Africa: Grassroots call for accountability on World AIDS Day

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Dec 06, 2007

In commemoration of World AIDS Day 2007, Home-Based Caregivers and grassroots women united within the networks of GROOTS International and the Huairou Commission re-affirm our statement from our most recent Grassroots Women's International Academy which took place prior to the YWCA's International Women's Summit on HIV and AIDS, July 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya

Africa: African nations sign up for UN-backed education scheme

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Dec 06, 2007

Nearly one dozen African nations have joined forces to participate in a United Nations-backed programme to bolster education and training in rural areas. At the Rome headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), representatives from 11 countries – Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Niger, Uganda, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania – last week agreed to identify areas of cooperation.

Africa: The African Integration Review

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Dec 06, 2007

The African Integration Review is an international multidisciplinary journal for the discussion of a wide range of integration issues in Africa. It is open to all theoretical and applied research orientations on the regions and countries of Africa.The African Integration Review is particularly interested in the theory of integration and to its application to problems.

Angola: Group says soldiers rape and beat Congolese migrants

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Dec 06, 2007

The medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said Angolan soldiers have raped, beaten and tortured illegal Congolese migrant workers before deporting them across the border. The French humanitarian group said the rights abuses were occurring in the diamond-rich northern Angolan province Luanda Norte, which borders the Democratic Republic of Congo. It described the rapes as "pervasive and systematic".

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Africa: SA scholar 'barred because of his views'

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Nov 30, 2007

A South African scholar was barred from the United States because of his criticism of US policy in Iraq and the Guantanamo Bay prisoner camp, a civil rights group said in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday. Accusing the Bush administration of stifling academic debate by routinely denying visas to critics, the American Civil Liberties Union filed the federal suit on behalf of four groups that invited Adam Habib, a Muslim, to speak in the United States.

Switzerland: Research Fellow, UNRISD

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Nov 30, 2007

As part of a new UNRISD Fellowship Programme for Researchers from Developing Countries, UNRISD invites applications from African social science scholars, based at an African research institution. The visiting fellows would spend 9 to 12 months working at UNRISD in Geneva. Successful applicants should be engaged in innovative research in the field of Social Policy in Africa. At UNRISD they will continue research in this area, prepare a paper for publication under the UNRISD Programme Paper ser...read more

South Africa: Membership Communications Coordinator, Civicus

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Nov 30, 2007

CIVICUS is recruiting a Membership Communications Coordinator to take the lead on the Membership Department’s main communication functions such as the production of the Membership Quarterly newsletter and the updating the Membership Lounge (section of the CIVICUS website for Members’ only). Working with the Membership Manager, the Communications Coordinator will also be responsible for developing a strategy for the increase in CIVICUS’ Membership representation especially in countries/regions...read more

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Liberia: Joint effort to create jobs

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Nov 30, 2007

The United Nations Mission in Liberia is supporting efforts by the Government to create more than 1 million days of work for labourers from small communities in the country, where employment has been linked to stability since the end of the civil war returned thousands of former fighters to the civilian workforce.

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Morocco: Country girls struggle to complete their studies

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Nov 30, 2007

In rural Morocco, many girls receive no secondary school education while others never go to school at all. The school attendance rate for girls across the country is 60.3%, but in rural areas it is just 16.5%. The main reasons: rigid traditional attitudes, the isolation of some douars (settlements) and the lack of roads and public transport.

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Online discussion about mobiles in human rights work

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Nov 30, 2007

Mobile technology is being used by citizens all over the world as the most affordable and massively adopted piece of technology. How can we harness this technology for advancing human rights and civil society participation? Join a group of outstanding resource practitioners to share and discuss "Using Mobile Phones for Action".

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