Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC)
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Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC)
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NGO
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Current focus/area
Workers rights Gender equality Social justice Knowledge Dissemination of information Just Transition Sustainable and equitable economic development Climate Change Climate Jobs Globalization impacts Poverty Trade Globalisation Social Justice Energy Democracy Corporate Accountability Profit Shifting Odious Debt
Description/notes
AIDC was formed in 1996 in response to the democratic transition in South Africa and the new opportunities and challenges it brought those seeking greater social justice within the democracy.
The AIDC's mission is to produce and promote alternative knowledge and analysis which enables popular movements for social, economic and ecological justice to engage with the intersecting crises flowing from the natural, economic and social challenges confronting humanity.
Over the years AIDC has played a leading role in various civil society responses to climate change and worsening inequality including facilitating the launch and building of the One Million Climate Jobs Campaign, the South African Jubilee 2000 debt cancellation campaign, the Cry of the Excluded and the Right to Work Campaign, amongst others.
Compendium source
Participating organisation of the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival