Africa: Guide for literacy and non-formal education facilitators

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May 03, 2006

This handbook was developed to provide a holistic regional resource package for capacity building of Non-Formal Education personnel in Africa. The main objective is to build the capacities of facilitators and other literacy and non-formal education personnel to promote learning and development at the community level. It aims at developing their skills and knowledge in literacy training, while sensitising them to issues that are at the very heart of adult literacy and education in Africa.

Africa: Analysis of school to work transition in Sub-Saharan Africa

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May 03, 2006

This study aims to generate and analyse a set of youth education and employment indicators based on survey data for a subset of 13 countries in the Sub Saharan Africa (SSA)region. Particular emphasis is put on measuring the initial transition from school to work for different groups of young people, and on identifying the factors affecting this transition. Findings are compared across the 13 countries.

Mozambique: Donors support education

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May 03, 2006

Six donor countries have granted 39 million US dollars to support education development in Mozambique and the sector's second strategic plan. A memorandum to that effect was signed in Maputo on Tuesday by Education Minister Aires Aly and Dutch Ambassador Lidi Remmelzwaal, on behalf of the six donor countries - namely Holland, Canada, Ireland, Britain, Germany, and Finland. Speaking shortly after the signing ceremony, Remmelzwaal said that this sum will be increased to 50 million US dollars ...read more

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Africa: In-country researchers

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May 03, 2006

ORC Macro a firm based in the Washington DC metro area, is looking to hire in-country consultants to conduct research and collection of information on laws and government efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor in Liberia, Djibouti, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea (6 separate positions).

Liberia: Education key to future

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May 04, 2006

Liberia, emerging from the shadow of 14 years of civil war, now must do the best job it can to promote education for its children, The Analyst argues in this editorial. "Liberia was already behind almost all of the nascent African nations in terms of developing her human potentials before she was plunged into warfare," the paper writes. "We therefore need no reminding that we cannot afford to slack off on education."

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Southern Africa: A Bargaining Resource for South African Workers

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May 03, 2006

Despite the International Workers’ Day, many workers’ concerns remain unresolved and workers remain uninformed. As a response, labour NGO NALEDI and COSATU have collaborated to deliver the My Wage website. My Wage provides an online salary checker, a questionnaire that collects data for further research development by the Wage Indicator team, and a wealth of informative articles designed to help every South African achieve their goals of stable and satisfactory employment.

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USA: Video Game Lets Players Shoot at Immigrants

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May 03, 2006

"Border Patrol" is a Flash-based game that lets players shoot at Mexican immigrants as they try to cross the border into the United States. "There's one simple rule," the game's opening screen states, "keep them out ... at any cost!" The game first surfaced in 2002, but amid the national uproar over illegal immigration, it has reared its ugly head once again.

DRC: Country Coordinator

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May 03, 2006

The JGI-Congo Country Coordinator will provide supervisory oversight for JGI – Congo, and financial, technical, and administrative support for the Tchimpounga Reserve and JGI activities, projects, and programs in Congo. These activities include chimpanzee and other primate research, sanctuary support, community-centered conservation, conservation education, and eco-system landscape scale biodiversity conservation.

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South Africa: New report details apartheid army secrets

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May 02, 2006

A report detailing white South Africa's deadly military involvement during apartheid's dying days has been made public for the first time, the Sunday Independent reported. The Steyn report, compiled by a top apartheid general for South Africa's last white president, FW de Klerk, details how the army helped destabilise the country during the turbulent early 1990s.

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Canada: Helleiner Visiting Fellow

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May 02, 2006

The North-South Institute is pleased to invite applications for its annual Visiting Researcher position. This year's position is open to African policy researchers interested in spending from nine months to one year at the Institute, which is based in Ottawa, Canada.

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