The Fourth World Conference on Women acknowledged that environmental degradation 1) disproportionately affects poor women who are powerless to control it, 2) is linked to poverty, and 3) jeopardizes women's reproductive health. Thus, the Platform for Action addresses environmental inequalities among its 12 areas of critical concern, and the governments who signed the consensus agreed to take a...

Hemophilia associations should be recommended for educational programs for patients and caregivers. Hematologists and nongovernmental organizations can work together for lifelong educational programs. Finally, we recommend holding patient workshops twice a year as well as publishing simple books or brochures in each local language to improve the knowledge and therefore the quality of life of th...

Material and Methods Using a structured questionnaire, a total of 89 conservationists from three different categories of conservation agencies: government, nongovernmental organizations, and intellectuals (academics and researchers), were asked about their views regarding the FSA in bringing conservation benefits and reducing the biodiversity threats. I used non-parametric tests for analyzing t...

Public networks typically function beyond the lines of the hierarchical authorities that hold bureaucracies accountable, as is shown here in the case of a business-dominant network that exhibited ethically questionable behaviors at the expense of its community credibility. Public networks can build external legitimacy by engaging in critical organization learning processes, much the way some no...

This paper describes relationship building among nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in a civil society effort. It presents the results of an interorganizational network analysis of 17 Croatian civil society organizations that participated in the 2000 parliamentary election campaign. The research analyzes network relationships including density, structural holes, and centrality, considering th...

The Internet can provide a wealth of information related to the effects of environmental exposures on children's health. This article provides guidance on searching the Internet for pertinent information and discusses how to evaluate such information. It also provides an extensive list of environmental-health-related websites hosted by governmental and nongovernmental agencies, and other organi...

To outline and interpret the major concerns of education research all over the world, we propose to conduct a three-year research project titled “An International Comparison of Education Research Organizations, Research Policies, Quality-Standards Construction, and the Relationship between Research and Practice with a View to Improve Education Research Mechanisms in Taiwan.” The study will incl...

This forum is dedicated to exploring the notion of meaningfulness in design processes, taking perspectives community groups, nongovernmental organizations, and those who are marginalized society as starting points. Authors will reflect conceptually methodologically on practical engagements. --- Rosanna Bellini Angelika Strohmayer, Editors

This forum is dedicated to exploring the notion of meaningfulness in design processes, taking perspectives community groups, nongovernmental organizations, and those who are marginalized society as starting points. Authors will reflect conceptually methodologically on practical engagements. --- Rosanna Bellini Angelika Strohmayer, Editors