The Social Business Community
IIn September we will be holding a meeting to discuss
the development of the "social business ethic"
and whether this is as important to the 21st century as
the Co-operative movement was for the 19th. How can we
create a business community that woiks in harmony with
our environmnet and practices social repsonsibility. We
will have a number of speakers who are involved in the
movement to create this new business community.
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Human Rights Now
2008 is the 60th Anniversary
of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. But
what does human rights mean in the changing world of the
21st century when diversity and different value systems
are exploding around the world. Is there a common agenda
that can identify a universal manifesto of human rights.
This meeting on October 16th is being held in partnership
with the some branches of United Nations Association.
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Gender In The 21st Century
This meeting will look
at how our views of gender are changing for both men
and women.
Men and women are beginning to constantly re evaluate
their own role in society. And yet as these roles are
fast changing there are other forces such as fundamentalism,
global warming, world poverty that create crisis and
force us back into traditional modes. How do we overcome
this and create a new "liberation philosophy"
for both men and women. How do we create a new humanism
that encompasses all of humankind into a new future
that is sustainable?
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21st Century - The Changing
Role Of Women
On November 26th we
are holding a meeting in the House of Commons on the
"The Changing Role of Women In the 21st Century."
It will be hosted by Theresa Villiers MP.Other
speakers will include Janette Faherty Chief
Executive of Avanta and Celia Hodson, Deputy
Chief Executive Social Enterprise Coalition
This meeting is kindly being sponsored by Avanta |
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Child Abuse & Exploitation
One of the major victims
of trafficking is children. In this meeting we want
to look at the exploitation and abuse of children worldwide
and what is being done about it and what we can do to
help.
Some countries continue to execute child offenders
or sentence them to death. An estimated 158 million
children aged 5-14 are engaged in child labour - one
in six children in the world. Every year, over a million
children are trafficked into the modern-day equivalent
of slavery.
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