The Centre on Philanthropy and Civil Society's ( http://philanthropy.org/ ) Emerging Leaders Inter-national Fellows Program provides leadership training through applied research and professional mentorships for young scholar-practitioners in the nonprofit sector. The program is open to scholars and practitioners interested in building third-sector capacity in the United States and overseas.

Women in Law and Development in Africa West Africa /Femmes, Droit et Développement en Afrique Afrique de l'Ouest publishes regularly a newsletter on women's rights.
Latest news includes:
* Comores is the first country to have ratified the Protocol to the ACHPR on the Rights of Women;
* New Publication: Effective implementation of Women's Rights in West Africa.

The upcoming online discussion forum (e-discussion) "Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Gender Equality" will focus on the ways ICT can be used to overcome gender inequalities, sharing ideas, opinions, concerns, and lessons learned with development practitioners, policy makers, and academics.

This study explores how education in situations of post-conflict emergency can be established and maintained as a vital psychological support to children and communities. Specifically, the study investigates how education for refugee children emerged and developed after the genocide in Rwanda caused hundreds of thousands to flee to neighbouring countries. The focus of the study is Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1994 and 1996.

A new newsletter of Poetry on HIV/AIDS in Africa has been launched. The name of the newsletter is AIDS out of AFRICA. AIDS out of AFRICA will be a bi-annual newsletter appearing in June and December.