Window on the World
- PDF / 95,656 Bytes
- 7 Pages / 539 x 703 pts Page_size
- 97 Downloads / 177 Views
Window on the World
This edition of Window on theWorld describes some of the professional groups, activists and civil society groups working on political campaigns to improve health and well-being around the world.
Consumers International www.consumersinternational.org Consumers International (CI) supports, links and represents consumer groups and agencies all over the world. It has a membership of over 250 organizations in 115 countries. It strives to promote a fairer society through defending the rights of all consumers, especially the poor, marginalized and disadvantaged level for policies that respect consumer concerns. CI was founded in 1960 as the International Organisation of Consumers Unions (IOCU) by a group of national consumer organizations. The organization rapidly grew and soon became established as the voice of the international consumer movement on issues such as product and food standards, health and patients’ rights, the environment and sustainable consumption, and the regulation of international trade and public utilities. Consumer policy promotes the establishment of legislation, institutions and information that improve quality of life and empower people to make changes in their own lives. It seeks to ensure that basic human rights are recognized, and promotes understanding of people’s rights and responsibilities as consumers. Consumers also have responsibilities to use their power in the market to drive out abuses, to encourage ethical practices and to support sustainable consumption and production. Developing and protecting consumers’rights and their awareness of their responsibilities are integral to
eradication of poverty, good governance, social justice and respect for human rights, fair and effective market economies, protection of the environment.
CI’s Head Office is based in London. It has Regional Offices in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Santiago (Chile) and Harare (Zimbabwe), and in London. Development (2004) 47(2), 145–151. doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1100044
Development 47(2): Window on the World The Global Fund www.theglobalfund.org The Global Fund’s purpose is to attract and disburse additional resources to prevent and treat AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. As a partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities, the Global Fund represents a new approach to international health financing. The Fund works in close collaboration with other bilateral and multilateral organizations, supporting their work through substantially increased funding. The Global Fund relies on local ownership and planning to ensure that new resources are directed to programmes on the frontlines of this global effort. Its results ^ based approach to grantmaking ^ where grant awards are disbursed incrementally, based on measures of progress ^ is designed to ensure that funds are used efficiently to scale up proven interventions. The Global Fund is an independent organization, governed by an international Board that consists of representatives of donor an
Data Loading...
