LINKS to relevant websites:

Note: The sites below are listed for reference only. The Social Action Office does not necessarily agree with or endorse all of the content of these sites.

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Against Racism Australian NGO Sites Catholic Social Teaching Church/Religious Development Environment/Eco-justice Gender & Women Governments of Australia Human Rights Indigenous Issues International NGO Sites

Landmine Campaign Media Multilateral Institutions Other Australian Government & Related Sites Peace Making Political Ministry Prison Reform Refugees and Asylum Seekers Social Policy Spirituality Trafficking in Women and Children

 

Australian NGO Sites

• AID/WATCH
• Amnesty International Australia
• AUSTCARE
• Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF)
• Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)
• Caritas Australia
• Committees In Solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean (CISLAC)
• Community Aid Abroad - Oxfam Australia (CAA)
• Micah Challenge
• Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS)
• Rights Australia
• St Veronica Welfare Committee (Australia)
• The Wellbeing Manifesto
• World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

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International NGO Sites

• Amnesty International
• Center of Concern (Washington USA)
• International Presentation Association – UN Connections
• NETWORK (USA)
• NGO Forum – World Conference Against Racism
• OneWorld
• World Conference Against Racism

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Governments of Australia

• ACT Government
• Australian Government
• Federal Parliament of Australia
• NSW Government
• Northern Territory Government
• Queensland Government
• South Australia Central
• Tasmania Online
• Victoria's Government
• Government of Western Australia

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Other Australian Government & Related Sites

• Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
• Australian Institute of Criminology
• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
• National Native Title Tribunal

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Media

• The Australian
• Sydney Morning Herald
• Financial Review
• Hidden Agendas: The Films and Writing of John Pilger

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Multilateral Institutions

• Global Development Learning Network
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• United Nations (in English)
• UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• World Food Program
• World Bank
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)

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Human Rights

• Amnesty Australia
• Amnesty International
• Amnesty International – Campaign Against Torture
• Education for Justice & Peace (Catholic Diocese of Richmond VA USA)
• Hidden Agendas: The Films and Writing of John Pilger
• Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
• Human Rights Council of Australia
• Human Rights First (USA)
• Human Rights Internet
• Human Rights Watch
• NetAct Australia
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
• OneWorld
• Rights Australia

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Indigenous Issues

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC)
• Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
• Aboriginal Catholic Ministry (Otherway Centre, Adelaide)
• Aboriginal Catholic Ministry (Archdiocese of Sydney)
• Aboriginal Catholic Ministry (Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle)
• Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Penrith
• Aboriginal Catholic Ministry - Victoria
• Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR)
• CathLINK Australia – Links – Indigenous Groups
• Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation
• Center of Concern (Washington USA)
• Close the Gap (Indigenous Health) – OXFAM Australia NEW!
• Foundation for Aboriginal & Islander Research Action (FAIRA)
• Hidden Agendas: The Films and Writing of John Pilger
• Indigenous Australia
• Journey of Healing
• Make Indigenous Poverty History (NCCA – NATSIEC) NEW!
• Murri Sites – Celebrating Murri Presence on the Net
• Nakkarra Catholic Aboriginal Ministry - Otherway Centre (Adelaide)
• National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council (NATSICC)
• National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Commission (NATSIEC)
• National Native Title Tribunal

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Against Racism

• AntiRacismNet (IGC)
• NGO Forum – World Conference Against Racism
• World Conference Against Racism

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Refugees and Asylum Seekers

• A Just Australia – Australians for Just Refugee Programs
• Asylum Seeker Project – Hotham Mission
• Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (Melbourne)
• Asylum Seekers Centre (Sydney)
• Austcare
• Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project (Vic)
• Brisbane Actionweb for Refugee Collaboration (BARC!)
• Buddies – Refugee Advocates on the Sunshine Coast Qld
• Centre for Refugee Research (University of NSW)
• Centre for Social Justice (Unitingcare Queensland)
• Children Out of Detention (ChilOut)
• Coalition Assisting Refugees After Detention (WA) (CARAD)
• Dr Mary Crock (Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney)
• Edmund Rice Centre
• Education for Justice & Peace (Catholic Diocese of Richmond VA USA)
• Human Rights First (USA)
• Human Rights Watch: Refugees
• Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS)
• Julian Burnside Language, Arts, Law
• Just Comment – Debunking the Myths about Asylum Seekers
• Multicultural Centre for Mental Health and Well-Being (Harmony Place, Brisbane)
• OzSpirit – Refugees (Caritas Australia)
• Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma (QPASTT)
• Razor Wire is Sighing – A song by Kevin Bates
• Refugee Action Collective (RAC)
• Refugee Claimants' Support Centre (Brisbane)
• Refugee Council of Australia
• Refugees Australia – National Directory
• Refugees International
• Refugee Week 2007 (Refugee Council of Australia)
• Rights Australia
• Scattered People – part of Brisbane Stories site
• UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• US Committee for Refugees (USCR)
• World Refugee

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Peace Making

• Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Coalition
• Believing Women for a Culture of Peace
• Catholics in Coalition for Justice and Peace (CCJP) Sydney
• Catholic Justice & Peace Commission (CJPC)
• Catholic Peace Fellowship
• Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies (Fresno Pacific University)
• Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking (University of Minnesota)
• Center of Concern (Washington USA)
• Centre for Christian/Muslim Relations (Columban Mission)
• Community Aid Abroad – Oxfam Australia (CAA)
• Connections Newsletter (Columban Mission)
• Diplomatic Society of St Gabriel
• Earth Charter
• eCatholicism.org – Living the Catholic Faith in the Third Millennium
• Education for Justice & Peace (Catholic Diocese of Richmond VA USA)
• John Dear SJ
• Just Peace Queensland
• MSC Australia Justice and Peace Centre
• Nevada Desert Experience
• Pace e Bene Australia (Nonviolence Service)
• Pax Christi International
• Peace Forum – CMI (Columban Mission)
• Sojourners: Christians for Justice and Peace
• The Catholic Worker
• Way of Peace (Columban Mission)
• Welcome to All Beings (Joanna Macy)
• Women Waging Peace

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Prison Reform

• Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking (University of Minnesota)
• Centre for Social Justice (Unitingcare Queensland)
• Education for Justice & Peace (Catholic Diocese of Richmond VA USA)
• Human Rights Watch: Prisons
• Justice Action – Australia
• Prison Activist Resource Center
• Real Justice (International Institute for Restorative Practices)
• Restore Justice – Healing and support for everyone affected by the criminal justice system (California Catholic Conference)
• Restorative Justice in Australia (Australian Institute of Criminology)
• Restorative Justice Online (International Centre for Justice and Reconciliation)
• Restorative Justice Project (Fresno Pacific University)

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Social Policy

• Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)
• Brotherhood of St Laurence
• Centre for Social Justice (Unitingcare Queensland)
• National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM – University of Canberra)
• Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS)
• Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC – UNSW)

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Development

• Australian Council for International Development (ACFID)
• Caritas Australia
• Centre for Philippine Concerns – Australia (CPCA)
• Center of Concern (Washington USA)
• Economic & Social Development Research Project (Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection)
• FairWear
• Global Development Learning Network
• Integral Development – Publications List (Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection)
• Micah Challenge
• OneWorld
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• UNICEF

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Gender & Women

• Believing Women for a Culture of Peace
• Education for Justice & Peace (Catholic Diocese of Richmond VA USA)
• Good Shepherd Trading Circle – Helping women to trade their way out of poverty
• International Women's Tribune Centre
• Lifequest
• St Veronica Welfare Committee (Australia)
• UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
• Womenspace (Brisbane)
• Women Waging Peace

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Trafficking in Women and Children

• Anti-Slavery
• Anti-Trafficking and Human Rights Program (Vital Voices Global Partnership)
• Child Wise – ECPAT in Australia
• Coalition Against Trafficking in Women – Asia Pacific
• Coalition Against Trafficking in Women – Australia
• GlobalRights.org (partners for justice online) – Human Trafficking
• Global TV Campaign on Human Trafficking (UN Office on Drug and Crime)
• Human Trafficking & Exploitative Migration (The International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism)
• Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) – Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
• Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) – Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
• Project Respect
• Report of the Secretary-General Trafficking in women and girls (UN General Assembly) 2000
• Stop Trafficking! (Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter)
  
• Trafficking in Human Beings (UN Office on Drug and Crime)
• Trafficking in Persons (Office for Victims of Crime)
• Trafficking in Persons Clearinghouse (Good Shepherd Social Justice Network)
• Trafficking in Persons Global Patterns (UN Office on Drug and Crime) April 2006
• Trafficking Links (UN Office on Drug and Crime)
• WomenWatch – Directory of UN Resources on Gender and Women's Issues – Trafficking of Women

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Landmines Campaign

• Adopt-A-Minefield (UK) – No More Landmines
• Australian Government AusAID – Clearing Landmines
• E-MINE: The Electronic Mine Information Network (UN)
• Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
• International Campaign to Ban Landmines
• International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Australian Network
• Landmine Monitor
• New Zealand Campaign Against Landmines (CALM)
• The Australian Youth Against Landmines Association (YAYALA)

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Environment/Eco-justice/
Sustainable Development

• Ark in a Box – Resource Centre for Operation Noah, the community climate change campaign
• Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF)
• Australian Geographic
• Birds Australia
• Brisbane City Council (BCC)
• Care for the Earth (Columban Mission)
• Catholic Earthcare Australia
• Christians Respecting Earth And The Environment (CREATE)
• Clean Up Australia
• Earth Charter
• Earth Healing
• Earth Link (via Brisbane Qld)
• Earth Song, ancient wisdom for new times (Melbourne Vic)
• Eco-Home Network
• Education for Justice & Peace (Catholic Diocese of Richmond VA USA)
• Friends of the Earth Australia
• Friends of the Earth Brisbane
• Greenpeace
• Hidden Agendas: The Films and Writing of John Pilger
• Queensland Conservation Council (QCC)
• Rainforest Action Network
• Rivermouth Action Group
• Sisters of St Francis of Philadelphia (Environmental Initiatives)
• Stockholm Environment Institute
• The Centre for Peace Ecology and Justice (Columban Mission)
• The National Arbor Day Foundation
• The National Religious Partnership for the Environment
• The Wilderness Society (TWS)
• US Conference of Catholic Bishops Environmental Justice Program
• Waterspirit Ministry (Stella Maris Retreat Center, Elberon NJ USA)
• Welcome to All Beings (Joanna Macy)
• Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland (WPSQ)
• Wild Mountains – The need for environmental education is real! (Rathdowney Qld)
• Worldwatch Institute
• World Bank/WWF Forest Alliance
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

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Political Ministry

• Australian Political Ministry Network Ltd (PolMin)
• Centre for Social Justice (Unitingcare Queensland)
• NetAct Australia
• NETWORK (USA)
• Sojourners: Christians for Justice and Peace

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Catholic Social Teaching

• Access to Catholic Social Justice Teachings
• Catholic Social Teaching (Office of Social Justice, Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis)
• Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good – Catholic Social Teaching
• Center of Concern – Education for Justice
• Education for Justice & Peace (Catholic Diocese of Richmond VA USA) NEW!
• Faith Doing Justice – Making Catholic Social Teaching Accessible NEW!
• Social Teaching – CST – Publications List (Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection)
• The Busy Christian's Guide to Catholic Social Teaching
• Theology Library – Catholic Social Teaching
• The Social Teaching of the Church (Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection)

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Spirituality

• Center of Concern (Washington USA)
• Dorothy Day – A Biography (Catholic Worker)
• Earth Healing
• Earth Link (SE Qld)
• Earth Song, ancient wisdom for new times (Melbourne Vic)
• Hildegard of Bingen
• Interlude: An Internet Retreat
• Internet Theology Resources: Spirituality
• Jean Houston
• John Dear SJ
• Julian of Norwich
• Lifequest
• Progressive Spirituality Network
• Sister Site – for Women Religious and their Friends
• Sojourners: Christians for Justice and Peace
• The Religious Society of Friends (Quaker)
• Thomas Merton
• Womenspace (Brisbane)

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Church/Religious

• Aboriginal Catholic Ministry (Archdiocese of Adelaide)
• Aboriginal Catholic Ministry (Archdiocese of Sydney)
• Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC)
• Australian Catholic Social Justice Council (ACSJC)
• Australian Political Ministry Network Ltd (PolMin)
• Benedictine Sisters of Erie PA (USA)
• Caritas Australia
• CathLINK Australia – Links – Justice
• CathLINK Australia – Links – Religious Orders
• The Catholic Church in Australia
• Catholic Community Online
• Catholic Earthcare Australia
• Catholic Justice & Peace Commission (CJPC)
• Catholic Peace Fellowship
• Catholic Religious Australia (CRA - previously ACLRI)
• Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (USA)
• Catholics in Coalition for Justice and Peace (CCJP) Sydney
• Center of Concern (Washington USA)
• Columban Mission (St Columbans Mission Society – Australia and NZ Region)
• Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes Queensland (CLRIQ)
• Earth Healing
• Earth Link
• eCatholicism.org – Living the Catholic Faith in the Third Millennium
• Edmund Rice Centre
• Education for Justice & Peace (Catholic Diocese of Richmond VA USA) NEW!
• Good Shepherd Social Justice Network
• International Presentation Association – UN Connections
• Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection – Promoting Faith and Justice
• Justice Education in Catholic Schools – Sub-group of the Catholic Commission for Justice, Development and Peace (Melbourne) NEW!
• Lifequest
• Mary MacKillop Institute of East Timorese Studies (MMIETS)
• Mercy Foundation
• Ministry of the Arts (Sisters of St Joseph of LaGrange USA)
• MSC Australia Justice and Peace Centre
• National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council (NATSICC)
• NetAct Australia
• NETWORK (USA)
• Online Catholics – An independent Australian e Journal
• PALMS Australia
• Presentation Sisters of Australia and PNG – Mission
• RSCJ JusticeNet
• Sisters of Charity Advocacy Network
• Sisters of St Francis of Philadelphia
• Sisters of St Joseph – Justice Space
• St Veronica Welfare Committee (Australia)
• St Vincent de Paul Society
• The Vatican
• Waterspirit Ministry (Stella Maris Retreat Center, Elberon NJ USA)
• World Youth Day 08

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If you have a site you would like added to this list,
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