CAR: A day in the life of a school child

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Jun 17, 2004

In the Central African Republic, a country of 623,000 square km and 3.5 million inhabitants, the education system experiences a high disparity among boys and girls (39 per cent of net enrolment for girls and 46 per cent for boys). This difference is mainly explained by socio-cultural factors. Since girls’ education is perceived by many as a meaningless investment for the family and the community. However, many families do appreciate the importance of education for girls and boys. Josiane Poun...read more

Foundation for Human Rights: Call for Proposals

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Jun 17, 2004

In a a departure from the previous practice of awarding grants in response to unsolicited applications,Foundation for Human Rights calls for proposal for the following categories:
Public Interest Litigation
Human Rights
Access to Justice
Security of Tenure on Farms

South Africa: Shuttleworth Foundation: Call for Proposals

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Jun 17, 2004

The Shuttleworth Foundation supports Maths, Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship initiatives and invites proposals from innovative educational pilot projects. The project focus areas are:
Maths, Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship in General Education and Training (GET) phase; and
Numeracy in the Foundation Phase.
The project should demonstrate cost-effective management of resources and innovative teaching and learning methodologies on the specified subject matter....read more

South Africa

UN agencies face $2,25bn shortfall

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Jun 17, 2004

UN agencies, whose work benefit an estimated 50-million people worldwide, need $2,25-billion until the end of 2004 to implement their programmes, reports the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. "The response [from donors] so far is too little too late for millions of victims in forgotten emergencies," Jan Egeland, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said in a statement issued in New York and Geneva.

Africa: Spotlight on Secondary Education

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Jun 17, 2004

"Secondary Education in Africa: Lifeline to the Future" is the theme of the second conference with a sharp focus on secondary education in Africa (SEIA) currently being held in Senegal. But can the theme become a reality? The first SEIA conference took place in Kampala, Uganda in June last year Here in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, delegates are assessing and reviewing progress in secondary education since Kampala, as well as exploring the challenges and searching for solutions to the many p...read more

Sierra Leone: Call for Ban On Underage Marriage

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Jun 17, 2004

A local organisation in the coastal West African state of Sierra Leone called Katanya Women's Development Organisation is mobilising support for the banning of marrying underage girls. The organisation says the practice has deprived many girls of education or achieving statuses that would have enabled them to make meaningful contribution to the development of the country.

Sierra Leone

Africa: Anti-FGM strategies discussed at Nairobi conference

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Jun 17, 2004

Isnino Shuriye grew up in the northeastern Kenyan District of Garissa believing that circumcision of women was an important aspect of her culture. As an adult, she learnt how to circumcise girls and spent many years practising her trade. Two years ago, however, she got "converted". That was when she turned into an anti-FGM [female genital mutilation] activist and started sending away women who come to her to have their daughters circumcised.

Kenya

South Africa: Policy and Research Intern

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Jun 17, 2004

Action Aid International is a non profit organisation working on behalf of poor and marginalised people, in fighting poverty around the world, as well as speaking out against the injustice and inequity which cause poverty. With the establishment of the international secretariat in South Africa, we, together with our affiliate organisations around the world, will be able to work more effectively together at all levels - local, national, regional, global - but we need your help to do it. Acti...read more

South Africa

Nigeria: Unions call off strike as fuel prices drop

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Jun 17, 2004

Nigerian labour unions called off a three-day-old general strike on Friday, citing “substantial compliance” by the government with a court order to cancel the fuel price increases which had triggered the stoppage. “We’ve seen substantial evidence that many petrol stations have adjusted their prices to reflect the court order,” Adams Oshiomhole, strike leader and president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), told a news conference in Lagos.

Nigeria

Ibutsa Rwanda: Commemoration and Celebration

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Jun 17, 2004

All Canadians in Toronto are invited to experience an event highlighting the Rwandan people and culture which survived the horrible 1994 genocide - where more than one million were murdered in just over 100 days. Canadians played an important role in Rwanda in 1994 and continue to work closely with Rwandans here and in Africa to rebuild Rwanda and to remember the country that is and that was. Hence the meaning of Ibutsa - "for those who know must tell".

Rwanda

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