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Third World Network  

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  • Third World Network (TWN) is an independent, nonprofit, international network of individuals and organizations. TWN's mission is to engender a better understanding of the needs and rights of people in the global South, create a more just distribution of world resources, and enable more ecologically sustainable and socially fulfilling modes of development. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media; Third World Network (Malaysia)]

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