---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 17:33:46 -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 43 - GLOBALISATION: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE ---------- From: [log in to unmask] Reply-To: [log in to unmask] Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:23:02 -0600 (CST) To: [log in to unmask] Subject: KABISSA-FAHAMU-SANGONET NEWSLETTER 43 - GLOBALISATION: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE KABISSA-FAHAMU-SANGONET NEWSLETTER 43 * 7901 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. Women and Gender, 8. 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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 Contact: [log in to unmask] /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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 Contact: [log in to unmask] 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. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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 /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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." /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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 /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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". Contact: [log in to unmask] 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 /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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] /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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] /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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] /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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. /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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] /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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 Contact: [log in to unmask] 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. 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