TARGETING YOUNG MEN IS KEY IN FIGHT AGAINST AIDS

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Oct 04, 2001

Agencies involved in the ongoing battle against HIV/AIDS must target young men or risk devastating effects in the long-term, warns a new joint report from the Panos Institute and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

Institute of Race relations: report on British racism

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Oct 04, 2001

The Institute of Race Relations is set to publish a wide-ranging report exposing racism in British government policy, institutions and popular culture. The report, entitled 'The three faces of British racism', shows how racism has worsened under a government which claims to be leading the fight against it. The report focuses on asylum policy and reform of the criminal justice system as the main areas in which the promise held out by the Macpherson Report has been squandered.

SOUTH AFRICA: NURSING CONFERENCE

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Oct 04, 2001

"Reshaping the Nursing Landscape" will be the second conference of its kind to be hosted by the Department of Nursing Education, University of the Witwatersrand. The organisers are calling for abstracts for oral and poster presentation. Closing date: 28 November 2001.

South Africa

CHARITIES COULD SUFFER FALLOUT FROM US ATTACKS

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Oct 04, 2001

According to a study by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University the World Trade Center and Pentagon terrorist attacks may have unpredictable effects on Americans' charitable giving.

MALAWI: Girls still dropping out from school

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Oct 04, 2001

Pupil enrolment increased a staggering 63 percent when Malawi introduced free primary school education in 1994, but education authorities are still battling to keep young girls in class.

Malawi

INTERNET RESEARCH

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Oct 04, 2001

Bright Planet's Deep Content page features some in-depth articles, tutorials and tools for Internet research. Much of the Web is 'invisible' to mainstream search engines. Learn how to access specialised databases at this site.

ZIMBABWE: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT

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Oct 04, 2001

This brief report has been produced to underscore the difficulties in accepting that elections, be they by-elections or the Presidential election, can be free and fair in the current situation. The persistence of organised violence and torture seem to mitigate against any acceptance that the conditions for holding elections are even close to desirable. The current by-election in Chikomba constituency provides an interesting case study of the electoral process in Zimbabwe currently.

Zimbabwe

UNAIS: AFRICA PROGRAMME COORDINATOR

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Sep 27, 2001

You will manage and develop IS's programme in West Africa. Based in York, your role will include liaising closely with Field Coordinators in Burkina Faso and Mali in the identification, management and evaluation of development worker assignments, and with partner organisations and donors in the field and in the UK.

NON-PROFIT RESOURCE TRAINING

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Sep 27, 2001

Non-Profit Resource Training will be presenting the following bumper short-course series in Cape Town from 17 to 20 October, to boost your non-profit organisation's fundraising efforts: * Effective Writing Skills for Fundraisers * Marketing Essentials for Successful Fundraising * Tax & the Non-Profit Sector: Encouraging Philanthropy Through Incentives * Fundraiser Remuneration & Working with FR Consultants * The A to Z of Volunteer Management. ENQUIRIES: Tel: +27 (21) 685 7726.

Bertelsmann Stiftung

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Sep 27, 2001

The Bertelsmann Foundation wants to take up societal problems, develop model solutions with scientific experts and practitioners alike and implement these models in selected areas of society. The Bertelsmann Foundation defines itself as an operating foundation working conceptually. It formulates and initiates its own projects, managing them all the way to their practical implementation. In doing so, the Bertelsmann Foundation cooperates closely with competent partners in scientific, state and...read more

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