Outcomes Based Governance

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Jun 11, 2001

Bringing together South African academics, politicians and civil service practitioners with international experts in the field of public and development management to deliberate on governance with a view to assessing the results of the outcomes-based approach, as well as to inform the academic community of challenges in assessing the performance of such an approach.

Travelling Workshops for African University

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Jun 11, 2001

Although online access to the Internet has recently been introduced in many African universities, librarians in those universities often feel inadequately trained in its use. This is a programme of 'travelling' workshops on Internet use for staff in nine university library systems in Africa.

Tools for Community Participation

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Jun 11, 2001

Description of an approach to community participation that has worked for thousands of trainers in dozens of countries.

Children first? Revising child-centred interventions

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Jun 11, 2001

Since 1979, International Year of the Child, the protection of children involved in war and adverse situations has become an international priority for rights activists and policymakers. How can children living in different cultures and countries best be helped?

A child’s best interests?

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Jun 11, 2001

The best interests of the child are served when the mother and the father are involved in their upbringing. Changing family roles, however, are influencing the socialisation of children. Why then, is consideration of the roles that men play often absent from development programmes targeting children?

OneWorld Weekly Volunteers List

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Jun 04, 2001

The latest opportunities from OneWorld Volunteers www.oneworld.net/volunteers - the place on the internet for volunteering posts in sustainable development, environment and human rights. For all the latest news and information from the OneWorld network of organisations working for global justice worldwide visit www.oneworld.net.

Africa ActionAid Regional Director

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Jun 04, 2001

Job Title:Regional Director, Africa -- ActionAid; Location:Harare; Closing Date for Applications: 15 July 2001; Contact Details:For further information on ActionAid and the Africa Director post, see www.actionaid.org CVs with covering letter and names of two referees should be emailed to [email protected] Ref. 0105-01
ActionAid is looking for a visionary individual to lead ActionAid in the Africa re...read more

Bram Fischer Visiting Professorship in Human Rights

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Jun 04, 2001

Job Title: Bram Fischer Visiting Professorship in Human Rights; Location: Wits Law School, University of Witwatersand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Contact:Professor Skeen, Head School of Law, Tel (011) 717-8411. The Bram Fischer Visiting Professorship represents a major new endowment in the School of Law, University of Witwatersrand. Named for a leading human rights advocate, the Visiting Professorship is intended to advance a tradition of advocacy and scholarship in human rights that will ...read more

Idealist: Online job-matching and series of nonprofit career fairs

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Jun 04, 2001

To complement the online job-matching we do at Idealist, we recently launched a series of nonprofit career fairs where organizations and nonprofit job-seekers can meet face-to-face. The first cycle of fairs, in March and April of this year, drew 500 organizations and 4,200 job seekers in nine cities across the United States, and we are now opening the next cycle for registration.

Legal Advisors (UK and International), Project Director and Project Coordinator at REDRESS

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Jun 04, 2001

REDRESS, the innovative and proactive human rights charity which assists torture survivors to obtain justice and reparation worldwide is now looking for experienced and committed individuals to fulfil a number of challenging posts, based in London. Closing date for all positions: 20th June 2001 Contact Details: Bill Dishington, Administration and IT Manager REDRESS, 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR Tel : +44 (0)20 7278 9502; Fax : +44 (0)20 7278 9410

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