Focus on the Global South

Focus on the Global South (Focus) "is a non-governmental organisation with twenty staff working in Thailand, the Philippines and India. Focus was established in Bangkok in 1995 and is affiliated with the Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute."


 * Pablo Solon is our Executive Director.

Core Funders 2005
Accessed August 2007:


 * 11.11.11 Belgium
 * ActionAid International Asia
 * Christian Aid, UK
 * CORDAID, the Netherlands
 * Development and Peace, Canada
 * Ford Foundation, USA
 * HIVOS, the Netherlands
 * Inter Pares, Canada
 * NOVIB, the Netherlands
 * Oxfam Australia
 * Oxfam GB, East Asia Regional Management Centre, Thailand
 * Oxfam HK, Hong Kong
 * Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF), USA
 * Trocaire, Ireland
 * Boyd Reimer, Canada (individual funder)

''"We would like to acknowledge the generous support of the following organizations/individuals towards conferences and specific projects.
 * 11.11.11- Belgium
 * ActionAid Asia
 * Christian Aid
 * Earl R. Murphy
 * EED / Rede Sociale de Justise
 * Food First/Ford Foundation
 * Gund Foundation / IFG
 * Heinrich Boell Foundation
 * ICCO – Netherlands
 * INTER PARES
 * JMG Foundation
 * Novib
 * Oxfam Australia
 * Oxfam GB
 * PARC – Japan
 * Womyn's Agenda for Change

"In addition, the following organizations supported for staff or delegates travel costs for various events. Crisis Management Initiatives, DTP, e4Globe, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung -Thailand, Jubilee South, MSF-Belgium, RBF and University of Warwick.

Board
Accessed December 2013:


 * Christophe Aguiton - Attac France
 * Walden Bello - Focus on the Global South – Philippines Program
 * Alejandro Bendaña - Centro de Estudios Internacionales
 * Niyada Kiatying-Angsulee - Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute (CUSRI)
 * Indra Lubis - La Via Campesina
 * Seema Mustafa - Senior Journalist and Director at Centre for Policy Analysis
 * Peter Rosset - Land Research Action Network
 * Surichai Wun'Gaeo (Chair) - The Rotary Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies

- See more at: http://focusweb.org/content/board-directors#sthash.6MHQwOxj.dpuf

People (2007)
Accessed August 2007:

Board Members

 * Walden Bello - Focus on the Global South, Bangkok, Thailand
 * Alejandro Bendana -Centro de Estudios Internacionales, Managua City, Nicaragua
 * Boua Chanthou - Padek, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
 * Jayati Ghosh -Centre for Economic Studies & Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
 * Somchai Homlaor -Internet Law Consultants Limited, Bangkok, Thailand
 * Kamal Malhotra -United Nation Development Programme (UNDP), New York, NY USA
 * Abdul Hameed Nayyar -Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan
 * Peter Rosset - Oaxaca, Mexico
 * Dita Sari - FNPBI, Jakarta, Indonesia
 * Suwattana Thadaniti -CUSRI, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
 * Nguyen Van Thanh -Center for Development Study and Outreach, Vietnam Peace and Development Foundation, Vietnam
 * Surichai Wun'Gaeo (Chair) - Center for Social Development Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
 * Yoon Youngmo - Korea Labour & Society Institute (KLSI), Seoul, Korea

Advisers

 * Victor P. Karunan -UNICEF Headquarter, New York, USA
 * Martin Khor -Third World Network (TWN), Penang, Malaysia
 * Amara Pongsapich -Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Staff

 * Afsar Jafri (from July)
 * Aileen Kwa (from September)
 * Anoop Sukumaran
 * Ben Moxham (to February)
 * Benny Kuruvilla
 * Brett Solomon (volunteer November-December)
 * Chanida Bamford
 * Dorothy Guerrero (from June)
 * Frederico Almeida (intern July to December)
 * Herbert Docena
 * Jacques-chai Chomthongdi
 * Joseph Purugganan
 * Jenina Joy Chavez
 * Julie Anne delos Reyes
 * Lou Torres
 * Mary Ann Manahan
 * Mary Lou Malig
 * Mayuree Ruechakiattikul
 * Meena Mennon
 * Neelam Dhanawade
 * Nicola Bullard
 * Praphai Jundee
 * Sajin Prachason
 * Shalmali Guttal
 * Sonila Shetty
 * Soontaree Nakaviroj
 * Varsha Berry
 * Walden Bello

Contact

 * Web: http://www.focusweb.org

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