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Call for papers
2010-02-05, Issue 473
On September 19-25, 2010, a festival and conference promoting peace and conflict resolution will be held in Nairobi, Kenya. A two-day conference will be accompanied by seven days of artistic performances featuring traditional and popular music, oral ...
Global: FAO-UOC Joint Certificate in Food Security:
2010-03-10, Issue 473
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya's (UOC) Department of Food Systems, Culture and Society are partnering to offer a fully accredited, online certificate in Food Security: Assessm...
Africa and China in the 21st Century: The search for a mutually beneficial relationship
April 8-10, Syracuse University
2010-03-11, Issue 473
The Africa Initiative of Syracuse University, recognizes the need for the debate on Africa-China relations to transcend the emerging Sino-phobic scholarship and analyses that conceptualize Africa-China relations only through the limited lens of expl...
Capitalism in crisis: The 2010 ILRIG-Rosa Luxemburg Cape partners' conference
Community House, Salt River, Cape Town - 10am to 5 pm on 9 and 10 April 2010
2010-03-12, Issue 473
Have we seen a response so far from the capitalists and their governments that suggest that they are going to change from neo-liberal globalisation? Will they look once again to the kind of Keynesian capitalism that worked so well for them in the 40's, 50's and 60's and regulate capital flows, invest in public services and seek to grow capitalism by stimulating demand and providing full employment? Or are they still wedded to the same system of mobile capital, speculation and the privatisation of public goods?...
"Alternative Research Methodologies" - Philippines from 18 - 29 October 2010
2010-03-12, Issue 473
The fourth SEASREP-Sephis training workshop on Alternative Research Methodologies will take place in the Philippines on 18-29 October 2010. The workshop aims to provide PhD students from the South an opportunity to strengthen the theoretical and meth...
Asia dynamics initiative conference
2010-03-12, Issue 473
This workshop explores the notion of ‘difference’ – as identity, opposition and even resemblance – in its multiple meanings and settings, and the ways in which it plays out in the social-political landscape. Moving away from the idea of difference as...
Chevening Scholarships - For Trade Unionists and Labour Activists from around the world
2010-03-12, Issue 473
* One year Certificate/Diploma of Higher Education/ BA degree.
* One year MA
* One term full time course...
South Africa: House of Hunger poetry slam
2010-02-12, Issue 473
Venue - Alliance Francaise, 17 Lower Park Drive/Kerry Road, Zoo Lake, Parkview Time - 2-5pm Date - 20 March 2010 Guest Artist - Thobile Magagula for Swaziland The WINNER will TRAVEL to the House of Hunger Poetry Slam, Zimbabwe! For more info cal...
Global: KCL Peace and Security Fellowships for African Women
Announcement 2010-2011
2010-03-04, Issue 472
The Conflict, Security and Development Group (CSDG) at King’s College London together with the Africa Leadership Centre (ALC), is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Peace and Security Fellowships for African Women for 2010/2011. Thes...
Global: PLURAL+ 2010 Youth Video Festival
2010-03-04, Issue 472
Building on last year’s successful launch of PLURAL+, a youth video festival on migration, diversity and social inclusion, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) again invite the wo...
Kenya: The struggle for health, 19-28 April 2010
2010-02-26, Issue 471
International People’s Health University (IPHU) of the People’s Health Movement (PHM) and Great Lakes University of Kisumu (GLUK) announce "THE STRUGGLE FOR HEALTH" a short training course from 19 to 28 April 2010 in Kisumu, Kenya. In association wit...
South African Association of Political Studies conference
2010-02-18, Issue 470
The University of Stellenbosch will be hosting the bi-annual conference of the South African Association of Political Studies (SAAPS) in Stellenbosch from 1-4 September 2010. The Theme for the Conference is Democracy in the First Decade of the 21st C...
South Africa: Vrije University Amsterdam - NRF Desmond Tutu doctoral programme
2010-02-18, Issue 470
Vrije University (VU) Amsterdam has established the Desmond Tutu Programme in honour of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond M. Tutu. This Programme focuses on the theme Youth, Sports and Reconciliation and aims to strengthen the co-operation between VU Amste...
Peace, Security and Development Fellowships for African Scholars
2010-02-18, Issue 470
CSDG, King's College London/ALC, is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Peace, Security and Development Fellowships for African Scholars starting September 2010. The Fellowships are over 18-month period and comprise a rigorous trainin...
The 2010 Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa
2010-02-18, Issue 470
Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa is pleased to announce its call for applications for the 2010 Moremi Leadership Empowerment and Development (MILEAD) Fellows Program for young African women leaders. The MILEAD Fellows Program is a o...
Botswana: Minority Rights and Indigenous Peoples Media skills training - March 2010
2010-02-18, Issue 470
This five-day training, offered by Minority Rights Group International (MRG), aims to equip minority and indigenous peoples activists (individuals and NGOs) with media skills to generate their own information and to interact with local, regional and...
MA in International Labour and Trade Union Studies - Ruskin College
2010-02-12, Issue 469
MA in international labour and trade union studies
Start: October 2010
Full-time (12 months) OR
Part-time (24 months)
Limited scholarships available...
Post-Doctoral Fellowship - Gender and Population
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
2010-02-12, Issue 469
ICRW is offering a post-doctoral fellowship for a social scientist with gender and population expertise at its Washington, DC office. This fellowship is geared toward early career Ph.D. professionals who would like to conduct research within an actio...
Global: UNESCO International Leadership Training Programme
2010-02-12, Issue 469
The UNESCO Chair & Institute of Comparative Human Rights at the University of Connecticut invites applications for the sixth annual International Leadership Programme: A Global Intergenerational Forum. The Forum seeks to empower young leaders by invo...
CODESRIA: Sub-regional methodology workshops for social research in Africa
2010-02-12, Issue 469
This edition of the methodological workshops that is on offer for 2010 is designed for doctoral and masters students as well as young, mid-career African researchers based in Nigeria and elsewhere in English speaking Central and West Africa....
Global: Short Course Statelessness and International Law
2010-02-12, Issue 469
The Oxford University Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) course on statelessness and international law will take place from 16–18 April 2010 and is intended for experienced practitioners and graduate researchers. It draws on the expertise of RSC staff and ...
Africa: CODESRIA Sub-Regional Methodology Workshops for Social Research in Africa
2010-02-12, Issue 469
The 2010 session of the CODESRIA sub-regional methodological workshops will explore the conditions for the employment and validation of qualitative perspectives in African contexts. To this end, the workshops will be open to all the social research d...
Africa: The CODESRIA Advanced Research Fellowship Programme 2010 Competition
2010-02-12, Issue 469
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa is pleased to announce the 2010 session of its Advanced Research Fellowship Programme and to invite interested scholars based in African universities or research centres to submit a...
South Africa: SASA 2010 call for papers
Sport, Leisure and Development in the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges.
2010-02-04, Issue 468
This is a call for the forthcoming South African Sociological Association (SASA) Congress, hosted by the University of Fort Hare, 13-16 June, in East London. Papers should be related to the theme is “Sport, Leisure, and Development in the 21st centur...
ISHR training course on treaty monitoring bodies and the UPR
Call for applications
2010-02-04, Issue 468
From 3 to 14 May 2010, the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) will organise a training course on the treaty monitoring bodies and the universal periodic review (UPR). The course will be conducted in parallel to the 44th sessions of the Com...
54th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Calling for Contributions
2010-02-04, Issue 468
In March 2010, the 54th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will undertake a fifteen-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly...
East Africa: Second feminist leadership and movement building institute
2010-02-05, Issue 468
The Second Feminist Leadership and Movement Building Institute is a week-long course designed to strengthen feminist leadership, strategies and collective power for social transformation in Africa. The Institute which will take place in Kampala, Ug...
UNICEF - GPIA 2010 International Conference
Deadline extended - February 7
2010-02-05, Issue 468
UNICEF and the Graduate Program in International Affairs (GPIA) at The New School will host an international conference on adolescent girls in April 2010. With an emphasis on reviewing existing evidence and policies, the conference will focus on the ...
Uganda: FOWODE leadership training camp
2010-02-05, Issue 468
Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) invites young women aged between 21 - 25 years who completed their university or any tertiary institution and are interested in Leadership to apply for a Leadership Training Camp scheduled for March 2010. The cam...
Tanzania: Upcoming courses - MDF Eastern & Southern Africa
2010-01-27, Issue 467
MDF-ESA designs and delivers courses in the sphere of Project and Programme Management, Organisational Development, Human Resource Development, Resource Mobilisation, Facilitating Processes, Dealing with Contextual Changes and Rapid Skills Developmen...
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