Africa: UNICEF launches "child-to-child" survey

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Jun 17, 2004

To mark the Day of the African Child, observed worldwide on 16 June, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) launched a "child-powered" global survey on Tuesday, in a bid to account for children who are not in school. In a statement, UNICEF reported that approximately 121 million children were out of school worldwide, the majority of them girls.

Zimbabwe: Plight of working children to be researched

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Jun 17, 2004

A new labour survey is set to highlight the situation of working children in Zimbabwe. About 140 enumerators are currently engaged in a three-week National Labour Force Survey being conducted by the Central Statistical Office (CSO), with support from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). It is expected to cover more than 10,000 households in Zimbabwe's 10 provinces. The survey will not only deal with the employment situation of adults, but also of children.

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Liberia: Back to school, but there are no chairs, no roof

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Jun 17, 2004

Shut down for a year by civil war, schools in Nimba county in northern Liberia are finally starting to reopen. But pupils are taught in wrecked classrooms with no roof to keep out the rain. They are forced to bring their own chairs from home to sit on. And their teachers have yet to receive a salary. Authorities in the town of Sanniquelle, near Liberia's northern border with Guinea and Cote d'Ivoire, have managed to reopen a few primary schools with unpaid volunteer teachers since UN peacekee...read more

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Harvard / South Africa Fellowship Programme: South African Institute of Race Relations

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Jun 17, 2004

Applications are invited from South Africans who in the past were educationally disadvantaged by law and resource allocation. The Fellowship offers an opportunity for study of one academic year at Harvard University and includes payment of all tuition, a subsistence allowance, and a return air ticket.

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Funding opportunity: Work with deaf children in developing countries

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Jun 17, 2004

The Small Grants Programme (SGP) of the International Deaf Children's Society (IDCS) is offering grants of up to £10,000 for projects that offer measurable and sustainable improvements to the individual lives of deaf children and their families. This could be either by piloting new services or improving existing services in the area of health and education or by promoting the empowerment and participation of deaf children and their families.

Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) email list

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Jun 17, 2004

The Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) is a project which aims to create a network of experienced and committed researchers, policy makers, activists and donors who will work together to ensure that the many aspects of sexual violence are addressed. The SVRI will focus on the sexual abuse and coercion of adult and adolescent women, child sexual abuse, sexual torture and sexual violence in war situations, and trafficking in women and girls for sex. For more information about and to joi...read more

UK/Africa: Internship

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Jun 17, 2004

Interights' Equality Programme is pleased to invite applications from African lawyers for an internship as part of the development and implementation of its work. The internship will last 3 months and will start in September 2004.

Tanzania: Country Director

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Jun 17, 2004

AMREF is the largest health development organisation based in Africa with the mission to improve the health of disadvantaged people in Africa as a means for them to escape poverty and improve the quality of their life. The Country Director, AMREF Tanzania will provide leadership and strategic direction to the country office and field-based staff in the AMREF Tanzania Country Programme, responsible for country performance and programme growth.

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Zimbabwe: Students stranded as teachers' college closes

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Jun 10, 2004

The 500 students at Morgenster Teacher's College in Masvingo were on Friday left stranded after the indefinite closure of the institution as a result of intermittent strike action by the students. Heavily armed policemen maintained presence at the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe institution where the students were given 30 minutes to pack their belongings and leave.

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Africa: Ex-practitioners call for tough laws against genital mutilation

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Jun 10, 2004

Former circumcisers have called for the enactment and firm implementation of comprehensive laws against female genital mutilation (FGM) in Africa. FGM is criminal in only 14 African countries, and in many of those countries the anti-FGM law is often poorly implemented, said the international women's rights group Equality Now.

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