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RSS FeedGlobal: Computer Aid International Cuba Cycle Challenge
2007-06-06
Cycle 350km across one of the most diverse and beautiful landscapes in the world, whilst helping Computer Aid International deliver vital IT education to communities in need....
Global: CIVICUS Participatory Governance Programme - Survey
2007-01-31
Interested in participatory governance - CIVICUS wants to hear from you! The CIVICUS Strengthening Participatory Governance (PG) Programme, is launching a new initiative which focuses on enhancing the capacity of southern civil society practitioners ...
Global: Civil society launch a global Decent Work campaign
2007-01-31
A worldwide campaign for Decent Work was launched in Nairobi, Kenya at the World Social Forum by the Decent Work Alliance and with the help of Wangari Maathai, Kenya's 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner. It aims to place Decent Work, a concept covering eq...
Kenya: Peace Caravan 2007
2007-01-24
Voluntary Youth Philanthropists (VYP) is a Kenyan based organization, with active regional networks that has been lobbying for good governance and youth participation since its inception in 2000. The theme for the Peace Camel Caravan 2007 is “Youth l...
Ethiopia: Fear of torture or ill-treatment
2007-01-24
Amnesty International's global Urgent Action network provides an effective and rapid means of preventing some of the most life-threatening human rights violations against individuals. Tilahun Ayalew (m), Anteneh Getnet (m), Meqcha Mengistu (m), all ...
Global: Solidarity with the People of Haiti!
Information about International Day in Solidarity with the People of Haiti (2007-01-11)
The United Nations forces in Haiti (MINUSTAH) – backed to the hilt by the US, France and Canada – are continuing their bloody assault on the poor majority, targeting especially leaders and supporters of the Lavalas grassroots democracy movement....
Africa: Aid Darfur
2007-01-04
Tens of thousands of people have been killed in Sudan's Darfur region. Over 200,000 have fled across the border to Chad. Millions more are homeless. Most are women and children, terrified while the fighting continues....
Global: Dirty aid, dirty water
2006-12-07
British aid money is being used to push water privatisation on poor countries -making it less likely that clean water will ever get to the poorest people. And while poor people lose out, a group of big UK companies are profiting from this aid....
Zimbabwe: Mission to Zimbabwe
African Solidarity Visit to Zimbabwe (2006-12-07)
We, the members of the African Solidarity team visiting Zimbabwe from seven African countries, express our strong support to all the citizens and civil society of Zimbabwe who are struggling to realize their fundamental human rights such as freedom o...
Africa: The UmNyango Project
2006-12-07
Rural women in KwaZulu Natal will be using mobile phones to report on violations of their human rights. The UmNyango Project, which is implementing this initiative, was established by Fahamu, a pan African organisation based in Cape Town, Nairobi, Da...
Global: Take back the tech!
2006-11-28
How many hours a day do you spend using some kind of ICT tool? Have you ever wondered how it connects with violence against women? Can things like mobile phones, webcams, blogs and videogames transform power relations between women and men?...
Global: Bushman case
2006-11-30
Judges in Botswana’s High Court will rule on 13 December on the landmark case brought by the Kalahari Bushmen against the Botswana government. The court will be open to journalists and members of the public. The Bushmen are fighting for their right t...
Global: Commission on the Status of Women
2006-11-30
The fifty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 26 February to 9 March 2007. In accordance with its multi-year programme of work for 2007-2009, the Commission will consider “The elimination of all forms of discri...
Global: 16 Days of Activism
2006-11-30
Domestic violence happens everywhere. It affects someone near you. At least 1 in 3 women has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. Usually, the abuser is a member of her own family or someone known to her. Get active aga...
Global: Call to end female circumcision
2006-11-30
At a conference on the subject in the Egyptian capital Cairo, the scholars said governments should enforce existing laws against the practice. Earlier, the top religious authorities in Egypt said religion offered no justification for the procedure....
Global: International Ambivalence on Darfur
2006-11-21
As the Sudanese government escalates attacks against civilians in Darfur, and as it reportedly reneges on a new compromise agreement for a hybrid peacekeeping force, Africa Action urges the U.S. and other members of the United Nations (UN) Security C...
Africa: African Gender Award
2006-11-22
The Pan-African Centre for Gender, Peace and Development, in conjunction with its partners, has instituted the African Gender Award as a way to encourage accountability on the parity decision and on the “Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Afric...
South Africa: Be Positive & Stay Negative
SLAM POETRY OPERATION TEAM (2006-11-22)
In recognition of the critical role that the literary, visual and performing artists can play in combating the spread of HIV\AIDS in the country and specifically in Kwazulu-Natal, which has escalating numbers of people living with HIV\AIDS, HIV\AIDS ...
South Africa: World AIDS Day
Press Statement: World AIDS Day Event Hosted By Slam Poetry Operation Team (2006-11-14)
In recognition of the critical role that the literary, visual and performing artists can play in combating the spread of HIV\AIDS in the country and specifically in Kwazulu-Natal, which has escalating numbers of people living with HIV\AIDS, HIV\AIDS ...
Global: Global Fund to Fight AIDS
2006-11-16
Global AIDS is the worst public health crisis that mankind has faced in 700 years, and no end to its escalation is in sight TB and malaria also kill millions annually. In 2001 Kofi Annan proposed a Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria,...
Global: 16 DAYS of activism against gender violence
2006-11-16
2006 marks the 16th anniversary of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign! Since 1991, the 16 Days campaign has worked to increase the visibility of violence against women as a human rights violation. The campaign has been utilized ...
Global: Elimination of Violence against Women
2006-11-16
By resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999, the General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and invited governments, international organizations and NGOs to organize activities designa...
Global: Day For Darfur Campaign
2006-11-01
On September 17 2006 tens of thousands of people around the world took part in the Global Day for Darfur to show world-wide support for the Darfuri people and to put pressure on our Governments to protect the civilians. The people of Darfur continue ...
Global: Food First Policy
2006-11-01
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently announced a joint $150 million Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), provoking immediate criticisms that the proposal fails to take into account the failures of t...
Global: Campaign to Cancel Africa's Debt
2006-10-24
Nearly one year after her election to the presidency of Liberia marked an historic return to democratic rule after years of civil war in that country, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf visited Washington, DC from October 16-18, and petitioned for U.S. support of...
Global: President of Botswana in New York to promote diamonds
2006-10-10
President Mogae of Botswana is due in New York tomorrow to promote his country’s diamonds, amid increasing concern over the eviction of the Bushmen from the Central Kalahari. The president’s visit comes only weeks after the Bushmen wrote to Leonardo ...
Global: Make Your Pledge to Fight Poverty
2006-10-11
Global Call for Action against Poverty (GCAP) campaigners are uniting in solidarity for a global Month of Action from the 16 September to 17 October 2006.The South African NGO Coalition (SANGOCO) is a leading member of the SA GCAP, joining millions o...
Global: Recognizing Africa’s Importance to the US
2006-10-11
As the November 2006 Congressional elections approach, observers predict that the balance of power between the political parties may hinge on foreign policy issues, such as the war in Iraq. However, while African issues have not yet figured prominent...
South Africa: By-law on Streets, Public Places and Prevention of Nuisances
On behalf of the Task team NGO Task Team Members (2006-10-12)
17th October 2006 is International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. It is also the day when the Mayoral Committee will discuss the By-law on Streets, Public Places and Prevention of Nuisances. The NGO Task Team will take the opportunity to highlig...
Global: Joint NGO Statement on girls in armed conflict
Joint NGO Statement on girls in armed conflict (2006-10-05)
We would like to draw the attention of this Council to strengthen measures to ensure comprehensive protection of rights of the girl child in armed conflict. Today, in every continent, wherever there is conflict, children are disproportionately affect...
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