ActionAid, the Glossary
ActionAid is an international non-governmental organization whose stated primary aim is to work against poverty and injustice worldwide.[1]
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- Development charities based in South Africa
- Organisations based in Johannesburg
Acid attack
An acid attack, also called acid throwing, vitriol attack, or vitriolage, is a form of violent assault involving the act of throwing acid or a similarly corrosive substance onto the body of another "with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill".
ActionAid
ActionAid is an international non-governmental organization whose stated primary aim is to work against poverty and injustice worldwide. ActionAid and ActionAid are Development charities based in South Africa, Organisations based in Johannesburg and organizations established in 1972.
Aid
In international relations, aid (also known as international aid, overseas aid, foreign aid, economic aid or foreign assistance) is – from the perspective of governments – a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another.
Americas
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.
Anti-racism
Anti-racism encompasses a range of ideas and political actions which are meant to counter racial prejudice, systemic racism, and the oppression of specific racial groups.
Asia
Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.
Associated British Foods
Associated British Foods plc (ABF) is a British multinational food processing and retailing company headquartered in London, England.
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.
Cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
Cecil Jackson-Cole
Cecil Jackson-Cole (1901-1979) was an English entrepreneur and humanitarian.
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Child sponsorship is a type of fundraising in which a charitable organization associates a donor sponsor with a particular child beneficiary.
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Climate change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.
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Climate change adaptation
Climate change adaptation is the process of adjusting to the effects of climate change.
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Climate change vulnerability
Climate change vulnerability is a concept that describes how strongly people or ecosystems are likely to be affected by climate change.
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Climate justice
Climate justice is a type of environmental justice that focuses on the unequal impacts of climate change on marginalized or otherwise vulnerable populations.
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Climate risk insurance
Climate risk insurance is a type of insurance designed to mitigate the financial and other risk associated with climate change, especially phenomena like extreme weather.
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Conference of the parties
A conference of the parties (COP; Conférence des Parties, CP) is the supreme governing body of an international convention (treaty, written agreement between actors in international law).
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Dalit
Dalit (from dalita meaning "broken/scattered") is a term first coined by the Indian social reformer Jyotirao Phule for untouchables and outcasts, who represented the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent.
Ek Alag Mausam
Ek Alag Mausam (A Different Season) (Hindi: एक अलग मौसम) is a 2003 Hindi movie directed by K. P. Sasi with Nandita Das, Anupam Kher and Rajit Kapur in the lead roles.
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Environmental justice
Environmental justice or eco-justice, is a social movement to address environmental injustice, which occurs when poor or marginalized communities are harmed by hazardous waste, resource extraction, and other land uses from which they do not benefit.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Female genital mutilation
Female genital mutilation (FGM) (also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision) is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the vulva.
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FTSE 100 Index
The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index, also called the FTSE 100 Index, FTSE 100, FTSE, or, informally, the "Footsie", is the United Kingdom's best-known stock market index of the 100 most highly capitalised blue chips listed on the London Stock Exchange.
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Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa.
Global North and Global South
Global North and Global South are terms that denote a method of grouping countries based on their defining characteristics with regard to socioeconomics and politics.
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Harsh Mander
Harsh Mander (born 17 April 1955) is an Indian author, columnist, researcher, teacher, and social activist who started the Karwan-e-Mohabbat campaign in solidarity with the victims of communal or religiously motivated violence.
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Hindi cinema
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language.
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HIV
The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of Lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans.
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approx.
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International non-governmental organization
An international non-governmental organization (INGO) is an organization which is independent of government involvement and extends the concept of a non-governmental organization (NGO) to an international scope.
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International Women's Day
International Women's Day (IWD) is a holiday celebrated annually on March 8 as a focal point in the women's rights movement.
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Johannesburg
Johannesburg (Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people, and is classified as a megacity; it is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world.
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Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.
Mahesh Dattani
Mahesh Dattani (born 7 August 1958) is an Indian director, actor, playwright and writer.
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Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.
Nonprofit organization
A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, or simply a nonprofit (using the adjective as a noun), is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, as opposed to an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a profit for its owners.
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OpenDemocracy
openDemocracy is an independent media platform and news website based in the United Kingdom.
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Public service
A public service or service of general (economic) interest is any service intended to address specific needs pertaining to the aggregate members of a community.
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Rwanda
Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Samar (1999 film)
Samar (Hindi: समर, Urdu: سمر, translation: Conflict) is a 1999 Indian feature film directed by Shyam Benegal.
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Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal (born 14 December 1934) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker.
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Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone, (also,; Salone) officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa.
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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Tax avoidance
Tax avoidance is the legal usage of the tax regime in a single territory to one's own advantage to reduce the amount of tax that is payable by means that are within the law.
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Tax haven
A tax haven is a term, often used pejoratively, to describe a place with very low tax rates for non-domiciled investors, even if the official rates may be higher.
The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Women's rights
Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide.
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The World Social Forum (WSF, Fórum Social Mundial) is an annual meeting of civil society organizations, first held in Brazil, which offers a self-conscious effort to develop an alternative future through the championing of counter-hegemonic globalization.
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Zambia
Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa.
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7), a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2–9.3 struck with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia.
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2010 Haiti earthquake
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake that struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.
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See also
Development charities based in South Africa
- ActionAid
- Gift of the Givers
- Global Water Foundation
Organisations based in Johannesburg
- ATKV
- ActionAid
- Africa's Young Entrepreneurs
- Automobile Association of South Africa
- Basketball South Africa
- Business Leadership South Africa
- Community & Individual Development Association
- Cricket South Africa
- Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa
- Evolutionary Studies Institute
- Extreme Fighting Championship
- Federation of South African Women
- Film Resource Unit
- Global Water Foundation
- Khanya College
- LoveLife South Africa
- Mandela Institute for Development Studies
- Minerals Council South Africa
- Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
- Never Ending Gardens
- Nippon Club (Johannesburg)
- Nkosi's Haven
- POLAF
- South African Audience Research Foundation
- South African Civil Aviation Authority
- South African Council of Churches
- South African Football Association
- South African Handball Federation
- South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
- South African Institute of Electrical Engineers
- South African Institute of International Affairs
- South African Institute of Professional Accountants
- South African National Climbing Federation
- South African Radio League
- Southern African Music Rights Organisation
- Squash South Africa
- Volleyball South Africa
- Woman Against Rape
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActionAid
Also known as AUSTCARE, Action Aid, Action Aid Australia, Action Aid International, Action Aid- Bangladesh, ActionAid Australia, ActionAid Ethiopia, ActionAid International, ActionAid Recycling, ActionAid Rwanda, ActionAid UK, ActionAid efforts in dealing with income inequality in China, Target Poverty.
, Zambia, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, 2010 Haiti earthquake.