Uganda: Africa Human Rights Defenders Coordinator

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Sep 04, 2006

The Africa Programme of Amnesty International (AI), International Secretariat is seeking a dynamic person to fill the post of Africa Human Rights Defenders Coordinator based in AI's Africa Regional Office in Kampala, Uganda. As the Africa Human Rights Defenders Coordinator, you will coordinate AI's program of work for the protection of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in Africa.

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Egypt: Program Officer

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Sep 04, 2006

The Program Officer will be responsible for developing, monitoring and evaluating the Ford Foundation’s work in the field of Sexuality and Reproductive Health (SRH) in the Middle East and North Africa region, with special focus on Egypt and Palestine

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South Africa: Director

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Sep 04, 2006

Soul Beat Africa is an exciting organisation using information and communication technologies to create opportunities for those involved in development communication in Africa to share what they are doing, thinking and experiencing and to discuss and review each others work to improve the impact of communication on African development.

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US: Emerging Leaders International Fellows Programme

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Sep 04, 2006

The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society is pleased to announce a unique fellowship opportunity: the spring 2007 Emerging Leaders International Fellows Programme. The programme provides leadership training through applied research and professional mentorships for young scholar-practitioners in the nonprofit sector.

UK: INTRAC Conference on Civil Society and Capacity Building

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Sep 04, 2006

Six years into the new millennium and the world feels like a very different place from the last years of the twentieth century. For those engaged in civil society capacity building, these changes are felt as increasing pressures for conformity with the orthodoxies of the aid industry.

Cameroon: African rights group seminar

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Sep 04, 2006

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, an organ of the African Union will be organising a 'Regional Sensitisation Seminar on the Rights of Indigenous Populations and Communities in Africa'. The Seminar is the first in a series of Regional Seminars earmarked by the African Commission’s Working Group on Indigenous Populations and Communities in Africa

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Zambia: Malpractice Reports Flood Electoral Body

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Aug 30, 2006

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has been flooded with complaints by individuals, candidates and political parties of violations of the code of conduct, it has been learnt. Chairperson, Ireen Mambilima, said in Lusaka that the commission had taken the reports seriously and was giving each of it due consideration, while in some cases parties involved had been summoned to the commission to answer charges.

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Senegal: The CODESRIA Annual Social Science

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Aug 29, 2006

The CODESRIA Annual Social Science CampusCall for Applications for the 2006 Session Theme: The Role of Institutions in African Development The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is pleased to announce the fifth session of its Annual Social Science Campus, and invites applications from African scholars for participation in the programme which, this year, is scheduled to hold at the end of November 2006.

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Uganda: Center For Domestic Violence Prevention

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Aug 29, 2006

The Center for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP) works to prevent violence against women in Uganda. We are looking for two experienced and committed professionals to join us in this work on a part time basis. The successful candidates will be articulate and dynamic individuals with demonstrated commitment to promote women’s rights.

Uganda

Africa: Evidence of returns to schooling from household surveys

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Aug 28, 2006

In the last two decades, many countries in Africa have had difficulty extending primary and secondary schooling to an increasing fraction of their youth, or in building high quality university training and parallel research institutions. Opinion is divided on how to refocus resources and determine priorities to improve the prospects for the future.

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