"at the age of 91. Jean Nidetch Jean Evelyn Nidetch (née Slutsky, October 12, 1923 – April 29, 2015) was an American business entrepreneur who was the founder of the Weight Watchers organization. Nidetch was born to an American Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, to David Slutsky, a cab driver, and Mae Slutsky, a manicurist. A graduate of Girls' High School, Nidetch received a partial scholarship to Long Island University but was unable to attend due to a lack of financial resources. Instead, she enrolled in a business course at City College of New York. When her father died"
"AIDES AIDES is a French community-based non-profit organisation that was founded in 1984 by Daniel Defert, following the death of his partner Michel Foucault. The name is a word play on ""aides"" (the plural for "" help"" in French) and AIDS hence the name. Its aim is to bring people living with HIV/AIDS together with their loved ones and peers into an organised entity dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS and to defend the rights of people and communities affected by this disease. As of 2007, AIDES is active in France in 100 cities with 400 staff members and more than 1000"
"formed in Luxembourg the following year by a group of interested individuals, but the organization itself was officially established in Orleans (France) on 8 May 1959 by four founding members – Italy, France, the Netherlands and Belgium. At the very beginning of its existence the organization was called European Center of Public Relations. The statutes of the organization provided for four working groups: CEDAN, CEDET and CEDAP. CEDAN, that is, the European Conference of National Public Relations Associations, aimed at active members and endeavored to coordinate activities of the national associations in order to reach agreement on professional principles, ethics,"
"until 2011 and is currently president-emeritus. Gurdjieff Foundation The Gurdjieff Foundation is a variety of organisations based on the ideas of George Gurdjieff. Gurdjieff inspired the formation of many groups after his death. Of these the largest, the Gurdjieff Foundation, was organized and led by Jeanne de Salzmann from the early 1950s, in cooperation with other direct pupils, until her death in 1990; and until his death in 2001 by Michel de Salzmann. The ""International Association of the Gurdjieff Foundations"" is an umbrella group for the four main organisations: ""The Gurdjieff Foundation"" in the USA, ""The Gurdjieff Society"" in the"
"part of this period and opposed Trudeau's use of the War Measures Act to resolve the FLQ Crisis. The organization opposes Canada's policy of detaining people under security certificates. Ligue des droits et libertés The Ligue des droits et libertés (known in English as the Quebec Civil Liberties Union) is a not-for-profit human rights organization based in the Canadian province of Quebec. It was founded in 1963 by Pierre Trudeau and Jacques Hébert, both of whom later became national political figures. The organization is committed to upholding the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Pierre Trudeau, one of"
"Ligue des droits et libertés The Ligue des droits et libertés (known in English as the Quebec Civil Liberties Union) is a not-for-profit human rights organization based in the Canadian province of Quebec. It was founded in 1963 by Pierre Trudeau and Jacques Hébert, both of whom later became national political figures. The organization is committed to upholding the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Pierre Trudeau, one of the co-founders of the union, served as prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984. Jacques Hébert served as president of the union for"
"the media, as former members and a 1995 report established by the Parliamentary Commission on Cults in France presented it as a cult. In 1997, the founder and several followers were sentenced to prison on grounds of duty to rescue, complicity in forgery and unauthorized practice of medicine. However, the group considered to be a victim of defamation and expressed its complaints particularly through its lawyer. The movement was founded in 1989 by Marie-Thérèse Castano (born 1945), who was widely called Maïté. She is a former trader and real estate broker who achieved some notability in the 1980s hosting a"
"people, both at home and abroad, about human rights issues. After the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1993, in which François Meloche participated, that Guilbeault and a group of his friends had the idea of creating a citizen organization, leading to Steven Guilbeault, Laure Waridel, Elizabeth Hunter, Patrick Henn, François Meloche and Sidney Ribaux to found Action for Solidarity, Equity, Environment and Development (ASEED). It acquired not-for-profit status in 1995 and in 1998, it was rebranded as Équiterre. The organization's goal is to propose concrete solutions to make Canada a society where sustainable development and social economy would"
"Gurdjieff Foundation The Gurdjieff Foundation is a variety of organisations based on the ideas of George Gurdjieff. Gurdjieff inspired the formation of many groups after his death. Of these the largest, the Gurdjieff Foundation, was organized and led by Jeanne de Salzmann from the early 1950s, in cooperation with other direct pupils, until her death in 1990; and until his death in 2001 by Michel de Salzmann. The ""International Association of the Gurdjieff Foundations"" is an umbrella group for the four main organisations: ""The Gurdjieff Foundation"" in the USA, ""The Gurdjieff Society"" in the UK, the ""Institut Gurdjieff"" in France"
"by Los Angeles-based advertising agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. AIDES AIDES is a French community-based non-profit organisation that was founded in 1984 by Daniel Defert, following the death of his partner Michel Foucault. The name is a word play on ""aides"" (the plural for "" help"" in French) and AIDS hence the name. Its aim is to bring people living with HIV/AIDS together with their loved ones and peers into an organised entity dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS and to defend the rights of people and communities affected by this disease. As of 2007, AIDES is active in France in 100"
"a young farmer and unionist, Jean-Claude Sabin, backed by the public authorities. The goal being to increase the production of oilseed rape, sunflower, peas, flax and field beans through creating a chain of French vegetable oil and protein. Two interprofessional organizations emerged : the ""National Interbranch Union of Protein-rich plants"" (UNIP) in 1976 and the ""National Interbranch Organisation of Oilseed and Oil fruits"" (ONIDOL) in 1978. These organizations merged in 2015, giving birth to Terres Univia. In the 1970s, the ""National Syndicate of Agricultural Techniques"" (CNTA), a key player of the Protein Plan, became the industrial tool of the French"
"fundraising partners. The organization has campaigned in France for laws requiring supermarkets to preserve their unsold food if it is deemed to be unsaleable before its expiration date — for distribution to the poor and homeless — and prohibiting stores from contaminating the food with chemicals such as bleach to render it unfit for human consumption. A petition circulated by the group garnered 179,000 signatures. An industry spokesman proposed collecting donations from customers as an alternative, and defended the practice of bleach treatment as necessary to prevent inevitable food poisoning in homeless people eating spoiled food. On April 21, 2015,"
"have been for the Transatlantic Network Program, which has made 43 awards to hundreds of researchers in 18 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Jean Leducq was a French entrepreneur who over the course of 50 years built a successful international business in Europe and North America around the supply and care of linens and uniforms. Shortly before the sale of this business, which included the group ELIS in France, Jean, with his wife Sylviane, created the French Fondation"
"Sidaction Sidaction is a major French public event that started in 1994 in France for raising awareness and collecting charitable funds for AIDS. It donates important sums to various AIDS charities, HIV/AIDS research, institutions specializing in medical care and social aid for those suffering of HIV/AIDS in France and internationally. in 2007, for example, Sidaction allocated donations to 111 programs in 29 countries. ""Sidaction"" is presided by Pierre Bergé and its vice-president is Line Renaud. After Bergé's death in September 2017, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi was assigned as new president. Sidaction has launched various initiatives in order to raise funds for its"
"organizations and how one individual could manage all three groups"".Deeb answered that he cofounded the Scandinavian Institute as a Norwegian citizen, but resigned from the Institute in Nov 2014, and ICAWS had nominated another President in 2011 after the Arab Spring Anne-Marie Lizin, (d. October 2015) GNRD's ""High Commissioner for Europe"" was ""a discredited Belgian politician"" with a March 2015 conviction in appeals court in Liege for electoral malpractice. She appealed the conviction to the Supreme Court; in 2009 she was expelled from the Socialist Party. Global Network for Rights and Development Global Network for Rights and Development (commonly known"
"over 73,000 copies with 70% of subscribers. It is largely the leader of the animal media in France. The Fondation 30 Millions d'Amis was created in 1995 by Jean-Pierre Hutin, who became the president. At his death on 1 June 1996, his wife replaced him for the presidency of the foundation. The objective is to battle any kind of animal sufferance. For this, it uses various forms of action : help, struggle, pedagogy, as well as encouragement through prizes and visas. The help concerns any animal in difficulty, whatever it is mistreated, abandoned or wandering. It often takes form of"
"Association for the Prevention of Torture The Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) is an international non-governmental organization focused on the prevention of torture and other acts of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. The organization was founded in 1977 by Jean-Jacques Gautier under the name Swiss Committee against Torture. APT believes that prevention of torture is best achieved through three integrated elements: effective monitoring; legal and policy frameworks; and ensuring determination and capability on the part of international and national actors. Jean Jacques Gautier was born in 1912 in Chene-Bourgeries, Geneva. He was raised by a family of influential"
"several regional groups of cannabis policy reform advocacy or activism (among which the older was created 1995). Initially involved on international drug policy reform issues, NORML France split in 2016 part of its activity to focus on national cannabis-related actions, letting the newly created FAAAT think & do tank handle international advocacy and coordinate collective action at the European level. NORML France NORML France (/ˈnɔːrməl/, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws), previously known as ""Chanvre & Libertés - NORML France"" (Hemp & Freedom - NORML France) is a French non-profit organization based in Toulouse but active on"
"300 NGOs from 75 countries, as well as three Nobel Prize winners (Elfriede Jelinek, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, and Luc Montagnier). On the eve of May 17, 2009, France became the first country in the world to officially remove transgender issues from its list of mental illnesses. Frenchman Louis-Georges Tin was founder of the day, and acted as its Committee Chairperson until his resignation in September 2013. He was succeeded by internationally renowned Venezuelan trans rights activist, lawyer and law professor Tamara Adrián, who became one of the first trans legislators in Latin America in 2015. Louis-Georges Tin and two other Committee"
"of the rights of migrants, and the promotion of justice for developing nations. The General Chapter of 2008 formally recognized the many groups of alumni and associates of the congregation which had sprung up around the world as full partners in the heritage of Fourier and Le Clerc. Alix Le Clerc Alix Le Clerc (2 February 1576 – 9 January 1622), known as Mother Alix, was the foundress of the (), a religious order founded to provide education to girls, especially those living in poverty. They opened Schools of Our Lady throughout Europe. Offshoots of this Order brought its mission"
"founded in France at the World Federation Conference in 2008 and has since spread. The participating countries vary in their customs of celebration. This day also falls within the celebration of Dia De Los Muertos in Mexico and is represented in the bigger cities as part of their celebration. Cases of people choosing assisted suicide programs has been met with some controversy in the media and public. One famous case is that of Brittany Maynard. She was diagnosed with a terminal brain cancer and chose to end her life, but before doing so, she chose to speak out about her"
"North America. Marbeau wrote a number of books promoting the concept, and died in Saint-Cloud in 1875. Firmin Marbeau Jean Firmin Marbeau (1798 – October 10, 1875) was a French philanthropist who pioneered the ""crèche"" movement, a forerunner of modern day care. Marbeau was born in Brive-la-Gaillarde, and was by profession a lawyer in Paris. He is best known for founding the first ""crèche"", which opened in Paris on November 14, 1844. The ""crèche"" provided child care to enable working-class mothers to work jobs outside of the home, and spawned a Crèche Movement that led to a number of similar"
"in France, is known for its huge number of volunteers (66,000 in 2015) and its original fund-raising method. The Restos du Cœur consists of one national organisation and 119 departmental organisations. Founded by the comedian and actor Coluche in 1985, ""Les Restos du Cœur - Relais du Cœur"" is a voluntary association as defined by the French association law of 1901. Recognised as being of public interest, its goal is to help the neediest and to fight social marginalisation. It is a founding member of the Committee of the Charter of Deontology of Social and Humanitarian Organisations, a group of"
"in France. While it was founded in France it now exists in over forty countries around the world. In France, politicians from the left are members of the association. In Luxembourg, Francois Bausch of the left Green party is the founding politician in the association's initial member list. ATTAC functions on a principle of decentralisation: local associations organise meetings, conferences, and compose documents that become counter-arguments to the perceived neoliberal discourse. ATTAC aims to formalise the possibility of an alternative to the neoliberal society that is currently required of globalisation. ATTAC aspires to be a movement of popular education. Communist"
"French Data Network French Data Network (FDN) is a French non-profit organisation () whose goal is ""the promotion, the use and the development of Internet and Usenet networks according to their ethics, especially favouring the research and educative non-profit uses."" It actually provides the same services as an ISP, offering RTC (since 1992) and DSL (since 2005) access to its members. It is a founding member of Gitoyen, a non-profit tier 2 operator. FDN has also been politically active, taking a strong position against the HADOPI law. During the internet blackout in some countries during the Arab spring, it proposed"
"consolidating others and creating a profitable platform on which he positioned the foundation to support major outside charitable efforts. At Ruth Smadbeck's death in 1986, distributions to charity had grown to $1,169,219 and assets had grown to $22,072,773. Renowned real estate entrepreneur and civic leader Louis Smadbeck became chairman of the foundation in 1986, and continued in this capacity until his death in 1992. Virginia Sloane was elected president in 1986, and presided over the foundation's philanthropic projects for some 25 years. In 2012, she became president emeritus. She died at the age of 91 on August 24, 2014. In"
"22 June 2006. As of January 2018, the Protocol has 75 signatories and 87 parties. The idea for this scheme of torture prevention goes back to the Swiss Committee for the Prevention of Torture (today Association for the Prevention of Torture, APT), founded in 1977 by Jean-Jacques Gautier in Geneva. It envisaged the establishment of a worldwide system of inspection of places of detention, which later took the form of an Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984). For a long time, however, the necessary support for such an"
"an association in Paris on the 11th of July 1970. The main founders were Edwin Matthews, an American lawyer living in Paris, and Alain Hervé, a poet and reporter whose initial idea was to see Friends of the Earth become a movement that aimed to improve public knowledge of nature. Members of the sponsorship committee included: Jean Dorst (naturalist, former director of the French Museum of Natural History), Pierre Fournier (novelist under the name of Pierre Gascar), anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, biologist Konrad Lorenz, anthropologist Théodore Monod and biologist Jean Rostand. Friends of the Earth were among the first organisations to"
"Firmin Marbeau Jean Firmin Marbeau (1798 – October 10, 1875) was a French philanthropist who pioneered the ""crèche"" movement, a forerunner of modern day care. Marbeau was born in Brive-la-Gaillarde, and was by profession a lawyer in Paris. He is best known for founding the first ""crèche"", which opened in Paris on November 14, 1844. The ""crèche"" provided child care to enable working-class mothers to work jobs outside of the home, and spawned a Crèche Movement that led to a number of similar establishments being opened in France; the concept was also influential on the development of day care in"
"Human Rights League (France) The Human Rights League ( ""[et du citoyen]"" or LDH) of France, is a Human Rights NGO association to observe, defend and promulgation of Rights Man within the French Republic in all spheres of public life. The LDH is a member of the ""International Federation of Human Rights Leagues"" (FIDH). The League was founded on 4 June 1898 by the republican Ludovic Trarieux to defend captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jew wrongly convicted for treason - this would be known as the Dreyfus Affair. Dissolved by the anticommunist regime of Vichy during World War II, it was"
"Arabic world, South America, Asia and North America) In 1997, at Blair House, during Euro-US summit in Washington, he launches TIESWeb, the first transatlantic web portail dedicated to dialog between European and American civil societies. In 2003 he was among the top twenty ""heroes"" for being a """"French champion of European unity"""" in a poll by Time Europe. From 2006, he was the scientific coordinator of Leap2020 think tank. He died on 30 October 2012. He had been seriously ill from cancer for four years. Franck Biancheri Franck Biancheri (11 March 1961 – 30 October 2012) was the founder of"
"Société française de Recherche Opérationnelle et Aide à la Décision The French Operations Research & Decision Support Society (in French: Société française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d’Aide à la Décision - ROADEF) is a professional non-profit society that aims to promote the scientific field of Operations Research (OR) and Decision Support (DS) in France. The society is a member of the European umbrella organization, the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO), and of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). The society was created in 1998. Its mission is to encourage the development of operational research and decision"
"in Paris, then worked at a hospital in Digne-les-Bains, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of south-east France. Chérèque was the leader (""secrétaire général"") of the CFDT from 2002 until 28 November 2012. He succeeded Nicole Notat. During his tenure, he negotiated in favour of pensions for public sector workers. He was succeeded by Laurent Berger. Chérèque served as the president of PS Terra Nova, a think tank, from 2012 to 2016. Chérèque died of leukemia on 2 January 2017. François Chérèque François Chérèque (1 June 1956 – 2 January 2017) was a French trade unionist, and leader of the French"