South Africa: Social justice organisations hit back at ANC claims that conference was a plot

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Nov 04, 2010

'The Civil Society Conference held on 27-28 October 2010 will hopefully come to be seen as a historic turning point in South Africa. It may mark the revival of co-ordinated community based activism that aims to achieve social justice and better the lives of the poor in South Africa. It was attended by more than 50 independent organisations that believe in social justice and that fight for it every day. Civil society is therefore taken aback by attacks on the motives of the conference emanatin...read more

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Sierra Leone: Call for researcher to do a study on ecological debt

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Nov 04, 2010

AFRODAD will in 2010 produce three reports on ecological debt, binding together debt, climate change and extractive industries. The objective of the research is to deepen the understanding of the concept of ecological debt. The research will help to define a conceptual framework that can help develop policy recommendations to be used in advocacy activities. Specifically the research will seek to establish the magnitude of ecological debt in Africa and recommend key policy areas for advocacy.

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South Africa: Programs Coordinator

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Nov 04, 2010

Children of South Africa (CHOSA) is a small funding NGO that is looking for a full-time Programs Coordinator with progressive politics who speaks fluent isiXhosa. This person should understand grassroots and community-led development as well as be anti-authoritarian in his/her socio-political outlook.

South Africa

Voices from the Continent

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Nov 04, 2010

The Harvard Africa Policy Journal is the leading scholarly journal in the United States dedicated to African policy. A call for papers has been issued for this year's theme, 'From the Heart of Africa'.

Zambia: Challenge to retain teachers

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Nov 03, 2010

Zambia's efforts to strengthen its education system will come to little if no way is found to retain skilled teachers like Caroline Chisenga. She is a maths teacher with ten years of experience under her belt. She has recently upgraded her teaching qualifications with a full degree. But she has one eye on leaving the country in search of higher pay.

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Sudan: Call for end to continuing repression of Darfur activists

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Nov 03, 2010

The Sudanese government should charge or release Darfuri activists arrested between 30 October and 1 November 2010 by national security agents in Khartoum, Human Rights Watch has said. The arrests underscore the government's continued use of repressive laws to target human rights defenders from Darfur and to restrict information about the ongoing abuses there, Human Rights Watch said.

South Africa: Social grants, entrepeneurship and investing in the future

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Nov 03, 2010

There are many myths around the abuse of social grants. In his article 'Social grants: Going beyond basic needs' David Neves from the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies shows how social grants not only provide a safety net, but also act as a spring board for all sorts of other unseen opportunities, including small-scale entrepeneurship. Grants are often invested in the future, in ways that meet the needs and constraints of the poor - often either in building or upgrading housing...read more

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Research Associate

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Nov 01, 2010

AWID is currently seeking an activist/researcher with a strong background in economics and development to work with our Influencing Development Actors and Practices for Women’s Rights (IDeA) strategic initiative. IDeA is engaged in an exciting action-research agenda that is attempting to connect theoretical debates on development and the need for alternative models with concrete experiences, lessons learned and analysis from a women’s rights perspective.

Legal Research Panel

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Nov 01, 2010

The overall purpose of this consultancy is:
- To assist INTERIGHTS’ lawyers through in depth legal research on complex or emerging legal issues arising principally, but not exclusively, in our litigation;
- To provide research and analysis of the highest quality, with links to relevant laws, cases and articles;
- To provide high quality written documents in agreed specialist area.
Panellists do not need to be resident in the United Kingdom, as the work would be conduct...read more

Africa: Israel considers deporting African migrants

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Nov 01, 2010

Israel is trying to find ways of repatriating or relocating African migrant workers whose illegal influx via Egypt is alarming authorities, a senior government official has said. Thousands of Africans, many of them from conflict zones such as Sudan and Eritrea, have slipped in across Egypt's Sinai desert in recent years to seek work or claim asylum as refugees.

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