Major community activity 1978 1988

On the one hand there are the religious communities, which operate on two levels between communities and within communities.

13. One of the main features of the indigenous communities is farming.

Violence against women perpetrated primarily in the community

The community on its own has a limited role, mainly because of a lack of resources or power, but it should be regarded as a vital and essential partner if the problems of drug abuse are to be dealt with.

Again, a key strategy is to give priority to promoting income generating activities for poor, marginalized communities.

(iii) The president of a community (gmina) board (the board of a union of communities) on behalf of self government entities.

In many societies, women were the main food producers and played a key role in the socio economic development of rural areas.

The closing of libraries by local administrative bodies particularly affected village communities.

The Regional Director responded that UNICEF would expand its subnational presence, targeting the most vulnerable areas, while working with local communities, community based organizations and civil society as it had in the tsunami response.

Work will concentrate on three major tools for poverty eradication, namely social funds, micro credit lending, and community development.

They support communities in planning and implementing schemes, train community representatives and ensure backup support.

The overall goal of this strategy has been to integrate people suffering from mental disorders in the local community.

However, it is important to recognize that the primary burden is usually borne by the countries and communities directly concerned.

These communities in these cities are actually more vital than the illegal communities.

The effect of El Sistema is felt in three fundamental circles in the personal social circle, in the family circle and in the community.

Consolidating regional cooperation in order to build information societies was one of the main goals of the World Summit on the Information Society.

The initiative aims, in particular, to identify and promote business practices that are sensitive to local communities, especially those affected by conflict.

Major priorities are the improvement and maintenance of the housing stock and upgrading the environmental aspects of informal settlements by communities.

In the more stable parts, mainly in the north east, the communities are beginning the immense task of recovery and rehabilitation.

It was suggested that community intervention must be a part of gender mainstreaming strategies to build community ownership and accelerate behavioural and policy change on gender issues.

It was suggested that community intervention must be a part of gender mainstreaming strategies to build community ownership and accelerate behavioural and policy change on gender issues.

The participation of civil society is what mainly distinguishes low intensity democracies from the substantive democracies , that guarantee stability and peace.

carried out by the Government, particularly in regard to alternative development.

(b) Serves as the main general economic and social development forum within the United Nations system for the ESCAP region

These activities are focused in four key areas health and wellness and risk prevention parenting and family supports child development and community support and community building.

Earlier research revealed 18 violent acts in 1992 against the Maghrebi community, primarily of Moroccan origin, with one person injured.

In the area of social policies, ESCWA pursued the second phase of a major project Towards integrated social development policies in the ESCWA region .

(b) Persons with disabilities have access to a range of in home, residential and other community support services, including personal assistance necessary to support living and inclusion in the community, and to prevent isolation or segregation from the community

The needs of the local community and the capacity of communal social welfare institutions determine the many and varied forms of activity of the social welfare centres.

Its main function is to fund training projects for the rural population and the black and indigenous communities.

The Institute is also sponsoring studies of anti crime initiatives based in local areas, as well as community courts and quot community prosecution quot (priority theme B).

While strengthening of community support is the main strategy, there is increasing emphasis on basic services, social protection and legislative reforms.

The Healthy Communities Programme involves the participation of municipalities and communities in coordination with the health authorities.

The following data refers mostly to the Bedouin community in the southern Israeli Negev desert.

Mrs. Françoise Bernillon, Regional Director, Social Action Fund

Third, the fight against racism should be linked to the promotion of multiculturalism, since combating racism should not lead to the isolation of any community rather, it should protect all communities by fostering interaction among them.

While the preparedness of disaster prone countries needs to be enhanced at all levels, particular emphasis should be placed on the community level, as local communities are the first and primary actors in the early relief efforts.

Women, who are generally the primary managers of household activities and leaders of change at the community level, can play a central role in integrated approaches to water, sanitation and human settlements.

The need to strengthen the capacity of local communities was highlighted.

In that regard it is important that community reintegration activities for children be supported.

Graça Machel (Mozambique), President, Foundation for Community Development, Mozambique

In community media, the value base is guided by principles of participation and community building, thereby providing opportunities to women at the community level, who fall outside the parameters set by mainstream media organizations.

It really is about the social disconnect between food, communities in urban settings and their relationship to rural growers connecting communities in London to rural growers.

These activities relate principally to the integration into society of groups, as well as families, who, because of their vulnerability or lack of power, are not participating fully in the life of the community