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1.EDITORIAL
AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA: “WE HAVE A GENOCIDE ON OUR HANDS”
Kate Prendergast And Firoze Manji, Fahamu
A devastating report on the impact of AIDS in South Africa has finally been
published this week, despite concerted efforts by the South African
government to suppress and discredit it. The report, produced by the Medical
Research Council of South Africa, makes for alarming reading. It
demonstrates that 40% of all deaths in the 15-49 age group in South Africa
are now AIDS related, and it predicts that, if left unchecked, the total
number of AIDS related deaths in South Africa will rise to between 5-7
million by 2010. By the end of this decade, the authors argue, average life
expectancy will drop in South Africa from 54 to 41, and about 780,000 people
will be dying each year from Aids, the highest number in any country in the
world.
The authors of the report include researchers from the University of Cape
Town and The London School of Tropical Hygiene. It has been subject to
rigorous review, including approval by Peter Goldblatt, the chief medical
statistician for England and Wales. The authors argue it represents the most
comprehensive investigation to date of the effects of AIDS in South Africa,
and its findings have been widely accepted by a range of organisations,
including unions, churches, and even some politicians within the ANC.
Yet, the government itself has persistently tried to prevent its
publication, and now seeks to undermine the report’s credibility. While
Thabo Mbeki’s views - that AIDS is only responsible for a fraction of
deaths, and may not even be related to HIV - are well known, the health
minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, and Essop Pahad have now weighed into
the debate. In an attempt to discredit and deride the report, they have
described it as a "massive propaganda tool" in the hands of those who argue
for wide distribution of anti-retroviral drugs, and have condemned a "sense
of hysteria" over the question of deaths from Aids.
If the findings of the report are shocking, the reaction of the South
African government is even more so. In the words of anti-apartheid activist
and former human rights commissioner, Rhoda Kadalie, who, writing in a
Johannesburg newspaper, called on Dr Tshabalala-Msimang to resign: "We have
a genocide on our hands and you and your cohorts have been unwilling to
listen to the experts…If the president is making it impossible to do your
work effectively, why not resign with dignity in defiance of someone who is
taking the country down with him?"
As the recent United Nations Development Report on HIV/AIDS and poverty
makes clear, if the devastation of AIDS in developing countries, and
sub-Saharan Africa in particular is to be tackled, governments will need to
implement a range of far reaching measures, that include adequate treatment
as well as an adequate infrastructure to support people through the
appalling toll that AIDS will wreak. COSATU, the Treatment Action Campaign
and the Catholic Church have also called for such measures in South Africa.
It is a matter of urgency that the South African government now takes its
head out of the sand and acknowledges the real threat of AIDS before the
horrific scenario predicted the MRC’s report becomes a reality.
Rhoda Kadalie’s words raise a critical question: Can a legal case be made to
lay a charge of genocide against those individuals responsible? Article 6 of
the Rome Statute of The International Criminal Court, for example, states:
“For the purpose of this Statute, "genocide" means any of the following acts
committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical,
racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b)
Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c)
Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring
about its physical destruction in whole or in part […] .” Are there other
instruments that would allow an appropriate case to be made that the failure
to act on HIV/AIDS amounts to an act of genocide? Should not efforts be made
to test whether a formal charge of genocide can be made? Would not such an
attempt act as a stimulus – perhaps the most effective of all – to get
appropriate action taken by the authorities not only in South Africa, but
also in other African states?
Aids is Number One Killer in South Africa Says Report
http://allafrica.com/stories/200110160517.html
Aids will kill 700,000 South Africans a year
http://www.guardian.co.uk/aids/story/0,7369,575363,00.html
The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Adult Mortality in South Africa, Medical Research
Council Report
http://www.mrc.ac.za/bod/index.htm
UNDP Report: HIV/AIDS: Implications for Poverty Reduction
http://www.undp.org/dpa/publications/hiv.html
COSATU: Joint statement on AIDS
http://www.cosatu.org.za/press/2001/Joint_statement_on_AIDS--21816.html
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2.CONFLICT, EMERGENCIES, AND CRISES
ANGOLA: HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES OF WAR DIRE
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/sa/countrystories/angola/20011012.phtml
The humanitarian situation in Angola remained "serious, particularly in
inaccessible regions where credible evidence indicates that conditions have
deteriorated markedly", UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in his latest
report to the Security Council.
ANGOLA: UNITA KIDNAPS 16 CHILDREN
Unita rebels have abducted 16 children attending mass in a Roman Catholic
church
in Angola's northern Kwanza Norte province.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3463
BURUNDI: FDD LEADER DISCUSSES CEASE-FIRE
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/burundi/20011015a.phtml
Following the conclusion of the latest round of Burundi peace negotiations
held last week in Pretoria, Jean-Bosco Ndayikengurukiye, the leader of the
Forces pour la defense de la democratie (FDD) Hutu rebel group, said he was
"reassured" by the inclusion of Gabonese President Omar Bongo as a mediator
in the talks, and suggested the FDD might be amenable to a cease-fire.
DRC: INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOGUE OPENS WITHOUT KABILA
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/drc/20011015.phtml
A preliminary round of the inter-Congolese peace and reconciliation dialogue
began as scheduled on Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, without the
participation of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Joseph
Kabila.
ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: UN SAYS PEACE ON TRACK
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/ethiopia/20011012.phtml
UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General Legwaila Joseph Legwaila,
has said the peace process between Ethiopia and Eritrea is on track.
KENYA FINDS FIRST ANTHRAX LETTER
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1606000/1606200.stm
The Government in Kenya says it has confirmed a case of anthrax exposure
from a contaminated letter - the first such case outside the United States
in the 11 September terror attacks.
MALAWI: HUNGER SET TO DEEPEN BY DECEMBER
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/sa/countrystories/malawi/20011015.phtml
About 78 percent of Malawi's rural poor may not have food by December,
according to the preliminary results of a World Vision survey.
NIGERIA: HUNDREDS FEARED DEAD IN CLASHES
http://europe.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/10/14/gen.nigeria.protests/index.htm
l
Authorities in the northern Nigerian city of Kano confirmed at least 18 dead
Sunday, after two days of clashes between police and anti-US protesters.
Others said hundreds may have died.
NIGERIA: MUSLIMS ATTEND PRO-BIN LADEN RALLY
More than 3,000 Muslims on Sunday attended a rally in northern Nigeria's
mainly Islamic city of Kano during which organisers expressed support for
Osama bin Laden.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3440
SOMALIA: POOR RAIN AND TRADE BAN AFFECTING FOOD SECURITY
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/somalia/20011012.phtml
Enforcement of travel restrictions and a ban on trade across the
Kenya/Somalia border, coupled with a prolonged drought, has created a food
security crisis particularly in the southern Gedo Region of Somalia.
SOUTH AFRICA: 5 000 MARCH AGAINST US BOMBINGS
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2001oct/features/15oct-talk.html
About 5 000 Capetonians last week marched in protest against the United
States-led bombings of Afghanistan to the razor-wire-surrounded American
consulate, bearing posters like "Stop the Oppression", "Stop the War" and
"No Difference Hitler and Bush".
SUDAN: ARMY CLAIMS RECAPTURE OF RAGA
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/sudan/20011015.phtml
The Sudanese armed forces claimed on Sunday to have recaptured the strategic
town of Raga, Western Bahr al-Ghazal, news agencies reported.
SUDAN: TALKS WITH WASHINGTON TO ADDRESS 'JOINT INTERESTS'
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/sudan/20011012b.phtml
Sudan's Presidential Adviser for Political Affairs Qutbi al-Mahdi said on
Wednesday that scheduled talks with the US in November would be aimed at
establishing relations based on dialogue, respect for each others'
sovereignty and joint interests.
ZIMBABWE: "IDI AMIN-TYPE" PLOT FOILED
http://www.fingaz.co.zw/fingaz/2001/October/October11/455.shtml
Influential leaders of Zimbabwe's ruling party and senior intelligence
officers hatched an "Idi Amin-type" plan to expel almost all white farmers
from Zimbabwe by December if international efforts to resolve the land
crisis failed, but the plan has apparently been abandoned.
ZIMBABWE: CALL FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST MUGABE
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=2781
Limited sanctions should be imposed to prevent Zimbawean President Robert
Mugabe thinking he has free run to intensify repression when the
international community is focused on Afghanistan, say observers.
ZIMBABWE: IS ZIM IGNORING ABUJA?
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=2802
Britain is concerned that the Zimbabwean government has so far failed to
honour its pledge made at Abuja last month to restore the rule of law.
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3.RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
AFRICA: DANGEROUS RISE IN TRADE UNION RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
Odette Kasal Mukaj, president of the Women's section of the CDT disappeared
in November in Kasaï. The security services of the Democratic Republic of
Congo are thought to be responsible. Forday S.Brima and Soaman Contech, two
trade unionists from Sierra Leone, were assassinated by rebel factions
during a peace march. A sign outside the Fruit of the Loom in Salé, Morocco,
reads "No trade unions". There is no shortage of examples of the growing
difficulties faced by African trade unions seeking to carry out their
activities.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3443
CREATING A COURT FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
New York Law Journal
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will start functioning next year. For
the first time in history, persons committing genocide, war crimes and
crimes against humanity will be subject to indictment, arrest, prosecution
and imprisonment at the hands of a permanent court created by a multilateral
treaty.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3441
EGYPT: US MUST NOT IGNORE RIGHTS ABUSES
http://www.hrw.org/press/2001/10/Egypt1010.htm
Embracing Egypt as a close ally despite its poor human rights record could
be even more counter-productive after September 11 than it was before, Human
Rights Watch warned today.
ERITREA: GOVERNMENT DEFENDS CRACKDOWN ON THE OPPOSITION
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/eritrea/20011011a.phtml
With European Union (EU) ambassadors to Eritrea about to leave, following
their recall by their home governments "for consultations", and with more
arrests of opponents witnessed in recent days, the Eritrean government has
defended a recent crackdown on its opponents and the media.
GAGGING THE SCEPTICS
http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,574808,00.html
If satire died on the day Henry Kissinger received the Nobel Peace Prize,
then last week its corpse was exhumed for a kicking. As head of the United
Nations peacekeeping department, Kofi Annan failed to prevent the genocide
in Rwanda or the massacre in Srebrenica. Now, as secretary general, he
appears to have interpreted the UN charter as generously as possible to
allow the attack on Afghanistan to go ahead.
KENYA: COURT TO EXAMINE OGIEK PETITION ON NOVEMBER 21
http://www.ogiek.org/news/011008mention.htm
After the hearing of the much-awaited Ogiek land case in Nairobi flopped
last week, the case will now be mentioned on November 21.
LIBERIA: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST ADDRESS WIDESPREAD TORTURE
http://www.web.amnesty.org/web/news.nsf/WebAll/23938D753B6F8F4480256AE2004C8
41B?OpenDocument
In a new report issued today, ahead of a United Nations Security Council
debate on Liberia this month, Amnesty International describes the continued
brutal repression and use of torture, including rape, being carried out by
Liberian security forces.
NIGERIA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING
A 30-year old woman, Safiya Hussaini Tungar-Tudu was sentenced to death by
stoning by the upper Sharia court Gwadabawa for committing adultery.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3526
RWANDA: ZIGIRANYIRAZO PLEADS NOT GUILTY
http://www.ictr.org/
Protais Zigiranyirazo, a former member of the Akazu, the inner circle of the
late President of Rwanda, Juvénal Habyarimana, has pleaded not guilty to two
counts of extermination or alternatively murder as crimes against humanity.
SUDAN: CRACKDOWN ON CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS
The Sudanese security authorities have launched a new campaign against a
variety of civil society organisations.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3517
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SWAZILAND: ARREST OF MARIO MASUKU CONDEMNED
COSATU strongly condemns the arrest and detention of Mario Masuku, the
President of Swaziland’s People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), on 4
October.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3474
UN/ANNAN WIN NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
http://www.hrw.org/press/2001/10/kannan1012.htm
Human Rights Watch today hailed the announcement that the United Nations and
its Secretary General, Kofi Annan, were awarded the 100th Nobel Peace Prize.
"As UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan has been particularly forceful in
highlighting the importance of human rights as an essential foundation for
long-term security," said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights
Watch.
ZAMBIA: CHILUBA PRESIDENTIAL CHALLENGER BARRED
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/sa/countrystories/zambia/20011015.phtml
Zambia's Vice President Enoch Kavindele said on Monday that opposition Forum
for Democratic Development (FDD)presidential candidate Christon Tembo would
not be allowed to stand in the election because his parents were from
Malawi.
ZIMBABWE: FARM OCCUPIERS IN ORGY OF VIOLENCE
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=2801
Deliberate acts of arson, violence and intimidation have become the norm on
the country's commercial farms - dashing hopes that the situation would
normalise after the signing of the Abuja accord last month.
ZIMBABWE: GOVT COULD BAN VOTER EDUCATION
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2001oct/features/10oct-zim.html
The Zimbabwean government is considering banning civic groups, churches and
aid agencies from conducting voter education programmes because they have
"hidden agendas".
ZIMBABWE: ZIMRIGHTS PETITIONS PARLIAMENT TO BAR DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/sa/countrystories/zimbabwe/20011012a.phtml
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has petitioned Parliament
to ban the deployment of soldiers to curb civic disturbances.
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4.CORRUPTION
COMOROS: SHOOTING REPORTED IN CAPITAL
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1586000/1586834.stm
Reports from the Comoros Islands say there has been gunfire in the capital,
Moroni. The French news agency, AFP, said it lasted for about an hour in the
north of the town. It followed days of protest against alleged police
corruption and unpaid salaries.
GHANA: ATTONERY-GENERAL LEADS DELEGATION TO PRAGUE
http://allafrica.com/stories/200110110510.html
The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo is
leading a nine member Ghanaian delegation to attend the 10th International
Anti-Corruption Conference in Prague, The Czech Republic this weekend.
GLOBAL CORRUPTION REPORT 2001
http://www.globalcorruptionreport.org/
The Global Corruption Report 2001, launched on 15 October 2001, is the new
publication of Transparency International (TI), the leading global
anti-corruption NGO. It provides an overview of 'the state of corruption'
around the globe.
MOZAMBIQUE: RELIEF MEDICAL SUPPLIES AUCTIONED OFF
http://www.sortmoz.com/aimnews/english/Issues/2620e.htm#Donated
Medical equipment donated to Mozambique as emergency relief by Portugal has
been auctioned off by customs in the central port city of Beira.
NAMIBIA: NEW GRAFT BILL LAYS DOWN THE LAW
http://www.namibian.com.na/2001/October/news/011BD6EE8A.html
Financial kickbacks and the awarding of commission could become punishable
by law under a new anti-corruption bill.
NIGERIA: BAR ASSOCIATION CHIDES MEMBERS OVER CORRUPTION LEVELS
http://www.vanguardngr.com/news/articles/2001/October/05102001/se1051001.htm
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has indicted its members for the rising
level of corruption in the country, saying that lawyers have not done enough
to fight corruption in Nigeria.
NIGERIA: OBASANJO ORDERS COMPLETION OF NIGERDOCK PRIVATISATION
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news2/nn836019.html
A Presidental order on the privatisation of Nigerdock may have prompted the
Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) to redouble its efforts at meeting the
October 15 deadline for the receipt of technical and financial bids on the
company.
SOUTH AFRICA: WINNIE IN THE DOCK ON FRAUD CHARGES
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=13&art_id=ct20011014202719579F500714
&set_id=1
ANC Women's League president Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is appearing before
the specialised commercial crimes court to answer to bank fraud allegations.
STORMING THE FORTRESS OF HIDDEN TERRORIST FUNDS
http://www.msnbc.com/news/638687.asp#BODY
Even before President George W. Bush unveiled his “most wanted” list of
suspected terrorist financiers, bankers around the world were rushing to
make sure they weren’t holding the wrong moneybags.
WORLD BANK REPORT HIGHLIGHTS MEDIA
http://allafrica.com/stories/200110110194.html
The media can expose corruption and increase pressure for better governance
even in a country with regulatory and informal controls on the press, the
World Bank has observed in its World Development report for the year 2002.
WORLD: CORRUPTION SAID TO BE FLOURISHING IN EDUCATION
http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2001/10/10102001114001.asp
Corruption is most often associated with business, government, or the
police. But one surprising sector in which corruption flourishes all too
easily is education. Experts meeting at an anticorruption conference in
Prague have drawn attention to the corrosive effect that corruption in
educational institutions can have on societies in transition.
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5.HEALTH
2ND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH CONFERENCE: RESHAPING THE NURSING LANDSCAPE
http://www.wits.ac.za/fac/med/nursing
Sandton Crown Plaza, Johannesburg, South Africa
Call for abstracts deadline: 28 November 2001
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AFRICA: MULTI-PURPOSE VACCINE FOR DEADLY DISEASES
The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) has introduced a
breakthrough vaccine treatment for infants younger than 12 months in several
African countries, the World Health Organization announced at a three-day
meeting in Entebbe, Uganda.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3493
ANGOLA: MENINGITIS OUTBREAK
In its latest outbreak update, the World Health Organisation says 332 cases
of
meningitis and 30 deaths had been reported in Angola at the beginning of the
month.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3464
BOTSWANA: 'DOOR-TO-DOOR' AIDS CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
http://www.gazette.bw/tbg_head5.htm
The Botswana government has launched its door-to-door Aids awareness and
education campaign, but there are some snags.
DRC: CHOLERA OUTBREAKS REPORTED
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/drc/20011015a.phtml
A total of 106 cases of cholera resulting in 16 deaths have been confirmed
since the beginning of October in the town Ankoro, in north-central Katanga
province, MSF reported last week.
GATES AWARD FOR GLOBAL HEALTH
Call For Nominations
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has issued a call for nominations for
the Gates Award for Global Health. The award comes with a $1 million
honorarium and is presented annually to an organization that has made an
extraordinary contribution to the improvement of health around the world.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3503
HEALTH & DEVELOPMENT NETWORKS
http://www.hdnet.org
HDN is a non-profit organization with a mission to mobilize a more effective
response to the AIDS epidemic by increasing self-representation in the
discourse around HIV/AIDS – and is so-doing - improving information,
communication and the quality of debate around AIDS.
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MOZAMBIQUE: $11.5 MILLION FOR AIDS PROGRAMME
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/hiv_aids/daily/20011009.phtml
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has granted
US $11.5 million dollars to Mozambique for an anti-HIV/AIDS programme, AFP
reported on Tuesday.
MOZAMBIQUE: WHO ASKED TO HELP FIGHT MALARIA
http://www.panapress.com/newslat.asp?code=eng019389&dte=10/10/2001
Mozambique has asked the World Health Organisation to help the country find
an adequate anti-malarial therapy to replace the well known drugs such as
chloroquine to which malaria has become resistant.
NIGERIA: OBASANJO SEEKS ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL AIDS AGENCY
Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo has sent a bill to the National
Assembly which seeks the establishment of a National Agency for the
Prevention and Control of AIDS (NAPCA), news organisations said.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3502
NIGERIA: UPSURGE IN TB CASES REPORTED
Nigeria has had an upsurge of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the last 10 years,
with more than 200,000 people suffering from the disease every year, its
health minister was reported as saying last week.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3495
SOUTH AFRICA: NO AIDS DRUGS FOR LOW INCOME WORKERS
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/hiv_aids/daily/20011009.phtml
South African mining corporation, Anglo American, cannot afford to supply
antiretroviral drugs to all its HIV/AIDS infected workers in South Africa,
the company's medical department announced this week.
SOUTH AFRICA: TALKING ABOUT HIV/AIDS
The LoveLife Campaign
Everywhere you go in South Africa, you're confronted with the pink and
purple colours of loveLife - a controversial HIV/AIDS youth education
campaign which encourages young South Africans to talk freely about sexual
issues such as teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and
HIV/AIDS.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3518
THE GOOD ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD
An Innovation In Software Engineering For The Benefit Of Patients
http://www.gehr.org/
The Good Electronic Health Record (GEHR), a major part of the work of the
openEHR Foundation, is an evolving electronic health record architecture
designed to be comprehensive, portable and medico-legally robust. It has
been developed from the Good European Health Record project requirements
statement and object model - the most comprehensive requirements documents
ever developed for the electronic health record.
ZIMBABWE: NATIONAL AIDS COUNCIL CONSULTS STAKEHOLDERS ON HIV/AIDS PLANNING
In an effort to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS, the Zimbabwe National AIDS
Council (NAC) met AIDS organisations to set in motion a process to
facilitate HIV/AIDS prevention and care by district HIV/AIDS committees
throughout the country.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3499
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6.EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE
BURKINA FASO: AIDS ORPHANS BEGIN SCHOOLING
http://www.undp.org/dpa/frontpagearchive/2001/october/11oct01/index.html
In Burkina Faso, 3,500 children orphaned by AIDS began school this week,
thanks to a pilot project supported by the National HIV/AIDS Commission,
UNDP and several donors.
FIGHTING HUNGER AMONG SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN
http://www.rnw.nl/hotspots/html/wfp011016.html
More than 300 million children in the world suffer from chronic hunger and
about half of them don't go to school. Some 170 million of them go to school
on empty stomachs and don't receive any food during the day, while 130
million don't attend school at all. The United Nations World Food Programme
says the twin problems of malnutrition and education can be solved if
they're addressed simultaneously.
KENYA: UN CONCERNED OVER POLICE TREATMENT OF STREET CHILDREN
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/kenya/20011015.phtml
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has said it is concerned over
the incidence of police brutality against Kenyan children living and working
on the streets.
SOUTH AFRICA: SCHOOLS DUPED BY COMPUTER FIRM
http://www.teacher.co.za/200110/scam.html
Debt amounting to millions has been added to the burdens of at least four
schools in Gauteng, South Africa, which found out too late that their trust
in a computer firm was misplaced.
UGANDA: DRUG ABUSE LEADS TO STUDENT STRIKES
http://allafrica.com/stories/200110060039.html
Rampant drug abuse among students is to blame for the increasing incidence
of strikes in schools in Uganda's Bushenyi district, according to media
reports.
US CHOCOLATE INDUSTRY AGREES TO END FORCED LABOUR ON COCOA FARMS
http://www.antislavery.org/homepage/news/CMA%20agree%20161001.htm
Free the Slaves, Anti-Slavery International's associate in the United
States, has successfully won a commitment from the Chocolate Manufacturers
Association to end 'slavery, serfdom, and debt bondage in the growing and
processing of West African cocoa beans and their derivative products'. This
follows the 1 October Protocol in which the US cocoa and chocolate industry
agrees to eliminate child slavery from the chocolate industry.
USING THE MOVIES TO REACH YOUNG PEOPLE
Yellow Card
http://www.interaction.pair.com/md/articles/mdsept1001/mdsept1024.html
Movies are powerful tools for reaching young people with information about
sexual health. Pathfinder International produced its first youth-oriented
movie, Consequences, in 1988. The success of this film, which was translated
into seven African languages and seen by more than 20 million people,
convinced Pathfinder that an updated movie was needed to further educate
African young people, an extremely vulnerable group due to high rates of
unintended pregnancy and HIV infection.
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7.WOMEN AND GENDER
MEN'S ROLES IN ENDING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
Instraw Virtual Seminar Series
http://www.un-instraw.org/mensroles/vss.html
Over 40 people from around the world participated in this virtual seminar
with some 60 postings presenting some of the extraordinary work being
carried out with men to end gender-based violence, experiences with this
work and lessons learned.
RETHINKING DIFFERENCES AND RIGHTS IN SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Published by Family Health International in collaboration with the Center
for Information and Development of Women (CIDEM), La Paz, Bolivia, is now
online. The manual, developed with support from the U.S. Agency for
International Development, promotes an approach to sexual and reproductive
health care that recognizes different needs and perspectives within a
context of respect for the rights and dignity of men and women. Limited
quantities of the manual are available from FHI in English and Spanish at no
cost to developing country health agencies.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3444
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SOUTH AFRICA/UGANDA: WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION
ftp://ftp.unicc.org/unrisd/outgoing/gender/goetz.pdf
Document explores women's relationship to political parties in South Africa
and Uganda. It seeks to examine processes and consequences of transitions
from authoritarianism on women's political participation in representative
institutions.
THE GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT EXCHANGE
Call For Papers
the Women in Development Southern Africa Awareness Programme (WIDSAA)
produces a quarterly newsletter titled the Gender and Development Exchange
(GAD Exchange) that profiles and analyses current gender and development
issues. It aims to be a catalyst and stimuli not only to partners in 14
countries to closely examine the significance of national issues for
regional development, but to also provide a platform for gender activists to
raise contemporary issues for critical debate. The Editorial Team is calling
for papers for Issue No 26 of the GAD Exchange. Writers are invited to
submit articles analyzing developments in the areas outlined below, and
their significance for, and advancing the regional gender agenda. Deadline
for articles 25th October, 2001.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3524
WORLD AIDS CAMPAIGN: MEN KEY TO REDUCING HIV/AIDS
New Campaign Targets Widely Held Beliefs About Masculinity
http://www.unaids.org/whatsnew/press/eng/pressarc01/WAC_071001.html
This year's World AIDS Campaign will chip away at masculine behaviours and
attitudes that contribute to the spread of HIV, according to Dr Peter Piot,
Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
(UNAIDS).
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8.REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION
CHILDREN AT RISK
Centre For Refugee Studies
Refuge invites contributions to an upcoming issue dedicated to examining the
uniquely vulnerable situation of children in the context of forced
displacement. Applying a human rights lens, this issue seeks to explore the
challenges faced by children in countries of origin, in flight, and in
countries of asylum, as well as the extent to which governments,
international organizations, and non-governmental groups have risen to meet
these challenges. Contributions must be received by November 15, 2001.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3445
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AFRICA: SIGNIFICANT NEW REFUGEE DISPLACEMENT
http://www.refugees.org/news/crisis/africa_2000.htm
Africa, the world's most impoverished continent, continued to suffer the
world's most pervasive violence during 2000 and in early 2001. Nearly 3
million Africans became new refugees or were newly displaced within their
own countries during 2000. New population upheavals last year and in early
2001 occurred in Congo-Kinshasa, Burundi, Sudan, Eritrea, Angola, Sierra
Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Somalia, Uganda, and Zambia.
MIGRATION : A KEY CHALLENGE FOR EUROPE
Euromed Civil Forum
http://www.forumcivileuromed.org/anglais/migrationsuk.htm
Euromed is asking, under the joint impact of globalisation/regionalisation
and ageing of the European populations, for a new opening of various
European countries (France, Spain, Germany…) to a "regulated" migratory flow
coming from the South, as frustration is increasing among the populations of
the South and East of the Mediterranean who knock at the doors of the
European Union.
UN CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON MIGRANTS
Gabriela Rodríguez Pizarro
http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/9074F138E492CDB0C1256AD200
56AB2E?opendocument
"I am appalled to learn of a number of violent attacks that have been
perpetrated against migrants in different parts of the world, since the
events of the 11th of September 2001. I thoroughly condemn such acts of
violence and welcome the many efforts that leaders have made to show the
deplorable and unacceptable nature of such events. I would encourage
Governments to take further steps to prevent such violence against migrants
from taking place and call on all Governments to adopt, when necessary,
special measures to protect those most vulnerable from these acts of hatred
and xenophobia."
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9.RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA
DISCRIMINATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS: THE CASE OF RACISM
Edited by Sandra Fredman, Professor of Discrimination Law at Oxford
University. This set of essays constitutes a key contribution to the debate
about the role of human rights law in combating race discrimination.
Including essays by a range of leading experts, the book is a particularly
important source of information and critical analysis for students,
researchers, and policy-makers aiming to understand both the new race
Directive adopted by the EU, and the role of international human rights law
which is the focus of the UN world conference on racism in 2001.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3513
SOUTH AFRICA: IMMIGRATION, XENOPHOBIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS
http://www.queensu.ca/samp/publications/policyseries/policy22.htm
In May 2001, President Thabo Mbeki observed that all South Africans must be
vigilant against “any evidence of xenophobia” against African immigrants. He
noted that it is “fundamentally wrong and unacceptable” that South Africans
should treat people who come to South Africa as friends as though they are
enemies. This is a long-awaited and critically important statement from the
highest level of the South African government. In the aftermath of the World
Conference on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related
Intolerance, the President’s words will hopefully be acted upon by all South
Africans.
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10.ENVIRONMENT
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES LEARN TO LIMIT CHEMICAL RISKS
http://ens-news.com/ens/oct2001/2001L-10-11-01.html
Officials from over 100 governments concerned with reducing the risks of
chemical use, particularly in developing countries, have been meeting in
Rome this week to prepare for the entry into force of a global treaty to
govern these risks.
HUMAN ACTIONS WORSEN NATURAL DISASTERS
More people worldwide are now displaced by natural disasters than by
conflict. In the 1990s, natural catastrophes like hurricanes, floods, and
fires affected more than two billion people and caused in excess of $608
billion in economic losses worldwide-a loss greater than during the previous
four decades combined. But more and more of the devastation wrought by such
natural disasters is "unnatural" in origin, caused by ecologically
destructive practices and an increasing number of people living in harm's
way, finds a new study by the Worldwatch Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based
environmental research organization.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3482
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OZONE LAYER RECOVERY COMPELS GLOBAL COOPERATION
http://ens-news.com/ens/oct2001/2001L-10-09-03.html
Accelerating protection of the Earth's ozone layer will be the urgent focus
of governmental representatives meeting in Sri Lanka this week. The 13th
Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol will draw some 400 delegates
from 130 countries.
SOUTH AFRICA: RHINO ATTACKS KRUGER PARK TOURISTS
http://ens-news.com/ens/oct2001/2001L-10-10-03.html
The Kruger National Park does not plan to end its wilderness walking tours
in the bush after seven tourists narrowly escaped being hurt by an angry
rhino on Sunday.
TROPICAL FORESTS FALLING ACROSS AFRICA, SOUTH AMERICA
http://ens-news.com/ens/oct2001/2001L-10-08-04.html
Tropical countries are losing their forests at a very high rate, the United
Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned in a new issue of the
"State of the World's Forests 2001," published Wednesday.
ZIMBABAWE: GAME RESERVES NEAR COLLAPSE
http://www.mweb.co.zw/zimin/index.php?id=3847&pubdate=2001-10-12
Zimbabwe's fast-track land resettlement programme is putting pressure on the
country's game reserves, some of which are near collapse. In Bubiana, its
second largest game reserve, the endangered black rhino population is being
rapidly depleted due to poaching.
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11.MEDIA
AFRICAN WEBMASTERS TRAINED IN ONLINE MEDIA
http://www.wan-press.org/
The World Association of Newspapers' training activities in support of press
freedom development have now embraced the internet, with a course for
African webmasters aimed at developing the potential of newspaper web sites
as a major new medium on the continent.
ANGOLA: MILLION DOLLAR MEDIA UPGRADE PLAN
http://www.angola.org/news/NewsDetail.cfm?NID=5533
The Angolan government is preparing to disburse a million US dollars to
modernize and develop media organizations next year.
BEFORE THE DELUGE
http://www.commondreams.org/views01/1011-05.htm
As Benjamin R. Barber makes clear in his thoughtful study, "Jihad vs.
McWorld", much of the world is locked in a battle between two
fundamentalisms that are equally at odds with the spirit and demands of
democracy. Islamic fundamentalism and global market capitalism share more in
outlook than is commonly recognized, he says. Both want to silence the
voices of ordinary people and impose forms of control from above; both use
media shamelessly and all too effectively to promote their ideological
mission and values.
BOTSWANA: 'MEDIA AND NGOS MUST WORK TOGETHER'
http://www.gov.bw/cgi-bin/news.cgi?d=20011015&i=Media_and_NGO_should_work_to
gether_for_development
Panellists at a discussion on media coverage of non-governmental issues and
the role of the media in development said there is need for the media and
NGOs to work together for a common purpose.
ETHIOPIA: CPJ COMPLETES FACT-FINDING MISSION
Envoy Visits Jailed Journalist In Addis Ababa
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today completed a fact-finding
mission in Ethiopia with a visit to jailed journalist Tamirate Zuma at the
Kerchele Penitentiary in the capital, Addis Ababa.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3471
FIGHT THE POWER: MEDIA DEMOCRACY
http://www.presscampaign.org/commentary2.html
October 19 is "Media Democracy Day" and everyone concerned about social
justice should join the growing grassroots movement to challenge the
corporate media, says Robert Hackett.
LOST IN THE RHETORICAL FOG OF WAR
http://www.commondreams.org/views01/1009-01.htm
Despite indicating the emergence of signs of democracy in the Middle East,
and despite - or perhaps because - of its world scoops in the current
conflict - Colin Powell has declared that the Arabic news station Al-Jazeera
is "inciting anti-Americanism'' and wants its offices in Kabul closed down.
MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT ZIMBABWE
Media Update # 2001/40
The Supreme Court’s ruling granting the government temporary relief from an
earlier interdict preventing it from acquiring commercial farms, attracted
wide media attention. The state media focused on comment from government
officials and those individuals and organizations sympathetic to the ruling
party to give the impression of unanimous approval.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3489
NAMIBIA: MEDIA'S ANTI-GRAFT ROLE HIGHLIGHTED
http://www.namibian.com.na/2001/October/news/011C731136.html
The Namibian government says there is a need to co-operate with all law
enforcement agencies, including "our friends the media" to report and expose
corruption.
PRESS CONDITIONS DETERIORATE IN SADC REGION
http://www.cpj.org/protests/01ltrs/SouthernAfr12oct01pl.html
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is gravely concerned about the
deterioration of press freedom in several SADC member states, including
Malawi. Our research reveals an alarming pattern of harassment and
intimidation of independent journalists, severe censorship, and the use of
repressive laws to silence those perceived to oppose ruling parties and
governments.
PROMOTING COMMUNITY RADIOS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
Date Change
The three-day symposium on "Promoting Community Radios in the Horn of
Africa" that was planned for December 11 - 13, 2001 is changed to January
8 - 10, 2002. The change is made as Ramadan falls on December 16, 2001 and
it would have been difficult for Muslim participants to travel and actively
take part in the Symposium.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3525
SILENCED VOICE: SIHEM BEN SEDRINE
http://www.mediachannel.org/news/mediareader/
Fortunately as of last August, Ben Sedrine has at least temporarily left
prison, thanks perhaps partly to the efforts of her many friends in Tunisia
and abroad. But she is free only on bail and there are grave fears that she
will be convicted and find herself back among the jangling keys and broken
lives. She is guilty only of outspoken journalism and unflagging human
rights activities, but these are construed by the Government of Tunisia as
"defamation" and "spreading false news with the aim of disturbing public
order".
WARTIME LIES: A CONSUMER'S GUIDE TO THE BOMBING
http://www.mediachannel.org/atissue/conflict/
As US bombs began raining on Afghanistan, it's hard to know the truth about
what's happening -- and therefore impossible to judge whether the action is
justified.
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12.DEVELOPMENT
'NEW DEVELOPMENT AGENDA' IN DOHA?
http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/oct01/11_40_047.html
The fourth ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
scheduled next month in Doha may end up being described as setting a 'new
development agenda' and not just yet another 'new round' of trade talks.
AFRICA AND EUROPE MINISTERS MEET
EU and Africa ministers met on 11 October, in a follow up to the first ever
EU-Africa Summit held in Cairo last year. The aim of the meeting with the
heads of state was to discuss the ‘New Africa Initiative’ a political
commitment from African leaders, based on a common vision of poverty
eradication, growth and sustainable development.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3516
BOTSWANA: GOVT STEPS UP TRAINING PROGRAMME
http://www.gov.bw/cgi-bin/news.cgi?d=20011015&i=Govt_steps_up_technical_trai
ning
The Botswana government says it is committed to the development of technical
and vocational education and training, increasing access as well as
improving its quality.
GLOBAL UNIONS CALL FOR WORLD ECONOMIC STIMULUS
After the G7 Finance Ministers meeting in Washington on October 6-7 failed
to reach agreement on a concerted plan of action, Global Unions called today
for joint, co-ordinated and far-reaching economic measures to ensure that
the world does not tip yet further into a global recession.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3442
LIBERIA: FURTHER SANCTIONS WOULD HIT HARD
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/wa/countrystories/liberia/20011011.phtml
Any further restrictions imposed on Liberia would have more "negative
impacts" on the country's already weakened economy, employment, social
services and government revenue, a panel of UN experts said.
MOZAMBIQUE: MOZAL EARNS BIG MONEY
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/sa/countrystories/mozambique/20011012.phtml
Exports from Mozal, the massive aluminium smelter on the outskirts of the
capital, Maputo, accounted for over 60 percent of the country's total export
earnings, according to central bank figures released on Thursday. The
smelter, which is the country's the largest private investment, started
production last June.
RWANDA POPULATION TO DOUBLE TO 16 MILLION BY 2020
Rwanda's population - set to double to 16 million by 2020 at its current
growth rate of 3.2 percent per annum - will present a major challenge to the
government, Finance and Economic Planning Minister Donald Kaberuka has said.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3501
SIERRA LEONE: ILLEGAL MINING CONTINUES IN EASTERN REGION
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/wa/countrystories/sierraleone/20011011a.phtml
Illegal mining is continuing in the eastern region of Sierra Leone despite
government efforts to ban the trade in 'conflict' diamonds.
SOUTH AFRICA: MANDATORY FORTIFICATION OF STAPLE FOODS
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2001/november/fortify.htm
Following extensive consultation with the public health, medical and
scientific community as well as the milling industry and consumer groups,
the Department of Health is set to publish draft legislation in the next few
months with final legislation planned for very early 2002 regarding the
mandatory fortification of wheat flour and maize meal. Fortification is cost
effective strategy to address alarming and widespread deficiencies in
critical vitamins and minerals throughout the South African population.
UGANDA: NEW POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMME FOR THE NORTH
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/uganda/20011015.phtml
The government on 12 October announced the introduction of a new US $100
million poverty reduction programme for northern Uganda, 'The New Vision'
reported.
ZIMBABWE: GOVERNMENT TO NATIONALISE FAILED BUSINESSES
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/sa/countrystories/zimbabwe/20011015.phtml
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Monday threatened to nationalise
businesses that closed because of strict price controls on basic commodities
issued last week, agencies reported.
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13.INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY
DATABASE PROGRAMMERS: MYSQL UPDATE
http://www.mysql.com/
MySQL, the popular database programming language, has been upgraded to
version 4.0.
At the moment it is only available in alpha, but the list of changes are
available from the MySQL.com web site. This site will also provide morte
information about SQL if you are interested in learning, and features links
to discussions, help, tutorials, etc. There is also a discussion about the
new version on Slashdot.
DIGITALPARTNERS.ORG : ANNOUNCEMENT
http://www.digitalpartners.org/new_enterprise_close.html
Take a look at the Digital Partners Social Enterprise Laboratory (SEL) web
page. Applicants for this year numbered almost 40 innovative proposals for
the use of IT in service to the world's poor. These ranged from Children's
Health Information SmartCards in India to Wireless Communications Kiosks in
Brazil to Computer Training for Rural Youths in Ghana - to name just three -
and the diversity and caliber of this year's applications are high, says
Akhtar Badshah, Executive Director of Digital Partners.
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IICD/INFODEV ICT STORIES COMPETITION
http://www.iicd.org/stories/
The 2002 IICD/INFODEV ICT Stories Competition has now started. The writers
of the best four stories will present their lessons learned at an
international event, which will announced soon. Stories will be judged on
the following criteria: The project has an ICT component; The project uses
ICT in an innavative way: it may use basic ICTs in a creative way,
state-of-the-art technologies, or a combination of ICT and traditional
media; The project involves development issues (or demonstrated potential
for) in the field of ICT and addresses the sustainability of the project;
The story clearly specifies the challenges encountered during the project
and describes how these challenges were overcome (lessons learned); The
story is written clearly and is enjoyable to read. The deadline for this
competition is April 15th 2002.
NEWS UPDATE 81: RWANDA SEEKS TO MOVE FROM AGRICULTURE TO KNOWLEDGE IN 20
YEARS
http://www.balancingact-africa.com
Imagine a tiny, beautiful, land-locked, densely populated and extremely poor
African country that seven years ago was the site of a devastating civil war
and genocide that left it in tatters. Now imagine a country that sets up an
ICT Commission headed by its President; that adopts a national ICT Policy
for the country and that sets up a top level national IT Agency to oversee a
400-page 5-year US$500 million plan and strategy for ICT. And finally
imagine a country that commits to transforming itself from an essentially
agrarian economy to a knowledge-based society within twenty years and that
plans to become a services center in its region, despite being poorer than
its neighbours and much less well-endowed with natural resources. Hard to
reconcile these images, but they are indeed all of Rwanda. Jonathan Miller
and Philip Esselaar look at the progress Rwanda is making and what it needs
to tackle in the near future.
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ONEWORLD.NET MONTHLY NEWSLETTER ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUSTAINABILITY
oneworld.net is now providing a free monthly email newsletter on the theme
of the internet from a sustainable development and human rights perspective.
To subscribe yourself to this Internet newsletter send an email to:
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subscribe newsletter_internet
ONROAD EMAIL
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=115&art_id=ct20011016212732607_54212
9&set_id=1
Jokes about the information superhighway aside, this does look like a rather
interesting new concept. A brief article on iol.co.za provides the details
about a new Japanese innovation: doing your email while you drive.
SENEGAL: E-SERVICES FOR FOOD PRODUCERS
A new regional company called Manobi has been launched to deliver internet
and wireless added-value e-services to farmers, fishermen, exporters, and
all players involved in the value chain for tropical fresh food products. It
claims its expertise covers all aspects of the agribusiness sector as well
as internet and mobile hardware and software technology sectors.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3572
SOUTH AFRICA: DEPT OF HOME AFFAIRS GOES ONLINE
http://www.home-affairs.gov.za
The Department of Home Affairs says it is on the way to becoming fully
automated with a revamped, user-friendly Web site and intranet, and an
online visa application and transfer system in the
offing.
THE ORIGIN OF ZERO
http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/math/math12/
This short article by the author of "The Nothing That Is: A Natural History
Of Zero", Robert Kaplan, tells us where this esoteric symbol originated.
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14.eNEWSLETTERS AND MAILING LISTS
E-CIVICUS - CONNECTING CIVIL SOCIETY WORLDWIDE
Number 136 15 October, 2001
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3575
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E-MAIL DISCUSSION FORUM ON HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA
http://archives.healthdev.net/af-aids
AF-AIDS brings together a cross-section of people living and working in
Africa and internationally on the front-lines of the epidemic - to discuss,
debate and share information on AIDS in Africa. There are also links to
relevant conferences and meetings. Add your voice to the discussion among
thousands of people working all over Africa in the AIDS field! AF-AIDS has
over 2500 members and a transitional regional steering committee with Health
& Development Networks, SaFAIDS and Health Systems Trust.
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ITWEB WEEKLY - MONDAY, 15 OCTOBER 2001
The E-Mail IT News Service For Southern Africa
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3561
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NEW USAID DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE ENEWSLETTER
DEC Express
DEC Express is a free, electronic publication from the USAID Development
Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) that provides a listing of the latest
development experience reports from USAID. The Development Experience
Clearinghouse (DEC) is the largest online resource for USAID funded,
international development documentation. Reports cover: Economic
Growth/Agriculture, World Environment, Democracy/Governance, Human Capacity
Development, Health, Nutrition and Population, Humanitarian Assistance.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3579
NUA INTERNET SURVEYS
Free weekly email on the latest Internet trends and statistics
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3569
Contact: Email: [log in to unmask]
TAD CONSORTIUM OCTOBER 2001 INFORMATION UPDATE NO. 2
The TAD Consortium is an e-mail service aimed primarily at people interested
in using information and communication technologies to improve the quality
of education in the developing world.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3567
Contact: [log in to unmask]
USA: PROJECT/CASE MANAGER, STUDENT-TO-STUDENT ACTION PROJECT
The Scholars at Risk Network seeks a full-time project manager to develop
the Student-to-Student Action Project (SSAP), a new initiative to assist
students whose education has been interrupted by threats to their
fundamental human rights. The project manager will be responsible for all
aspects of the initiative, including (i) organizing participation of US
students in campaigns for persecuted students, (ii) developing educational
opportunities for refugee and other displaced students, (iii) developing
advocacy projects related to threats to student leaders/activists, (iv)
organizing conferences, lectures, and other awareness-building activities.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3593
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WTO ECONFERENCE
On behalf of the International Trade Centre's World Tr@de Net programme, I
am pleased to invite you to participate in our e-mail based conference on
business and the next WTO Ministerial Conference which will take place on
15-19 October 2001. By registering (at no cost) for this e-discussion, you
will receive a daily summary of the debate in one of the languages that can
be used in the conference (English, French, and Spanish). You will have the
opportunity to respond with your opinion and experiences.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3577
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15.FUNDRAISING
A FUNDRAISING MANUAL FOR SOUTHERN AFRICAN NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS
Your Guide To Mobilising Resources By David Cuthbert
Review by Ann Bown, National President, Southern Africa Institute of
Fundraising: The book is easy to read and yet approaches the topic in an
academic and studious manner, which convinces the reader that there really
is something professional and even scientific about fundraising and resource
mobilisation. The time has come for the work to be taken as a serious
occupation and not just an ad-hoc, happenstance activity of maybe the
director or a volunteer board member – if non-profit organisations are
really serious about staying in business then they had better purchase a
copy, digest the facts, apply the methodology and appoint a fulltime fund
development officer.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3591
BOOKS FOR BEGINNING FUNDRAISERS
This series of books is for leaders of organizations who want to increase
their financial independence at a time when grants from foreign agencies are
shifting or shrinking. They want to raise funds from people and
organizations in their own communities, as well as from overseas. They want
to work locally to raise a portion of the money they need, at the lowest
possible cost. To get all that they must build a varied, sustained, local
fundraising program. The books are written specially for agencies in Africa,
Asia, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and who want to begin or
improve their fundraising programs. (from eCIVICUS)
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3578
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INNOVATIVE PROPOSALS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
http://www.digitalpartners.org
Digital Partners is pleased to announce that this years SEL application
process yielded close to 40 innovative proposals for the use of IT in
service to the world's poor. Ranging from Children's Health Information
SmartCards in India to Wireless Communications Kiosks in Brazil to Computer
Training for Rural Youths in Ghana-to name just three-we have been very
pleased with both the diversity and caliber of this year's applications. SEL
applications are now being reviewed by our selection committee and we plan
to announce those proposals selected to move on to the mentoring phase by
the end of October.
NONPROFITS WEIGH TIMING OF FUND RAISING
http://pittsburgh.bcentral.com/pittsburgh/stories/2001/10/01/story2.html
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16.COURSES, SEMINARS, AND WORKSHOPS
SA: INVITATION TO A SEMINAR ON THE NEW TAX LAWS FOR NPOS
The Non-Profit Partnership (NPP) in conjunction with the Provincial
Parliamentary Programme (PPP) will be hosting a seminar to discuss the
recent amendments to the tax framework as it affects the Non-Profit sector,
which came into effect on the 15th of July 2001. The enactment of the
legislation was finally announced in the Government Gazette no. 22405. The
lists of Public Benefit Activities (PBA) as required in terms of these new
provisions, were published on 27 July 2001.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3592
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SHORT COURSE IN SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESEARCH
24th June - 19th July 2002
The Centre for Population Studies at the London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine offers a four-week short course in Sexual and Reproductive
Health Research. The course introduces participants to the principles and
methods of effective social and demographic research in this field. The
sessions draw on students' own ideas and experience to focus on the design
of policy-oriented research and on the use of qualitative and quantitative
methods used to evaluate the impact of programmes. The course is suitable
for researchers, health care providers and programme managers and others who
wish to commission or use research results.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3574
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17.ADVOCACY RESOURCES
ADVOCACY VIDEO: PRODUCING CHANGE
This report, produced by the Benton Foundation, provides 15 stories
illustrating the use of advocacy videos by broadcasters, individuals and
nonprofits to motivate people to change their neighborhoods, their cities,
their countries, and the laws that govern them.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3576
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COMMUNICATIONS ASSESSMENT FOR NON-PROFITS
http://www.wkkfweb.org/toolkit/assess/
Online survey focuses on both internal and external communications
activities. By internal communications, we mean the steps groups take to
keep members, donors, and supporters informed about your work. Internal
communications tools include newsletters, web sites, mailings, magazines and
other publications, and hotlines. By external communications, we mean the
publicity relations activities you rely upon to deliver your message to your
target audiences (which may include members and supporters, but also include
key decision-makers, other organizations and individuals, and the media).
External communications tools include news releases, media events, speaking
engagements, advertising campaigns, public service announcement campaigns,
brochures, fact sheets and reports. There is frequent overlap between
internal and external communications, but it helps to think of them
separately when developing a communications strategy or determining how to
improve an organization's overall communications capacity. After you've
completed the survey, you will be provided with a summary of your answers,
which you can then use in creating your organisation's communications plan.
USING THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM TO COMBAT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
A Handbook From Amnesty International
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/monitoring/ai01-racism.html
This handbook is intended to be of use to non-governmental organisations and
others who wish to address and combat racial discrimination. It provides an
overview of the international and regional treaties and standards that
prohibit racial discrimination. It also describes the United Nations and
regional bodies that play a role in monitoring how states implement many of
these human rights standards. The handbook suggests how these bodies can be
approached to further the struggle against racial discrimination.
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18.JOBS
FOREFRONT SEEKS A PROGRAM ASSOCIATE
Join a small team and contribute to all aspects of the organization’s
development. The position is comprised of 30% of coordinating the
organization’s administrative tasks, 50% organizing a new initiative, the
Human Rights Web Resource Center, and 20% assisting with other program work
as necessary.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3586
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH SEEKS CHILDREN RIGHTS RESEARCHER
The researcher will work on children's human rights issues in Africa. S/he
will be responsible for ongoing research and advocacy efforts, and will play
an important role in determining strategies for dealing with human rights
issues as they affect children. S/he will carry out fact-finding missions to
target countries, write and publicize reports on findings, develop advocacy
strategies, and present human rights concerns to governments,
inter-governmental and nongovernmental organization, and the press. S/he
will write press releases, articles, op-eds, and position papers. The
position is based in our New York office.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3588
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PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR DOCTORS OF THE WORLD USA
Doctors of the World USA seeks experienced Program Coordinator for new
project that will coordinate the work of physicians who provide medical
expertise to US-based health and human rights advocacy efforts aimed at
underserved populations. Requirements: Three years experience in service and
advocacy work, strong communication, organizational, and time-management
skills, and demonstrated record in initiating new projects and fostering
productive inter-organizational collaborations. Preferred candidates will
have: Masters degree or equivalent training or experience. Liaison
experience with funders for advocacy and human rights work. Financial
management experience and grant reporting experience a strong plus.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3587
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19.BOOKS AND ARTS
A PEOPLE BETRAYED: THE ROLE OF THE WEST IN RWANDA'S GENOCIDE
Linda Melvern
http://books.guardian.co.uk/lrb/articles/0,6109,506904,00.html
In this review, RW Johnson unravels the web of culpability behind the
failure to prevent genocide in Rwanda and is as critical of the role of the
UN as of western governments. Zed, 2000, 1 85649 831 x.
BOOKS ON THE AFGHANISTAN CRISIS
http://books.guardian.co.uk/top10s/top10/0,6109,566306,00.html
Giles Foden recommends ten books on the Afghanistan crisis. Zanzibar, Giles
Foden's novel about the bombing of the US embassies in Africa in 1998, is
published by Faber next year.
COPYIST INTELLECTUALS
Interview With Gaston Zossou Beninese Minister Of Culture
http://www.africultures.com/actualite/sorties/anglais/zossou.htm
The former English teacher Gaston Zossou has just published an essay
entitled Au nom de l'Afrique* (In Africa's Name), a fierce indictment of an
Africa ridden with corruption, a sterile intelligentsia, and mimesis. The
arguments he puts in this interview with Africultures, contrast starkly with
many others presented on the site.
GEOMETRY FROM AFRICA
http://www.maa.org/pubs/books/afr.html
The peoples of Africa south of the Sahara desert constitute a vibrant
cultural mosaic, extremely rich in its diversity. Among the peoples of the
sub-Saharan region, interest in creating and exploring forms and shapes has
blossomed in diverse cultural and social contexts with such an intensity
that with reason, to paraphrase Claudia Zaslavsky's Africa Counts, it may be
said that "Africa Geometrizes" as well. Paulus Gerdes demonstrates the
influence of geometrical ideas on African Culture with dozens of stories and
beautiful illustrations.
GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY YEARBOOK 2001
Centre for Civil Society and Centre for the Study of Global Governance, LSE.
The Global Civil Society Yearbook is envisaged as a landmark publication,
which will discuss and clarify the concept of a 'global civil society'. The
Yearbook will contribute to the debate about what global civil society is,
map and measure it, and examine each year how it is doing. 2001' ISBN:
0-19-924644-0.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3476
HEALING THROUGH CREATIVE ARTS
Museum Africa, Newtown, Johannesburg, 23 - 25 November 2001. The Centre for
the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (Trauma Clinic), in collaboration
with Dienste in Ubersee are hosting the Healing Through Creative Arts
Conference. The conference aims to create a forum, dialogue and context for
the sharing of knowledge and expertise by the professional group of Arts
Therapists as well as allied professionals and arts practitioners that
utilize the creative arts as healing within traumatized communities.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3470
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HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION RESOURCEBOOK
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/reference/HREresourcebook00.html
This is the second and updated education of the Human Rights Education
Resourcebook. It includes directories of human rights education
organisations worldwide, a listing of human rights training programmes, an
annotated bibliography, an overview of audio-visual materials and resources
on the Internet and a directory of funders that support HRE programmes.
2000, ISBN/ISSN: 0-9706059-1-9.
JOURNAL OF PEACEBUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT
Call For Papers
The Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, a new tri-annual journal
providing a forum for the sharing of critical thinking and constructive
action on issues at the intersections of conflict, development, and peace,
is calling for papers for its first issue. The publication endeavors to
capture and examine critical peacebuilding and development topics and
questions that challenge our era. Abstract Deadline: November 1, 2001; late
submissions may be considered for our second issue.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3488
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21.LETTERS AND COMMENTS
DR NEIL PAKENHAM-WALSH
International Network For The Availability Of Scientific Publications
I just received my latest kabissa-fahamu newsletter. I just wanted to
congratulate and thank you for this excellent resource. It's by far the best
of its kind.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3553
GLOBAL SOMALILAND WOMEN
Mrs. Lulu Todd
Greetings. I've just subscribed to your news and found it very informative.
A lot of people are not aware of your editorials and I will pass it on. In
saying that the people who really need to read this news and need it most
are those back in the homeland Africa. Keep up with the good work. I would
like to update you with our news websites:
http://www.somalilandnews.com
http://www.somalilandnet.com
Please feel free to use to urls for Somaliland Forum. Surely a large number
of people are now aware of the struggle of Somaliland not to mention that
the hard work they have done over the number of years. There is still a
large number of landmines left by the regime of Siad Barre and it is very
difficult for the children and rurla people to get on with their lives as
normal. In saying that life must go on and Africans must face their future
with a big hope.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3546
JEFF COCHRANE
Enjoyed the piece by Bell and Renner on the Marshall Plan -- seems to come
up in conversation every few years. The writer from Worldwatch quotes this
portion of General Marshall's speech: 'He said that there could be "no
political stability and no assured peace" without economic security, and
that U.S. policy was "directed not against any country or doctrine but
against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos."' While I couldn't agree
more, I wonder about the proposed solution. The pertinent comment from
General Marshall is this one: "Its purpose should be the revival of a
working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and
social conditions in which free institutions can exist." The key word is
"revival." General Marshall notes the fundamental characteristic of modern
economies is the trade of processed goods from cities for agricultural
commodities from farms. Enter a war and destroy the physical infrastructure
by which to process goods, and there can only be hunger, poverty,
desperation, and chaos. The purpose of the Marshall plan was to restore the
physical infrastructure to an urban population that already had the
individual skills and social institutions in place to make good use of it,
thereby reviving what was there before. Is that the circumstance in which we
find ourselves now? Will a provision of physical infrastructure on a massive
world scale really achieve the results the authors expect? I worry that the
circumstances are not sufficiently the same, and that a parallel to the
Marshall plan will not be sufficient.
PEOPLE'S RIGHTS ORGANISATION
Nigeria
We thank you very much for send your weekly Kabissa Newsletter to the People
’s Rights Organisation (PRO), we found it very informative and will like to
be receiving it regularly. This is one of the best things that can assist
any organization in its quest for information dissemination.
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