An independent, politically impartial worldwide movement, Amnesty International works to both promote and to defend human rights around the world. The site features a 'For Teachers' section containing lesson plans and various other teaching resources. The site also promotes 'Youth Action'.
This Centre is an independent, international, non-profit organisation in a collaborative partnership with Amnesty International and leading academic institutions. The purpose of the Centre's website is to promote greater awareness and informed discussion of issues relating to business and human rights.
ELDIS is a gateway to information on development issues, providing free and easy access to wide range of online resources. ELDIS provides summaries and links to online documents; offers a directory of websites, databases, library catalogues and email discussion lists.
FOEI is a federation of autonomous environmental organisations from all over the world. This organisation, which has members in 68 countries, campaigns on the most urgent environmental and social issues, while simultaneously catalysing a shift toward sustainable societies.
Global Envision believes the more that we understand about the free market system, how it affects us and our neighbours all over the globe, and how it can benefit us all, the better our chances that the global economy will thrive for the prosperity of all.
This student guide, published in 2001, was prepared by the Centre for International Economics, with the assistance of AusAID, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Treasury. It discusses the impact of globalisation on global inequality and poverty among developing nations by drawing on statistics from studies in the field.
The Global Policy Forum monitors policy making at the United Nations, promotes accountability of global decisions, educates and mobilises for global citizen participation, and advocates on vital issues of international peace and justice. This site features case studies of the effects of globalisation.
Green Left Weekly, launched in 1990 by the Democratic Socialist Party, is an Australian independent grassroots publication committed to human and civil rights, global peace and environmental sustainability, democracy and equality.
The International Forum on Globalisation (IFG) is an alliance of sixty leading activists, scholars, economists, researchers and writers formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public education in response to economic globalisation.The IFG convened in 1994 in the wake of the North American Free Trade Agreement's (NAFTA's) passage and the conclusion of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
The IMF is an international organisation of 184 member countries. It was established to promote international monetary co-operation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements; to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment.
New Internationalist reports on the issues of world poverty and inequality to: focus attention on the relationship between the powerful and powerless; debate and campaign for the changes necessary to meet the basic needs of all; and bring to life the people, the ideas and the action in the fight for global justice. The NI website's "Mega Index" contains a wide variety of articles on globalisation issues around the world.
This website was launched in 2001, following author and activist Naomi Klein's first book, No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies (1999). The site was designed to be an online portal to the global justice movement for readers of the book who want to get involved in the movements against corporate exploitation and neoliberal globalisation. It includes a section on frequently asked questions about globalisation.
The OECD plays a prominent role in fostering good governance in the public service and in corporate activity. It helps governments to ensure the responsiveness of key economic areas with sectoral monitoring.
The Polaris Institute is designed to enable citizen movements to re-skill and re-tool themselves to fight for democratic social change in an age of corporate driven globalisation. The Institute works with citizen movements in developing strategies and tactics required to unmask and challenge the corporate power that is the driving force behind governments, concerning public policy making on economic, social and environmental issues.
The World Bank is not a 'bank' in the common sense. It is one of the United Nations’ specialised agencies, and is made up of 184 member countries. These countries are jointly responsible for how the institution is financed and how its money is spent. Along with the rest of the development community, the World Bank centres its efforts on reaching the Millennium Development Goals, agreed to by UN members in 2000 and aimed at sustainable poverty reduction.
This Forum provides a collaborative framework for the world's leaders to address global issues, engaging particularly its corporate members in global citizenship.
An international organisation dedicated to promoting the use and protection of works of the human spirit. These works – intellectual property – are expanding the bounds of science and technology and enriching the world of the arts.