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The starting point is section 3(1) of Schedule 3 to the Constitution of Zimbabwe, which states that there are two categories of voters entitled to vote in a presidential election.
We would like to bring to your attention the case of a 35 year-old Nigerian woman, Safiya Hussani, sentenced to death by stoning for having a child outside marriage. The sentence will be revised within six days, and all human rights organisations are trying to put the maximum pressure on the Nigerian government to stop the sentence. The organisations have opened up websites in English, French and Spanish to collect signatures for a petition addressed to the President of Nigeria to pardon Ms Hussani. Please visit any of these sites to sign the letter.
Three Special Rapporteurs on Women's Rights (from the UN Commission on Human Rights, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and African Commission on Human and People's Rights) met for the first time in Montreal on 28 February and 1 March, 2002, under the auspices of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (Rights & Democracy), to identify avenues of collaboration on issues of common concern.
The U.N. Organization Mission in Congo (MONUC) should immediately send more military and civilian observers to the strife-torn Ituri province in northeastern Congo, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
The United Nations Security Council, acknowledging that civilians rather not combatants frequently bear the brunt of modern warfare, on Friday adopted new guidelines designed to help deliberations on the protection of non-combatants.
The chasm that opened up between the various teams of observers at the Zimbabwean elections shows the urgency of reformulating one of the oldest questions of political philosophy: who observes the observers? For over the last decade, election observing has become little more than a tool for powerful states to interfere in the internal affairs of weak ones. Monitors delegitimise elections which elect a candidate the west does not like, while turning a blind eye to the deficiencies of polls that produce the desired outcome.
Zambia will win the war against corruption, Chongwe Zambia Republican Party (ZRP) member of parliament Sylvia Masebo has declared.
Observer’s reporter and head of Provincial Desk, Demba Sambou, has been arrested by the National Intelligence Agency officers at Bansang, while attending a presentation ceremony at the Bansang Hospital. In a telephone interview with our reporter, Mr Sambou said an NIA officer from Bansang found him at the Bansang Hospital and picked him up for interrogation at the NIA office.
THE Zimbabwe National Army has denied media reports that it besieged MDC offices on 13 March in Bulawayo.
Raphaël Paluku Kyana, director of the Radio rurale de Kanyabayonga (RRKA) radio station, which broadcasts in North-Kivu province, was arrested on 9 March 2002.
Are you a grantmaker or a grantseeker? Are you tired of spending endless hours looking for funding and fundraising information? SANGONeT is happy to announce that your wait is nearly over. With the support of USAid, we will be launching a new information portal called Thusanang in August 2002.
Registered Commercial & Financial Accountants, A. Cloete and Associates, offers services rendered to Close Corporations, Companies, Partnerships, Sole Proprietors, and NGO's.
The National Development Party (NDP) and the Kenya African National Union (Kanu) have merged to form a new political party, termed New Kanu. The changed look of the Kanu, fresh with younger faces termed Young Turks, should rejuvenate the party and, hopefully, bring a new sense of vigor to national politics.
Human Rights Watch have condemned arrests and beatings of human rights activists and journalists by the Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) in eastern Congo. Human Rights Watch also criticized the RCD and its ally, Rwanda, for arbitrarily detaining Congolese in a container near Goma.
The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) Southern Africa and the African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (AICC) invite you to attend a morning discussion on Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) in South Africa.
18 to 20 March sees the final meeting of the "Kimberley process" - a series of high level meetings that are seeking to put an end to the trade in "blood" diamonds, illegally mined diamonds that are used to bankroll civil war and atrocity in Africa.
The bill for meeting the Millennium Development Goals could turn out to be far bigger than donor countries are prepared to foot, going by estimates from international agencies on the eve of the International Conference on Financing for Development. A study by the British NGO Oxfam ahead of the conference to be held in Monterrey in Mexico from March 18 to 22 estimates that an extra 100 billion dollars a year will be needed. ''On present trends these goals will be missed by a wide margin,'' Oxfam says in its report 'Last Chance in Monterrey'.
Southern African human rights groups are strongly condemning a wave of politically-motivated violence that has swept through Zimbabwe since President Robert Mugabe's controversial re-election last week, warning of little relief unless a "tense stand-off between the winners and losers" is calmed.
Based on the success of its training courses in 2001, Southern Hemisphere is offering training for development practitioners in negotiation skills, monitoring and evaluation for development projects, and human rights indicators.
The Association of Public Accounts Committees, a not-for-profit voluntary association, seeks a project co-ordinator.
Over 40% of Malawi's national budget is dependent on aid, but international aid has dropped in recent years, due to concerns about the way the economy is run. The government now needs £10 million to tackle the crisis: only the UK, China and Japan have committed funds so far.
Oxfam has reacted to President Bush's
announcement of a $5 billion increase in foreign aid over the next three budget cycles. "The question is, why wait? "This is breakthrough change of direction, we question why the money can't be available sooner - poverty is a matter of life and death."
Tearfund partners in Southern Africa are becoming increasingly concerned about food shortages. The Evangelical Association of Malawi reports that in some central districts people have collapsed and died from hunger while foraging in the bush, and that there is a big influx of people to the towns and cities begging for food. About 300 people have died so far and the crisis will get worse before it gets any better. The harvest, which will be gathered in April, is poor due to lack of rain. People are migrating from the poorer districts and theft is on the increase. In some villages people are too weak to dig individual graves, and two or three bodies are buried together.
We need to be aware that neo-liberal globalisation is attacking the social order on three fronts. The economic front is the most important since it affects all humanity. It is presided over by the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation: they form the real axis of evil. This loathsome triumvirate creates massive havoc and seeks to impose an economic agenda founded on the predominance of the private sector and the markets, and on profit.
Sub-Saharan countries are incurring losses of up to two billion dollars per year through reduced production caused by animal diseases, Ethiopia's Agriculture Minister Mulatu Teshome has warned.
The Women Land and Lobby Group (WLLG) is a Zimbabwean NGO provide training skills for women farmers to help them use their land more productively. It also does a lot of monitoring of the impact of government land policies on gender equality.
FFL is a joint effort of UNICEF, WHO, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNDP, UNAIDS, WFP and the World Bank to provide families and communities with essential information on low-cost ways to help prevent child deaths and diseases and to protect women during pregnancy and childbirth.
The commission of enquiry of the Belgian Senate on the exploitation of mineral resources of Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) on Friday heard the testimony of two researchers from the International Peace Information Service (IPIS), based in Antwerp, Belgium, on coltan trade in eastern DRC.
"The Kenyan government has failed in its human rights obligations towards one half of its citizens and should urgently reform its laws and practices to end the impunity of those who commit violence against women," Amnesty International said in a new report on Kenya.
Zambian police recently arrested 39 people protesting against the rape and strangling to death of four young girls in the last one year. The 39 men and women, who are members of the Non-Governmental Organisations' Coordinating Committee (NGOCC), were charged with unlawful assembly and later appeared in court.
After two years, Roger Guarda is about to complete his duties in Sudan. Among other matters, he tells IRIN of raised expectations for the Nuba Mountains, dismay at military attacks on civilians and his disappointment at the plight of IDPs.
Almost all women in Angola have someone close to them who has been killed during the war. Hunger, poverty, separation of families, death and career stagnation are only some of the problems facing the Angolan women.
On Thursday, the DRC government delegation walked out of the inter-Congolese dialogue, claiming that Rwanda and the RCD rebels had violated the country's cease-fire. IRIN spoke to Mwenze Kongolo about the suspension of Kinshasa's participation.
African Development Bank has awarded structural adjustment loans and grants to Djibouti to fight poverty and improve the plight of women. The loans are aimed at improving good governance of public funds, women advocacy programmes and boosting the fishing sector by increasing fish production and reducing Djibouti's food dependence on the outside world.
Topsy Foundation, a private and corporate initiative providing a multi-faceted approach to HIV/Aids, has launched a fundraising initiative using a brilliant red newly-bred hybrid T bush rose. The Topsy Rose of the Nation was launched at the Topsy Sanctuary for HIV/Aids-infected children at Grootvlei in Mpumalanga.
Cosatu has cut off funding for a R 1,7-million community project in Dongwe near Queenstown after community complaints. The funds were donated by Cosatu's Job Creation Trust for building of community hall and agricultural projects.
In an UN International Forum on Finance for Development anticipatory meeting in Monterrey, Mexico, anti-globalisation groups have rejected America's $5-billion aid commitment by scornfully referring to it as ''crumbs''.
Fighting was still going on Monday between Burundi army and rebels of the Forces nationale de liberation (FNL) in Nyambuye, an area within Bujumbura-Rural, adjacent to the Burundi capital Bujumbura, sources confirmed to IRIN on Monday.
There have been a total of 91 confirmed cases of the Ebola virus in the Republic of Congo (RoC) and neighbouring Gabon, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported in its latest situation update on 15 March.
The first continent-wide mental health conference opened on Monday in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, attended by more than 150 delegates, Le Soleil newspaper reported.
After a review of Lesotho's overall fiscal perfomamance IMF has awarded $4-million for poverty reduction. Lesotho was awarded special drawing rights after it's economy performed as expected by the IMF.
A special body set up by Nigeria's president, Olusegun Obasanjo, to undertake rapid development of the country's impoverished Niger Delta oil region has started completing projects abandoned by its predecessor, officials said.
A leading AIDS activist organisation in Tanzania has expressed concern at the country's religious leaders recent statement that they were implacably against the use of condoms in the fight against HIV/AIDS, a key tenet of national policy on tackling the disease.
The Ugandan government has identified and demarcated a new site on which it plans to resettle some 2,673 Ugandan returnees from Tanzania, who have been camped under difficult conditions at Kikagati, Mbarara District, in southern Uganda, according to a senior official at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).
Border technikon, one of the three technikons in East London, announced it's intention to offer its students free HIV testing, counseling and triple anti-retroviral therapy (ART) where necessary.
The Duncan Village Disaster Fund, started last year to cater for housing, clothing and food needs has received a donation of R5000 to build temporary shelter.
The European Commission (EC) recently announced its decision to support a major programme, endorsed by both the government of Sudan and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), to tackle the serious problem of land mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the country.
Zimbabwe's controversial presidential elections is compelling Denmark to withdraw aid to Zimbabwe for 2002 and close it's embassy in the country. The dwindling foreign capital will have negative repercussions for Zimbabwe's post election economic development initiatives.
General Tommy Franks, head of the US Central Command, continued his tour of Horn of Africa countries with visits to Ethiopia and Djibouti at the weekend. "We have known of links to al-Qaeda [terrorist network] in and through Somalia for a considerable period of time," he said. He added that he could not go into specifics, but the US "will not take off the table the possibility of action against countries of concern".
The importance of reuniting children separated from their families by the Ethiopian-Eritrean border war has been underlined by the UN special representative for children and armed conflict, Olara Otunnu.
Swaziland's new Maguga dam, with its promise of regional benefits, is not merely the largest public works project in this tiny African kingdom's history. It seems a throwback to a time when dams were erected as an automatic answer to myriad problems.
The special war crimes tribunal for Sierra Leone could be holding its first trials by late 2003, according to a UN report released on Friday.
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has been summoned to court to hear charges formally accusing him of treason, his aides say.
Senior leaders of Angola's Unita rebels have been arrested, say the group's representatives based in Europe.
Zimbabwe's Commonwealth membership has been suspended for 12 months with immediate effect after the troika of Commonwealth leaders responsible for delivering a verdict on the country's violent presidential election confounded their critics.
This article from the Rural Development Services Network spells out the political tensions around the Civil Society WSSD Forum....
Hope is in for 27 000 blind people who suffer from cataract blindess when the Eastern Cape Blindness Prevention Program will be launching a pilot project this month at Frontier Hospital.
Former Minister of Education, Prof. Aliyu Babatunde Fafunwa referred to last week's National Summit on Higher Education held in Abuja, as "one of the best we have attended". Bukola Olatunji writes on the week-long event.
Judges, magistrates, prosecutors and other senior officials of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development are visiting Cape Peninsula schools in celebration of Human Rights Day on Thursday.
The UN Security Council has proposed the establishment of channels of communication that would allow refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) to raise complaints of sexual abuse by staff of the UN and partner organisations.
Keith Levin and Françoise Caillods
In 1990, at the World Conference on Education for All in Jomtien, and again in April 2000 in Dakar, most developing countries reaffirmed their commitment to providing their school-age children with universal access to a first cycle of education. The number of children who graduate from primary education is expanding rapidly and putting pressure on governments to open up educational opportunities at higher levels. This book explores the problems that surround secondary school financing, outlines the rationale for expanding secondary education and investigates under what conditions it might be possible to do so at sustainable levels of cost. It carries out the analysis for different groups of countries, using data derived from the UNESCO database. Then, it analyses the issue on the basis of case studies in Asia, Latin America and Africa. It concludes with a discussion of the policy options that offer prospects of improved access at sustainable levels of cost without unacceptable deterioration in quality. 2001, ISBN 92-803-1199-9. UNESCO Publishing / IIEP.
Thirty-two countries are at risk of failing to enrol all children in primary schools by 2015. This warning is contained in the recently published Monitoring Report on Education for All prepared by UNESCO with inputs from partner organizations.
For many developing countries, a major government objective is the “ruralization of the population,” since agriculture is essential to their development. Although it is often the women who traditionally farm the land in these countries, girls are generally excluded from the agricultural training courses. Literacy training for women, accompanied by practical extension courses in farming techniques, is one key to putting this situation right.
As the Ghanaian adage goes, if the electric fish announces that the crocodile has been taken ill, there is no point in contesting the matter. Similarly, the public declaration that the Judicial Service is saddled with corruption by no less a person than the Chief Justice puts the matter beyond any reasonable doubt.
The Inspector General of Government, Jotham Tumwesigye, on Friday said some multinational companies have been fuelling corruption in the Ugandan public service.
A National Assembly home affairs committee schedule to expedite the much-delayed Immigration Bill before a Constitutional Court deadline has been approved by the house's programme committee.
The Bank has played a lead role in recognising the intrinsic risks in forced displacements. Its The in-house Impoverishment Risks and Reconstruction model developed by Michael Cernea has been extensively tested and elaborated. It is therefore surprising that OP/BP 4.12 acknowledges impoverishment risks in its first paragraph but fails to without proposeing measures to address them. Instead, it falls back on the same flawed economic analysis and methodologies that have been responsible for decades of unacceptable performance. By narrowly focusing the Bank’s client’s responsibility on compensation for loss of land, the revisions sidesteps the need for viable economic and social rehabilitation of the innocent victims of development-induced displacement. If its intention is to implicitly address risks, then why did the new policy fail to proscribe the analytical tools and commensurate financing to avoid them?
Should not humanitarian institutions be as involved in trying to deal with the conflicts and violence faced by IDPs as they are in delivering basic humanitarian assistance? If one does not address violence affecting IDPs, any solution reached at a higher political level will be unsustainable. Displaced people are an integral part of civil society and should be included in all peace and reconciliation processes. Hopefully, one day IDPs will be able to return home. When they do, land, property and ethnic-related conflicts will confront them. Engaging IDPs in conflict resolution activities stimulates reflection and provides skills to reduce tension, avoid violence and resolve conflicts. Today’s conflict resolution is tomorrow’s conflict prevention.
On Human Rights Day 2002, the Congress of South African Trade Unions salutes all the heroes and heroines of South Africa who sacrificed their lives in the struggle for human rights, human dignity, democracy and freedom...
The US-based Human Rights Watch on 20 March 2002 condemned the arrest and beatings of human rights activists and journalists by the Congolese rebel Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The prosecution in the case of three individuals accused of using "hate media" to ignite massacres in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, on Wednesday presented the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda with 273 audio tapes of recorded broadcasts that allegedly incited killings.
Amoud University is a recently established community based institution, and the librarian will assist in developing its library and other educational resources, and also in strengthening the skills of unqualified staff in library administration/management. You should hold a qualification in library and information science or equivalent knowledge gained through work based experience. Of particular importance is the ability to work creatively within a resource poor environment and a willingness to become involved with the wider aims of the community institution.
The National Federation of People with Disabilities is an umbrella organisation working to support and strengthen local disability organisations. The adviser will work with building and developing the management and organisational capacity of the Secretariat to work effectively as an effective national support organisation, and provide advice on strengthening its fundraising capabilities. You should be experienced in an organisational development role, and have skills in training, personnel management, fundraising and strategy development. The ability to transfer and adapt skills and knowledge to the context is essential.
March 19, 2002: The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) would like to reemphasize that the general workforce in Zimbabwe are naturally disappointed about what happened on the 14th of March where the General Council meeting was disrupted by the police. This is despite past experience when the General Council held its meetings without the interference of the police in line with the principles of freedom of association enshrined in various international human rights instruments to which Zimbabwe is signatory. These instruments include The UN Declaration of Human Rights, The UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, The UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and the International Labour Organisation Conventions on Freedom of Association and the Right to organise. It is therefore disturbing that the state would now want to be part and parcel of ZCTU meetings, which is a serious breach of the ZCTU's freedom to hold its meetings.
The state argued that the meeting was a political one and that it was therefore illegal. This was purportedly in terms of the notorious Public Order and Security Act [Chapter 11: 17] (POSA). In light of the above, The ZCTU categorically denounces the use of draconian legislation to interfere with the running of affairs of trade unions in this country, especially following the announcement by government that they are going to derecognise the ZCTU.
The ZCTU is determined to make sure that the workers interests in these difficult times are taken care of regardless of the intimidation and state interference. Meanwhile, the ZCTU's national and international partners are being briefed on these latest developments
It has also come to the attention of the ZCTU that workers are being unnecessarily beaten and harassed by state agents, a development which the ZCTU strongly condemns.
The ZCTU therefore calls on all workers to stayaway from their workplaces on Wednesday the 20th to Friday the 22nd March, 2002 in protest against:
* the state's disregard for trade union freedoms.
* an attempt by the state to weaken the ZCTU and therefore expose the workers to unchallenged victimization
* the harassment, beatings and displacement workers are experiencing in the aftermath of the Presidential elections
* general lawlessness which will actually influence company closures and loss of jobs.
Mpumalanga's safety and security department's R31,3-million budget for this financial year aims to increase public awareness, improve efficiency of the criminal justice system and end racism within the police.
"In Cyberspace, nobody knows your race unless you tell them. Do you tell?" Several years ago, I put this slogan on a poster advertising an MIT-hosted public forum about race and digital space. The resulting controversy was an eyeopener. Like many white liberals, I had viewed the absence of explicit racial markers in cyberspace with some optimism—seeing the emerging "virtual communities" as perhaps our best hope ever of achieving a truly color-blind society. But many of the forum's minority participants—both panelists and audience members—didn't experience cyberspace as a place where nobody cared about race. Often, they'd found that people simply assumed all participants in an online discussion were white unless they identified themselves otherwise.
21 March 2002 is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and marks the start of a week of solidarity with The peoples struggle Against Racism and Racial Discrimination, 21 - 27 March 2002. According to the United Nations, "Racial Discrimination shall mean any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life".
I have been working in the field of human rights especially for women and children for quite some time now, and it will do me a lot of good to gain an interactive knowledge on the practice and trends in southern Africa and beyond. – – Geoffrey Ijumba, Protection Officer, UNICEF - TANZANIA
I wish to have information from you every week, because it is very interesting and helpful. – Batupe Pascaline, CARPECAM
IT'S SO GOOD!! – Liina (Ms), Swapo Party National Council
Slavery in America has traditionally been viewed as a peculiarly Southern phenomenon, brought to an end by the victorious Northern states after the Civil War. In 1991, in downtown Manhattan, an 18th century burial ground containing the remains of hundreds of African slaves was uncovered during excavations for a new office block. T J Davis explores the hidden slave history of New York and how one shocking discovery changed a city.
Will be responsible for the overall management and development of the IPS global editorial network. Sound knowledge of global issues, including those of relevance to the South. Written and oral fluency in English and Spanish, knowledge of French desirable.
Project Parity (training future women leaders worldwide) is compiling a listing of perhaps 50 eyecatching campaigns that NGOs and pressure groups have used successfully to attract Press and Media attention, to bring their own causes to public and political attention. We are very keen to hear from journalists and organisations about short, inexpensive successful events. The listing will be made available to any campaign groups, particularly new ones, to help them plan their own campaigns. Please send us your suggestions for inclusion in the list - campaigns on your or any subjects you have run or campaigns on any subject (environment, health, education, peace-making, equality, reconciliation, violence against women, etc) you have heard about.
This e-conference will contribute to the global debate on CSR, and develop an agenda for future leaders by providing an opportunity for young people to express their view on the role of various stakeholders in promoting CSR. Each week, a new topic for discussion will be introduced. Each topic will be moderated by young people from developed, developing, and transition economies.
Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) is an annual global event led by Youth Service America with the Global Youth Action Network as its key partner, together with a consortium of 32 International Organizations and well over 100 National Coordinating Committees. The goals of GYSD are to:
*Highlight the ways that young people improve their communities through service 365 days a year
*Recruit the next generation of volunteers
*Promote the benefits of youth service around the world.
Know How Conference is organized by Isis-WICCE (Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange) which is based in Kampala, assisted by the International Information Center and Archives for the Women's Movement (IIAV) in Amsterdam and Isis International-Manila. This conference brings together specialists in getting information to where it is needed, whether to the grass roots, researchers, policy makers or the media.
The first International Young Peoples Conference on AIDS in Africa. The event,hosted by Africa Young AIDS Coalition (AFYOAC), is expected to be the largest gathering of young African HIV/AIDS activists throughout the continent. The conference will bring together young researchers,educators, advocates, counselors and policymakers. It will provide a strong platform in shaping the future role of young people in HIV/AIDS prevention and care within the continent. The conference will also focus on the prevention needs of young people and look for appropriate ways capable of bridging the existing communication, language and experience sharing gap between young HIV/AIDS activists in Africa.
Institute of Cultural Affairs Ghana and ICA,UK are carrying out this two-week training course that will:
* Equip participants with the practical group facilitation methods developed and practised globally by ICA over the past 30 years
* clarify the role of the facilitator in the participatory process, and explore skills, techniques and styles to manage different groups in different situations
* Enable participants to design, conduct and follow up on participatory processes
* Provide an opportunity to network with facilitators from a variety of African countries.
Dramatic and rapid changes in the nature and structure of health care financing, organization, and delivery have continued to increase demand worldwide for high quality information about the cost, quality, and access to health care. Academia has responded to this need with an increasing number of programs in health services and health policy, especially at the masters and doctoral levels. This 2002 Directory responds to a growing interest in health services research and health policy and increasing demand for information about Post Baccalaureate certificates, Master's programs, Doctoral programs, and Postdoctoral programs in these fields. It has been expanded to include health policy research programs and the health policy tracks in public policy programs as well as the core health services research programs included in our two earlier editions-1997 and 1992. Additionally, when possible, we have included more descriptive information about the programs. While the 2002 edition does not include international programs, other than the eight Canadian programs profiled, future editions may be expanded to include programs outside North America.
The Directory is available in two formats: a print copy, and an online, searchable version. The print version is meant to serve as a companion piece. The online version is continuously maintained. The print version is revised once every two years. We see this as a valuable resource for all those interested in learning more about training programs in health services research and health policy.
Ethics Newsline, published weekly on Mondays by the nonprofit Institute for Global Ethics, is the premier source of cutting edge news, analysis and commentary on issues of the day, seen through the lens of ethics. There is an archive of news stories, commentary and analysis of key issues going back to 1998.
Develop your skills and competency with this unique course that offers participants the opportunity to acquire a recognised qualification. This course has been fully endorsed and accredited by SAIF.
You will learn:
* How to approach the media
* How to Identify the right media: print/radio/TV/internet
* How to promote your messages and reach the target market
* Do's and don'ts of writing a good press release
* Interviewing techniques - giving and requesting
* case studies and discussion
This workshop encourages interaction and an exchange of practical ideas.
This workshop offers participants an excellent opportunity to master the skills and processes involved in proposal writing - a key fundraising tool used in seeking funding from a variety of sources. You will be guided step-by-step through every aspect of preparing and submitting a concise, compelling and effective funding proposal.
Comprehensive listing of listing of Training Opportunities, Distance-learning Courses and Training Events.
PAMBAZUKA NEWS 57 * 7600 SUBSCRIBERS
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In the past two weeks, the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) has been active in southern Sudan. It says it is there to fight rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army, who have terrorised northern Uganda from their Sudan bases for over 10 years, and that it has permission for its "hot pursuit" policy from the Khartoum government.
Moi has "anointed" Cabinet ministers Musalia Mudavadi, Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga as among the men that he will hand over the nation to when he leaves office in the next several months.