The Washington, DC-based Africa Trade Policy Working Group (ATPWG), which forms part of the Advocacy Network for Africa coalition, has launched a campaign to support African farmers' rights. Current trends in the formulation of global trade regulations put small-holder farmers in Africa - and the developing world generally - at risk of losing control of their seeds, crops and other agricultural resources to international business interests. We invite you to join us in this important campaign by endorsing the Declaration of Support for African Small-Holder Farmers. Please share the declaration with your networks and community groups.

This training manual does not over-burden participants with legal terminology, but at the same time is clearly based on internationally defined human rights standards. The 24 exercises are designed for non-formal grass-roots education emphasising, among others: women's and children's issues, and organised around specified values, e.g., respect for dignity and fair rules, links between human rights and responsibilities, building civil society, confronting prejudice, and "information for empowerment.

This new, free, 24 page publication, provides an introduction to the ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention no 182, and explains its significance for Civil Society Organisations, in terms of the new opportunities it creates for them. The brochure is intended for use by broad human rights groups, trade unions, local government and professional bodies such as the police, lawyers and teachers. The brochure is informative, yet clear and easy to read. Published in English, French, Arabic and Spanish, it is intended to reach a wide audience and to provide practical measures to tackle the worst forms ofchild labour. The brochure can be downloaded in each language from Anti-Slavery's website or hard copies are available free from Pins Brown.