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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