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1.EDITORIAL
AFTER 11 SEPTEMBER: TOWARDS A NEW MULTILATERALISM?
Bretton Woods Project
http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/topic/reform/2501.html
The implications for the World Bank and IMF of the 11 September atrocities
and
their aftermath are as yet uncertain. Will this new political and diplomatic
context improve the prospects for international cooperation and
multilateralism? Or will it mean that the US seeks to exert tighter control
on
institutions with financial and policy-making clout?
Wars raise important questions of institutional structure within and between
nations. Many comparisons have been made with Pearl Harbour, which triggered
US
participation in World War II, overcoming isolationist tendencies. One week
after Pearl Harbour, the US Treasury Secretary ordered his chief economic
advisor to prepare a paper setting out the case for a "stabilization fund"
and
a "bank for reconstruction and development"--the proposals which were to
yield
the Bretton Woods agreement establishing the World Bank and IMF.
Since 11 September we have seen a similarly dramatic shift in US approach.
TIME
magazine (15/10/01) commented: "an Administration that just a month or two
ago
emphatically believed in going in alone--walking away from treaties, pushing
its missile defence scheme no matter who said what--has thrown open its arms
to
embrace the pleasures of multilateralism." US subscriptions to the UN have
been
paid, more aid finance has been promised and positive noises made about
international cooperation in general. This is long overdue and warmly
welcomed.
However it may come with more strings attached. Just as the original plans
for
the World Bank and IMF were watered down to meet US interests and concerns,
the
new multilateralism sparked by 11 September may well be expedient and
unbalanced. UK consultancy company Oxford Analytica warned that the "shift
in
American foreign policy priorities brought on by the recent attacks could
presage a return to development assistance motivated by ideological and
geopolitical considerations".
NGOs have long argued that the World Bank and IMF are politically captured
by
the powerful governments which have the strongest representation on their
Boards and that they are ideological, not pragmatic, in their approach to
policy-making. This situation may soon get worse, however. The US government
has removed aid sanctions on Pakistan and helped facilitate favourable debt
treatment and speedy new IMF financing. The Bank has reportedly started
examining possible projects in Uzbekistan, should the US suggest that these
supporters need to be rewarded.
There have clearly long been constraints on the supposedly objective,
technical
criteria the Bank uses for aid allocation, but may now become more blatant.
The
50 Years is Enough! campaign commented: "This use of the international
financial institutions as instruments of the US political agenda has been
going
on for decades. But since the end of the Cold War there has been a
reluctance
to acknowledge the fact publicly, which has itself acted as a valuable
restraint on the US government's inclination to use the institutions to
serve
its own narrow purposes."
Andrew Rogerson, a Bank representative in Brussels, denied this. He said
"the
Bank is not facing pressure from member governments to take decisions based
on
geopolitics". He emphasised that the Bank is looking to take action to
support
countries negatively affected by the current economic downturn and refugee
crisis in Afghanistan's neighbours. It is also planning post-war
reconstruction
efforts in Afghanistan.
These issues will be discussed at the rescheduled World Bank/IMF annual
meeting
on 17-18 November in Ottowa, Canada. Also on the agenda will be terrorist
financing and measures to boost the global economy.
As well as continuing to monitor the World Bank and IMF, campaigners will
closely watch the new trade talks, the UN Financing for Development summit,
the
Earth Summit II, and other processes see whether there are signs of a new,
more
positive multilateralism. In October Pakistani civil society organisations
demanded "a more egalitarian political order based on principles of
democracy
and justice". This, they said, is "a pre-requisite for curbing or
eliminating
terrorism with international dimensions and origins".
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2.CONFLICT, EMERGENCIES, AND CRISES
ANGOLA-ZAMBIA: FIGHTING MOVES NORTH
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=12660
Fighting in Angola along the border with Zambia has moved north, as a new
influx of refugees this week entered Zambia's Northwestern province,
humanitarian sources told IRIN.
ANGOLA: PROGRESS AT KIMBERLEY PROCESS MEETING
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=12663
The world's major diamond producing and trading countries have reported
progress in drafting an international certification scheme for rough
diamonds.
BURUNDI: BUYOYA SETS OUT PRIORITIES
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=12667
Topmost on the list of priorities for Burundi's transitional government
inaugurated on Thursday will be to secure a permanent cease-fire and protect
the lives and properties of its citizens, President Pierre Buyoya said.
BURUNDI: UNITY GOVERNMENT INSTALLED
Burundi took a faltering but ambitious step towards ending eight years of
ethnic conflict on Thursday, as the country's dominant Tutsi elite formally
embraced the Hutu majority with the installation of a transitional
government
of national unity.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3924
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: FIGHTING ERUPTS IN CAPITAL
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=12877
Fighting erupted in the Central African Republic (CAR) capital, Bangui,
early
Saturday morning when government soldiers tried to arrest former army chief
General Francois Bozize for alleged involvement in the failed coup of 28
May,
news agencies reported.
COMOROS: REFERENDUM ON UNITY STILL ON TRACK
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=12904
The failure of a coup attempt over the weekend on the breakaway Comoros
island
of Anjouan has raised optimism among pro-union parties that a referendum
across
the archipelago on a new constitution to end the country's secessionist
crisis
will go ahead in December as scheduled.
CONVENTION AGAINST MERCENARIES ENTERS INTO FORCE
The Special Rapporteur on the use of mercenaries of the Commission on Human
Rights, Enrique Bernales Ballesteros, has welcomed the entry into force on
20
October 2001 of the International Convention against the Recruitment, Use,
Financing and Training of Mercenaries.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3926
KENYA: WFP APPEALS FOR CASH TO BUY FOOD IN-COUNTRY
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=12588
Despite a good harvest in certain highly productive areas Kenya, drought
conditions have persisted well beyond expectations in Kenya's arid and semi-
arid lands, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) reported on
Tuesday
in appealing for cash donations from donors to allow the purchase of relief
food in Kenya itself.
LESOTHO: WOUNDS HEAL, BUT SLOWLY
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2001nov/features/05nov-heading.html
The excesses resulting from South Africa's 1998 military intervention in
Lesotho have been largely forgiven by the Basotho.
LIBERIA: U.N. ARMS EMBARGO FAILING
Weak Export Controls Largely To Blame
The United Nations Security Council must enforce the international arms
embargo
on Liberia, Human Rights Watch said today.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3995
SIERRE LEONE: BIN LADEN PROFITED IN DIAMOND TRADE
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=2IM1A4AIV0XCYCRBAELCFFA
KEEA
RKIWD?type=topnews&StoryID=341595
Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network has collected
millions
of dollars in the past three years from the illicit sale of diamonds mined
by
rebels in Sierra Leone, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
SOMALIA: NAIROBI TALKS END IN "SUCCESS"
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=12788
Four days of peace talks between the Somali Transitional National Government
(TNG) and factions opposed to it came to a close in Nairobi on Sunday, with
both sides claming the talks had been a success and announcing that they had
agreed to meet again for further reconciliation talks.
SUDAN: NGO REPORTS CIVILIAN SUFFERING IN AWEIL OFFENSIVE
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=12632
Christian Solidarity International (CSI), an NGO long at odds with the
Sudanese
government, on Wednesday cited civil authorities in the Aweil region of
northern Bahr al-Ghazal in claiming that government-allied armed forces had
killed 93 civilians and enslaved 85 women and children in a new offensive
between 23 and 26 October.
ZIMBABWE: 'HARSH CRITICISM WON'T HELP SITUATION'
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=2933
The government has warned the international community to avoid confronting
or
criticising Zimbabwe too harshly lest it create a "siege mentality" in
President Robert Mugabe's government that will hamper efforts to solve the
crisis there.
ZIMBABWE: IRIN FOCUS ON IMPACT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=12650
The psychological impact of Zimbabwe's political violence is only slowly
beginning to emerge, as experts call for more attention to be paid to the
effects of trauma.
ZIMBABWE: WHITE FARMS UNDER SIEGE AS FAMINE LOOMS
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=2927
The looming risk of mass starvation in Zimbabwe has worsened as militants
moved
on to more white-owned farms, beating one worker for refusing to shout
ruling
party slogans and forcing hundreds of others to stop work.
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3.RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
BURUNDI CHANGES 'AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS'
http://www.web.amnesty.org/web/news.nsf/WebAll/ADCE49477834D24180256AF60054C
ACF?
OpenDocument
Human rights must be top of the agenda of the new transitional government in
Burundi, said Amnesty International.
BURUNDI: TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT''S CABINET
Following is President Pierre Buyuoya's 26-member cabinet for the first half
of
a three-year transitional government inaugurated on Thursday.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3976
DRC: REPORTS OF TORTURE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY - UN
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111050408.html
The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has had
"a
major impact on the human rights situation in the country", with torture
reported in government- as well as rebel- held areas, says, the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson in a report.
KENYA: MOI'S INCLUSIVE ELECTORAL GAME
http://www.africaanalysis.com/039.html
With less than 13 months to go, President Daniel arap Moi's categorical
announcement that he will stand down in 2002 finally clears the way for a
raft
of hopeful successors. But he is wary of pointing out the likely victor as
it
would reduce his twilight months to a lame duck presidency.
KENYA: PRISONERS CHARGED AND RELEASED
The 66 remaining detainees of the Release Political Prisoners party were
released on 26 October, 2001 from the Kamiti and Lang'ata prisons on the
orders
of the High Court on the bail of 30,000 Kenyan shillings. The 71 people
arrested have been charged of "unlawful assembly", and the next court
hearing
is set between November 5-7, 2001.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3967
MALAWI: "YOUNG DEMOCRATS" IMPLICATED IN INTIMIDATION
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=12905&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=MALAWI
Ruling United Democratic Front's (UDF) party activists, the so-called "young
democrats", have become embroiled once again in allegations of intimidation
and
violence.
MOZAMBIQUE: RENAMO ASSAULTS JOURNALISTS AND CITIZENS
A cameraman with the Mozambican Television (TVM), Jose Arlindo, was
seriously
beaten up by armed security of the main opposition party in Mozambique, the
Resistencia National Mocambicana (Renamo), in the northern city of Nampula
on
Thursday, November 1. Renamo was holding its IV Congress. One policeman and
two
unidentified civilians were also beaten up and three others were taken
captive.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3939
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NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS ARMY MASSACRE IN BENUE
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=12658&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=NIGERIA
Nigeria’s Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has described as reprehensible the
massacre of scores of civilians and the sacking of their villages by
soldiers
in central region Benue State.
NIGERIA: HOLD MILITARY TO ACCOUNT
Bush Meeting With Obasanjo Should Address Killings
Human Rights Watch urged Bush to raise concerns about the recent massacre by
soldiers in Benue State, Central Nigeria at his meeting with President
Obasanjo
on 2 November to discuss anti-terrorism measures.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3890
RWANDA: CHURCH HELPED MASTERMIND GENOCIDE, SAYS EXPERT
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111060395.html
The church in Rwanda was only next to the government in the preparation and
execution of the 1994 genocide, an expert witness has told the International
Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
SHOULD THE KENYAN CONSTITUTION ALLOW FOR DUAL CITIZENSHIP?
Results Of An Opinion Polls Of Kenyans In The Uk
This report presents an analysis of an opinion poll conducted to establish
the
views of Kenyans living in the UK, regarding whether or not they would like
the
Kenyan Constitution currently under review to provide for dual citizenship.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3980
SOUTH AFRICA: PROTEST OVER LAND OCCUPATION CHARGES
http://southafrica.indymedia.org/display.php?id=529
More than 1000 community members from Valhalla Park, Cape Town, will protest
outside the High Court in Keerom Street, Cape Town, on Thursday. The protest
takes place in support of 700 community members who have been charged with
illegally occupying a piece of land in the centre of Valhalla
Park that the Unicity had already set aside for housing.
SUDAN: ARBITRARY ARREST OF THREE LAWYERS
http://www.omct.org/displaydocument.asp?DocType=Appeal&Language=EN&Index=124
3
Three lawyers have been arrested in Sudan. The lawyers are members of the
Democratic Front for Lawyers. Their arrests are unlawful, under Article 38
of
the Advocacy Act, which states that a lawyer is not to be arrested without
the
Bar Association having been informed.
THE NEED FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE
The time is ripe for the ICC. It will be formally established-with or
without
the US - after 60 nations have ratified the Rome Statute of the
International
Criminal Court. The number count is up to 43. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi
Annan
anticipates the ICC will be established in the next year.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3968
ZAMBIA MUST SCRAP DEATH PENALTY SAYS AMNESTY
http://www.oneworld.org/afronet/monitor182/headline1.htm
Zambia's judicial and legal failings make it imperative that the country
scraps
the death penalty, says the international human rights group Amnesty
International.
ZIMBABWE: "MUGABE'S DAYS OF IMMUNITY NUMBERED" - US COURT
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=2936
A United States district court in New York this week held the ruling Zanu PF
party liable for the murder and torture of opposition Movement for
Democratic
Change (MDC) supporters in the run-up to last year's June parliamentary
election.
ZIMBABWE: IRIN FOCUS ON VOTER REGISTRATION
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=12612&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=ZIMBABWE
A visit to Zimbabwe's main NGO website shows how seriously civic
organisations
are taking the current voter registration drive.
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4.CORRUPTION
KENYA: HABITAT IN PLAN TO CURB GRAFT
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111050023.html
The United Nations has started an ambitious programme to help curb
corruption
at lands offices in the country.
LIBYAN MINISTER JAILED FOR CORRUPTION
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1638000/1638388.st
m
Reports from Libya say that the country's current Finance Minister, Ujayli
Abdelsalam al-Burayni, is one of 47 government and bank officials to be
sentenced to terms in prison at the end of a corruption trial.
SIERRA LEONE: CABINET MINISTER ACCUSED OF DIAMOND SMUGGLING
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=10577
Sierra Leone's transport and communications minister was arrested with his
wife
Thursday on accusations of diamond smuggling in the war-ruined West African
nation, officials said.
SOUTH AFRICA: HOW MODISE WANGLED FIGHTER JET DEAL
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=10578
One of the largest contracts awarded in South Africa's R60-billion arms deal
may be challenged in court by an Italian aeronautics company that lost out
to a
British contender - after then-defence minister Joe Modise intervened to
change
the tender evaluation criteria in mid-course.
TANZANIA: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT CORRUPTION?
http://www.tzonline.org/anticorruption/
Participate in the Internet Forum against corruption! The Annual Report on
State of Corruption in Tanzania is in preparation. Your ideas might be
useful
in preparation of the Annual Report on State of corruption in Tanzania
prepared
by Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) and Front Against Corrupt
Elements in Tanzania (FACEIT).
UGANDA: CORRUPTION BLAMED FOR STATE OF UPDF
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=10587
The Uganda People's Defence Forces combat readiness has been seriously
undermined by lack of resources and corruption, but Chief of Staff, Maj.
Gen.
James Kazini, insists the army is in good enough shape to defend the
country.
UGANDA: UNITE AGAINST CORRUPTION - MATEMBE
http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011103480000470.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#
doc
Minister of Ethics and Integrity, Miria Matembe, has said Ugandans should
take
a united stand against corruption.
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5.HEALTH
AFRICA: WHO CALLS FOR INCREASED SPENDING ON MENTAL HEALTH
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged governments and professionals
to
highlight the plight of mentally impaired people living in Africa, where
their
condition is often misunderstood or left untreated.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3970
AIDS ACTIVISTS SHOULD 'RETHINK STANCE' AGAINST U.S. PATENT SUPPORT
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm#7812
AIDS activists who have fought the U.S. government's support for
international
patents "should now rethink their stance," as U.S. Trade Representative
Robert
Zoellick has announced two "overlook[ed]" concessions, according to a
Washington Post editorial.
CENTRAL AFRICA: MENTAL HEALTH TO BE GIVEN GREATER PRIORITY
Representatives from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the
Republic of Congo and Rwanda were among participants from 15 African nations
who agreed to lobby their governments to contribute at least 10 percent of
the
health budget for treatment of mental illness, WHO announced.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3969
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: JAPAN PROVIDES US $630,000 TO FIGHT HIV/AIDS
The Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) and Japanese NGO Amis
d'Afrique (Friends of Africa) signed a letter of agreement on Wednesday for
a
US $630,000 grant in support of reinforcing HIV/AIDS responses in
communities
in the CAR, the World Bank announced from Bangui.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3944
ETHIOPIA: 14 MILLION CHILDREN TO BE VACCINATED
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=12639&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=ETHIOPIA
A new polio eradication campaign which aims to achieve a polio-free
certification for Ethiopia in 2005 will get under way on 9 November, a
United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) spokesman told IRIN on Thursday.
GHANA: PLANS TO PRODUCE GENERIC ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm#7836
Ghana is developing plans to produce generic versions of antiretroviral
drugs,
Reuters reports.
HUMAN RIGHTS LAWS LACKING FOR HIV/AIDS SUFFERERS
There is an almost total absence of laws protecting the human rights of
those
with HIV/AIDS in developing countries worldwide, according to a study
appearing
in the Oct. 1 issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3965
SOUTH AFRICA: 'VIRGIN MYTH' BEHIND CHILD RAPES
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm#7833
Six men have been charged with raping a nine-month-old South African baby,
allegedly because they thought the act would cure them of HIV, the South
African Press Association reports. The attack occurred less than one week
before two other South African girls under the age of four were also raped,
allegedly by family members.
SOUTH AFRICA: LAWSUITS COULD COINCIDE IN COURT
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm#7810
The Treatment Action Campaign's lawsuit against the South African government
over access to nevirapine for pregnant women could come to court at the same
time as a lawsuit filed on behalf of a six-month-old infant who contracted
HIV
from her mother, the Lancet reports.
SOUTH AFRICA: TUTU SAYS POVERTY, AIDS COULD DESTABILISE NATION
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111050100.html
The effect of AIDS in South Africa is "shattering" and too much time is
spent
in academic discussions about its cause, Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu has
warned.
WHO ANNOUNCES UPDATED GUIDANCE ON SMALLPOX VACCINATION
Following the review of guidance on smallpox vaccination, WHO has consulted
with our advisory committee and has updated the official guidance.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4002
WTO: PATENTS OR POVERTY PRIMARY BARRIER TO AIDS DRUG ACCESS IN AFRICA?
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm#7835
The New York Times profiles how the debate over the patents on AIDS drugs
will
be "a major bone of contention" at the World Trade Organization meeting in
Doha, Qatar, this week.
ZAMBIA: BILL TO MANDATE HIV TESTING FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DELAYED
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm#7807
The Zambian cabinet is "split" over whether to introduce legislation that
would
force presidential candidates to have an HIV test before general elections
this
year, government sources said yesterday.
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6.EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE
COUNTRIES AGREE TO OUTLAW CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
http://www.unicef.org/newsline/01pr81.htm
A major step forward in the protection of children from exploitation,
trafficking and sexual abuse has just been achieved, UNICEF stated,
welcoming
the imminent entry into force of the Optional Protocol on the sale of
children,
child prostitution and child pornography.
GENDER VIOLENCE IN AFRICAN SCHOOLS
http://www.id21.org/education/gender_violence/index.html
Have YOU experience of working on issues of gender violence or abuse within
a
school or community context? Do you know of an organisation, community or
individual who has carried out innovative work or research on supporting
boys,
girls, men and women in ensuring that schools are safe and supportive
environments where all children have an equal opportunity to learn? If you
do,
then we would like to support you by sharing your knowledge in the next
Gender
Violence newsletter. We are particularly keen to learn about initiatives
from
across the globe. Please contact Caroline Nicolson.
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HITTING THE TARGET:
Doubling Primary Enrolments In Sub-Saharan Africa By 2015
http://www.id21.org/education/e1pb1g2.html
Commitment to the goal of universal primary education (UPE) by 2015 has
received unprecedented support from governments and donors. But what is the
reality for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in terms of the additional educational
capacity required? And will the demand for primary schooling be sufficient
to
achieve UPE?
HIV/AIDS AND THE AFRICAN CHILD:
Health Challenges, Educational Possibilities
April 11-13, 2002, Athens, Ohio USA. Call for papers. The Institute for the
African Child at Ohio University announces its fourth annual conference,
HIV/AIDS and the African Child: Health Challenges, Educational
Possibilities,
to be held in Athens, Ohio from 11-13 April
2002. Paper and panel presentations are sought that address this complex
health
and social issue from all academic and practitioner perspectives. Deadline
for
paper abstracts: January 15 2002.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3896
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RWANDA: UNICEF, GOVERNMENT LAUNCH DRIVE ON STREET CHILDREN
UNICEF and the Rwandan ministries of Social Welfare and Public Works have
undertaken a nationwide drive to sensitise decision makers and the public to
the plight of the 7,000 children who are enduring a precarious existence on
the
nation's street, the UN Children's Fund in Kigali told IRIN on Monday.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3989
TEACHING TEACHERS:
A Role For Distance Education?
http://www.id21.org/education/e4ph1g1.html
Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have fewer teachers than they need to
achieve the internationally agreed development targets of Education for All
(EFA) by 2015. Conventional modes of teacher education via residential
teacher
training colleges are not producing enough teachers to fill the gap. Can
distance teacher education play a viable role in addressing the teacher
shortage?
THE HOPE FOR AFRICAN CHILDREN INITIATIVE
Founded by five humanitarian organizations, The Hope for African Children
Initiative was launched this week to help the 13 million orphaned African
children and the millions more affected in some way by the AIDS crisis.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3974
TRAINING TO DEFUSE LANDMINES
http://www.undp.org/dpa/frontpagearchive/2001/october/29oct01/index.html
Landmines are a dangerous legacy of war that continue to claim victims -
often
children - long after the conflict is over. The United Nations Development
Programme, in partnership with Cranfield University in the UK, has developed
training materials on ways to deal with landmine threats.
VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS - TIME TO INVOLVE PARENTS
http://allafrica.com/stories/200110260367.html
The recent chilling incident of the killing of a school student by another,
has
again brought in focus, the alarming increase in violence in schools in
South
Africa. Administrators now hope to involve parents in counselling children.
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7.WOMEN AND GENDER
ABAFAZI-WOMEN OF COLOR CAUCUS STUDENT ESSAY AWARDS
The purpose of the ABAFAZI Women of Color Caucus Student Essay Awards is to
discover, encourage, and promote the intellectual development of emerging
Black
women scholars who engage in critical theoretical discussions and/or
analyses
about feminist/ womanist issues concerning women of color. Scholarly essays
may
be on any subject relevant to Black girls' or Black women's issues and/or
experiences in the United States or throughout the Diaspora.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3940
AFRICA: THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN CONFLICT AND PEACE
IRIN Interview With Angela King
Angela King is the UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Gender Issues
and
Advancement of Women. In an interview with IRIN, King discussed the role of
women in conflict, peace and security. While acknowledging that women are
frequently the victims of conflict, King argued that women are playing an
increasingly important
part in its resolution in their roles as peace negotiators and peacekeepers.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3972
AMANITARE
African Partnership For Sexual And Reproductive Health And Rights Of Women
And
Girls
http://www.wougnet.org/Links/rightslinks.html#AMANITARE
AMANITARE - the African Partnership for Sexual and Reproductive Health and
Rights of Women and Girls - was launched in Uganda in 2000, and is
coordinated
by RAINBO. AMANITARE's goal is to build an influential social movement to
institutionalize the recognition of African women's and girls' sexual and
reproductive health rights as fundamental to their civil and human rights.
AMANITARE is organized into three action groups, each coordinated by an
African
NGO: Advocating for Freedom from Gender-Based Violence; Integrating Sexual
and
Reproductive Rights into Health Services; and Reaching-Out to New
Generations.
CAN MALE GENDER TRAINERS TIP THE BALANCE?
http://www2.womensnet.org.za/news/show.cfm?news_id=752
Gender training is central to gender and development (GAD) work in East
Africa
and Kenya. How vital are gender trainers in transforming the attitudes of
men
resistant to gender quality?
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S MEDIA FOUNDATION (IWMF)
http://www.wougnet.org/links.html#IWMF
The IWMF was launched in 1990 with the mission to strengthen the role of
women
in the news media around the world, based on the belief that no press is
truly
free unless women share an equal voice. IWMF is involved in three areas:
Raising Awareness; Building Networks; and Creating Opportunities.
MANY FACES OF GENDER INEQUALITY
http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1822/18220040.htm
Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen's work on gender inequality is of seminal
importance. His work on the theory of the household represents the household
not as an undifferentiated unit, but as a unit of cooperation as well as of
inequality and internal discrimination. Along with his academic collaborator
Jean Drze, Professor Sen proposed and popularised the concept of "missing
women" - estimated to exceed 100 million round the world - which has given
us a
new way of understanding and mapping the problem.
MAURITIUS: SOS FEMMES CONFERENCE
A conference will be held in Mauritius on the 26th and 27th of November 2001
to
launch a network on violence against women and girls within the SADC
countries,
including Madagascar and the Seychelles. It will take place during the 16
days
of activism Against Gender Violence Campaign. On 25th of November, a radio
talk
will also be made concerning the history and aims of the 16 days of activism
against gender violence.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3954
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PEACE WOMEN LAUNCHED
Peacewomen is a new website and a project of the Women's International
League
for Peace and Freedom's United Nations Office in New York. The project seeks
to
nurture communication among a diversity of women's organisations by
providing
an accessible and accurate information exchange between peace women around
the
world and the UN system.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3932
Contact: [log in to unmask]
PRIZE FOR WOMEN'S CREATIVITY IN RURAL LIFE
Call For Nominations
http://www.wougnet.org/projectnews.html#WWSF2002
Awarded since 1995 by the Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF) - an
international NGO for the empowerment of women and children - the Prize
($500
each) annually honours women and women's groups exhibiting exceptional
creativity, courage and commitment in improving the quality of life in rural
communities. Deadline for nominations is March 2002.
SENEGAL: WOMEN USE IT TO FIGHT FOR EQUALITY
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2001nov/features/06nov-senegal.html
More and more Senegalese women are using the New Information and
Communication
Technologies to fight for equal rights and gender equality.
SOUTH AFRICA: RAPE OF BABY
COSATU Statement
It is with shock and disgust that we read to learn about the rape of a nine-
month-old baby by six adult men ranging from 24-66 years old. This
unfortunately is not an isolated case. The recent spate of incidents of
violence against women and children where rape and gang rape and sexual
abuse
by neighbors, teachers, parents, grand-fathers, uncles, partners etc is
escalating. This is despite attempts to raise awareness and legislative
measures put in place to stop violence against women and children. Any form
of
violence is internationally recognized as a major human rights violation and
results in physical, emotional and psychological harm.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3923
THE FUTURE OF MEN AND THEIR HEALTH
Are Men In Danger Of Extinction?
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/323/7320/1013
Despite having had most of the social determinants of health in their
favour,
men have higher mortality rates for all 15 leading causes of death and a
life
expectancy about seven years shorter than women's. Men's reluctance to
embrace
preventive strategies has also contributed to the spread of AIDS,
particularly
in Africa, and to an alarming rise in infections among young men, including
other sexually transmitted diseases. Furthermore, there is a sustained
increase
in psychosocial disorders in men, including alcohol and substance abuse,
mid-
life crisis, depression, and domestic violence. Men's increasing aggression
and
autoaggression remain an unsolved health and societal problem. As you read
this, over 30 wars and conflicts rage around the world, mostly created,
maintained, and aggravated by men.
UGANDA MEDIA WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION:
Mama FM
http://www.wougnet.org/Profiles/umwa.html#MamaFM
On August 24, 2001, UMWA launched a new community radio station that will be
a
forum for debating gender issues. The station, 101.7 Mama FM, will cover
women's issues as well as news of importance to other marginalized groups.
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8.REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION
ANGOLA: IDPS INCREASE, UNITA COMMANDER IS KILLED
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=12615&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=ANGOLA
Civilians continue to seek safety in government-controlled towns across the
country as they flee intensifying fighting between rebel UNITA forces and
Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) troops, according to humanitarian officials.
CONFLICT EARLY WARNING IN THE HORN OF AFRICA:
Can It Work?
http://www.fmreview.org/fmr1113.htm
Protracted social conflicts do not erupt overnight. They are the result of a
slow accumulation of tensions and hostilities built up over time. In the
Horn
of Africa an innovative early warning mechanism being explored by the
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) could provide a pointer
for
similar conflict-prone regions.
LIBERIA: THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION
A UN Security Council Briefing
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/speeches/2001/cdh_liberia_
2001
.shtml
Fighting in Liberia continues to have severe consequences for the civilian
population. In late August, 2500 people arrived in Jenne Manna camp, having
fled fighting in Lofa county. MSF continues to treat cases of severe
malnutrition and diarrhea.
RESETTLEMENT:
A Valuable Tool In Protecting Refugee, Internally Displaced And Trafficked
Women And Girls
http://www.fmreview.org/fmr1111.htm
‘Resettlement’ refers to the relocation to other countries of refugees who
have
sought refuge in a country where they continue to face risks to their “life,
liberty, safety, health or other fundamental human rights”. It provides
individuals with the opportunity to re-start and re-build their lives. It
has
been used successfully to resettle refugee women and girls who have been
victims of sexual or gender-related violence, including rape. This article
outlines the grounds upon which resettlement is granted, noting the very
individual nature of a claim but recognising its use in protecting refugee
women and girls in general.
SOMALIA: REFUGEES REPATRIATED FROM ETHIOPIA
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=12819&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=SOMALIA
Thousands of Somali refugees were repatriated from camps in neighbouring
Ethiopia last month, bringing the total of returnees for this year to more
than
43,000.
US DOORS INDEFINITELY CLOSED TO REFUGEES
http://www.icare.to/
As many as 20,000 refugees from across the world, cleared to come to the
United
States to escape persecution in their homelands, have had their arrival
delayed
indefinitely in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
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9.RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA
HOMEBEATS: STRUGGLES FOR RACIAL JUSTICE
http://www.homebeats.co.uk/publications/rom.htm
HomeBeats is a multimedia journey through time, from Africa, the Caribbean
and
Asia, to the making of modern Britain. The first cd-rom on racism and the
black
presence in Britain, it fuses music, graphics, video, text and animation
into a
stunning voyage of personal and historical discovery for every user. Through
a
series of fully interlinked sections - Memories, Places, People, Visions,
Images - HomeBeats makes the links between past and present accessible to
young
people in a way possible in no other medium. It covers the history of the
struggle for racial justice, tracing the connections between slavery, the
colonial experience and modern day racism.
SOUTH AFRICA: ZIMBABWEANS ATTACKED IN JOHANNESBURG
The current xenophobic attacks on the Zimbabwean citizens in one of the
informal settlements, to be exact, in Zandspruit, in Honeydew, north of
Randburg were allegedly sparked by the murder of a young woman on the 8th of
September. The culprit was identified as a Zimbabwean. The South African
residents in the camp then retaliated by burning some of the shacks
belonging
to Zimbabweans. The Zimbabweans retaliated and burned about six shacks. The
situation became serious early this week and a total of 130 shacks belonging
to
the Zimbabweans were gutted by fire and they were driven out of the
settlement.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3975
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10.ENVIRONMENT
ANTI-HUNGER BID OFF TRACK, SAYS FAO
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/oneworld/20011105/wl/anti-
hunger_bid_off_track_says_fao_1.html
Admitting that it has failed to combat hunger, the United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) has urged the industrialized world to come to
the aid of developing nations.
ENVIRONMENT STILL OFF WORLD TRADE TALKS AGENDA
http://ens-news.com/ens/oct2001/2001L-10-31-04.html
The odds of a new round of world trade negotiations including substantive
talks
on environmental issues have lengthened following the emergence of a new
draft
text for ministerial agreement at the Doha summit, due to start on November
9.
Despite strong pressure from the European Union, the draft proposes no new
environmental negotiations.
FAO VOTES FOR BROAD LIMITS ON CROP PATENTS
http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/oct01/19_24_055.html
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Conference has
approved an international treaty that largely bans the patenting of non-
genetically modified crops, a step aimed at protecting plant diversity as a
tool for eradicating world hunger.
KENYA TO CLEAR AND DISTRIBUTE 10 PERCENT OF ITS FORESTS
http://ens-news.com/ens/oct2001/2001L-10-30-02.html
A battle has erupted in Kenya over a government decision to cut 10 percent
of
its forest cover despite vehement protests from the public and cases pending
before the courts.
MOBILITY STUDY WARNS OF GRIDLOCK, POLLUTION
http://ens-news.com/ens/oct2001/2001L-10-30-06.html
People's insatiable appetite for mobility is heading the world's
transportation
systems toward unsustainable gridlock and environmental degradation unless
several grand challenges are tackled, conclude Massachusetts Institute of
Technology researchers and colleagues in report on worldwide mobility at the
end of the 20th century.
NOURISHING A PEACEFUL EARTH
Consultative Group On International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), 2001
Chronic hunger, widespread malnutrition, and pervasive poverty—especially in
rural areas—will not be solved, and will most likely intensify, unless
scientific efforts are directed toward problems faced by the world's poorest
farmers, says a new report from the Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3978
SOUTH AFRICA: GRANTS AWARDED AT WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESS
http://ens-news.com/ens/nov2001/2001L-11-02-01.html
One of the largest wilderness areas in South Africa will benefit from $US1
million in conservation funding, delegates to the 7th World Wilderness
Congress
in Port Elizabeth have heard.
THE BIOTERROR IN YOUR BURGER
Consider one particularly vulnerable link in our food chain: the modern meat
processing plant. In comparison to a bioterrorism target like a water
treatment
plant, meat processing plants have virtually no security, and their
workforces
are wide open to infiltration.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3935
THREAT OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM IS GROWING
http://ens-news.com/ens/nov2001/2001L-11-02-06.html
The ruthlessness of the September attacks against the United States has
alerted
the world to the potential of nuclear terrorism, making it "far more likely"
that terrorists could target nuclear facilities, nuclear material and
radioactive sources worldwide, the chief of the United Nations International
Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday.
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11.MEDIA
GAMBIA: PRIVATE RADIO STATION OWNER MAY BE TARGETED
In a 2 November 2001 letter to President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh, The
International
Press Institute condemned the recent arrest of Baboucar Gaye and the closure
of
his radio station, Citizen FM.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3937
MALAWI: RULING PARTY DRAWS UP LIST OF JOURNALISTS TO BE BEATEN
http://dfn.org/focus/malawi/beaten-journalists.htm
Malawi's Daily Times newspaper reported that the United Democratic Front
(UDF)
has drawn up a list of journalists to be assaulted allegedly for
discrediting
the ruling party.
NAMIBIA: MINISTER REACTS TO MEDIA CONCERNS OVER NEW DEFENCE BILL
On Wednesday 31 October 2001, Defence Minister Erkki Nghimtina reacted to
concerns over the violation of freedom of speech and expression contained in
the new Defence Bill, "The Namibian" reported on 2 November.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3933
SOUTH AFRICA: ANC MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ATTACK BROADCASTER
The FXI notes with great concern the African National Congress (ANC) members
of
parliament's (MPs') continued attacks on the national broadcaster. In yet
another attack on the South African Broadcasting Corporation, on Wednesday
31
October 2001, the MPs criticised the broadcaster for its coverage on
President
Thabo Mbeki, saying that it is giving more publicity to opposition leaders
than
to the head of state.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3962
SUDAN: JOURNALISTS CHARGED
Alfrid Tabban, Albino Okely and Nhial Bol have been charged and released on
bail with waging war against the state, provoking hatred against or amongst
the
sexes and defamation by the authorities in Khartoum. The Sudanese Victims of
Torture Group requests your help putting pressure on the Government of Sudan
to
ensure Mr Tabban, Okely and Bol have full access to legal representation and
fair trial; to end to the harassment of Sudanese journalists by security
forces
and to abolish all legislation that violates Sudan’s obligations under
international human rights laws.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3889
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THE ABUJA AGREEMENT AND THE CMAG VISIT
Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe Update # 2001/43
This week the Media Monitoring Project focuses its attention on the media
coverage of the visit by the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group to
Zimbabwe
to assess the progress being made towards the implementation of the
conditions
set out in the Abuja agreement signed in the Nigerian capital on September
6th
between Britain and Zimbabwe. The government-controlled media launched a
propaganda blitz promoting government’s insistence that it is complying with
the terms of the Abuja Agreement.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3925
ZIMBABWE: MINISTER THREATENS TO SUE NEWSPAPER
Minister of State for Information and Publicity Jonathan Moyo has threatened
to
sue "The Financial Gazette" for publishing erroneous assertions, "The
Herald"
reported on 1 November 2001.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3936
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12.DEVELOPMENT
BIOTECHNOLOGY, TRADE, AND HUNGER
http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/books/ar2000/ar2000_essay01.htm
The new genetic modification (GM) technologies that many expect will help
the
world meet its food needs — not only through quantity, but nutritional
quality
as well — raise critical issues for international trade, including this key
question: What will happen if pressure from consumers and environmentalists
in
the developed world leads to a new generation of trade restrictions, or to
the
segmentation of GM-food product markets, as appears to be happening in
Europe
and Japan?
ETHIOPIA: GERMANY CANCELS DEBT
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=12817&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=ETHIOPIA
The German government has written off approximately half of the US $24
million
Ethiopia owes it, the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) reported on 2 November,
following a meeting held between representatives of the two countries in the
German capital, Berlin.
GHANA PRS HAS "POTENTIAL"
http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/topic/adjustment/2522.html
An assessment of Ghana's Poverty Reduction Strategy process (GPRS) suggests
there is much potential for formulating, in a participatory manner, an
effective poverty reduction strategy. However, there is no guarantee that
this
will be realised.
HIPC – FLOGGING A DEAD PROCESS
A Jubilee Plus Report
http://www.jubileeplus.org/analysis/reports/flogging_process_text.htm
This report analyses each HIPC country at different stages in the HIPC
process.
We conclude that HIPC countries urgently need every $ of the $59million they
are obliged to transfer to their creditors each day – for fighting disease,
for
recovery from conflict and for poverty reduction. This is not just in their
interests, but in the interests of the world as a whole.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/books/ar2000/ar2000_essay02.htm
Whereas government or international public institutions once performed most
agricultural research, now private firms are taking the lead in applying the
tools of genetic engineering to agriculture. When corporations (and
increasingly public agencies too) develop new agricultural biotechnology
products or processes or new crop varieties, they often seek legal rights
over
the intellectual property these innovations represent. Many are concerned
that
corporations’ efforts to protect their profits will isolate developing
countries from the benefits of important innovations by blocking access to
new
developments by public and nonprofit researchers.
KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON
http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,587383,00.html
Any new US multilateralism will come with many strings attached. Protestors
need to adapt to the world after September 11th, but popular pressure at
Doha
and beyond is more important than ever.
MOZAMBIQUE: DONORS PLEDGE US $722 MILLION
International donors have pledged more than US $700 million in support of
Mozambique's poverty reduction programme. A World Bank press release said 80
percent of the pledges were in the form of grants.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3971
NEO-COLONIAL MASTER PATRONISES EX-COLONIAL BEGGARS
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2001nov/features/01nov-africa.html
The hope that that US President George W. Bush might announce more debt
relief
and aid for Africa, especially for the fight against Aids, has evaporated.
NEW BRIEFING ON IMF REFORM PROPOSALS
http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/topic/reform/2511.html
A new briefing argues for a reformed International Monetary Fund within "a
new
financial architecture". The report, by the German NGO World Economy,
Ecology
and Development (WEED) rejects calls for the wholesale dismantling of the
Fund.
NEW REPORT ON GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS
http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/topic/social/2527.html
A new study for the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs by the UK-based
Institute of Development Studies contains case studies on financing
mechanisms
for biodiversity conservation, climate change abatement, peace and security,
HIV/AIDS research and financial stability.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT PREPARATIONS GO GLOBAL
Preparations for next year's World Summit on Sustainable Development
advanced
this week from the regional to the global level, Under-Secretary-General for
Economic and Social Affairs Nitin Desai told a press conference this week at
UN
Headquarters in New York.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3963
TANZANIA: CAN HIPC REDUCE POVERTY
http://www.tzonline.org/
While growth has increased in Tanzania during the past five or six years, it
is
still too
low to have a visible impact on poverty. Indeed, recent evidence suggests
that
the
amount of both income and non-income poverty are roughly the same as they
were
a
decade ago. Since debt relief provided under HIPC will free government
resources, the initiative will potentially help reduce poverty through
larger
government expenditures on social sectors (pdf file).
THE NEXT SOCIETY
http://www.economist.com/surveys/displaystory.cfm?story_id=770819
THE new economy may or may not materialise, but there is no doubt that the
next
society will be with us shortly. In the developed world, and probably in the
emerging countries as well, this new society will be a good deal more
important
than the new economy (if any). It will be quite different from the society
of
the late 20th century, and also different from what most people expect.
WTO TO HEAR CALLS FOR 'ROBIN HOOD' TAX
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/oneworld/20011106/wl/wto_to_hear_calls_for_robi
n_ho
od_tax_1.html
Campaigners are stepping up calls for a "Robin Hood" tax on the global
currency
trade ahead of a high-level summit of the World Trade Organization.
ZIMBABWE: MAKONI PRESENTS ELECTION BUDGET
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=12655&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=ZIMBABWE
Public spending in Zimbabwe will double next year and taxes will be cut in
what
economists described as an electioneering budget presented to parliament on
Thursday.
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13.INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY
DUBLIN CORE METADATA NEWS
This brief article concerns the adoption of the Dublin Core Metadata Set by
international standards-setting bodies. It of concern to anyone involved in
information management and text markup.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4032
Contact: [log in to unmask]
E- ASSESSMENTS - BRIDGES.ORG'S SELECTION OF USEFUL SITES
As a follow up to the article in the last issue on eStrategies, Bridges.Org
has
supplied a set of useful sources for those wanting to get to grips with the
subject.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4050
MAURITIUS: HOPES OF "CYBER-ISLAND" REMAIN A DREAM
Despite all the hype surrounding the recent initiatives for making Mauritius
a "cyber-island", the reality of the situation is actually very different.
This
week's correspondent remains anonymous in order to describe the Island's
dilemma with complete frankness.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4045
NETWORKS, NETWARS AND THE FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_10/ronfeldt/index.html
Netwar is an emerging mode of conflict in which the protagonists - ranging
from
terrorist and criminal organizations on the dark side, to militant social
activists on the bright side - use network forms of organization, doctrine,
strategy, and technology attuned to the information age. The practice of
netwar
is well ahead of theory, as both civil and uncivil society actors are
increasingly engaging in this new way of fighting.
SCHOOLNET AFRICA
This article describes the Africa-wide movement to network schools and
educational resources using Information and Communication Technologies
(ICTs).
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4055
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SOCIAL MOVEMENTS ON THE NET FROM ALAI
In the new scenario of social reactivation experienced in Latin America, we
are
seeing the growth of networks and social coordinations that bring together
actors who are seeking to break out of the isolation of their specific
struggles. The need to share, coordinate and disseminate their actions and
proposals has lead them to appropriate the Internet. But they find that
taking
optimal advantage of this instrument demands a deeper understanding of its
logics and peculiarities.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4056
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THE INTERNET ARCHIVE
Read about this attempt to create an Internet Library. It is the largest
database in the world. Well worth a visit.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4057
UGANDA: LIFE IN AFRICA GOES INTO PRINT
Integrating The Internet With Other Media
Life in Africa just received financing to create an offline magazine
companion
to LifeInAfrica.com.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4051
VIEW THE NORTHERN LIGHTS VIA THE WEB
Take a look at these beautiful images of the spectacular northern skies.
Usually not visible to those of us who live in southern latitudes, the Web
makes the images instantly available.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4039
VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL (VOIP) PHONE SERVICE IN AFRICA
ITXC has announced that its voice traffic to Africa over ITXC's global
wholesale voice network increased by 1,111% from the third quarter of 2000
to
the third quarter of 2001.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4048
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14.eNEWSLETTERS AND MAILING LISTS
E-CIVICUS - CONNECTING CIVIL SOCIETY WORLDWIDE
Number 138 - 2 November, 2001
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4030
Contact: [log in to unmask]
REGULAR NEWS UPDATE FROM EUROSTEP
No. 249 2 November 2001
1. 3rd ACP-EU JOINT PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY
2. EU DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL – 8 NOVEMBER 2001
3. IN BRIEF
- Suspension of Zimbabwe from Cotonou?
-EP call reforms of EU Development Policy
- EU drop support from developing countries on generic life saving drugs
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4069
Contact: [log in to unmask]
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15.FUNDRAISING
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16.COURSES, SEMINARS, AND WORKSHOPS
PREPARING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
The Hague, 20-21 December 2001
http://www.science-alliance.nl/english/ICC2001inl.htm
Conference for policymakers, lawyers and the military
SOUTH AFRICA: HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING
http://www2.womensnet.org.za/events/show.cfm?id=289
Southern Hemisphere is currently offering an intensive training course in
HUMAN
RIGHTS INDICATORS. The course is aimed at those working in the development
sectors, either based in government, non-government organisations, corporate
sectors and practitioners.
Contact: [log in to unmask]
SOUTH AFRICA: NEGOTIATION SKILLS TRAINING
http://www2.womensnet.org.za/events/show.cfm?id=288
Southern Hemisphere is currently offering an intensive training course in
NEGOTIATION SKILLS. The course is aimed at those working in the development
sectors, either based in government, non-government organisations, corporate
sectors and practitioners.
Contact: [log in to unmask]
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17.ADVOCACY RESOURCES
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY CENTERS ACCELERATOR
http://www.itresourcecenter.org/serv/ctcaccelerator.html
The Information Technology Resource Center in Chicago continues to innovate.
They have just announced the CTC Accelerator to help the rapid formation of
Community Technology Centers.
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18.JOBS
ACCORD SEEKS PROGRAMME MANAGER AND SERIES EDITOR
Conciliation Resources
http://jobs.oneworld.net/ads/index.cfm?job_id=676
Salary : Starting salary between £25,572 and £27,730 (+ 9% pension)
Location : Islington, London, United Kingdom
Closing Date : 23 Nov 2001
Posted on : 1 Nov 2001
ANGOLA: CARE USA SEEKS MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH ADVISOR
http://jobs.oneworld.net/ads/index.cfm?job_id=663
Salary : $$58,000
Location : Luanda, Angola
Closing Date : 31 Dec 2001
Posted on : 24 Oct 2001
ANGOLA: SAVE THE CHILDREN UK SEEKS PROGRAMME DIRECTORS
http://jobs.oneworld.net/ads/index.cfm?job_id=680
Salary : £26,679pa
Location : Luanda, Angola
Closing Date : 14 Nov 2001
Posted on : 2 Nov 2001
ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER FOR GLOBAL CORRUPTION REPORT
Transparency International
http://jobs.oneworld.net/ads/index.cfm?job_id=677
Location : Berlin, Germany
Closing Date : 30 Nov 2001
Posted on : 2 Nov 2001
DEVJOBS: DEVELOPMENT JOBS WEBSITE AND MAILING LIST
http://www.devjobsmail.com
DEVJOBS is a a large mailing list to receive international job ads that are
related to various development fields: microfinance, poverty alleviation,
community development, institution development, governance, health care,
population, food security, agriculture, education, human resource
development,
natural resource management, information technology, disability
rehabilitation
and rural development. Membership is totally free! Hundreds of jobs posted
each
week.
ERITREA: INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS (IMC) SEEKS COMMUNITY HEALTH
COORDINATOR
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4067
Contact: [log in to unmask]
FACULTY POSITIONS AT HARVARD CENTER ON GENDER AND EDUCATION
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4065
FAHAMU SEEKS PA/SECRETARY TO DIRECTOR
http://jobs.oneworld.net/ads/index.cfm?job_id=681
Salary : £16,000
Location : Oxford, United Kingdom
Closing Date : 29 Nov 2001
MALAWI: OXFAM GB SEEKS PROGRAMME REPRESENTATIVE
Closing Date: November 23, 2001
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4068
Contact: [log in to unmask]
PROJECT ASSISTANT SOUGHT FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMENS MEDIA FOUNDATION (IWMF)
Washington DC USA
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4066
Contact: [log in to unmask]
ZIMBABWE: HIV/AIDS PROGRAMME SUPPORT AND TECHNICAL ADVISER
CAFOD
http://jobs.oneworld.net/ads/index.cfm?job_id=656
Salary : £21,479pa to £24,129 p.a.
Location : Harare, Zimbabwe
Closing Date : 14 Nov 2001
Posted on : 23 Oct 2001
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19.BOOKS AND ARTS
‘BREAK THE SILENCE’:
A Unique Project In The Fight Against AIDS
Among the visual arts, a considerable number of exhibitions dealing with the
Aids crisis have been mounted in recent years, most particularly co-inciding
with the HIV/Aids conference 2000, hosted in Durban. But despite efforts at
reaching out, museums and galleries continue to attract only a small, art-
interested sector of the South African population, and often not those most
at
risk of infection.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3964
CITIZENSHIP TODAY:
Global Perspectives And Practices
http://www.ceip.org/files/Publications/CitizenshipToday.asp
T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Douglas Klusmeyer, editors.
The forms, policies, and practices of citizenship are changing rapidly
around
the globe, and the meaning of these changes is the subject of deep dispute.
Citizenship Today brings together leading experts in their field to define
the
core issues at stake in the citizenship debates.
ECO-ECONOMY: BUILDING AN ECONOMY FOR THE EARTH
Lester R. Brown
http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/index.htm
In 1543, Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus challenged the view that the
Sun
revolved around the earth, arguing instead that the earth revolved around
the
Sun. His paper led to a revolution in thinking-to a new worldview.
Eco-Economy
discusses the need today for a similar shift in our worldview. The issue now
is
whether the environment is part of the economy or the economy is part of the
environment. Brown argues the latter, pointing out that treating the
environment as part of the economy has produced an economy that is
destroying
its natural support systems. Download Eco-Economy for free. (Requires Adobe
Acrobat).
FIGHTING PATRIARCHIES AND POVERTY:
Women And Power
J. Townsend, E. Zapata, J. Rowlands, P. Alberti, M. Mercado. Reviewed by
Bipasha Baruah. The authors of this book pursue a new definition of
empowerment
through a re-
evaluation and deconstruction of the concept of power. They shed light upon
how
rural Mexican women negotiate power in their day-to-day lives. By
documenting
their challenges, opportunities and accomplishments, the authors demonstrate
how poor women in developing countries are exploring new social, economic
and
political powers and transforming their lives in the process. Zed Books
Limited, London (UK) and New York (USA). 1999.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3945
HIV/AIDS BILLBOARD/PORTFOLIO
Artists for Human Rights are pleased to announce that the HIV/AIDS
Billboard/Portfolio has now been completed and are being prepared for the
exhibition program. This program is being launched on World AIDS Day,1st Dec
2001, at the Durban Art Gallery and the National Art Gallery, Cape Town.
Further exhibitions will be held in South Africa, Botswana and Scotland with
an
exhibition at the Palais des Nation, Geneve, on the 8th July 2002. If
interested in hosting the above exhibition please contact Artists for Human
Rights.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3961
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IDENTITY MANIA
Fundamentalism And The Politicization Of Cultural Differences
http://www.zedbooks.demon.co.uk/home.htm
Thomas Meyer
A critically important question confronts many countries in the post-Cold
War
epoch: are culturally determined political conflicts inevitable? While
acknowledging people's need for identity, and that different cultures
necessarily produce differentiated identities, Professor Meyer argues that
difference only leads to intolerance and violence when politically ambitious
leaderships exploit it. Fundamentalism is therefore essentially a political
phenomenon that has occured in all civilizations, particularly in
contemporary
Europe and North America. In the present age of globalization, Meyer
suggests
that social crisis grows out of an exclusionary dynamic that marginalizes
growing numbers of people. PbISBN 1 84277 063 2.
IMAGES OF THE WORLD: GLOBALISATION AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-3025.html
"The world is undergoing a global struggle between diversity and uniformity,
cultural liberalism and fundamentalism, democracy and totalitarianism. A
struggle about which aspects of each culture can and should be saved, and
what
aspects may be abandoned to make room for something new and enriching. The
articles in this anthology approach these questions from different angles.
This
book is an edited selection of the dialogue that took place during Images of
the World - a festival held in Copenhagen, Arhus, Odense, Aalborg and a
number
of small towns in Denmark during the months of August and September 2000.
TANZANIA: COMMUNITY BASED DRAMA
Two short community based plays were designed to sensitise the Barbaig
community (a nomadic ethnic group in northern Tanzania) on the negative
impact
of female circumcision (FGM), domestic violence and the importance of
sending
girls to school. A 3 week creative session was held among The Friedrich
Ebert
Foundation, the Department of Fine & Performing Arts at the University of
Dar
es Salaam, along with HAWOCODE (Hanang Women's Counseling & Development
Association) to produce the plays. The plays were performed and then
discussed
with the community. Key question asked after the performance: What positive
alternative can be suggested to this cultural activity (FGM) rather than
simply
telling them it is bad and should be stopped? Contact Dr. Augustin Hatar.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3947
Contact: [log in to unmask]
THE INSTITUTE OF EQUITY, ECOLOGY, HUMOR AND ART
http://www.ieeha.org/
The Institute of Equity, Ecology, Humor and Art creates innovative
multimedia
materials such as websites, video, computer games, music and educational
material to promote social justice and environmental equity.
THE PARADOX OF AFRICA'S POVERTY:
The Role Of Indigenous Knowledge, Traditional Practices And Local
Institutions
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-3196.html
The Case of Ethiopia by Tirfe Mammo
In this study, the author focuses on Ethiopia as a case study, to argue that
the root cause of Africa's poverty lies in the neglect of the indigenous
knowledge, traditional practices and local institutions of the continent's
peoples. He further contends that this has been brought about either by
external factors or set in by endogenous forces. To provide a remedy to the
problem, the scholar proposes the putting in place of mechanisms through
which
the efforts of ordinary peoples and governments are combined to address the
problem from its root causes.
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