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1.EDITORIAL

GLOBALISATION: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
Kate Prendergast, Fahamu
The effects of global poverty have been much in the news this week. At a
World
Bank meeting in Ottowa last weekend, there were prominent calls for an
increase
in aid from richer to poorer nations. Gordon Brown, the UK Chancellor,
called
for rich countries to double the aid they give to the poor, while Clare
Short,
the UK Development Secretary strongly criticised America for "almost turning
its back" on the rest of the world. It was a "paradox" that a country that
prided itself on its generosity gave only 0.1 percent of its GDP in
international aid, compared to Britain's 0.3 percent and the UN target of
0.7
percent, she said. At a recent meeting of EU development cooperation
ministers
in Brussels, increasing member contributions of aid was high on the agenda,
while at the WTO meeting in Doha, the developing world won a significant
victory over the right to medicines at times of public-health emergencies.

European diplomats, Clare Short and the World Bank have all cited the ‘Bin
Laden effect’ as having a galvanising effect on richer nations view of
poverty
across the world. The terrorist attacks created an "historic opportunity"
for
the international community to make a concerted effort to try to solve
global
poverty, Short said. “The suicide bombers of September 11 appeared not to
come
from poor countries, but the conditions which bred their bitterness and
hatred
are linked to poverty and injustice." The World Bank too has come to the
view
that poverty alleviation in states like Afghanistan is needed to stop them
becoming breeding grounds for terrorism, while the World Trade Organisation
has
promised to address the marginalisation of least developed countries and
contribute to a durable solution to world debt. With such a concerted
interest
in global poverty from many of the biggest players this week, it is hard to
believe that half of the world's population still lives on less than $2 a
day,
while the richest 20 percent consumes more than 80 percent of the world's
resources,

But as George Monbiot has argued in this week’s UK Guardian, one of the
reasons
why the current institutions charged with managing the global economy – the
IMF, World Bank, and more recently, the World Trade Organisation - have
failed
to deliver economic justice and sustainability is because they were not
designed to do so. Despite the recent resolutions from the World Bank and
WTO
on debt cancellation, and a concern for greater global economic equity,
these
reforms are not, in Monbiot’s words, “in the WTO’s gift”.

As Monbiot demonstrates, the architects of the modern world economy had a
vastly different vision than the system we have ended up with today. Many
economists at the Bretton Woods conference in 1944 were aware that issues of
economic justice would have to be addressed if greater commercial freedom
was
to work. Among the proposals made at Bretton Woods were calls for an
international trade organisation, which as well as working to reduce tariffs
would also protect workers rights, transfer technology to poorer countries,
and
regulate the world economy to prevent big corporations from becoming too
dominant. But, Monbiot reports, US corporations blocked the proposals. GATT
–
the general agreement on tariffs and trade - was strung together on a
temporary
basis to bring down trade barriers, while negotiations for a proper trade
body
continued. It never saw the light of day; GATT turned into the WTO, and the
moment was lost.

The ITO was not the only institution proposed at Bretton Woods. John Maynard
Keynes, the British economist, is often credited as the mastermind behind
the
IMF and World Bank, the major institutions to emerge from Bretton Woods; but
Monbiot argues that in fact, Keynes was bitterly opposed to them, believing
that if such institutions managed the world economy, they would preside over
deepening inequalities between rich and poor. Keynes called instead for
an “international clearing union” which would redeem imbalances in trade,
and
cancel debt, by the radically simple method of charging creditors the same
rates of interest on currency surpluses as those charged to debtors. But,
the
British delegation, lead by Keynes, was also forced by the US to back down.
The
US threatened to withdraw its war loan unless Keynes withdrew his proposal,
and
he ended up having to agree to the bodies that later became the World Bank
and
IMF.

The problem with the World Bank, IMF and World Trade Organisation is,
therefore, that they are constitutionally designed to fail in delivering
greater economic justice in world trade. All they can do, in Monbiot’s
words,
is “set maximum standards for global trade, rather than the minimum
standards
which might restrain big corporations”. In other words, the IMF, World Bank
and
WTO police existing inequalities that have been allowed to develop on behalf
of
richer nations: world debt, tariff inequalities, the lack of regulation; and
despite noises to the contrary, pursue these inequalities further in the
name
of liberalisation.

This is perfectly illustrated by the rejection by WTO of the recent proposal
made in Doha, Qatar, by seven African countries that WTO study the impacts
of
trade liberalisation measures imposed by structural adjustment programmes
(SAPs). The proposal - submitted by Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania,
Uganda, Zimbabwe and Zambia - was made in response to the original draft
declaration issued by WTO General Council chair Stuart Harbinson in
September.
These countries pointed out that many developing countries were subjected
to "an over-ambitious liberalisation programme" as a result of structural
adjustment reform policies that did not offer flexibility in their tariff-
cutting exercises. These countries were, as a result, experiencing
widespread
unemployment and the collapse of local industries.

What is now needed therefore is not the spectacle of Gordon Brown promising
to
deliver more aid to developing countries, desperately needed though that aid
is, nor of the WTO promising everything and delivering nothing. As Monbiot
puts
it, “if the men who had planned the Bretton Woods conference knew that in
2001
we would be arguing about about how much aid to give to poor nations, they
would have packed up and gone home. The stated purpose of their meeting was
to
render generosity redundant.”

The recent WTO negotiations may be a potential indicator of the way the
future
of such institutions may develop. While the negotiations at Doha were only a
partial success for developing countries, they were also far from a
neo-liberal
victory that many in the developed world would have liked. Important areas
of
negotiation have effectively put on hold, to be dealt with in the future;
and
perhaps most importantly of all, developing countries are prepared to fight
their corner much harder than in previous rounds. But, the inadequacy of the
WTO as an institution capable of managing these issues was also very much in
evidence, and the effectiveness of its future in increasing doubt. Without
root
and branch reform of world economic institutions, greater economic equity –
a
more distant dream now than in 1944 – is never going to be established, and
the
credibility of such institutions restored.

Tinkering with poverty
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,5673,602342,00.html

Doha Dreams?
http://www.fpif.org/commentary/0111dohaconc.html


WTO rejects Africans' request for study of SAP effects before more tariff
cuts

http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/topic/adjustment/a26africadoha.htm
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2.CONFLICT, EMERGENCIES, AND CRISES

ANGOLA: UNITA'S BLOODY NOVEMBER
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/news.html#blood
Angolan rebel movement Unita claims to have killed 298 government soldiers,
police and militia forces in operations between November 8 and 19, according
to
a statement.

DRC: LATEST ICG REPORT ANALYSES IMPASSE IN PEACE PROCESS
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=15177&SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&SelectCountry=DRC
The failure of the inter-Congolese dialogue in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in
October was foreseeable, according to a new report from the International
Crisis Group, 'The Inter-Congolese Dialogue: Political Negotiation or a Game
of
Bluff?', that analyses the impasse in the peace process.

DRC: UN SAYS CONGO PLUNDER CONTINUES
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=3050
Declaring that the plunder of Congo's riches "continues unabated," a UN-
appointed panel called for a moratorium Monday on the purchase of diamonds,
gold and other resources from areas controlled by foreign forces or rebel
groups.

ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: PEACE PROCESS "ON TRACK"
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=14766&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=ERITREA-ETHIOPIA
Despite continued differences between the two sides the peace process
between
Ethiopia and Eritrea is “on track” a spokesman for the United Nations
Mission
in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) said on Friday.

HE WHO PAYS THE PIPER
Why did the US invade Afghanistan after the Taliban twice offered to
extradite
Osma Bin Laden? The answer is that they are after the huge oil reserves of
Central Asia, argues Donna Baillie in this month's edition of Red Pepper.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4305

NEW BAN ON CHILD SOLDIERS TO TAKE EFFECT
Human Rights Watch welcomed news that a new treaty banning the use of
children
in combat will take effect early next year. With New Zealand's ratification
on
November 12, ten countries have now ratified the treaty, which will enter
into
force on February 12, 2002.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4213

SIERRA LEONE: RUF OFFICIAL PUTS RESIGNATION ON HOLD
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=15427&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=SIERRA_LEONE
The chairman of the Political and Peace Council of the Revolutionary United
Front (RUF), Omrie Golley, told IRIN on Tuesday that he has put his
resignation
on hold following "various pressures" from some quarters within and outside
Sierra Leone.

SOMALIA: EIGHTEEN KORANIC STUDENTS KILLED
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=15083&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=SOMALIA
At least 18 students were killed and many others wounded when gunmen opened
fire on a Koranic school on 16 November, a local source told IRIN on Monday.

SOMALIA: FIGHTING IN GAROWE
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=15444&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=SOMALIA
Fighting broke out in Garowe, the regional capital of the self-declared
autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia, on 21 November, a local
journalist told IRIN.

SUDAN: 'WE'RE NOT A TERRORIST STATE'
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111190524.html
Peace has been elusive in Africa's largest nation for almost five decades,
the
bitter dispute between the Christian and Animist south and the Muslim north
dominating the period. US relations with sudan are also ambivalent, as it
seeks
to place sanctions on Sudan, and wants its cooperation in the fight against
terrorism. allAfrica's Charles Cobb Jr. spoke with Sudan's Ambassador to the
United States, Khidir Haroun Ahmed.

USA: PRESIDENTIAL ORDER THREATENS FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE
http://www.web.amnesty.org/web/news.nsf/WebAll/74762D56523411A180256B05005C5
989?
OpenDocument
Amnesty International is deeply troubled by the Military Order signed by
President George W. Bush on 13 November allowing for the trial by special
military commissions of non-US citizens suspected of involvement
in "international terrorism."

ZAMBIA: WE WON'T HIT BACK AT ANGOLA
http://www.oneworld.org/afronet/monitor184/headline3.htm
President Frederick Chiluba has said Zambia will not retaliate to the mass
abduction and massacre of Zambians by the Angolan armed forces last week.

ZIMBABWE: POVERTY BREEDS OPPOSITION
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=15104&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=ZIMBABWE
Images of poverty and squalor are everywhere at Porta farm, a fast-expanding
squatter camp 18 km southwest of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.

ZIMBABWE: STOP MUGABE USING GRAIN FOR GAIN
http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,969553-6096-0,00.html
'Six months ago I wrote in these columns that, "Mugabe may well use food in
state hands to wreak additional havoc on society by distribution through the
party, the so-called war veterans and the nefarious secret service. He
undoubtedly will use that power over life and death to elicit party support
and
commitments to vote for him.'

ZIMBABWE: WFP POISED TO SEND FOOD
http://www.europaworld.org/issue57/complexemergency16901.htm
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is preparing to ship food aid
to
more than half a million people in Zimbabwe who it says are at risk of
starvation. The news comes as further measures were announced by the
Government
to speed the take over of the country's farms for the purpose of land
redistribution. The agency plans to start operations later this month, with
food aid arriving in December.

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3.RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY

BURUNDI: MASSACRES AND ABDUCTIONS OF CHILDREN CONTINUE
Whilst the world's attention is directed towards Afghanistan and the wider
fall-
out of the events of 11 September in the United States of America, Amnesty
International today urged the international community not to ignore Burundi,
where the short period since the commencement of a government of transition
on
1 November has been marked by massacres of civilians by government forces
and
the abduction of hundreds of children by an armed political group.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4270

DRC: CONGOLESE ACTIVIST DETAINED AND BEATEN
http://docs.hrw.org/news/2001/DRC1115.htm
The head of a Congolese non-governmental organization from Uvira has been
detained and severely beaten by the rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy
(RCD)
Human Rights Watch has said.

GUINEA-BISSAU: AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY SEEK BETTER RIGHTS CLIMATE IN
BORDER
AREA
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=14856
Some 400 representatives of security forces, state bodies and civil society
in
Gabu, eastern Guinea-Bissau, have recommended the formation of a commission
to
monitor the observance of human rights in the area.

KENYA: ARMY CONTESTS KENYA BOMBS CLAIM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1663000/1663817.stm
The UK government wants the courts to throw out a multi-million pound
compensation claim brought by Kenyan herders over damage from British army
bombs.

MALAWI: MULUZI URGED TO 'DEFEND CONSTITUTION'
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=15192&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=MALAWI
The Magistrates' and Judges' Association of Malawi has written to President
Bakili Muluzi, urging him to reject his United Democratic Front (UDF) MPs
attempts to sack three senior High Court judges.

MORROCCO: RELEASE OF PRISONERS
The Moroccan authorities have taken the important step of releasing 56
political prisoners, including prisoners of conscience, following a royal
pardon.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4214

NIGERIA: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SOKOTO FIGHT OVER WOMAN
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111180041.html
The Federal and Sokoto State governments are poised for a fight over the
sharia
verdict passed by a Gwadabawa sharia court to stone a woman, Safiya Hussaini
to
death for committing adultery.

RWANDA: UN TRIBUNAL UPHOLDS LIFE SENTENCE ON GENOCIDE CONVICT
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=14822&SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&SelectCountry=RWANDA
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has
upheld the conviction of Alfred Musema, 52, for genocide and for
extermination
as a crime against humanity.

SIERRA LEONE: NEW ELECTION SYSTEM GETS GREEN LIGHT
http://www.oneworld.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi?
root=129&url=http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN
Politicians, former rebels and civil society representatives have given the
thumbs up to a new election system in Sierra Leone at a three-day national
consultative meeting in the capital, Freetown.

SOUTH AFRICA: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION UNDER THREAT
Debates and space for critical engagement is essential for democracy. There
can
never be enough emphasis on this point. It is therefore unfortunate that
African National Congress (ANC) has chose to stifle debates by resorting to
use
of derogatory terms to describe opposing voices in the Congress of South
Africans trade Unions (Cosatu), South African communist Party (SACP) and ANC
alliance.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4298
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UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE PROBES LUSAKA GOVERNMENT
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111200179.html
Zambia has faced hard questions by the UN's Committee Against Torture over
the
lack of legal protection of suspects against maltreatment by the police, a
statement by the Office for the High Commissioner of Human Rights has said.

US: LAWMAKERS ACCEPT PROVISION AGAINST WORLD COURT
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44-2001Nov8.html
After last-minute intervention by House GOP Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), House
and
Senate negotiators agreed to prohibit any U.S. cooperation in the
establishment
of the International Criminal Court, which is being established in the
Netherlands to prosecute war crimes, genocide and other crimes against
humanity.

ZAMBIA: PROTEST OVER ELECTION DATE SILENCE
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=15411&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=ZAMBIA
Zambian human rights groups are divided over whether to support a call by
opposition parties for a public disobedience campaign to press President
Frederick Chiluba to announce the date for general elections.

ZAMBIA: UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE PROBES GOVERNMENT
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=15415&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=ZAMBIA
Zambia has faced hard questions by the UN's Committee Against Torture over
the
lack of legal protection of suspects against maltreatment by the police, a
statement by the Office for the High Commissioner of Human Rights said.

ZIMBABWE: MUGABE COULD FUEL VIOLENCE
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=3047
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's warning that he will crush the
opposition
for plotting against his government is likely to see a rise in political
violence before elections next year, analysts have said.

ZIMBABWE: MUGABE SAYS UK BACKS OPPOSITION 'TERRORISTS'
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=3036
President Robert Mugabe has raised the temperature further in strife-torn
Zimbabwe when he named three opposition politicians as "terrorists" and
claimed
Britain was funding them.

ZIMBABWE: NGOS FEAR BEING TARGETED AS VIOLENCE ESCALATES
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=15172&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=ZIMBABWE
Zimbabwe's Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) fear being next on
President
Robert Mugabe's "hit-list" after a weekend of political violence.

ZIMBABWE: TSVANGIRAI NO TERRORIST, SAY COURTS
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/news.html#strike
Zimbabwe's Supreme Court has thrown out charges of terrorism against
opposition
leader Morgan Tsvangirai, declaring that the law under which he was charged
was
unconstitutional.

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4.CORRUPTION

BOTSWANA: DIRECTORATE ON CORRUPTION AND ECONOMIC CRIME COURTS MEDIA IN GRAFT
WAR
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=15180
The Director of Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), Tymon
Katlholo, has said that a well informed media could play a crucial role in
exposing corruption and fraudulent practices in government, private sector
and
civil society among other areas.

GHANA: BRIBING THE 'UNBRIBABLES'
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111120433.html
The password is " Zero Tolerance for Corruption" and suddenly everyone is
telling everyone how to be corrigible. The opposition NDC who are coming out
as
if they have never faulted in life before head the crusade. Some living
angels.
Of late, they have been coming out loudly on moral issues.

KENYA: BENCH IS BLASTED FOR QUASHING FRAUD CASE
http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,969501-6098-0,00.html
Kenya's biggest opposition party criticised judges yesterday for quashing
graft
charges against a minister, saying it would encourage more theft of state
assets in a country stricken by corruption.

KENYA: BISHOPS CALL FOR ACTION ON CORRUPTION
The Catholic bishops of Kenya this week urged President Daniel arap Moi to
intensify the fight against corruption within his government in order to
allow
it better address poverty alleviation and the provision of basic services
for
ordinary citizens.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4253

KENYA: WAVERING GRAFT CAMPAIGN DRAWS NEW IMF ATTACK
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=15168
The Government has been unnecessarily shuffling anti-corruption strategies
and
so far they have failed to yield results, a major donor has claimed.

MALAWI: SUSPENDED AID TO RESUME SOON
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=15392&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=MALAWI
Millions of dollars worth of aid to Malawi suspended due to corruption and
the
curtailment of the government's privatisation programme will be released
soon,
a government spokesman told IRIN on Tuesday.

MOZAMBIQUE: LAWMAKERS UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT MONEY-LAUNDERING BILL
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=15030
The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Thursday
unanimously passed a government bill on money-laundering on its first
reading -
but with several deputies indicating that, in the committee stage, they will
introduce amendments to widen the scope of the bill.

SIERRE LEONE: COMMISSIONER CHIDES CORRUPT PRODUCE MERCHANTS
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111140110.html
Ondo State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Femi Akingbola, has berated
corrupt produce merchants who he alleged have been frustrating government
efforts at enhancing the revenue base of the state.

SOUTH AFRICA: 'COVER-UP TO PROTECT MBEKI AND MUFAMADI'
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111080433.html
Senior police officials are probing detailed claims of an attempt by the
National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to cover up damaging evidence in the
trial
of a top policeman - and save face for former safety and security minister
Sydney Mufamadi.

SOUTH AFRICA: ARMS DEAL
COSATU welcomes the comprehensive report tabled to the people of South
Africa
today and welcomes the exoneration of government from any wrongdoing or
corruption.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4295

SOUTH AFRICA: NEW WEAPONS SWING INTO ACTION TO FIGHT WHITE-COLLAR CRIME
http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/2001/11/11/top100/top40.asp
South Africa is moving on many fronts to combat corruption.

SOUTH AFRICA: NGO CHALLENGES ARMS DEAL
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?
click_id=13&art_id=ct20011121093351453L300748&set_id=1
The South African arm of Economists Allied for Arms Reduction has asked the
Cape High Court to torpedo the multibillion-rand arms deal on behalf of
the "the poor people of South Africa".

SOUTH AFRICA: REPORT OUTLINES GOVERNMENT CHALLENGES
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111080364.html
The major challenges facing the public service are combating corruption and
maladministration, improving service delivery and developing human
resources.
This is according to the State of the Public Service Report, released by the
Public Service Commission (PSC) in Parliament.

ZAMBIA: ACC BOSS TELLS OFF SAKALA OVER PROBE
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111150527.html
ANTI -Corruption Commission (ACC) director general judge Robert Kapembwa has
denounced President Frederick Chiluba's press assistant Richard Sakala's
attempt to politicise ACC investigations on him.

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5.HEALTH

AFRICAN LEADERSHIP MUST BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN FIGHT AGAINST AIDS
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv_recent_rep.cfm?
dr_cat=1&show=yes&dr_DateTime=16-Nov-01#8061
Six months after African leaders at an Abuja, Nigeria, summit pledged to
devote
more attention and greater resources to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, many health
experts say "far too little" has been accomplished, Reuters reports.

BURUNDI: WHO ENVOY FOUND DEAD
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/news.html#who
The head of the UN World Health Organisation's operations in Burundi, Kassi
Manlan of the Ivory Coast, was found dead in Bujumbura on Tuesday.

DOHA: GREEN LIGHT TO PUT PUBLIC HEALTH FIRST AT WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
http://oxfam.org.uk/whatnew/press/doha2.html
The one hundred and forty two countries meeting at the 4th WTO ministerial
conference in Doha clearly affirmed that governments are free to take all
necessary measures to protect public health. Now, if drug companies price
drugs
beyond the reach of people who need them, governments can override patents
without the threat of retribution.

EAST AFRICA: NEW AGREEMENT ON ACCESS TO DRUGS WELCOMED
The Ugandan government on Thursday welcomed a declaration by the World Trade
Organisation that should allow developing countries to use generic drugs in
times of health crises, overriding the patents held by major pharmaceutical
companies.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4263

ETHIOPIA: AIDS RESOURCE CENTER TO BE CREATED
http://www.jhuccp.org/news/111501.shtml
A new resource center with accurate and up-to-date information on HIV/AIDS
will
be established by The Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication
Programs (JHU/CCP) in Ethiopia, a country that has one of the world’s
highest
HIV prevalence rates.

FREE ACCESS TO EMEDICINE
For Developing Countries
eMedicine.com, the publisher of the world's largest online current medical
reference, announced today they will use models developed by major
publishers,
to determine which third world countries will get free access to their
online
medical reference.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4255

HIV/AIDS NETWORK LAUNCHES SEARCH ENGINE
http://www.HIVAIDSsearch.com/index.htm
This is a tool for searching the internet for updated news on medications,
treatments and vaccines. Sites are listed in categories and further broken
down
into subcategories. Once a search is performed, you have the choice to
further
your search instantly on the world's major search engines or NEWS headlines
sites. Please add your favourite HIV/AIDS websites to our database. Its
online
services will be particularly valuable in rural locations where no local
organizations exist. People can log in privately from home and have a
counsellor to chat with or get answers to questions from the online forum.

KENYA: CHEAP AIDS DRUGS CONSIDERED
http://www2.womensnet.org.za/news/show.cfm?news_id=763
The Kenyan Ministry of Health is negotiating the importation of cheap
generic
Aids drugs from Pakistan.

RWANDA: DFID ALLOCATES 2.95 MILLION POUNDS FOR HIV/AIDS WORK
Britain's Department for International Development (DFID) has allocated
ActionAid, a British development charity, 2.95 million pounds sterling (US
$4.29 million) for HIV/AIDS work in Rwanda, DFID reported on Tuesday.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4308

SOUTH AFRICA: BISHOP SAYS MBEKI HAS FUELLED SPREAD OF AIDS
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv_recent_rep.cfm?
dr_cat=1&show=yes&dr_DateTime=15-Nov-01#8036
South African Anglican Bishop Peter Lee recently sent a letter to Cedric
Mayson, the African National Congress' religious affairs director, saying
that
President Thabo Mbeki's questioning of the causal link between HIV and AIDS
has
led many men in the rural KwaZulu-Natal province to erroneously believe that
sex and AIDS are "not linked," the Daily Mail & Guardian reports.

SOUTH AFRICA: PETITION, HIV TRANSMISSION
http://womensnet.org.za/cgi-bin/petition.pl
Sign an online petition to support the Mother to Child Transmission court
case
being brought by the Treatment Action Campaign against the
Government.

TRIPS DECLARATION ON PUBLIC HEALTH
Final Text
This is the declaration that was finally passed after a seemingly unending
Ministerial in Doha. This is an important declaration that marks an
significant
if partial victory for developing countries.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4259

ZAMBIA: HIV STUDY
http://www2.womensnet.org.za/news/show.cfm?news_id=757
Can Traditional and Formal Health Workers Tackle HIV Together? A study by
the
Kara Trust, Zambia, examined the knowledge and beliefs
of traditional healers and formal health workers through interviews and
workshops.

ZIMBABWE: AIDS GROUPS ACCUSE GOVERNMENT OF "PLAYING POLITICS"
AIDS groups in Zimbabwe this week condemned a "political" decision by the
government to transfer control over money from a national AIDS fund to
ruling
party-run district
councils, activists told IRIN.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4274

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6.EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE

COPING WITH QUESTIONS ON TERRORISM
http://www.dep.org.uk/globalexpress/
Do the children in your classroom ask you questions about the September 11
terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre? Global express provides a rapid
response that would help the students understand the issues involved.

EDUCATION CHARGES
A Tax On Human Development
http://oxfam.org.uk/policy/papers/educharges/educharges.html
New research illustrates how education charges trap children in a cycle of
illiteracy and poverty. Governments and international organizations must act
immediately on their commitments to deliver free basic education for all.

NIGERIA: UNICEF TO BOOST GIRLS' EDUCATION
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=15428&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=NIGERIA
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has drawn up a five-year
programme
to boost girls' education in six Nigerian states starting next year, Maman
Sidikou, head of UNICEF's education unit in the country said.

REDUCING HIV INFECTION AMONG YOUTH:
What Can Schools Do?
http://www.popcouncil.org/horizons/horizons.html
Although many program planners see schools as a convenient location for HIV
prevention programs, there is controversy about whether school programs can
ever be strong enough to go beyond improving knowledge and attitudes to
increasing the adoption of safe sexual behaviors. Evaluations of school
programs in Mexico, South Africa, and Thailand focus on this question: Can
school HIV programs change behavior? In each country, local organizations
have
worked with educators on teacher training and course design to ensure high-
quality school interventions.

REFLECT
Approach To Adult Learning And Social Change
http://www.comminit.com/ctheories/sld-3417.html
REFLECT - an approach to adult learning and social change that fuses the
theory
of Paulo Freire with the methodologies of participatory rural appraisal.
Enables groups to develop their own learning materials by constructing maps,
calendars, matrices, diagrams or using forms of drama, story-telling and
songs,
which can capture social, economic, cultural and political issues from their
own environment.

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7.WOMEN AND GENDER

HORN OF AFRICA: CONFERENCE ON WOMEN AND ICT
11th - 15th February 2002
The aim of this Conference is to raise awareness on ICT amongst women in the
Horn of Africa region and to explore opportunities for harnessing the
technology to work as a tool for their development. The conference will
provide
an opportunity to hear what is happening on the ground for the purposes of
learning and replication.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4296
Contact: [log in to unmask]

HOW WELL DOES THE UN ADDRESS WOMEN?
In this article, Riley analyzes the effectiveness of the United Nations
system
in defending women’s economic concerns. Her main focus is on the Outcomes
Document resulting from the Beijing +5 meeting in 2000 which, she argues,
does
not adequately the concerns of women’s organizations who participate in
these
meetings. Thus, she advocates that women formulate a new economic agenda,
one
which accurately represents their concerns and which defines these concerns
in
terms of economic rights for all.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4282

NORTH NIGERIAN WOMEN REJECT SHARIA
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2001nov/features/20nov-nigeria.html
More than two months after the introduction of Islamic Sharia (laws) in
northern Nigeria, women, in working class neighbourhoods such as Tudun Wada
in
Gusau, the capital of Zamfara state, are beginning to get rid of their
chador,
or veil, and to wear "sexy" clothing.

SOUTH AFRICA: ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE
http://womensnet.org.za/pvaw/16%20Days%20of%20Activism.htm
The 16 Days of Activism Against gender Violence starts on the 25th of
November.
Women'sNet has added a new page to their site for more information.

SWAZILAND: IMPLICATIONS OF SEX BAN ON YOUNG WOMEN
Interview With Phepsile Maseko, National Youth Gender Caucus
On 16 September 2001, the Swaziland government announced a five-year sex ban
for young women in an attempt to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS. This means
that
during the five-year period, young women will have to observe a five-year
prohibition on sex which includes no shaking of hands with males, no wearing
of
pants and in addition, young women will have to wear woolen tassels
(symbolizing their untouchability) wherever they go for the next five years.
The age group targeted has not been clearly stated, but women who are in
relationships and older than 19 years will be expected to wear red and black
tassels, and those still virgins will wear blue with yellow. This new
intervention will be policed by traditional chiefs who still rule over much
of
Swazi society. Anyone who fails to observe the rules would be fined 1,300
Emalangeni (about $152) or one cow.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4212

TOGO: TRADITIONAL CHIEFS VOW TO FIGHT ABUSES AGAINST GIRLS
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=15430&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=TOGO
Traditional chiefs in Togo, in collaboration with the United Nations
Population
Fund (UNFPA) and the government, have agreed to support efforts against
violence on girls through a 'national league' -in commemoration of the
International Day of the Child that was celebrated on 20 November.

WOMEN FOREIGN MINISTERS ORGANIZE AT UN SESSION
Some 16 women foreign ministers appealed to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi
Annan
to make sure women in war zones get special treatment as victims and are
invited to be partners at the peace negotiating table.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4316

WOMENS WORLDS CONFERENCE 2002:
Gendering Pleasure
http://www.jendajournal.com/jenda/vol1.1/announce.htm#4
The Department of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University, Kampala,
Uganda is organizing the Womens Worlds 2002, 8th International
Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, making Uganda the first African country
to
host the congress. The congress will be held between the 21st - 26th July,
2002
at Makerere University Campus in Kampala, Uganda. The Women's Worlds 2002
Congress is inviting abstracts on the theme: Gendering Pleasure Possible
topics
include: The Pleasures and significance of reading poetry, novels etc; The
pleasure and significance of closeness/touch/the body/sex; The pleasure of
motherhood/parenting; Other pleasures from a
historical/sociological/anthropological, religious or literary persepective.

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8.REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION

BURUNDI: SOME 1,700 IDPS ARRIVE IN MUYINGA
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=15349&SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&SelectCountry=BURUNDI
At least 1,700 people fleeing rampaging rebels in the communes of Kiremba
and
Gasorwe arrived in the nearby northeastern Burundi town of Muyinga on Monday
where most of them were sheltered in two primary schools, humanitarian
sources
told IRIN.

DRC: WFP REPORTS CALM IN ZONGO DESPITE CAR INSTABILITY
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=15170&SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&SelectCountry=DRC
Despite recent instability in Bangui, capital of the neighbouring Central
African Republic (CAR), the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday
that
the situation in Zongo, across the Bangui river in the northwestern Equateur
province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), remained "calm",
with
no major new influx of refugees reported.

MAKING REFUGEES FEEL WELCOME
http://www.teacher.co.za/200111/refugees.html
Clareville Primary, a school in Durban, South Africa, has a number of
children
of refugees at its school, and has gone out of its way to welcome them.

NAMIBIA: RED CROSS WITHDRAWS FROM OSIRE
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=15418&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=NAMIBIA
The Namibian Red Cross Society (NRCS) is withdrawing its services from the
Osire refugee camp. "We will be withdrawing as of 31 December 2001," Geniene
Veii, deputy secretary-general of the NRCS told IRIN on Tuesday. "Part of
the
reason that we are doing this is because of a lack of donor funding and
partly
because donors have been slow in making payments."

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9.RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA

SOUTH AFRICA: RACISM IN ADVERTISING INDUSTRY
Poor communities in South Africa have limited access to media, to enable
them
acquire information that is relevant to their lives, and also to express
themselves in order to contribute to national debates. While the main source
of
income for media companies in the country is advertising, the findings of
the
Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) National Community Radio Forum (NCRF)
research report that there is discrimination (on the bases of content and
the
racial group that listens to the station) and several other problems in the
advertising industry is a cause of great concern.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4299

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10.ENVIRONMENT

FARMERS WATER MANAGEMENT
Training On Website And CD Rom
The Water service of the Food and Agriculture Organization has developed and
compiled a package of training material for the development and
implementation
of Participatory Training & Extension Programme in Farmers' Water
Management.
It is in particular relevant to assist communal water users' groups in
assuming
O&M responsibilities and to give guidance to farmers in adopting efficient
water control technologies.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4224
Contact: [log in to unmask]

IMPLEMENTING THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=289146
The precautionary principle has become an increasingly important component
of
environmental policy, considered by the European Union to be a general
principle of international law. As the precautionary principle has gained
prominence, policy analysts have devoted increasing attention to the issue
of
implementation. Nevertheless, the practical implications of the principle
remain unclear.

NIGERIA: BAYELSA STATE CONDEMNS RIVER DREDGING
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=15406&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=NIGERIA
The House of Assembly of Bayelsa State, southeastern Nigeria, has condemned
the
proposed dredging of the River Niger by the federal government. In a
resolution, the state house members said the dredging would cause negative
environmental and ecological effects to riverine communities, vanguard
newspaper reported on Monday.

NIGERIA: PAYING THE PRICE OF THE BUSHMEAT TRADE
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2001nov/features/21nov-nigeria.html
The bushmeat on which the villagers in Buanchor in Nigeria used to grow fat
is
all but gone.

OVERCOMING WATER SCARCITY AND QUALITY CONSTRAINTS
http://www.ifpri.org/2020/focus/focus09.htm
Rapid increases in water use and degradation of water quality are putting
extreme pressures on this vital resource. This set of fourteen briefs
recommends a number of strategies for dealing with the associated
challenges.

THE EARLIEST HUMAN ANCESTORS:
New Finds, New Interpretations
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2001/nov/ancestor.htm
In the last decade, there has been an explosion of fossil finds of our
earliest
human ancestors - revealing characteristics that might force a re-
interpretation of our earliest ancestry.

THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY IN CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY:
The Nigeria Experience
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2001/nov/nigeria.htm
In Nigeria at present the destruction of natural habitats continues apace,
resulting in the depletion of the country's biodiversity. In Nigeria today a
large population resides and works in rural areas. These rural dwellers are
a
major contributor to forest depletion. Agriculture is dominant in these
areas.
It has the greatest concentration of poverty, landless workers, small tenant
farmers, small farm owners, the rural unemployed, and the poor of the poor
in
the Nation. As a result of the poverty level in these areas, biodiversity
provides for 90% of their needs, a fact which plays a major role in the
destruction and depletion of native flora and fauna.

WTO AIMS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
http://www.ens-news.com/ens/nov2001/2001L-11-14-01.html
After night-long talks to resolve key points of contention, trade ministers
from 142 countries have struck a deal to launch a new round of world trade
negotiations. Environmental issues dominated the closing hours of trade
negotiations, and the ministerial statement emphasizes sustainable
development,
but some environmentalists are not convinced.

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11.MEDIA

GUINEA-BISSAU GOVERNMENT DETAINS JUDGES, JOURNALISTS
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2001nov/features/19nov-guineab.html
The independence of the judiciary and the media have come under attack,
Amnesty
International and Reporters sans Frontieres say.

GUINEA-BISSAU: TWO JOURNALISTS ARRESTED
Two journalists were arrested on 14 November 2001 by order of the state
prosecutor. The two journalists were taken to the central police station in
Bissau. No explanation was provided to explain the motive for the arrests.
On
27 October, N'Tchama ordered the indefinite closure of the private
daily "Diário de Bissau" and the private weekly "Gazeta de Noticias" because
of "irregular activities." The prosecutor also accused the publications of
disturbing the country's "peace and stability" and "violating official
secrets.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4301

MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT ZIMBABWE
MEDIA UPDATE # 2001/45
The harassment of Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe(Private) Limited,
publishers of The Daily News, continued in the week. The paper’s editor-in-
chief, Geoffrey Nyarota, and the company’s founding Chief Executive Officer,
Wilf Mbanga, were arrested, detained and subsequently appeared in court.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4297

NAMIBIA: PM ANGERED OVER TERMINATION OF RADIO SHOW
http://www.mediachannel.org/news/today/
Prime Minister Hage Geingob has reacted angrily to the termination of the
popular radio program Prime Minister's Question Time by the Namibian
Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) saying the move is political and promising to
take the matter up with the Politburo.

SOMALIA: TELECOMMUNICATIONS SHUT DOWN
http://www.mediachannel.org/news/today/
The Barakaat Telecommunications Company, the largest in Somalia, has closed
down its international telephone services throughout Somalia, after its
British
and American business partners terminated their relationship with the Al-
Barakaat group, a senior company official told IRIN. The move has greatly
limited telephone contact between the country and the outside world.

WORLD SERVICE WILL NOT CALL US ATTACKS TERRORISM
http://www.mediachannel.org/news/today/
The BBC World Service has taken a policy decision not to describe the
attacks
on the US as "terrorism". Mark Damazer, the BBC's deputy director of news,
said
the service would lose its reputation for impartiality around the world if
it
were seen to use such a subjective term.

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12.DEVELOPMENT

'WE'RE STILL HERE', AFRICANS REMIND IMF, WORLD BANK
http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/oct01/23_36_085.html
A group of African finance ministers has appealed to the International
Monetary
Fund (IMF) and World Bank to acknowledge their countries' sacrifices and not
forsake them as the global economic slowdown hits larger and higher- profile
nations.

AFRICA: FINANCE MINISTERS STATE A CONTINENT'S DEMANDS
Well before the global economic uncertainties that have followed the 11
September attacks on the US, African countries were carrying out painstaking
economic reform programmes, and they still needed the support of
international
financial institutions and donors to ensure they got the rewards, the
continent's finance ministers stated on Tuesday.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4264

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FACE UPHILL STRUGGLE AFTER DOHA
http://www.cafod.org.uk/livefromdoha/doha_uphillstruggle20011115.shtml
The Catholic Aid Agency CAFOD says the final declaration of the WTO Summit
in
Doha places a heavy negotiating burden on developing countries. They will
struggle to build on its positive words and to avoid pitfalls in new and
complex areas.

DOHA: AGREEMENT TO LAUNCH A NEW ROUND
A Step Forward Or Backwards For Developing Countries?
After months of discussions and speculation, last week’s discussions during
the
4th WTO Ministerial meeting in Doha ended with the agreement to launch a new
Multilateral Trade Round from January 2002. The EU has described this result
as
satisfactory. EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy has argued that the result
represents major progress for sustainable development, and that the future
negotiations will be characterised by a balance between regulation and
liberalisation. The European Commission claim that by providing the CTE (WTO
Committee on Trade and Environment) with a special role, sustainable
development and environmental concerns will be mainstreamed in the future
negotiations.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4286

DOHA: MINISTERIAL DRAFT DECLARATION IS BIASED
Third World Network Statement
The draft declaration is highly imbalanced and if adopted would seriously
jeopardise the development interests of developing countries. It is also
unfair
and grossly biased because many of the views put forward by developing
countries have been ignored in the text, which overall and in many sections
one-
sidedly reflect the interests of developed countries.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4219

DOHA: VICTORY ON PUBLIC HEALTH
But Few Other Gains For People In Poverty
http://oxfam.org.uk/whatnew/press/dohafinal.html
Oxfam is giving a four-out-of-ten score to the WTO deal struck at Doha.
There
is a clear victory on public health, but Oxfam fears that developing
countries
can be bulldozed into agreeing a huge trade agenda which could exacerbate
poverty and inequality.

DROPS OF OIL IN A SEA OF POVERTY
The Case For A New Debt Deal For Nigeria
The demands of past debt on the democratic government of Nigeria is
handicapping its capacity to resolve growing internal social and ethnic
tensions, says Jubilee Plus, in a new report.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4302
Contact: jubilee@neweconomics

GHANA: WFP LAUNCHES US $15.3-MILLION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
The World Food Programme (WFP) is to provide 482,000 Ghanaians with food aid
through 2005 to support efforts to reduce poverty in Ghana, the UN agency
announced on Wednesday.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4261

RWANDA: US $250 MILLION NEEDED FOR POVERTY REDUCTION
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=15200&SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&SelectCountry=RWANDA
Rwanda's government needs US $250 million "at the very least" in the first
two
years if its poverty reduction strategy is to be implemented properly,
Finance
and Economic Planning Minister Donat Kaberuka said. on Saturday.

WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE IN DOHA
World Bank Coverage From The Development Gateway
http://www.developmentgateway.org/topic/kiaq?
kiaq_id=129632&community_id=91&country_id=0
At the core of the questions facing Ministers at the Conference is whether
governments are ready to launch a wider process of negotiations-a new
round-and
if so, what should its content be. Developing countries, more important in
size
and sophistication than ever before, are now pivotal to the success of the
world trading system. How, then, can their interests be taken into account
to
strengthen the multilateral system?

ZAMBIA: GROWTH FORECASTS LOWERED
http://www.jubileeplus.org/worldnews/africa/zambia_growth_forecasts_lowered.
htm
Weaker copper prices and demand has lowered growth forecasts in Zambia, the
London-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said in its latest update.

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13.INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

BUSY INTERNET OPENS IN GHANA AND LOOKS TO OPEN ELSEWHERE IN AFRICA
Balancing Act News Update
http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/current1.html
This week sees the opening of BusyInternet’s first technology development
centre in Accra. The company’s founder Mark Davies has ambitious plans to
open
a network of technology development centres based upon the same business
model
across the continent. He has found a young and energetic management team and
attracted investors into the project. The Accra opening will be the test
case.
Russell Southwood describes how the company wants to build something more
than
just "bricks and mortar".
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COMPUTER ERGONOMICS
A Fun Guide
http://www.orosha.org/cergos/
This site is geared towards anyone who uses computers in an elementary
school,
but I believe it is worthwhile reading for anyone who spends time on a
computer. There is no time like the present to begin practising "Good Work
Habits," and learning about "Work Station Setup."

DIGITAL DIVIDE NETWORK REQUEST FOR SUBMISSIONS
The Digital Divide Network (DDN) is a national coalition of non-profit
institutions and IT companies working together to help bridge the digital
divide. DDN is currently seeking articles around a number of issues in this
field. Read on for details.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4271
Contact: [log in to unmask]

EEVL EXPANDS TO INCLUDE MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
The formerly titled Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library (EEVL) has
expanded
its offerings and now brings users resources in mathematics and computing as
well. The site should feel familiar to users of the old EEVL database, but
along with the widened scope of materials, EEVL has undergone a redesign
offering some new features.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4293

FREE E-BOOKS: HTML AND WRITING GUIDES
http://www.mantex.co.uk/samples/ebooks.htm
Download useful ebooks for free at this site. One covers Writing SKills and
another is a beginners guide to HTML. (Windows only).

KENYA: NEW AGROFORESTRY AND LIVESTOCK SITE FOR FARMERS
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111190288.html
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International
Centre
for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), have launched a website to help dairy
farmers track current information. The agreement was signed yesterday after
a
one month's trial link up at the ICRAF campus in Gigiri by representatives
from
the two organisations.

THE DEMISE OF SAFEWEB AND ANONYMIZER
In order to preserve the right to anonymous communication, and for many,
secure
communication, services like Safeweb and Anonymizer sprang up all over the
World Wide Web. Several of these services are now defunct in the wake of the
New York terrorist attacks and economic pressures.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4273
Contact: [log in to unmask]

THE INTERNET UNDER SIEGE
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_novdec_2001/lessig.html
An article by Lawrence Lessig examines legal and corporate trends that
threaten
to undermine the open, freely accessible nature of this "engine of
innovation".
Lessig argues that walling off portions of cyberspace with code and
infrastructure strictures will limit it's use as a machinery for democracy
and
change. Long and worth the read.
Contact: [log in to unmask]

TWO MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES ON GLOBALIZATION
Visit these resources on the Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference as well as a
critical look at institutions like the World Bank amd the IMF from
Globalization in Focus.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4294

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14.eNEWSLETTERS AND MAILING LISTS

AWID RESOURCE NET JOBS ENEWSLETTER
Issue 87 November 12 2001
AWID is an international membership organization committed to gender
equality
and a just and sustainable development process. AWID facilitates an open
exchange among researchers, practitioners, policymakers and others in order
to
develop effective and transformative approaches for improving the lives of
women and girls worldwide. If you are not already a member of AWID, find out
more about the Association by sending a blank e-mail message to
[log in to unmask], or visit our web site at www.awid.org.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4324
Contact: [log in to unmask]

DB CLASSIFIEDS - TRAINING, BOOKS, EVENTS, CONSULTANTS
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4337
Contact: [log in to unmask]

E-CIVICUS - CONNECTING CIVIL SOCIETY WORLDWIDE - NUMBER 140
November 20 2001
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4388
Contact: [log in to unmask]

MEDIA LINE: NEWSLETTER OF THE PRESS UNION OF LIBERIA
http://www.pul.kabissa.org/newsletter.doc
After a prolonged silence for nearly three years, the official publication
of
the Press Union of Liberia is back on the newsstand. MEDIA LINE, a monthly
publication, is intended to keep our members, supporters and friends abreast
of
what goes on in the world of Liberian journalism - it's about journalists,
about the good, the bad and the ugly things as they affect our job.
Contact: [log in to unmask]

ONEWORLD.NET - INTERNATIONAL PARTNER NEWS
November 2001
OneWorld International Partner News highlights the top stories from the
OneWorld community as selected by our regional centers in Africa, Austria,
Italy, Finland, Latin America, the Netherlands, Spain, South Asia, the
United
States and the UK. If you would like to subscribe to it, email
[log in to unmask] with the following text in the body of the
message: "subscribe partnernews_international"
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4326
Contact: [log in to unmask]

THE DRUM BEAT CLASSIFIEDS - VACANCIES
November 21, 2001.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4385
Contact: [log in to unmask]

WTO DEBACLE, AFRICA, GLOBALIZATION/MILITARIZATION
The Progressive Response Weekly
The Progressive Response (PR) is a weekly service of Foreign Policy in Focus
(FPIF)--a "Think Tank Without Walls." A joint project of the
Interhemispheric
Resource Center and the Institute for Policy Studies, FPIF is an
international
network of analysts and activists dedicated to "making the U.S. a more
responsible global leader and partner by advancing citizen movements and
agendas." We encourage responses to the opinions expressed in the PR and may
print them in the "Letters and Comments" section. For more information on
FPIF
and joining our network, please consider visiting the FPIF website or email
us
to share your thoughts with us.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4335
Contact: [log in to unmask]

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15.FUNDRAISING

RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS ABOUT USE OF SEPTEMBER 11 FUNDS
Media reports about a controversial decision by the American Red Cross to
use
some of the funds raised post-September 11 for administrative and other
purposes have prompted many inquiries and comments about the obligation of
charities to honour donors' intentions.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4389

USAID PROGRAMME STATEMENT
Applications for USAID's
Civil Society Strengthening Programme will be accepted up to one year of the
issuance date of the Annual Programme Statement, 9 March 2002.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4343
Contact: [log in to unmask]

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16.COURSES, SEMINARS, AND WORKSHOPS

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY LEARNING FELLOWSHIP
IDS, Brighton United Kingdom, April 22 To May 31 2002
The Participation Group, (PG), at the Institute of Development Studies,
(IDS),
University of Sussex, is inviting applications for our first Learning
Fellowship Programme. The LF will focus on the experiences of human rights
activists and advocacy groups who have, in their advocacy, sought to involve
those normally seen as "beneficiaries" in their work. The LF will closely
examine the rationale, methods, and results of the participatory approach in
human rights advocacy. Examples of human rights work include: law and
constitutional reform, human rights education, women's rights, rights of
minorities, and socio-economic rights advocacy. The LF seeks to highlight
the
challenges and successes of citizen-centred advocacy in different contexts,
using different methods.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4333
Contact: [log in to unmask]

EGYPT: DIPLOMA IN FORCED MIGRATION AND REFUGEE STUDIES
Refugees have the right to legal representation during the asylum
determination
process, but until recently, for thousands of refugees in Egypt,
professional
legal services have been almost non-existent. Egypt guarantees the right to
asylum in its constitution; it has acceded to UN and the Organisation of
African Unity conventions on refugees. However, in Egypt, it is the Office
of
the UN High Commissioner (UNHCR) who determines who gets refugee status, not
the Government of Egypt. There is no independent appeal process against
negative decisions. There are more than 23 nationalities represented in
Egypt's
refugee population. In July 2000, the Forced Migration and Refugee Studies
programme at the American University in Cairo began to address this
deficiency.
It now provides formal training in refugee law through courses that are part
of
the Diploma in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies and the MA in Human
Rights
Law, as well as 'hands on' practical experience of preparing cases for
refugees
seeking asylum in Egypt.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4339

INTERNATIONAL LEARNING INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION
http://www.pdhre.org/ilihre.html
The People's Movement for Human Rights Education (PDHRE) is in the process
of
establishing an international learning institution that will conduct
workshops
with human rights educators and community leaders from around the world. If
your organization is interested in participating in this process, please
email
us.
Contact: [log in to unmask]

SOCIETY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL CONFERENCE DEC. 3
Washington DC
The Washington Chapter of the Society for International Development will
hold
its annual conference on December 3 at the InterAmerican Development Bank,
from
about 8 am to 6pm, including plenary speakers, luncheon speaker, breakout
panels and closing reception.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4338

SOUTH AFRICA: ARTS HEALING
November 23 - 25, 2001
A Healing Through Creative Arts Conference is being hosted by the Centre for
the Study of Violence and
Reconciliation in collaboration with the cultural desk of Evangelischer
Entwicklungsdienst Deutschland, at Museum Africa, Newtown, Johannesburg.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4342
Contact: [log in to unmask]

SOUTH AFRICA: CITIZEN BASE AWARD- LOCAL RESOURCES
http://www.citizenbase.org/awards.html
Sangonet will provide free passes to a two-day IT training course as part of
citizen base awards. South African NGOs are invited to propose strategies,
which are replicable, innovative and feasible and demonstrate the ability to
generate resources and mobilise citizen support. This is an international
award
that has already been held in Brazil, Thailand, Bangladesh and India; and is
currently running in Argentina.

UK: CHANGING EXPECTATIONS? THE CONCEPT AND PRACTICE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Between the 13-15 December 2001, the International NGO Training and Research
Centre’s (INTRAC) aim is to evaluate and appraise the different approaches
to
supporting, building and reinforcing civil society in light of the events of
11
September and the world’s subsequent reactions provoke changing expectations
of
approaches to civil society. Keynote speakers: Clare Short - Minister for
Development, DFID, and Dr Rajesh Tandon - Director of PRIA
Contact: [log in to unmask]

WOMEN AND ICT CONFERENCE
11-15 February, 2002
http://www2.womensnet.org.za/events/show.cfm?id=293
Horn of Africa Regional Conference on Women and Information and
Communication
Technologies.

ZIMBABWE: COMMUNITY-BASED WORKSHOPS
http://www.comminit.com/pds9-2001/sld-2992.html
In its current civic education programme the Popular Education Collective is
conducting community-based workshops in Masvingo and Manicaland. The
workshops
are on good governance, choosing effective leaders, citizen participation,
non-
violence and tolerance, transparency and accountability. Civic education
materials such as posters, leaflets, T-shirts, stickers etc. will be
produced
on the above topics.
Contact: Chiwota [log in to unmask]

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17.ADVOCACY RESOURCES

ACTION FOR FAIRER TRADE RULES
http://www.aefjn.org/english/actions/wto_0110.htm
Contact your government, the World Trade Organisation and European Union, to
demand fairer trade rules for developing countries. Join the Africa-Europe
Faith and Justice Network's letter writing campaign and state your concerns.

ADVOCACY FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: A GLOBAL ACTION AND REFLECTION GUIDE
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4391
Contact: [log in to unmask]

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FAIR TRIALS MANUAL
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/legalprofessions/fairtrial.html
This is a guide to international and regional standards for fair trial which
are incorporated in human rights treaties and non-treaty standards. Intended
for Amnesty International staff, lawyers, judges and others working for
protection of the right of fair trial.

CIRCLE OF RIGHTS
A Training Resource
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/organisational_development/ihrip00.html
This manual is aimed primarily at trainers who are or will be engaged in
training human rights activists as well as development workers, members of
organisations representing disadvantaged groups and others who are
addressing
economic, social and cultural issues. The hope and expectation is that
trainers
working with these various groups will be able to take the material in the
manual and, if necessary, adapt and expand upon it to conduct training
programs
on economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights and ESC rights activism. The
manual intends to contribute to the process of learning that is currently
underway and to encourage an expansion of activism that has as its goal the
promotion and protection of ESC rights.

TAKE ACTION ON GLOBAL RULES
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/e-campaigns/cut2.html
Email the UK government for reform of global trade rules in the run up to
the
WTO meeting in Qatar. State your concern about Trade Related Intellectual
Property agreements (TRIPs).

ZIMBABWE: KUBATANA WEBSITE OF THE NGO NETWORK ALLIANCE PROJECT
http://www.kubatana.net
As traditional media becomes increasingly repressive in Zimbabwe, the launch
of
a local web site, www.kubatana.net is a breath of fresh air. The NGO Network
Alliance Project, the energy behind the development of Kubatana, has brought
Zimbabwean NGOs, CSOs and development organisations together under one
online
umbrella. Kubatana is a Shona word which means "working together" - an apt
name
when a strengthened civic response to the current social and political
unrest
in Zimbabwe needs to be encouraged.

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18.JOBS

ADVOCATE FOR HEALTH AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS PROGRAMME
Washington DC
The National Women's Law Center seeks an advocate for its women's health and
reproductive rights program for Monitoring and responding to key policy
developments in the areas of women's health and reproductive rights;
identifying opportunities to advance the goals of the Center; in
collaboration
with other staff, developing advocacy strategies utilizing the resources of
the
Center; will work on a broad range of women's health issues and will
represent
the Center in coalitions, with national and state policy makers, and in
various
public speaking fora.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4323
Contact: [log in to unmask]

COUNTRY, FUNDING DIRECTORS
AMREF, which was founded in 1957, has recently launched its ambitious new
corporate strategy which focuses on retaining AMREF’s position as a leader
in
health development across Africa.
It is searching for suitable candidates to fill the challenging positions of
Country Director - Uganda and Director, Fundraising and
Communications in our organisation.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4341
Contact: [log in to unmask]

INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
An exciting fellowship opportunity is available at The George Washington
University's Elliott School of International Affairs. The C.V. Starr
Foundation
will award three fellowships to mid-career professionals from developing
countries in Eastern Europe, Russia, the former Soviet Republics, Africa,
Latin
America and South Asia.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4325
Contact: [log in to unmask]

INTERNATIONAL NED DEMOCRACY FELLOWS PROGRAMME
The National Endowment for Democracy is pleased to announce the
establishment
of the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program to enable democracy
activists,
practitioners, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen
their
understanding of and enhance their ability to promote democracy. The
International Forum hosts 12-15 fellows per year for three to ten months
each.
Each fellow will receive a monthly stipend for living expenses plus health
insurance and reimbursement for travel to and from Washington, D.C. Stipend
levels range from a minimum of $3500/month to a maximum of $7500/month,
taking
into account the fellow's previous annual income, level of experience, and
the
cost of living in Washington, D.C. Limited funds may be available for travel
within the United States.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4336
Contact: [log in to unmask]

LONDON: HEAD OF FUNDRAISING
Institute For War And Peace Reporting
http://jobs.oneworld.net/ads/index.cfm?job_id=701

MONITORING AND EVALUATION SPECIALIST
Washington DC
GroupBasics, a majority woman-owned Internet-based Application Service
Provider
(ASP) designed to integrate information technology into managing large-scale
international projects, seeks a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4322
Contact: [log in to unmask]

SOUTH AFRICA: ASSOCIATESHIPS FOR WORK ON GENDER EQUITY
Closing Date: 31 Jan, 2000
http://www2.womensnet.org.za/jobs/show.cfm?id=632
The AGI has received funding from Rockefeller Foundation to continue its
highly
successful Associates Programme into 2002. The aim of the programme is for a
limited number of African women, who are middle to senior level scholars,
from
across the continent to be offered the opportunity to be based at the
University of Cape Town.

SOUTH AFRICA: RAPCAN SEEKS TRAINING MANAGER
The Resources Aimed at the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (RAPCAN) is
an
NGO based in South Africa committed to the development of innovative child
abuse prevention strategies which combat the patterns of abuse which affect
the
lives of children and adults everywhere. RAPCAN seeks to appoint a Training
Manager to join its training team.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4390
Contact: [log in to unmask]

SOUTH AFRICA: SALES CONSULTANT
Deadline For Applications: 26th November
STE Publishers is a young, savvy publishing house and design studio,
focussing
on quality publications in the development sector. It is looking to employ a
sales consultant.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4376

SUPPLIERS NEEDED
AfriProcure, the recently-launched procurement agency for NGOs, Churches and
charities, has secured a major contract for the supply of sugar beans and
maize
for refugees in Angola. It needs to make contact with a range of suppliers
to
facilitate its programme.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4340
Contact: [log in to unmask]

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19.BOOKS AND ARTS

AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES ON ADULT LEARNING
CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST BY AFRICAN PUBLISHERS
The Department of Adult Education of the University of Botswana, the
Institute
for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association, and
the UNESCO Institute for Education, are cooperating to develop a textbook
series entitled AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES ON ADULT LEARNING. The purpose of the
series is to provide accessible textbooks to students in Africa studying
adult
education, especially at the Diploma and Bachelor's degree level. The Series
Editorial Board invites the submission of Expressions of Interest by
commercial
publishers in Africa. Expressions of Interest by African Publishers should
be
submitted by January 4th, 2002.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4254
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ALTERNATIVE TRADE NETWORK OF NIGERIA
http://www.ifat.org
The Alternative Trade Network of Nigeria is an NGO based in Jos Nigeria and
works with the less privileged rural artisan on product development, quality
control, packaging and marketing for the aim of empowering them in a
sustainable way. The network was formed in 1996 and currently works with
over
65 cooperative groups from all over Nigeria. ATNN is a pioneer member of
International Federation for Alternative Trade(ifat).

GOSPEL FEVER SEIZES SWAZI KINGDOM
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2001nov/features/20nov-swazi.html
When King Mswati III, of Swaziland, recorded a track for a gospel album
earlier
this year, the sensation of a head of state singing holy praises was merely
a
part of the cresting enthusiasm his country has for the infectious music.

MIGUEL PETCHKOVSKY: THE 'BLACK AND WHITE COPIES'
http://www.africancolours.com/?content/miguelpetchkovsky.html
Petchkovsky's engagement in an art project with a social content, involving
a
wide range of public, not only the art educated elite, had a fantastic
response. The project was specially designed in the context of the world
conference against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance.

STATES OF DENIAL
Stanley Cohen
States of Denial is the first comprehensive study of both the personal and
political ways in which uncomfortable realities are avoided and evaded. It
ranges from clinical studies of depression, to media images of suffering, to
explanations of the 'passive bystander' and 'compassion fatigue'. The book
shows how organized atrocities - the Holocaust and other genocides, torture,
and political massacres - are denied by perpetrators and by bystanders,
those
who stand by and do nothing. Blackwells, 2001, ISBN: 0745623921.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4317

TENGENENGE: A LITERARY PERSPECTIVE
http://www.africancolours.com/?content/booklaunch.htmt
Two books by Celia Winter Irving, author and art writer, exploring the famed
Tengenenge Art Community, crucible of Zimbabwean stone sculpture are being
launched by the Book Cafe in Harare, on 29 November. Each book deals with
the
way of life and art at Tengenenge and reflect the author's 15- year
association
with Tengenenge as a writer, painter, curator and lecturer. The books are
edited by Anne Derges.

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20.LETTERS AND COMMENTS

A GIFT FOR SANTA?
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i want to live in a world where the past tense, the present tense, and the
future tense--all avoid pre-tense.
i want to live in a world where the future protects the past...and, where,
without question or doubt, the past protects the future...this may be the
greatest present we may ask for.

i want all of the best dreams of all ages to be the "ourstory" of the
future.
i want all the horrors of all our pasts to be forgiven, miscellaneous errors
of
ignorance, miserably multiplied by unmitigated arrogance.

i want to live in a world where no child will ever ask, why did you save my
life?
i do not want to live in a world where children ask us, the well-fed, the
educated, the healthy, the rich, the powerful, "innocent questions" for
which i
have no innocent answers.

WARREN FEEK
Director, The Communication Initiative
Congratulations - really good stuff.

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