---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 00:17:19 -0800 From: charlotte utting <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [WASAN] FW: KABISSA-FAHAMU-SANGONET NEWSLETTER 41 - AFTER 11 SEPTEMBER: TOWARDS A NEW MULTILATERALISM? ---------- From: [log in to unmask] Reply-To: [log in to unmask] Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 10:06:46 -0600 (CST) To: [log in to unmask] Subject: KABISSA-FAHAMU-SANGONET NEWSLETTER 41 - AFTER 11 SEPTEMBER: TOWARDS A NEW MULTILATERALISM? KABISSA-FAHAMU-SANGONET NEWSLETTER 41 * 7873 SUBSCRIBERS This Newsletter is an advocacy tool for social justice. It is open to any organisation committed to this goal. You can use this Newsletter to tell others about your work, events, publications, and concerns. The quality and range of information depends on you. CONTENTS: 1. Editorial, 2. Conflict, Emergencies, and Crises, 3. Rights and Democracy, 4. Corruption, 5. Health, 6. Education and Social Welfare, 7. 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Or will it mean that the US seeks to exert tighter control on institutions with financial and policy-making clout? Wars raise important questions of institutional structure within and between nations. Many comparisons have been made with Pearl Harbour, which triggered US participation in World War II, overcoming isolationist tendencies. One week after Pearl Harbour, the US Treasury Secretary ordered his chief economic advisor to prepare a paper setting out the case for a "stabilization fund" and a "bank for reconstruction and development"--the proposals which were to yield the Bretton Woods agreement establishing the World Bank and IMF. Since 11 September we have seen a similarly dramatic shift in US approach. TIME magazine (15/10/01) commented: "an Administration that just a month or two ago emphatically believed in going in alone--walking away from treaties, pushing its missile defence scheme no matter who said what--has thrown open its arms to embrace the pleasures of multilateralism." US subscriptions to the UN have been paid, more aid finance has been promised and positive noises made about international cooperation in general. This is long overdue and warmly welcomed. However it may come with more strings attached. Just as the original plans for the World Bank and IMF were watered down to meet US interests and concerns, the new multilateralism sparked by 11 September may well be expedient and unbalanced. UK consultancy company Oxford Analytica warned that the "shift in American foreign policy priorities brought on by the recent attacks could presage a return to development assistance motivated by ideological and geopolitical considerations". NGOs have long argued that the World Bank and IMF are politically captured by the powerful governments which have the strongest representation on their Boards and that they are ideological, not pragmatic, in their approach to policy-making. This situation may soon get worse, however. The US government has removed aid sanctions on Pakistan and helped facilitate favourable debt treatment and speedy new IMF financing. The Bank has reportedly started examining possible projects in Uzbekistan, should the US suggest that these supporters need to be rewarded. There have clearly long been constraints on the supposedly objective, technical criteria the Bank uses for aid allocation, but may now become more blatant. The 50 Years is Enough! campaign commented: "This use of the international financial institutions as instruments of the US political agenda has been going on for decades. But since the end of the Cold War there has been a reluctance to acknowledge the fact publicly, which has itself acted as a valuable restraint on the US government's inclination to use the institutions to serve its own narrow purposes." Andrew Rogerson, a Bank representative in Brussels, denied this. He said "the Bank is not facing pressure from member governments to take decisions based on geopolitics". He emphasised that the Bank is looking to take action to support countries negatively affected by the current economic downturn and refugee crisis in Afghanistan's neighbours. It is also planning post-war reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. These issues will be discussed at the rescheduled World Bank/IMF annual meeting on 17-18 November in Ottowa, Canada. Also on the agenda will be terrorist financing and measures to boost the global economy. As well as continuing to monitor the World Bank and IMF, campaigners will closely watch the new trade talks, the UN Financing for Development summit, the Earth Summit II, and other processes see whether there are signs of a new, more positive multilateralism. In October Pakistani civil society organisations demanded "a more egalitarian political order based on principles of democracy and justice". This, they said, is "a pre-requisite for curbing or eliminating terrorism with international dimensions and origins". /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2.CONFLICT, EMERGENCIES, AND CRISES ANGOLA-ZAMBIA: FIGHTING MOVES NORTH http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=12660 Fighting in Angola along the border with Zambia has moved north, as a new influx of refugees this week entered Zambia's Northwestern province, humanitarian sources told IRIN. ANGOLA: PROGRESS AT KIMBERLEY PROCESS MEETING http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=12663 The world's major diamond producing and trading countries have reported progress in drafting an international certification scheme for rough diamonds. BURUNDI: BUYOYA SETS OUT PRIORITIES http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=12667 Topmost on the list of priorities for Burundi's transitional government inaugurated on Thursday will be to secure a permanent cease-fire and protect the lives and properties of its citizens, President Pierre Buyoya said. BURUNDI: UNITY GOVERNMENT INSTALLED Burundi took a faltering but ambitious step towards ending eight years of ethnic conflict on Thursday, as the country's dominant Tutsi elite formally embraced the Hutu majority with the installation of a transitional government of national unity. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3924 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: FIGHTING ERUPTS IN CAPITAL http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=12877 Fighting erupted in the Central African Republic (CAR) capital, Bangui, early Saturday morning when government soldiers tried to arrest former army chief General Francois Bozize for alleged involvement in the failed coup of 28 May, news agencies reported. COMOROS: REFERENDUM ON UNITY STILL ON TRACK http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=12904 The failure of a coup attempt over the weekend on the breakaway Comoros island of Anjouan has raised optimism among pro-union parties that a referendum across the archipelago on a new constitution to end the country's secessionist crisis will go ahead in December as scheduled. CONVENTION AGAINST MERCENARIES ENTERS INTO FORCE The Special Rapporteur on the use of mercenaries of the Commission on Human Rights, Enrique Bernales Ballesteros, has welcomed the entry into force on 20 October 2001 of the International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3926 KENYA: WFP APPEALS FOR CASH TO BUY FOOD IN-COUNTRY http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=12588 Despite a good harvest in certain highly productive areas Kenya, drought conditions have persisted well beyond expectations in Kenya's arid and semi- arid lands, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Tuesday in appealing for cash donations from donors to allow the purchase of relief food in Kenya itself. LESOTHO: WOUNDS HEAL, BUT SLOWLY http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2001nov/features/05nov-heading.html The excesses resulting from South Africa's 1998 military intervention in Lesotho have been largely forgiven by the Basotho. LIBERIA: U.N. ARMS EMBARGO FAILING Weak Export Controls Largely To Blame The United Nations Security Council must enforce the international arms embargo on Liberia, Human Rights Watch said today. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3995 SIERRE LEONE: BIN LADEN PROFITED IN DIAMOND TRADE http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=2IM1A4AIV0XCYCRBAELCFFA KEEA RKIWD?type=topnews&StoryID=341595 Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network has collected millions of dollars in the past three years from the illicit sale of diamonds mined by rebels in Sierra Leone, The Washington Post reported on Friday. SOMALIA: NAIROBI TALKS END IN "SUCCESS" http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=12788 Four days of peace talks between the Somali Transitional National Government (TNG) and factions opposed to it came to a close in Nairobi on Sunday, with both sides claming the talks had been a success and announcing that they had agreed to meet again for further reconciliation talks. SUDAN: NGO REPORTS CIVILIAN SUFFERING IN AWEIL OFFENSIVE http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=12632 Christian Solidarity International (CSI), an NGO long at odds with the Sudanese government, on Wednesday cited civil authorities in the Aweil region of northern Bahr al-Ghazal in claiming that government-allied armed forces had killed 93 civilians and enslaved 85 women and children in a new offensive between 23 and 26 October. ZIMBABWE: 'HARSH CRITICISM WON'T HELP SITUATION' http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=2933 The government has warned the international community to avoid confronting or criticising Zimbabwe too harshly lest it create a "siege mentality" in President Robert Mugabe's government that will hamper efforts to solve the crisis there. ZIMBABWE: IRIN FOCUS ON IMPACT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=12650 The psychological impact of Zimbabwe's political violence is only slowly beginning to emerge, as experts call for more attention to be paid to the effects of trauma. ZIMBABWE: WHITE FARMS UNDER SIEGE AS FAMINE LOOMS http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=2927 The looming risk of mass starvation in Zimbabwe has worsened as militants moved on to more white-owned farms, beating one worker for refusing to shout ruling party slogans and forcing hundreds of others to stop work. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3.RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY BURUNDI CHANGES 'AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS' http://www.web.amnesty.org/web/news.nsf/WebAll/ADCE49477834D24180256AF60054C ACF? OpenDocument Human rights must be top of the agenda of the new transitional government in Burundi, said Amnesty International. BURUNDI: TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT''S CABINET Following is President Pierre Buyuoya's 26-member cabinet for the first half of a three-year transitional government inaugurated on Thursday. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3976 DRC: REPORTS OF TORTURE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY - UN http://allafrica.com/stories/200111050408.html The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has had "a major impact on the human rights situation in the country", with torture reported in government- as well as rebel- held areas, says, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson in a report. KENYA: MOI'S INCLUSIVE ELECTORAL GAME http://www.africaanalysis.com/039.html With less than 13 months to go, President Daniel arap Moi's categorical announcement that he will stand down in 2002 finally clears the way for a raft of hopeful successors. But he is wary of pointing out the likely victor as it would reduce his twilight months to a lame duck presidency. KENYA: PRISONERS CHARGED AND RELEASED The 66 remaining detainees of the Release Political Prisoners party were released on 26 October, 2001 from the Kamiti and Lang'ata prisons on the orders of the High Court on the bail of 30,000 Kenyan shillings. The 71 people arrested have been charged of "unlawful assembly", and the next court hearing is set between November 5-7, 2001. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3967 MALAWI: "YOUNG DEMOCRATS" IMPLICATED IN INTIMIDATION http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp? ReportID=12905&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=MALAWI Ruling United Democratic Front's (UDF) party activists, the so-called "young democrats", have become embroiled once again in allegations of intimidation and violence. MOZAMBIQUE: RENAMO ASSAULTS JOURNALISTS AND CITIZENS A cameraman with the Mozambican Television (TVM), Jose Arlindo, was seriously beaten up by armed security of the main opposition party in Mozambique, the Resistencia National Mocambicana (Renamo), in the northern city of Nampula on Thursday, November 1. Renamo was holding its IV Congress. One policeman and two unidentified civilians were also beaten up and three others were taken captive. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3939 Contact: [log in to unmask] NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS ARMY MASSACRE IN BENUE http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp? ReportID=12658&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=NIGERIA Nigeria’s Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has described as reprehensible the massacre of scores of civilians and the sacking of their villages by soldiers in central region Benue State. NIGERIA: HOLD MILITARY TO ACCOUNT Bush Meeting With Obasanjo Should Address Killings Human Rights Watch urged Bush to raise concerns about the recent massacre by soldiers in Benue State, Central Nigeria at his meeting with President Obasanjo on 2 November to discuss anti-terrorism measures. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3890 RWANDA: CHURCH HELPED MASTERMIND GENOCIDE, SAYS EXPERT http://allafrica.com/stories/200111060395.html The church in Rwanda was only next to the government in the preparation and execution of the 1994 genocide, an expert witness has told the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). SHOULD THE KENYAN CONSTITUTION ALLOW FOR DUAL CITIZENSHIP? Results Of An Opinion Polls Of Kenyans In The Uk This report presents an analysis of an opinion poll conducted to establish the views of Kenyans living in the UK, regarding whether or not they would like the Kenyan Constitution currently under review to provide for dual citizenship. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3980 SOUTH AFRICA: PROTEST OVER LAND OCCUPATION CHARGES http://southafrica.indymedia.org/display.php?id=529 More than 1000 community members from Valhalla Park, Cape Town, will protest outside the High Court in Keerom Street, Cape Town, on Thursday. The protest takes place in support of 700 community members who have been charged with illegally occupying a piece of land in the centre of Valhalla Park that the Unicity had already set aside for housing. SUDAN: ARBITRARY ARREST OF THREE LAWYERS http://www.omct.org/displaydocument.asp?DocType=Appeal&Language=EN&Index=124 3 Three lawyers have been arrested in Sudan. The lawyers are members of the Democratic Front for Lawyers. Their arrests are unlawful, under Article 38 of the Advocacy Act, which states that a lawyer is not to be arrested without the Bar Association having been informed. THE NEED FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE The time is ripe for the ICC. It will be formally established-with or without the US - after 60 nations have ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The number count is up to 43. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan anticipates the ICC will be established in the next year. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3968 ZAMBIA MUST SCRAP DEATH PENALTY SAYS AMNESTY http://www.oneworld.org/afronet/monitor182/headline1.htm Zambia's judicial and legal failings make it imperative that the country scraps the death penalty, says the international human rights group Amnesty International. ZIMBABWE: "MUGABE'S DAYS OF IMMUNITY NUMBERED" - US COURT http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=2936 A United States district court in New York this week held the ruling Zanu PF party liable for the murder and torture of opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters in the run-up to last year's June parliamentary election. ZIMBABWE: IRIN FOCUS ON VOTER REGISTRATION http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp? ReportID=12612&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=ZIMBABWE A visit to Zimbabwe's main NGO website shows how seriously civic organisations are taking the current voter registration drive. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4.CORRUPTION KENYA: HABITAT IN PLAN TO CURB GRAFT http://allafrica.com/stories/200111050023.html The United Nations has started an ambitious programme to help curb corruption at lands offices in the country. LIBYAN MINISTER JAILED FOR CORRUPTION http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1638000/1638388.st m Reports from Libya say that the country's current Finance Minister, Ujayli Abdelsalam al-Burayni, is one of 47 government and bank officials to be sentenced to terms in prison at the end of a corruption trial. SIERRA LEONE: CABINET MINISTER ACCUSED OF DIAMOND SMUGGLING http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=10577 Sierra Leone's transport and communications minister was arrested with his wife Thursday on accusations of diamond smuggling in the war-ruined West African nation, officials said. SOUTH AFRICA: HOW MODISE WANGLED FIGHTER JET DEAL http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=10578 One of the largest contracts awarded in South Africa's R60-billion arms deal may be challenged in court by an Italian aeronautics company that lost out to a British contender - after then-defence minister Joe Modise intervened to change the tender evaluation criteria in mid-course. TANZANIA: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT CORRUPTION? http://www.tzonline.org/anticorruption/ Participate in the Internet Forum against corruption! The Annual Report on State of Corruption in Tanzania is in preparation. Your ideas might be useful in preparation of the Annual Report on State of corruption in Tanzania prepared by Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) and Front Against Corrupt Elements in Tanzania (FACEIT). UGANDA: CORRUPTION BLAMED FOR STATE OF UPDF http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=10587 The Uganda People's Defence Forces combat readiness has been seriously undermined by lack of resources and corruption, but Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. James Kazini, insists the army is in good enough shape to defend the country. UGANDA: UNITE AGAINST CORRUPTION - MATEMBE http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011103480000470.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0# doc Minister of Ethics and Integrity, Miria Matembe, has said Ugandans should take a united stand against corruption. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 5.HEALTH AFRICA: WHO CALLS FOR INCREASED SPENDING ON MENTAL HEALTH The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged governments and professionals to highlight the plight of mentally impaired people living in Africa, where their condition is often misunderstood or left untreated. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3970 AIDS ACTIVISTS SHOULD 'RETHINK STANCE' AGAINST U.S. PATENT SUPPORT http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm#7812 AIDS activists who have fought the U.S. government's support for international patents "should now rethink their stance," as U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick has announced two "overlook[ed]" concessions, according to a Washington Post editorial. CENTRAL AFRICA: MENTAL HEALTH TO BE GIVEN GREATER PRIORITY Representatives from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of Congo and Rwanda were among participants from 15 African nations who agreed to lobby their governments to contribute at least 10 percent of the health budget for treatment of mental illness, WHO announced. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3969 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: JAPAN PROVIDES US $630,000 TO FIGHT HIV/AIDS The Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) and Japanese NGO Amis d'Afrique (Friends of Africa) signed a letter of agreement on Wednesday for a US $630,000 grant in support of reinforcing HIV/AIDS responses in communities in the CAR, the World Bank announced from Bangui. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3944 ETHIOPIA: 14 MILLION CHILDREN TO BE VACCINATED http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp? ReportID=12639&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=ETHIOPIA A new polio eradication campaign which aims to achieve a polio-free certification for Ethiopia in 2005 will get under way on 9 November, a United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) spokesman told IRIN on Thursday. GHANA: PLANS TO PRODUCE GENERIC ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm#7836 Ghana is developing plans to produce generic versions of antiretroviral drugs, Reuters reports. HUMAN RIGHTS LAWS LACKING FOR HIV/AIDS SUFFERERS There is an almost total absence of laws protecting the human rights of those with HIV/AIDS in developing countries worldwide, according to a study appearing in the Oct. 1 issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3965 SOUTH AFRICA: 'VIRGIN MYTH' BEHIND CHILD RAPES http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm#7833 Six men have been charged with raping a nine-month-old South African baby, allegedly because they thought the act would cure them of HIV, the South African Press Association reports. The attack occurred less than one week before two other South African girls under the age of four were also raped, allegedly by family members. SOUTH AFRICA: LAWSUITS COULD COINCIDE IN COURT http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm#7810 The Treatment Action Campaign's lawsuit against the South African government over access to nevirapine for pregnant women could come to court at the same time as a lawsuit filed on behalf of a six-month-old infant who contracted HIV from her mother, the Lancet reports. SOUTH AFRICA: TUTU SAYS POVERTY, AIDS COULD DESTABILISE NATION http://allafrica.com/stories/200111050100.html The effect of AIDS in South Africa is "shattering" and too much time is spent in academic discussions about its cause, Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu has warned. WHO ANNOUNCES UPDATED GUIDANCE ON SMALLPOX VACCINATION Following the review of guidance on smallpox vaccination, WHO has consulted with our advisory committee and has updated the official guidance. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4002 WTO: PATENTS OR POVERTY PRIMARY BARRIER TO AIDS DRUG ACCESS IN AFRICA? http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm#7835 The New York Times profiles how the debate over the patents on AIDS drugs will be "a major bone of contention" at the World Trade Organization meeting in Doha, Qatar, this week. ZAMBIA: BILL TO MANDATE HIV TESTING FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DELAYED http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm#7807 The Zambian cabinet is "split" over whether to introduce legislation that would force presidential candidates to have an HIV test before general elections this year, government sources said yesterday. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 6.EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE COUNTRIES AGREE TO OUTLAW CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION http://www.unicef.org/newsline/01pr81.htm A major step forward in the protection of children from exploitation, trafficking and sexual abuse has just been achieved, UNICEF stated, welcoming the imminent entry into force of the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. GENDER VIOLENCE IN AFRICAN SCHOOLS http://www.id21.org/education/gender_violence/index.html Have YOU experience of working on issues of gender violence or abuse within a school or community context? Do you know of an organisation, community or individual who has carried out innovative work or research on supporting boys, girls, men and women in ensuring that schools are safe and supportive environments where all children have an equal opportunity to learn? If you do, then we would like to support you by sharing your knowledge in the next Gender Violence newsletter. We are particularly keen to learn about initiatives from across the globe. Please contact Caroline Nicolson. Contact: [log in to unmask] HITTING THE TARGET: Doubling Primary Enrolments In Sub-Saharan Africa By 2015 http://www.id21.org/education/e1pb1g2.html Commitment to the goal of universal primary education (UPE) by 2015 has received unprecedented support from governments and donors. But what is the reality for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in terms of the additional educational capacity required? And will the demand for primary schooling be sufficient to achieve UPE? HIV/AIDS AND THE AFRICAN CHILD: Health Challenges, Educational Possibilities April 11-13, 2002, Athens, Ohio USA. Call for papers. The Institute for the African Child at Ohio University announces its fourth annual conference, HIV/AIDS and the African Child: Health Challenges, Educational Possibilities, to be held in Athens, Ohio from 11-13 April 2002. Paper and panel presentations are sought that address this complex health and social issue from all academic and practitioner perspectives. Deadline for paper abstracts: January 15 2002. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3896 Contact: [log in to unmask] RWANDA: UNICEF, GOVERNMENT LAUNCH DRIVE ON STREET CHILDREN UNICEF and the Rwandan ministries of Social Welfare and Public Works have undertaken a nationwide drive to sensitise decision makers and the public to the plight of the 7,000 children who are enduring a precarious existence on the nation's street, the UN Children's Fund in Kigali told IRIN on Monday. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3989 TEACHING TEACHERS: A Role For Distance Education? http://www.id21.org/education/e4ph1g1.html Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have fewer teachers than they need to achieve the internationally agreed development targets of Education for All (EFA) by 2015. Conventional modes of teacher education via residential teacher training colleges are not producing enough teachers to fill the gap. Can distance teacher education play a viable role in addressing the teacher shortage? THE HOPE FOR AFRICAN CHILDREN INITIATIVE Founded by five humanitarian organizations, The Hope for African Children Initiative was launched this week to help the 13 million orphaned African children and the millions more affected in some way by the AIDS crisis. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3974 TRAINING TO DEFUSE LANDMINES http://www.undp.org/dpa/frontpagearchive/2001/october/29oct01/index.html Landmines are a dangerous legacy of war that continue to claim victims - often children - long after the conflict is over. The United Nations Development Programme, in partnership with Cranfield University in the UK, has developed training materials on ways to deal with landmine threats. VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS - TIME TO INVOLVE PARENTS http://allafrica.com/stories/200110260367.html The recent chilling incident of the killing of a school student by another, has again brought in focus, the alarming increase in violence in schools in South Africa. Administrators now hope to involve parents in counselling children. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 7.WOMEN AND GENDER ABAFAZI-WOMEN OF COLOR CAUCUS STUDENT ESSAY AWARDS The purpose of the ABAFAZI Women of Color Caucus Student Essay Awards is to discover, encourage, and promote the intellectual development of emerging Black women scholars who engage in critical theoretical discussions and/or analyses about feminist/ womanist issues concerning women of color. Scholarly essays may be on any subject relevant to Black girls' or Black women's issues and/or experiences in the United States or throughout the Diaspora. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3940 AFRICA: THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN CONFLICT AND PEACE IRIN Interview With Angela King Angela King is the UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women. In an interview with IRIN, King discussed the role of women in conflict, peace and security. While acknowledging that women are frequently the victims of conflict, King argued that women are playing an increasingly important part in its resolution in their roles as peace negotiators and peacekeepers. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3972 AMANITARE African Partnership For Sexual And Reproductive Health And Rights Of Women And Girls http://www.wougnet.org/Links/rightslinks.html#AMANITARE AMANITARE - the African Partnership for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women and Girls - was launched in Uganda in 2000, and is coordinated by RAINBO. AMANITARE's goal is to build an influential social movement to institutionalize the recognition of African women's and girls' sexual and reproductive health rights as fundamental to their civil and human rights. AMANITARE is organized into three action groups, each coordinated by an African NGO: Advocating for Freedom from Gender-Based Violence; Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Rights into Health Services; and Reaching-Out to New Generations. CAN MALE GENDER TRAINERS TIP THE BALANCE? http://www2.womensnet.org.za/news/show.cfm?news_id=752 Gender training is central to gender and development (GAD) work in East Africa and Kenya. How vital are gender trainers in transforming the attitudes of men resistant to gender quality? INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S MEDIA FOUNDATION (IWMF) http://www.wougnet.org/links.html#IWMF The IWMF was launched in 1990 with the mission to strengthen the role of women in the news media around the world, based on the belief that no press is truly free unless women share an equal voice. IWMF is involved in three areas: Raising Awareness; Building Networks; and Creating Opportunities. MANY FACES OF GENDER INEQUALITY http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1822/18220040.htm Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen's work on gender inequality is of seminal importance. His work on the theory of the household represents the household not as an undifferentiated unit, but as a unit of cooperation as well as of inequality and internal discrimination. Along with his academic collaborator Jean Drze, Professor Sen proposed and popularised the concept of "missing women" - estimated to exceed 100 million round the world - which has given us a new way of understanding and mapping the problem. MAURITIUS: SOS FEMMES CONFERENCE A conference will be held in Mauritius on the 26th and 27th of November 2001 to launch a network on violence against women and girls within the SADC countries, including Madagascar and the Seychelles. It will take place during the 16 days of activism Against Gender Violence Campaign. On 25th of November, a radio talk will also be made concerning the history and aims of the 16 days of activism against gender violence. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3954 Contact: [log in to unmask] PEACE WOMEN LAUNCHED Peacewomen is a new website and a project of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's United Nations Office in New York. The project seeks to nurture communication among a diversity of women's organisations by providing an accessible and accurate information exchange between peace women around the world and the UN system. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3932 Contact: [log in to unmask] PRIZE FOR WOMEN'S CREATIVITY IN RURAL LIFE Call For Nominations http://www.wougnet.org/projectnews.html#WWSF2002 Awarded since 1995 by the Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF) - an international NGO for the empowerment of women and children - the Prize ($500 each) annually honours women and women's groups exhibiting exceptional creativity, courage and commitment in improving the quality of life in rural communities. Deadline for nominations is March 2002. SENEGAL: WOMEN USE IT TO FIGHT FOR EQUALITY http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2001nov/features/06nov-senegal.html More and more Senegalese women are using the New Information and Communication Technologies to fight for equal rights and gender equality. SOUTH AFRICA: RAPE OF BABY COSATU Statement It is with shock and disgust that we read to learn about the rape of a nine- month-old baby by six adult men ranging from 24-66 years old. This unfortunately is not an isolated case. The recent spate of incidents of violence against women and children where rape and gang rape and sexual abuse by neighbors, teachers, parents, grand-fathers, uncles, partners etc is escalating. This is despite attempts to raise awareness and legislative measures put in place to stop violence against women and children. Any form of violence is internationally recognized as a major human rights violation and results in physical, emotional and psychological harm. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3923 THE FUTURE OF MEN AND THEIR HEALTH Are Men In Danger Of Extinction? http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/323/7320/1013 Despite having had most of the social determinants of health in their favour, men have higher mortality rates for all 15 leading causes of death and a life expectancy about seven years shorter than women's. Men's reluctance to embrace preventive strategies has also contributed to the spread of AIDS, particularly in Africa, and to an alarming rise in infections among young men, including other sexually transmitted diseases. Furthermore, there is a sustained increase in psychosocial disorders in men, including alcohol and substance abuse, mid- life crisis, depression, and domestic violence. Men's increasing aggression and autoaggression remain an unsolved health and societal problem. As you read this, over 30 wars and conflicts rage around the world, mostly created, maintained, and aggravated by men. UGANDA MEDIA WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION: Mama FM http://www.wougnet.org/Profiles/umwa.html#MamaFM On August 24, 2001, UMWA launched a new community radio station that will be a forum for debating gender issues. The station, 101.7 Mama FM, will cover women's issues as well as news of importance to other marginalized groups. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 8.REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION ANGOLA: IDPS INCREASE, UNITA COMMANDER IS KILLED http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp? ReportID=12615&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=ANGOLA Civilians continue to seek safety in government-controlled towns across the country as they flee intensifying fighting between rebel UNITA forces and Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) troops, according to humanitarian officials. CONFLICT EARLY WARNING IN THE HORN OF AFRICA: Can It Work? http://www.fmreview.org/fmr1113.htm Protracted social conflicts do not erupt overnight. They are the result of a slow accumulation of tensions and hostilities built up over time. In the Horn of Africa an innovative early warning mechanism being explored by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) could provide a pointer for similar conflict-prone regions. LIBERIA: THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION A UN Security Council Briefing http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/speeches/2001/cdh_liberia_ 2001 .shtml Fighting in Liberia continues to have severe consequences for the civilian population. In late August, 2500 people arrived in Jenne Manna camp, having fled fighting in Lofa county. MSF continues to treat cases of severe malnutrition and diarrhea. RESETTLEMENT: A Valuable Tool In Protecting Refugee, Internally Displaced And Trafficked Women And Girls http://www.fmreview.org/fmr1111.htm ‘Resettlement’ refers to the relocation to other countries of refugees who have sought refuge in a country where they continue to face risks to their “life, liberty, safety, health or other fundamental human rights”. It provides individuals with the opportunity to re-start and re-build their lives. It has been used successfully to resettle refugee women and girls who have been victims of sexual or gender-related violence, including rape. This article outlines the grounds upon which resettlement is granted, noting the very individual nature of a claim but recognising its use in protecting refugee women and girls in general. SOMALIA: REFUGEES REPATRIATED FROM ETHIOPIA http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp? ReportID=12819&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=SOMALIA Thousands of Somali refugees were repatriated from camps in neighbouring Ethiopia last month, bringing the total of returnees for this year to more than 43,000. US DOORS INDEFINITELY CLOSED TO REFUGEES http://www.icare.to/ As many as 20,000 refugees from across the world, cleared to come to the United States to escape persecution in their homelands, have had their arrival delayed indefinitely in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 9.RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA HOMEBEATS: STRUGGLES FOR RACIAL JUSTICE http://www.homebeats.co.uk/publications/rom.htm HomeBeats is a multimedia journey through time, from Africa, the Caribbean and Asia, to the making of modern Britain. The first cd-rom on racism and the black presence in Britain, it fuses music, graphics, video, text and animation into a stunning voyage of personal and historical discovery for every user. Through a series of fully interlinked sections - Memories, Places, People, Visions, Images - HomeBeats makes the links between past and present accessible to young people in a way possible in no other medium. It covers the history of the struggle for racial justice, tracing the connections between slavery, the colonial experience and modern day racism. SOUTH AFRICA: ZIMBABWEANS ATTACKED IN JOHANNESBURG The current xenophobic attacks on the Zimbabwean citizens in one of the informal settlements, to be exact, in Zandspruit, in Honeydew, north of Randburg were allegedly sparked by the murder of a young woman on the 8th of September. The culprit was identified as a Zimbabwean. The South African residents in the camp then retaliated by burning some of the shacks belonging to Zimbabweans. The Zimbabweans retaliated and burned about six shacks. The situation became serious early this week and a total of 130 shacks belonging to the Zimbabweans were gutted by fire and they were driven out of the settlement. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3975 /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 10.ENVIRONMENT ANTI-HUNGER BID OFF TRACK, SAYS FAO http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/oneworld/20011105/wl/anti- hunger_bid_off_track_says_fao_1.html Admitting that it has failed to combat hunger, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has urged the industrialized world to come to the aid of developing nations. ENVIRONMENT STILL OFF WORLD TRADE TALKS AGENDA http://ens-news.com/ens/oct2001/2001L-10-31-04.html The odds of a new round of world trade negotiations including substantive talks on environmental issues have lengthened following the emergence of a new draft text for ministerial agreement at the Doha summit, due to start on November 9. Despite strong pressure from the European Union, the draft proposes no new environmental negotiations. FAO VOTES FOR BROAD LIMITS ON CROP PATENTS http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/oct01/19_24_055.html The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Conference has approved an international treaty that largely bans the patenting of non- genetically modified crops, a step aimed at protecting plant diversity as a tool for eradicating world hunger. KENYA TO CLEAR AND DISTRIBUTE 10 PERCENT OF ITS FORESTS http://ens-news.com/ens/oct2001/2001L-10-30-02.html A battle has erupted in Kenya over a government decision to cut 10 percent of its forest cover despite vehement protests from the public and cases pending before the courts. MOBILITY STUDY WARNS OF GRIDLOCK, POLLUTION http://ens-news.com/ens/oct2001/2001L-10-30-06.html People's insatiable appetite for mobility is heading the world's transportation systems toward unsustainable gridlock and environmental degradation unless several grand challenges are tackled, conclude Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers and colleagues in report on worldwide mobility at the end of the 20th century. NOURISHING A PEACEFUL EARTH Consultative Group On International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), 2001 Chronic hunger, widespread malnutrition, and pervasive poverty—especially in rural areas—will not be solved, and will most likely intensify, unless scientific efforts are directed toward problems faced by the world's poorest farmers, says a new report from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3978 SOUTH AFRICA: GRANTS AWARDED AT WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESS http://ens-news.com/ens/nov2001/2001L-11-02-01.html One of the largest wilderness areas in South Africa will benefit from $US1 million in conservation funding, delegates to the 7th World Wilderness Congress in Port Elizabeth have heard. THE BIOTERROR IN YOUR BURGER Consider one particularly vulnerable link in our food chain: the modern meat processing plant. In comparison to a bioterrorism target like a water treatment plant, meat processing plants have virtually no security, and their workforces are wide open to infiltration. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3935 THREAT OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM IS GROWING http://ens-news.com/ens/nov2001/2001L-11-02-06.html The ruthlessness of the September attacks against the United States has alerted the world to the potential of nuclear terrorism, making it "far more likely" that terrorists could target nuclear facilities, nuclear material and radioactive sources worldwide, the chief of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 11.MEDIA GAMBIA: PRIVATE RADIO STATION OWNER MAY BE TARGETED In a 2 November 2001 letter to President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh, The International Press Institute condemned the recent arrest of Baboucar Gaye and the closure of his radio station, Citizen FM. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3937 MALAWI: RULING PARTY DRAWS UP LIST OF JOURNALISTS TO BE BEATEN http://dfn.org/focus/malawi/beaten-journalists.htm Malawi's Daily Times newspaper reported that the United Democratic Front (UDF) has drawn up a list of journalists to be assaulted allegedly for discrediting the ruling party. NAMIBIA: MINISTER REACTS TO MEDIA CONCERNS OVER NEW DEFENCE BILL On Wednesday 31 October 2001, Defence Minister Erkki Nghimtina reacted to concerns over the violation of freedom of speech and expression contained in the new Defence Bill, "The Namibian" reported on 2 November. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3933 SOUTH AFRICA: ANC MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ATTACK BROADCASTER The FXI notes with great concern the African National Congress (ANC) members of parliament's (MPs') continued attacks on the national broadcaster. In yet another attack on the South African Broadcasting Corporation, on Wednesday 31 October 2001, the MPs criticised the broadcaster for its coverage on President Thabo Mbeki, saying that it is giving more publicity to opposition leaders than to the head of state. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3962 SUDAN: JOURNALISTS CHARGED Alfrid Tabban, Albino Okely and Nhial Bol have been charged and released on bail with waging war against the state, provoking hatred against or amongst the sexes and defamation by the authorities in Khartoum. The Sudanese Victims of Torture Group requests your help putting pressure on the Government of Sudan to ensure Mr Tabban, Okely and Bol have full access to legal representation and fair trial; to end to the harassment of Sudanese journalists by security forces and to abolish all legislation that violates Sudan’s obligations under international human rights laws. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3889 Contact: [log in to unmask] THE ABUJA AGREEMENT AND THE CMAG VISIT Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe Update # 2001/43 This week the Media Monitoring Project focuses its attention on the media coverage of the visit by the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group to Zimbabwe to assess the progress being made towards the implementation of the conditions set out in the Abuja agreement signed in the Nigerian capital on September 6th between Britain and Zimbabwe. The government-controlled media launched a propaganda blitz promoting government’s insistence that it is complying with the terms of the Abuja Agreement. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3925 ZIMBABWE: MINISTER THREATENS TO SUE NEWSPAPER Minister of State for Information and Publicity Jonathan Moyo has threatened to sue "The Financial Gazette" for publishing erroneous assertions, "The Herald" reported on 1 November 2001. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3936 /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 12.DEVELOPMENT BIOTECHNOLOGY, TRADE, AND HUNGER http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/books/ar2000/ar2000_essay01.htm The new genetic modification (GM) technologies that many expect will help the world meet its food needs — not only through quantity, but nutritional quality as well — raise critical issues for international trade, including this key question: What will happen if pressure from consumers and environmentalists in the developed world leads to a new generation of trade restrictions, or to the segmentation of GM-food product markets, as appears to be happening in Europe and Japan? ETHIOPIA: GERMANY CANCELS DEBT http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp? ReportID=12817&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=ETHIOPIA The German government has written off approximately half of the US $24 million Ethiopia owes it, the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) reported on 2 November, following a meeting held between representatives of the two countries in the German capital, Berlin. GHANA PRS HAS "POTENTIAL" http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/topic/adjustment/2522.html An assessment of Ghana's Poverty Reduction Strategy process (GPRS) suggests there is much potential for formulating, in a participatory manner, an effective poverty reduction strategy. However, there is no guarantee that this will be realised. HIPC – FLOGGING A DEAD PROCESS A Jubilee Plus Report http://www.jubileeplus.org/analysis/reports/flogging_process_text.htm This report analyses each HIPC country at different stages in the HIPC process. We conclude that HIPC countries urgently need every $ of the $59million they are obliged to transfer to their creditors each day – for fighting disease, for recovery from conflict and for poverty reduction. This is not just in their interests, but in the interests of the world as a whole. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/books/ar2000/ar2000_essay02.htm Whereas government or international public institutions once performed most agricultural research, now private firms are taking the lead in applying the tools of genetic engineering to agriculture. When corporations (and increasingly public agencies too) develop new agricultural biotechnology products or processes or new crop varieties, they often seek legal rights over the intellectual property these innovations represent. Many are concerned that corporations’ efforts to protect their profits will isolate developing countries from the benefits of important innovations by blocking access to new developments by public and nonprofit researchers. KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,587383,00.html Any new US multilateralism will come with many strings attached. Protestors need to adapt to the world after September 11th, but popular pressure at Doha and beyond is more important than ever. MOZAMBIQUE: DONORS PLEDGE US $722 MILLION International donors have pledged more than US $700 million in support of Mozambique's poverty reduction programme. A World Bank press release said 80 percent of the pledges were in the form of grants. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3971 NEO-COLONIAL MASTER PATRONISES EX-COLONIAL BEGGARS http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2001nov/features/01nov-africa.html The hope that that US President George W. Bush might announce more debt relief and aid for Africa, especially for the fight against Aids, has evaporated. NEW BRIEFING ON IMF REFORM PROPOSALS http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/topic/reform/2511.html A new briefing argues for a reformed International Monetary Fund within "a new financial architecture". The report, by the German NGO World Economy, Ecology and Development (WEED) rejects calls for the wholesale dismantling of the Fund. NEW REPORT ON GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/topic/social/2527.html A new study for the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs by the UK-based Institute of Development Studies contains case studies on financing mechanisms for biodiversity conservation, climate change abatement, peace and security, HIV/AIDS research and financial stability. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT PREPARATIONS GO GLOBAL Preparations for next year's World Summit on Sustainable Development advanced this week from the regional to the global level, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Nitin Desai told a press conference this week at UN Headquarters in New York. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3963 TANZANIA: CAN HIPC REDUCE POVERTY http://www.tzonline.org/ While growth has increased in Tanzania during the past five or six years, it is still too low to have a visible impact on poverty. Indeed, recent evidence suggests that the amount of both income and non-income poverty are roughly the same as they were a decade ago. Since debt relief provided under HIPC will free government resources, the initiative will potentially help reduce poverty through larger government expenditures on social sectors (pdf file). THE NEXT SOCIETY http://www.economist.com/surveys/displaystory.cfm?story_id=770819 THE new economy may or may not materialise, but there is no doubt that the next society will be with us shortly. In the developed world, and probably in the emerging countries as well, this new society will be a good deal more important than the new economy (if any). It will be quite different from the society of the late 20th century, and also different from what most people expect. WTO TO HEAR CALLS FOR 'ROBIN HOOD' TAX http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/oneworld/20011106/wl/wto_to_hear_calls_for_robi n_ho od_tax_1.html Campaigners are stepping up calls for a "Robin Hood" tax on the global currency trade ahead of a high-level summit of the World Trade Organization. ZIMBABWE: MAKONI PRESENTS ELECTION BUDGET http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp? ReportID=12655&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=ZIMBABWE Public spending in Zimbabwe will double next year and taxes will be cut in what economists described as an electioneering budget presented to parliament on Thursday. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 13.INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY DUBLIN CORE METADATA NEWS This brief article concerns the adoption of the Dublin Core Metadata Set by international standards-setting bodies. It of concern to anyone involved in information management and text markup. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4032 Contact: [log in to unmask] E- ASSESSMENTS - BRIDGES.ORG'S SELECTION OF USEFUL SITES As a follow up to the article in the last issue on eStrategies, Bridges.Org has supplied a set of useful sources for those wanting to get to grips with the subject. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4050 MAURITIUS: HOPES OF "CYBER-ISLAND" REMAIN A DREAM Despite all the hype surrounding the recent initiatives for making Mauritius a "cyber-island", the reality of the situation is actually very different. This week's correspondent remains anonymous in order to describe the Island's dilemma with complete frankness. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4045 NETWORKS, NETWARS AND THE FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_10/ronfeldt/index.html Netwar is an emerging mode of conflict in which the protagonists - ranging from terrorist and criminal organizations on the dark side, to militant social activists on the bright side - use network forms of organization, doctrine, strategy, and technology attuned to the information age. The practice of netwar is well ahead of theory, as both civil and uncivil society actors are increasingly engaging in this new way of fighting. SCHOOLNET AFRICA This article describes the Africa-wide movement to network schools and educational resources using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4055 Contact: [log in to unmask] SOCIAL MOVEMENTS ON THE NET FROM ALAI In the new scenario of social reactivation experienced in Latin America, we are seeing the growth of networks and social coordinations that bring together actors who are seeking to break out of the isolation of their specific struggles. The need to share, coordinate and disseminate their actions and proposals has lead them to appropriate the Internet. But they find that taking optimal advantage of this instrument demands a deeper understanding of its logics and peculiarities. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4056 Contact: [log in to unmask] THE INTERNET ARCHIVE Read about this attempt to create an Internet Library. It is the largest database in the world. Well worth a visit. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4057 UGANDA: LIFE IN AFRICA GOES INTO PRINT Integrating The Internet With Other Media Life in Africa just received financing to create an offline magazine companion to LifeInAfrica.com. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4051 VIEW THE NORTHERN LIGHTS VIA THE WEB Take a look at these beautiful images of the spectacular northern skies. Usually not visible to those of us who live in southern latitudes, the Web makes the images instantly available. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4039 VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL (VOIP) PHONE SERVICE IN AFRICA ITXC has announced that its voice traffic to Africa over ITXC's global wholesale voice network increased by 1,111% from the third quarter of 2000 to the third quarter of 2001. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4048 /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 14.eNEWSLETTERS AND MAILING LISTS E-CIVICUS - CONNECTING CIVIL SOCIETY WORLDWIDE Number 138 - 2 November, 2001 Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4030 Contact: [log in to unmask] REGULAR NEWS UPDATE FROM EUROSTEP No. 249 2 November 2001 1. 3rd ACP-EU JOINT PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY 2. EU DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL – 8 NOVEMBER 2001 3. IN BRIEF - Suspension of Zimbabwe from Cotonou? -EP call reforms of EU Development Policy - EU drop support from developing countries on generic life saving drugs Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4069 Contact: [log in to unmask] /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 15.FUNDRAISING /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 16.COURSES, SEMINARS, AND WORKSHOPS PREPARING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT The Hague, 20-21 December 2001 http://www.science-alliance.nl/english/ICC2001inl.htm Conference for policymakers, lawyers and the military SOUTH AFRICA: HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING http://www2.womensnet.org.za/events/show.cfm?id=289 Southern Hemisphere is currently offering an intensive training course in HUMAN RIGHTS INDICATORS. The course is aimed at those working in the development sectors, either based in government, non-government organisations, corporate sectors and practitioners. Contact: [log in to unmask] SOUTH AFRICA: NEGOTIATION SKILLS TRAINING http://www2.womensnet.org.za/events/show.cfm?id=288 Southern Hemisphere is currently offering an intensive training course in NEGOTIATION SKILLS. The course is aimed at those working in the development sectors, either based in government, non-government organisations, corporate sectors and practitioners. Contact: [log in to unmask] /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 17.ADVOCACY RESOURCES COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY CENTERS ACCELERATOR http://www.itresourcecenter.org/serv/ctcaccelerator.html The Information Technology Resource Center in Chicago continues to innovate. They have just announced the CTC Accelerator to help the rapid formation of Community Technology Centers. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 18.JOBS ACCORD SEEKS PROGRAMME MANAGER AND SERIES EDITOR Conciliation Resources http://jobs.oneworld.net/ads/index.cfm?job_id=676 Salary : Starting salary between £25,572 and £27,730 (+ 9% pension) Location : Islington, London, United Kingdom Closing Date : 23 Nov 2001 Posted on : 1 Nov 2001 ANGOLA: CARE USA SEEKS MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH ADVISOR http://jobs.oneworld.net/ads/index.cfm?job_id=663 Salary : $$58,000 Location : Luanda, Angola Closing Date : 31 Dec 2001 Posted on : 24 Oct 2001 ANGOLA: SAVE THE CHILDREN UK SEEKS PROGRAMME DIRECTORS http://jobs.oneworld.net/ads/index.cfm?job_id=680 Salary : £26,679pa Location : Luanda, Angola Closing Date : 14 Nov 2001 Posted on : 2 Nov 2001 ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER FOR GLOBAL CORRUPTION REPORT Transparency International http://jobs.oneworld.net/ads/index.cfm?job_id=677 Location : Berlin, Germany Closing Date : 30 Nov 2001 Posted on : 2 Nov 2001 DEVJOBS: DEVELOPMENT JOBS WEBSITE AND MAILING LIST http://www.devjobsmail.com DEVJOBS is a a large mailing list to receive international job ads that are related to various development fields: microfinance, poverty alleviation, community development, institution development, governance, health care, population, food security, agriculture, education, human resource development, natural resource management, information technology, disability rehabilitation and rural development. Membership is totally free! Hundreds of jobs posted each week. ERITREA: INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS (IMC) SEEKS COMMUNITY HEALTH COORDINATOR Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4067 Contact: [log in to unmask] FACULTY POSITIONS AT HARVARD CENTER ON GENDER AND EDUCATION Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4065 FAHAMU SEEKS PA/SECRETARY TO DIRECTOR http://jobs.oneworld.net/ads/index.cfm?job_id=681 Salary : £16,000 Location : Oxford, United Kingdom Closing Date : 29 Nov 2001 MALAWI: OXFAM GB SEEKS PROGRAMME REPRESENTATIVE Closing Date: November 23, 2001 Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4068 Contact: [log in to unmask] PROJECT ASSISTANT SOUGHT FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMENS MEDIA FOUNDATION (IWMF) Washington DC USA Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4066 Contact: [log in to unmask] ZIMBABWE: HIV/AIDS PROGRAMME SUPPORT AND TECHNICAL ADVISER CAFOD http://jobs.oneworld.net/ads/index.cfm?job_id=656 Salary : £21,479pa to £24,129 p.a. Location : Harare, Zimbabwe Closing Date : 14 Nov 2001 Posted on : 23 Oct 2001 /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 19.BOOKS AND ARTS ‘BREAK THE SILENCE’: A Unique Project In The Fight Against AIDS Among the visual arts, a considerable number of exhibitions dealing with the Aids crisis have been mounted in recent years, most particularly co-inciding with the HIV/Aids conference 2000, hosted in Durban. But despite efforts at reaching out, museums and galleries continue to attract only a small, art- interested sector of the South African population, and often not those most at risk of infection. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3964 CITIZENSHIP TODAY: Global Perspectives And Practices http://www.ceip.org/files/Publications/CitizenshipToday.asp T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Douglas Klusmeyer, editors. The forms, policies, and practices of citizenship are changing rapidly around the globe, and the meaning of these changes is the subject of deep dispute. Citizenship Today brings together leading experts in their field to define the core issues at stake in the citizenship debates. ECO-ECONOMY: BUILDING AN ECONOMY FOR THE EARTH Lester R. Brown http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/index.htm In 1543, Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus challenged the view that the Sun revolved around the earth, arguing instead that the earth revolved around the Sun. His paper led to a revolution in thinking-to a new worldview. Eco-Economy discusses the need today for a similar shift in our worldview. The issue now is whether the environment is part of the economy or the economy is part of the environment. Brown argues the latter, pointing out that treating the environment as part of the economy has produced an economy that is destroying its natural support systems. Download Eco-Economy for free. (Requires Adobe Acrobat). FIGHTING PATRIARCHIES AND POVERTY: Women And Power J. Townsend, E. Zapata, J. Rowlands, P. Alberti, M. Mercado. Reviewed by Bipasha Baruah. The authors of this book pursue a new definition of empowerment through a re- evaluation and deconstruction of the concept of power. They shed light upon how rural Mexican women negotiate power in their day-to-day lives. By documenting their challenges, opportunities and accomplishments, the authors demonstrate how poor women in developing countries are exploring new social, economic and political powers and transforming their lives in the process. Zed Books Limited, London (UK) and New York (USA). 1999. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3945 HIV/AIDS BILLBOARD/PORTFOLIO Artists for Human Rights are pleased to announce that the HIV/AIDS Billboard/Portfolio has now been completed and are being prepared for the exhibition program. This program is being launched on World AIDS Day,1st Dec 2001, at the Durban Art Gallery and the National Art Gallery, Cape Town. Further exhibitions will be held in South Africa, Botswana and Scotland with an exhibition at the Palais des Nation, Geneve, on the 8th July 2002. If interested in hosting the above exhibition please contact Artists for Human Rights. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3961 Contact: [log in to unmask] IDENTITY MANIA Fundamentalism And The Politicization Of Cultural Differences http://www.zedbooks.demon.co.uk/home.htm Thomas Meyer A critically important question confronts many countries in the post-Cold War epoch: are culturally determined political conflicts inevitable? While acknowledging people's need for identity, and that different cultures necessarily produce differentiated identities, Professor Meyer argues that difference only leads to intolerance and violence when politically ambitious leaderships exploit it. Fundamentalism is therefore essentially a political phenomenon that has occured in all civilizations, particularly in contemporary Europe and North America. In the present age of globalization, Meyer suggests that social crisis grows out of an exclusionary dynamic that marginalizes growing numbers of people. PbISBN 1 84277 063 2. IMAGES OF THE WORLD: GLOBALISATION AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-3025.html "The world is undergoing a global struggle between diversity and uniformity, cultural liberalism and fundamentalism, democracy and totalitarianism. A struggle about which aspects of each culture can and should be saved, and what aspects may be abandoned to make room for something new and enriching. The articles in this anthology approach these questions from different angles. This book is an edited selection of the dialogue that took place during Images of the World - a festival held in Copenhagen, Arhus, Odense, Aalborg and a number of small towns in Denmark during the months of August and September 2000. TANZANIA: COMMUNITY BASED DRAMA Two short community based plays were designed to sensitise the Barbaig community (a nomadic ethnic group in northern Tanzania) on the negative impact of female circumcision (FGM), domestic violence and the importance of sending girls to school. A 3 week creative session was held among The Friedrich Ebert Foundation, the Department of Fine & Performing Arts at the University of Dar es Salaam, along with HAWOCODE (Hanang Women's Counseling & Development Association) to produce the plays. The plays were performed and then discussed with the community. Key question asked after the performance: What positive alternative can be suggested to this cultural activity (FGM) rather than simply telling them it is bad and should be stopped? Contact Dr. Augustin Hatar. Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3947 Contact: [log in to unmask] THE INSTITUTE OF EQUITY, ECOLOGY, HUMOR AND ART http://www.ieeha.org/ The Institute of Equity, Ecology, Humor and Art creates innovative multimedia materials such as websites, video, computer games, music and educational material to promote social justice and environmental equity. THE PARADOX OF AFRICA'S POVERTY: The Role Of Indigenous Knowledge, Traditional Practices And Local Institutions http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-3196.html The Case of Ethiopia by Tirfe Mammo In this study, the author focuses on Ethiopia as a case study, to argue that the root cause of Africa's poverty lies in the neglect of the indigenous knowledge, traditional practices and local institutions of the continent's peoples. He further contends that this has been brought about either by external factors or set in by endogenous forces. To provide a remedy to the problem, the scholar proposes the putting in place of mechanisms through which the efforts of ordinary peoples and governments are combined to address the problem from its root causes. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 20.MEMBERS CORNER /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 21.LETTERS AND COMMENTS GOLDEN MUNYAKA I would like to subscribe to your newsletter. 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