GW Elliott School of International Affairs will award three fellowships to mid-career professionals from AFRICA, Eastern Europe, Russia, the former Soviet Republics, South Asia and Latin America to pursue the Master of International Policy and Practice program during the 2002-2003 academic year.

Following the tabling in parliament last week of a special report on the University of Zimbabwe, there have been serious complaints that the investigating committee presented a highly distorted report to the House.

Many children around the world experienced violence and discrimination as a regular part of their school experience, reports Human Rights Watch. In some cases, school officials participated in acts of intolerance, ostracization, and violence directed at particular youth because of their gender, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, social group, or other status. In others, authorities failed to intervene to protect students from harassment and attacks by their classmates.

infoDev is pleased to announce the next review of proposals for funding in Spring 2002. These are core program grants and do not include Country Gateway, E Readiness or iCSF grants. We will be reviewing all proposals received since the last round of reviews in June 2001. The deadline to submit a proposal will be February 1, 2002. Final decisions will be posted on the website by March 15, 2002.