements.

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