Highway Africa News Agency

The European Union has set aside a total sum of 9.1 billion Euros for funding of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-based research on the continent through the EuroAfrica-ICT Strategic Partnership.

Prominent Ugandan Activist Victor Mukasa Joins IGLHRC
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) welcomes prominent Ugandan activist Victor Juliet Mukasa as our new Research and Policy Associate for the Horn, East, and Central Africa.

CALL FOR PAPERS: WID Working Papers Special Edition on *Sexual Violence and Conflict*

5th International Congress of the African Association of Physiological Sciences (AAPS).

Venue: CHIROMO CAMPUS, UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, KENYA

Dates: 27th July to 1st August 2008 Theme: Physiological Sciences and Development in Africa.

In this seventh 'Field notes' event held in conjunction with Human Rights Watch UK, frontline human rights defenders will discuss monitoring human rights violations in Nepal and Zimbabwe: their different personal experiences, methods of collecting and evaluating information and the ways in which

TANZANIA GENDER NETWORKING PROGRAMME (TGNP)

THE 6th NATIONAL TRAINING ON GENDER AND ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

FIRST GLOBAL FORUM ON HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH
KAMPALA, 2 - 7 MARCH 2008
The Global Health Workforce Alliance will convene the first-ever Global Forum on Human Resources for Health from 2-7 March 2008 in Kampala, Uganda.