Sudan: Teachers go back to school in southern Sudan

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Oct 10, 2006

Educators who carry on despite hardships such as war and poverty are being honoured on World Teacher's Day, observed on 5 October. This story highlights a partnership between UNICEF and the Windle Trust to train teachers in Southern Sudan. At the age of 67 Clara Royo, a primary school teacher is going back to school. Like nearly every other teacher in Southern Sudan, Ms. Royo has almost no formal training.

Gambia: Forum on the participation of NGOs in the ACHPR

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Oct 04, 2006

The Forum on the Participation of NGOs in the Ordinary Sessions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights is one of the main advocacy tools that the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies uses to promote networking among Human Rights NGOs for the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa.

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Africa: GBV Coordinator

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Oct 04, 2006

The GBV Coordinators in Africa and Asia will be responsible for managing and implementing grant-funded GBV projects and for integrating GBV into CCF's overall program strategy. The GBV Coordinator must have experience, comfort, and confidence working with children and adults in emergency and post-conflict situations. The GBV Coordinator must be able to work closely with other CCF Program Coordinators.

Africa: Programme Specialists

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Oct 04, 2006

Under the guidance and supervision of the UNFPA Country Representative, the HIV/AIDS programme specialist will work with the UNFPA team, national counterparts, UN system agencies, multi and bilateral development agencies, civil society and communities to contribute to the development and implementation of national HIV/AIDS-related plans, policies and programmes within UNFPA's priority areas of work.

Morocco: Deputy Director

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Oct 04, 2006

The ABA seeks a Deputy Director of its Morocco Program, with primary responsibility for management of a gender- and human rights-focused curriculm development project. The Deputy will also assist with the management of a human rights legal clinic at a university near Rabat, and with selected aspects of the overall management of the Morocco program.

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Senegal: Making the grade

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Oct 04, 2006

Kewe Thiam is the exception to the rule that most Senegalese girls don’t make it to high school. Sitting with a group of her peers, Thiam’s is the only female hand that shoots up, along with those of a dozen boys, when asked who among them goes to school. “The girls here want to go to school, but their parents don’t have the means. They can’t afford the inscription fees or the supplies,” says Thiam, 20, speaking for the girls around her who haven’t had the opportunity to learn French, the lan...read more

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Africa: Newspaper editor freed, charged with "unlawful assembly"

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Oct 04, 2006

Roger Mancienne, editor of the privately-owned weekly "Regar" and Secretary-general of the opposition Seychelles National Party (SNP), told Reporters Without Borders he was released on the morning of 4 October 2006, after being held for nearly 24 hours in the central police barracks in Victoria.

Burkina Faso: Girls test scientific knowledge

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Oct 04, 2006

Sadio Toure didn’t have a typical summer vacation. Even though the 18-year-old was on her school break, she delighted in finding herself in a classroom setting, learning to use a computer and attempting science experiments in a laboratory for the first time. “We didn’t have any [laboratory] practice sessions in our school,” said Toure.

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Africa: CODESRIA: The African Woman

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Oct 05, 2006

Many an observer has recognised the positive contribution of the UN Decade for women that culminated in the 1985 Nairobi 3rd World Congress on Women where over 300 resolutions were passed on forward-looking strategies for the advancement of women globally, strategies that were complemented by the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

Liberia: Orphan Children Appeal to President Sirleaf

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Oct 04, 2006

Over 500 orphans of the Frauenshuh International Christian Orphanage Center located in Palm Community in Barnesville are appealing to President Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf and the authority of the Ministry of Health to ensure that the center remains in operation as anything contrary would hamper their educational endeavor.

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