THE INITIATORS

India: Ekta Parishad

Ekta Parishad is an alliance of rural grassroots organizations working for the rights of poor in India. Ekta Parishad is essentially premised on the understanding that constitutional and human ‘rights’ can only be realised through organized struggle.
Spread across 8 states of India, Ekta Parishad works to mobilize the dis-empowered for exercising their due ‘rights’ of access to land water and forests through non-violent struggle and do socially useful action. Grassroots mobilization and organization, alliance building, lobbying and advocacy form the major strategies – which are put into action via Padyatras, rallies, public hearings, public interest litigation, documentation, research, public meetings and debates.

http://ektaparishad.org/
info@ektaparishad.org

Pakistan: PILER

Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research is committed to advancing social justice through a democratic and effective labour movement. For the past two and a half decades, PILER been working towards its primary goal of promoting labour rights in Pakistan through a variety of activities, organized around a range of focal points for advocacy of key objectives. These objectives can be grouped under core labour rights, informal sector workers, women workers and peace and justice in South Asia. A broad range of focal areas include freedom of association, collective bargaining, child labour and nuclear disarmament. These themes are advocated both among labour as well as other social actors and government through a set of activities such as public meetings, workshops publications and policy advice.

http://www.piler.org.pk/
piler@piler.org.pk

France : FDH

FDH (Frères des Hommes), is an international solidarity association based in France aims at developing people’s movements to fight poverty and reduce inequalities both at local and global levels.
FDH sustains long term partnerships with more than 100 groups and networks in Asia, Africa and Latin America and links with a wide range of social actors, labour organisations, youth movements in Europe.

Main activities concern: non-violent mobilisation for rights, access of all to natural resources, community-based economic development, participatory democracy, peace, alternative information and education. FDH gives special attention to social and political participation of poor and marginalised people, women and youth.

http://www.fdh.org/
dir@fdh.org

International Coordination of the Campaign Disarmament to Combat Poverty
pdt@fdh.org