Please pick the most appropriate subcategory where possible. ODP does discriminate based on an individual''s or organization''s creed. However, sites directly advocating violence will not be listed.This category contains sites dealing with abortion issues. The terms "pro-life" and "pro-choice" are used for subcategories because that is how each group refers to itself. They are defined as follows: Pro-Choice: Believing that abortion is a right and should be legal under most or all circumstances. Usually implies a belief that the human fetus has no rights, or greatly abridged ones. Pro-Life: Believing that abortion is a violation of the rights of the pre-born child. Usually implies a belief that abortion should be illegal under most or all circumstances. In addition, there are some relatively neutral sites which are not placed in either category.
Animal welfare issues deal with various aspects of humane treatment and the wellbeing of individual animals.This category lists sites devoted to animal welfare issues.
Sites should be submitted to the appropriate subcategory when applicable.
Animal welfare organizations should be submitted to Animal Welfare. There is a separate category for animal Rescues and Shelters -- please submit accordingly.
Sites about species conservation should be submitted to Society/Issues/Environment/Conservation_and_Endangered_Species.
Please submit the site''s main URL and include a brief objective description of the features and content of the site, without hype.
We welcome links related to Corporate Operations which (1) Generate concerns about its effect upon Society, (2) which raise concerns about corporation's effects on society or her issues, and (3) seek to address or enlighten the public about corporate operations.
Why? Because corporations, especially multinational ones, have become so powerful.
Therefore, even ones which wish to exercise no harm, may still do so.
This category is intended to go beyond verbalizations to include "other senses," such as murals, dramatizations, and any effective communication about or within the realm of Corporate Operations.
Sites devoted to promotion of Corporations may be included only to the extent that they are relevant to addressing the topic here.
Activist information about Corporate Operations may be included. We seek balance and fairness. We wish to hear from all points of view. As sites submitted to Society/Issues/Corporate Operations enlarges, we expect to have sub categories on Nonprofits, Nationalization, Multinationals, Overcharging, and so on.Please pick a subcategory where appropriate.Chats and forums that deal with social issues.
This category only lists sites pertaining to the rights, issues and concerns involved in adoption.Please see the many subcategories of Children here in Society/Issues.The Home/Family/Adoption category is the appropriate category for more general adoption sites (information, services, support, personal pages). Please take a look at the numerous subcategories and choose the most appropriate.
This category is for sites on conferences regarding various social issues.Websites submitted here must be conference related and in English. Sites in other languages should be submitted to the appropriate World subcategory. Please submit to a subcategory whenever possible.
Note that this category is not for lawyer advertising.Societal issues related to the punishment of crime (prison management, prison reform, capital punishment) and the prevention and prosecution of crime. Listings related to particular types of crime generally belong in other categories.
This category is for sites on directories and datebases of social issues.Websites submitted here must be social issue directory related and in English. Sites in other languages should be submitted to the appropriate World subcategory.
- Submit sites about living with a disability to Society: Disabled
- Submit sites selling assistive technology to Shopping: Health: Disabilities
- Submit sites about specific disabilities to Health: Conditions and Diseases
- Submit sites about agencies, schools or services for local areas under the appropriate Regional category
This category contains sites about disability controversies, issues, advocacy, discrimination, abuse, and legal topics.
Economic issues categories include a number of well thought out sub groups. Please see those to determine if your submission fits there.Economic issues relate to the control, dispersal or use of goods and services within a country, region, or among nations.
Make sure the site you are submitting is either authored by somebody who could be considered a "child", or prominantly displays youth opinion. For general criticism of the school system and compulsory education, you may consider Reference/Education/K_through_12/Home_Schooling/Politics/ or Society/Issues/Education/Education_Reform/Compulsory_SchoolingSociety: Issues: Education is intended for websites dealing with public issues related to education: access to education, financing of education, government control of schools, legislation, policy, news, etc. Sites specifically intended for students or teachers, or with a classroom focus, should be submitted to the appropriate subcategory of Reference: Education. Subcategories of Society:Issues:Education and cross-linked categories include Bilingual Education, Education Reform, Home Schooling, Literacy, School Choice (vouchers, etc.), Sex Education, and Church-State Relations:Public Schools. (As of 6 April 1999.)
With few exceptions, sites will only be listed once in /Society /Issues /Environment /Activism and its subcategories. Due to overlap with other categories of /Society /Issues /Environment, sites will typically only be listed once in both these areas. Sites with a only regional or local focus should be submitted to a category of /Regional or related Regional category in /Society/Issues/Environment/Organizations/Regional.Any issue which concerns the ecological and human environment - this covers everything from local transport pollution to the destruction of the ozone layer.
This category is for websites about societal issues related to family planning. See the category description for additional details.Sites about societal issues related to family planning. The abortion issue is covered in Society:Issues:Abortion. Information about birth control is in Health:Reproductive Health:Birth Control. The sub-category "Organizations" lists institutional organizations' sites.
Sites about becoming pregnant do not belong here. See Health/Reproductive_Health/Pregnancy_and_Birth/Pre-Conception/
This is not a category for service providers. To locate or submit service provider sites, please see:In law, fraud is intentional deception to cause a person to give up property or some lawful right. Fraud as more generally defined is deceit, trickery or cheating. This category is intended more for the legal description of fraud but may involve human rights or other issues which may or may not have any monetary or economic concerns.
� Attorneys and Law Firms
� Business: Investing
� Personal Finance: InvestingFor legal information, please see Consumer Protection Information and Securities Information.
Sites relating to the actual regulation of ongoing gambling should be sent to Gaming Business.Sites which discuss legal, economic and social impacts of gambling, and/or argue for legalization or regulation of gambling in its various forms, including casino gaming, lotteries, sweepstakes and betting.Sites relating Native American gaming issues should be sent to Native American Gaming Issues.
Issues listed here must be those which "are perceived to fall outside of nations'' powers to deal with effectively alone." Please submit your site to the most appropriate subcategory, if possible.These political, social, economic and environmental issues are of concern to all nations - but, unlike national issues, are perceived to fall outside of nations' powers to deal with effectively alone.
This category is for URLs that are neutral or that cover both sides of the gun control issue.Information related to the question of gun control: to what extent do private citizens have a right to own and use firearms? Links are provided to organizations and sites oriented toward both more government regulation of private firearms and toward less government regulation of private firearms.
Be careful: Most sites even if neutral belong in a subcategory.
Please pick a subcategory where possible.This category is for sites about health issues from a non-medical standpoint.
Sites in this category include topics that deal with housing as a social or political issue covering topics, such as affordable housing, fairness in home ownership, cooperative living, and tenants rights. If the webpage deals with one of those topics exclusively, please list in the proper subcategory.Housing issues covers a spectrum of social and political issues that make it more difficult for people in different circumstances to acquire a home or rent an apartment. The causes of these problems can be quite varied, ranging from the property owner's or landlord's personal bias to the lack of affordable housing within a neighborhood to a lack of income opportunities. Emotional and drug issues can also impact a person's ability to obtain a job that would enable them to pay the rent. Or, a financial crisis may come up and a low-income family could have difficulties in obtaining a financial loan to cover immediate living expenses. The housing issues category contains sites that explain the problems, offers some solutions or lists organizations offering assistance to landlords and dwelling seekers about the laws pertaining to this issue.Suggest sites for Homelessness issues to the Society/Issues/Poverty/Homelessness category.
Please submit professional sites relating to the residential building industry, including house design, to Residential Housing Construction.
Please submit real estate sites to the Real Estate category in the relevant locality category in Regional.
This category is for sites on human rights and liberties.Please make sure this is the most appropriate category for your submission. Submitting to the wrong category may result in significant delay in the review of your website.
Submissions for sites under construction will be DELETED.
Please submit your site only ONCE. Multiple pages from the same site will not be listed in this category or any subcategories.
Thank you for your cooperation.
This category is for immigration-related issues and controversies only. If you want to submit an informational site, it is likely to be a better fit in one of the categories under Regional:[Continent]:[Country]:Business_and_Economy:ImmigrationThis category is intended for sites which deal with societal issues and controversies regarding immigration. Immigration-related controversies include the scope of and restrictions on immigration, immigration law reform, the status of asylum-seekers, the means to control or discourage illegal immigration, the rights and privileges of aliens contrasted with those of citizens, and questions of culture, assimilation, and language.Submitting your site to the correct category will speed up your site getting listed or improve the chances of getting listed at all.
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Only submit sites /discussing/ Intellectual Property rights, for or against, not sites instructing one in their use. Those go under Society/Law/Legal_Information/Intellectual_Property or various other places.Pages or organizations which debate whether or not some or all "intellectual property" laws are unfair monopoly grants, not real private property like physical things.
There are many sites listing some very familiar economic arguments for and against the minimum wage and the question of whether to raise it. Please submit sites that explain those points in an effective, clear, or original way. In addition, sites on less well-explored aspects of the minimum wage--such as its history, its moral aspects, and its political dynamics--are invited.Social and political issues related to labor and work. Labor unions and sites relating directly to the labor movement should be listed under Society/Work/Labor_Movement/Unions or Regional/.../Society_and_Culture/Labor
Please direct sites concerning a particular language to the specific category for that language.Sites concerning policies for the preservation or reform of language.
Imaginary countries or worlds that support a role-playing game, like Dungeons and Dragons, should be submitted to the Games/Roleplaying/World_Building/Created_Worlds category.Micronations, sometimes known as unrecognized nations or ephemeral states, are countries which claim status as independent nations, but which lack diplomatic recognition by the world community. Many claim some physical land area as their national territory; others are non-territorial, existing only in the virtual world. These nations may represent true secessionist movements, experiments with political and governmental models, or extended jokes. The line between serious and whimsical micronations is often a thin one.
This category is for public policy news sites, magazines, newsletters or journals that cover multiple issues. Sites that cover a particular set of issues should be submitted to the appropriate issue subcategory.This category is for public policy news sites, magazines, newsletters or journals that cover multiple issues.Personal multi-issue pages should be submitted to the Society/Issues/Personal_Multi-issues_Pages category.
This category is for sites on homepages by individuals, not organizations, about more than one social issue.Websites submitted here must be social issue related and in English. Sites in other languages should be submitted to the appropriate World subcategory.
Pages on multiple societal issues will be accepted...not simply multiple /topics/. Painting and music are not, for example issues. Censorship of painting and music would be, though.
Please submit sites to the appropriate letter subcategory based on site title or last name. For example, Joe Smith''s Issue Page should be submitted under "S".
Sites comprised primarily of mere LINKS to pages on various issues will not be added.
Policy institutes study a wide range public policy issues and topics; publish position papers; conduct conferences on public policy topics; etc. Their web sites are often good sources of information and opinion on public issues. Some policy institutes are nonpartisan, particularly if they are associated with universities, but most have a particular point of view. Institutes in this category cover the full range of the political spectrum.This category is for public policy institutes that provide research and issue papers to policy makers and the public on a wide variety of public policy topics. If the site focuses on a specific issue area (i.e., crime, education, the environment, etc.), it should be submitted under that issue area, not here.
At least some materials must be available on the web site without charge.
Websites in this category must be in English.
The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your webpage''s server only.
Guidelines for submitting sites:
- Do not type in capitals nor capitalize all nouns.
- Please refrain from all hype, superlatives, or sales pitches. Any such content will be removed.
- Submit to the most accurate category possible.
Submit here only if your site has information only on the causes of poverty.Issues raised by the problem of poverty, responses to poverty by society, examples, concerns and problems of poverty in the modern world.
This category is primarily meant for property rights advocacy, opposing viewpoints, and discussion surrounding concrete policy. In-depth economic analysis belongs under ,Science: Social Sciences: Economics, while broader ideological positions on property rights are best taken in Society: Politics. Legal particulars ought to live in Society: Law: Legal Information: Property Law and Real Estate.Issues related to property owners' rights, particularly in relationship to the actions of governments such as eminent domain, regulatory takings and civil asset forfeiture.
Sites that should be submitted to this category are sites that deal with anti-racism, multiculturalism, equality etc...A variety of subjects on Race-Ethnic-Religious Relations.Please pick the most appropriate subcategory for your submission.
Please submit to the most appropriate sub-category for your site, if possible.The issues raised by modern science and technology
Sites listed here will focus on the issues and attitudes involved with disaster preparedness, war preparedness, preparation for a life threatening situation, or will relate to a lifestyle that would prepare someone for any of these situations.There is currently no description created for this category.Sites with information on the practical aspects of emergency preparedness of the home or workplace do NOT belong here, but instead are listed in Home/Emergency_Preparation, and sites about skills and resources to survive in the outdoors or wilderness belong in Recreation/Outdoors/Survival_and_Primitive_Technology.
Please submit only sites related to issues of violence and abuse in our society as defined in the category description. Please note that certain issues related to violence are more appropriately placed elsewhere in the directory.Sites that deal with the issues of violence or abuse in our society, including violence against individual people or classes of people, violence in certain places, and the study of violence and violent behavior as well as non-violent forms of abuse such as psychological abuse or neglect.
For example, sites relating to war should be submitted to War, Weapons and Defense , and sites related to terrorism should be submitted to Terrorism.
Similarly, certain issues related to abuse are more appropriately placed elsewhere in the directory. For example, sites relating to child abuse should be submitted to Child Abuse, and sites relating to abuse of people with disabilities should be submitted to Disabilities/Abuse.
This category is for sites on warfare and conflict, including its means, effects, strategies, weapons, and consequences.Please submit your site to the most appropriate subcategory possible.
Anti-war and pacifist sites should be submitted to the Peace category.
Sites on terrorism in general should be submitted to the Terrorism category. Likewise if your site is about Veterans, History, or Politics, please submit your site to the appropriate category.
Websites submitted here must be war related and in English. Sites in other languages should be submitted to the appropriate World subcategory.
Please do not submit sites selling products in this category. Such sites should be submitted under Shopping.
Please submit your site only ONCE. Multiple pages from the same site will not be listed in this category or its subcategories.
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