What problems do working children in Zimbabwe experience? How can they best be heard and supported? A book draws attention to the plight of working children and suggests ways forward, while acknowledging that children’s earnings are essential to the livelihoods of many marginalised families.

A group of women in northern Namibia have become "flying mothers" for children orphaned by Aids. They got together four years ago after losing relatives to the disease, or taking in nephews and nieces after their parents had died.

The Save the Children (SC UK) Southern Africa Regional Office in Pretoria is seeking a Support Services Manager for a period of 1 year. The incumbent will have overall responsibility for the management of administration, including Human Resources, procurement, finance and IT.

Are you committed to changing the lives of poor women and men in Africa. Are you results oriented? Look no further because Oxfam GB is seeking someone like you for the position of Programme Representative, Burundi.

This top executive position in the South Africa Medical Research Council (MRC) has been vacant since October 2002. The MRC is one of eight Science, Engineering and Technology Institutes (SETI's) operating within the national Science System of the Republic of South Africa. The MRC's task is to improve the health of the population of South Africa through excellent scientific research.

The International Human Rights Academy is a human rights course, organized every year alternately in South Africa and in Europe under the auspices of Ghent University (Belgium), the University of the Western Cape (Republic of South Africa), Utrecht University (The Netherlands), the Norwegian Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oslo (Norway), together with the Washington College of Law at American University (United States of America).

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Women's Rights Division monitors state-sponsored and state-tolerated violence against women and sex discrimination in all world regions. The Division seeks a full-time Researcher to improve awareness and accountability for human rights violations against women by conducting fact-finding missions and writing and publicizing reports among other tasks.

Forty-six Ministers of Education of Africa were due to participate in the Conference of the Ministers of Education of African Member States (MINEDAF VIII) to be held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 2-6 December. In addition, 106 parliamentarians from 53 countries as well as representatives from international organisations and civil society were also due to participate in the discussion on how to meet the educational challenges in Africa.

The Iringa International School is searching for a Senior School Maths and Science teacher. The school is small and somewhat limited in resources, but the diverse student body is serious about learning from an intelligent, curious, and qualified Maths and Science Teacher .

The Civic Alliance for Social and Economic Progress (CASEP) has called for a constructive resolution of the "real and urgent problems" confronting the education sector. Attacking the victims of the crisis - the teachers, lecturers, students and communities around schools - did not resolve the problem, said the organisation.

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