Monday, November 15, 2010

Biofuels and world hunger

Institute of Science in Society (Report)-- Damning report confirms critic’s charge that industrial biofuels are responsible for world’s food and hunger crisis, writes Mae-Wan Ho.

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Filed under: Trade

Friday, November 12, 2010

Call for application: Pan-Africanists in residence

(Oxfam)-- Dear all,

We are happy to announce the call for applications for the Oxfam Pan-Africanists in Residence Secondment Project, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This call’s deadline has been extended until November 23rd, 2010. Oxfam International Liaison Office with the African Union will host the successful applicant selected for the secondment project. Please find below and attached the call for applications with all the relevant information. We look forward to your applications, and feel free to distribute within your networks.

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Filed under: Events • CSO Events

Monday, November 01, 2010

Give women peacekeepers a chance

(IRIN)-- The consensus was ‘could do better’ as senior government representatives met in New York to commemorate UN Security Council Resolution 1325, a decade-old commitment to strengthen the role of women in peace and security.

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Filed under: Peace and Security