Taso Foundation is a National Women’s Fund and Memory Research Centre of Georgia working towards Women’s Empowerment for Human Rights, Equality, Social Justice and Peace in Georgia. The organisation works to promote women’s human rights, gender equality, local democracy building, philanthropy and social development of local women’s communities. Georgian society, based on its historic and…
By Candace Maria Albertal Lessa Brazil has been changing dramatically since the end of the military dictatorship: it is a consolidated democracy and a model economy ranking between 5th and 7th place in global economic indices, often above France and Italy. However, this state of affairs has not eradicated social, racial and economic inequalities that…
The 2012 EFC Conference held in June 2012 in Belfast foregrounded the unique role played by European foundations in addressing challenging issues in deeply divided and conflicted societies. The venue, with its troubled past and courageous steps into a peaceful future, could not have been more befitting to the theme of the conference ‘Peace through…
Effective philanthropy for social justice and peace (PSJP) aims to address injustices in a society that result in social, economic, and/or political inequalities. Rather than focus on the effects of unjust treatment, good social justice grant making attempts to undo the mechanisms of oppression and conflict. Why do we need a network for philanthropy for…
Attached are the powerpoints used by John Christensen and Niall Crowley at the EFC session the Working Group on Philanthroy for Social Justice and Peace organized to talk about movements for Economic Justice. John Christensen - Belfast - JUNE-2012.pdf Niall Crowley - Belfast.pdf