OneWorld.net - International Partner News - November 2001

Dear Friends,

A warm welcome to all new subscribers to OneWorld International Partner News
and thanks to all those who forwarded the last newsletter to your contacts.

OneWorld International Partner News highlights the top stories from the
OneWorld community as selected by our regional centers in Africa, Austria,
Italy, Finland, Latin America, the Netherlands, Spain, South Asia, the
United States and the UK.

This is a read-only newsletter so please address any comments about the
newsletter directly to me.

If you would like to subscribe to it, email [email protected] with the
following text in the body of the message:
subscribe partnernews_international

Dale Chadwick, OneWorld International Partnership Manager

*****IN THIS ISSUE*****

UPCOMING AT ONEWORLD INTERNATIONAL
FROM THE ONEWORLD CENTERS
ONLINE EVENTS
EVENTS
GRANTS
PUBLICATIONS
TRAVEL TIPS
WEB AND EMAIL RESOURCES

****ONEWORLD PARTNERSHIP INFORMATION****

ONEWORLD ON YAHOO!
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/wl/oneworld/?u

OneWorld stories are now live on YAHOO!. Please visit
the URL: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/wl/oneworld/?u

This new public platform allows OneWorld to better amplify the
voices of our partners and the world's marginalised peoples.
Early indicators from some of the partners who have been
highlighted, the results are extremely positive.

We have produced an FAQ at http://www.oneworld.net/yahoo/, which
should answer most of your questions. Next month we will be able to
paint a much clearer picture of the quantifiable benefits to the
OneWorld partnership.

If you have any comments, note any broken links, or wish to comment
on issues about the look, design or feel, please feed them back to:
[email protected]

PARTNERS, REMEMBER TO PUT ONEWORLD ON YOUR MAILING LIST:
[email protected]

DOES YOUR ORGANIZATION PRODUCE AUDIO FILES OR RADIO PROGRAMS?
Contact [email protected]
OneWorld is busy preparing a radio exchange network. If someone in
your organization is involved with producing radio programs or
audio files for the web please contact Jackie Davies.

IS YOUR ORGANIZATION LOOKING FOR PEOPLE?
VOLUNTEERS: http://jobs.oneworld.net/unpaid/
PAID STAFF: http://jobs.oneworld.net/
Partners advertise for volunteers or jobs for free at OneWorld.

*****UPCOMING AT ONEWORLD*****

TRAINING MATERIALS RELATED TO ICTs.
Contact [email protected]
OneWorld in conjunction with APC, BELLANET IICD,INASP and IISD is
producing a single source on the web containing a selection of the
best and most relevant computer and Internet training resources for
development and social change. ItrainOnline will be launched
November 22 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

PARTNERSHIP SURVEY
Contact [email protected]
In the coming year, OneWorld, through it centers, will be
conducting a survey of its partnership to determine if ICT is more
than just a tool. The final report will be available publicly April
2002.

*****FROM THE ONEWORLD CENTERS*****

ONEWORLD SPAIN
http://www.oneworld.net/es/
OneWorld Spain won recently the special mention on Internet of
Premis de Comunicaci? i Benestar Social of Barcelona City Hall.
This prize recognises OneWorld Spain "for the high quality of
OneWorld in contents and technical resources, as well as for the
leadership from Barcelona to spread news on development and NGO
issues in Catalan and Spanish through an international network".
OneWorld Spain wants to share this prize with all the international
partners of the network, and especially with those that are based
in Spain.

ONEWORLD LATIN AMERICA
http://www.oneworld.net/latinamerica/
On September 26- October 8, OneWorld Latin America visited
more than 90 organizations in Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador,
Nicaragua and Honduras. The sessions also included a reflection
on the experience of organizations incorporating the internet into
their communications strategies. A copy of the findings is
available in Spanish at:
http://www.acceso.or.cr/internet/vocesgira2001.shtml

*****FROM ONEWORLD PARTNERS*****

*****ONLINE CAMPAIGNS*****

PROTEST KORES INDIA SELLING “ERAZEX” - IT HURTS STREET CHILDREN
http://www.potterhouses.org/campaign.html
Potters House Trust has an online petition campaign on inhalant
abuse amongst street children in India. It urges Kores India Ltd
immediately cease the sales and distribution of its' diluter
"Erazex," a chemical that can be very harmful to children, and
support rehabilitation and detoxification programs for street
children.

PROTEST SRI LANKA GOVERNMENT BODY PROCLAIMING “HOMOSEXUALITY IS
GROSS INDECENCY”
http://www.companionsonajourney.com/natpress.htm
In Sri Lanka, homosexuality is an offense. Any person found guilty
shall be punished with imprisonment, fine or both. The
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, in
solidarity with Companions on a Journey and in cooperation with the
Asian Human Rights Commission, calls for letters of protest against
a decision by which a government body proclaimed lesbianism "an act
of gross indecency," "unnatural," and "an act of sadism and
salacious."

STOP THE WAR WITH 12 POINTS
http://www.whrnet.org/12points.html
Women's Human Rights Net wants civil society worldwide to protest
the war, rebuild a fair society in Afghanistan and support Women's Human
Rights.
The Twelve Points were developed in exchanges among several women's
human rights activists in New York, Asia and Latin America following
the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
They are intended to suggest alternatives to military action
and the cycle of violence, destruction and death.
Please use these suggestions in whatever way you find helpful.

DENOUNCE IMF BEHAVIOUR IN NICARAGUA
http://www.s-j-c.net/NicaraguaOct2001.htm
The Social Justice Committee asks people to express their dismay
that the IMF has stopped the debt relief programme for Nicaragua in
the midst of a crisis. Flooding, drought and hunger have hit the
country this year but still the IMF has suspended debt relief.
Write or e-mail your IMF representative and demand immediate
restoration of debt relief for Nicaragua.

ACTION FOR FAIRER TRADE RULES
http://www.aefjn.org/english/actions/wto_0110.htm
Contact your government; the World Trade Organisation and European
Union, to demand fairer trade rules for developing countries. Join
the Africa-Europe Faith and Justice Network's letter writing
campaign and state your concerns.

STOP FAST TRACK ACTION IN THE US
http://www.j2000usa.org/fasttrackalert.htm
Fast Track is designed to speed through Congress trade agreements,
similar to the IMF structural adjustment programs that hurt
the poor and create more debt. Join Jubilee campaigners and call
your Congress member to express your opposition.

TAKE ACTION ON GLOBAL RULES
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/e-campaigns/cut2.html
Email the UK government for reform of global trade rules in the
run up to the WTO meeting in Qatar. State your concern about Trade
Related Intellectual Property agreements (TRIPs).

*****EVENTS*****

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: HUMAN RIGHTS DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSES
http://hrea.org/courses/
Human Rights Education Associates is accepting applications for their
two free courses, Research and Evaluation in the Human Rights Field
(January 7-April 5 2002) and Human Rights Advocacy (February 4-May 3, 2002).

Space is limited to 25 participants per course. The application deadline is
Nov. 7.

GLOBAL CONGRESS OF CITIZENS NETWORKS
http://www.globalcn2001.org
The Global CN congress to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, between
December 5 and 7, 2001, is the annual meeting of the community networks
from all over the world, as well as of people from different sectors
interested
in their promotion. The event will gather members of the community,
governmental,
political, academic, and business sectors involved in the promotion of these
citizen
networks, around a clear theme: "Renewing communities in the Digital Era".

OXFORD, UK. CHANGING EXPECTATIONS? THE CONCEPT AND PRACTICE OF
CIVIL SOCIETY IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CONTACT: Ceri Angood, [email protected]
Between the 13-15 December 2001, the International NGO Training and
Research Centre’s (INTRAC) aim is to evaluate and appraise the
different approaches to supporting, building and reinforcing civil
society in light of the events of 11 September and the world’s
subsequent reactions provoke changing expectations of approaches
to civil society.
Keynote speakers: Clare Short - Minister for Development, DFID, and
Dr Rajesh Tandon - Director of PRIA

BANGALORE, INDIA, ICTs AND DEVELOPMENT
http://is.lse.ac.uk/ifipwg94/
The conference May 29-31 2002 is organized by IFIP Working Group
9.4. Past conferences have produced the key reference texts on
information systems and development. They are currently looking for
papers focusing on New Opportunities, Perspectives & Challenges in
the field of ICTs and development.

MEXICO: RE_INVENT GLOBALISATION TO FURTHER THE RIGHTS OF ALL WOMEN
http://www.awid.org/forum/ or e-mail [email protected].
The 9th international AWID Forum, 3-6 October 2002 in Guadalajara,
Mexico will take an innovative approach to this central question.
We'll go beyond the all too familiar critique of globalization to
examine what we really see as alternatives and how we translate
these alternative visions into realities.

****PUBLICATIONS*****

YOUNG MEN & HIV: CULTURE, POVERTY & SEXUAL RISK
http://www.panos.org.uk/
This new report, jointly published by Panos and UNAIDS, argues for
the need to target young men in the ongoing battle against HIV/AIDS.
The Report is now available online at http://www.panos.org.uk and can
be downloaded as a PDF file. Printed copies are available free
to the media and to resource-poor NGO's - contact [email protected]
to order free copies. Copies otherwise available for £5.00 -
contact [email protected]

THE SELFISH ALTRUIST: RELIEF WORK IN FAMINE AND WAR
http://www.earthscan.co.uk/asp/bookdetails.asp?key=3340
For over twenty years Tony Vaux worked as an aid worker for Oxfam
- giving aid to some of the most horrific disaster zones from
Afghanistan to Kosovo. The Selfish Altruist is a compelling
first-hand account of the dilemmas faced by relief workers and
gives a deep and rich understanding of humanitarian motives
and the work aid workers encounter.

*****SITE SPOTLIGHTS*****

A CLICK FOR WATER AID
http://www.givewater.org
Thames Water have set up a website associated with Water Aid and
will donate £50,000 (which will provide safe drinking water for
Life to 6,000 people in Africa and Asia) if they have 2,000,000
visitors to the site in the next 12 weeks. It only takes a few
seconds to visit the site. Currently more than 1.3 million people
have given their support.

IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON URBAN AREAS
http://www.tve.org/lifeonline/archive/index.html
The site, Lifeonline, is a multimedia initiative about the impact
of Globalization. There are weekly features and a great archive
filled with touching urban and SD issues from all over the world.

REBUILDING THE AMERICAN DREAM
http://www.accionnewyork.org/events.asp#82
ACCION New York, a leading micro lending organization, has launched
the American Dream Fund to provide desperately needed loans to
small business owners who have lost 50% or more of their clients
or contracts as a result of the attack who are scrambling to keep
their businesses alive. Many of the estimated 17,000 cab drivers,
street vendors and kiosk owners do not have a financial safety net.

AN AFGHANS REACTION TO CURRENT BOMBARDMENT
http://www.doccentre.org/TOD/afghanistan_today.htm
Is war the only way to retaliate against injustice? In the first
place, one needs to understand that people of Afghanistan are
already the most deprived lot. Should violence be the weapon for
pursuing peace and harmony?

INTERNATIONAL LEARNING INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION
http://www.pdhre.org/ilihre.html
PDHRE, People's Movement for Human Rights Education is in the process of
establishing an international learning institution that will conduct
workshops
with human rights educators and community leaders from around the world.
If your organization is interested in participating in this process, please
email [email protected].

NEW HOPE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
http://ecoethics.net/HSEV/2001-2002/index.htm
Since governments have failed to reach any agreement to protect the
environment, Tufts University, Harvard University, Yale University and
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are partnering to convene
a joint Climate Talks Project. This project is designed as a multi-year
collaboration between these universities to foster and sustain public
discussion of global climate issues, problems and concrete solutions.

*****GRANTS*****

UNDP PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS - DEADLINE 30 NOVEMBER
http://www.undp.org/pppue or send an e-mail to [email protected]
UNDP's Bureau for Development Policy is launching the second phase
of the Public-Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment
facility (PPPUE). At the core of the newly designed programme
is a new grant facility, which awards pioneering PPP projects and
policies with Innovative Partnership Grants. UNDP now invites
project proposals for this groundbreaking initiative.

CITIZEN BASE AWARD- LOCAL RESOURCES - South Africa- Rand 50,000
http://www.citizenbase.org/awards.html
OneWorld partner Sangonet will provide free passes to a two-day IT
training course as part of citizen base awards. South African
NGOs are invited to propose strategies, which are replicable,
innovative and feasible and demonstrate the ability to generate
resources and mobilise citizen support. This is an international
award that has already been held in Brazil, Thailand, Bangladesh
and India; and is currently running in Argentina.

*****TRAVEL TIPS*****

STAYING IN GENEVA
http://www.mandint.org/english/ccadonge.htm
The Welcome Centre for Non-Governmental Organisations and
Delegations aims at encouraging the participation of
non-governmental delegates at international conferences held in
Geneva and creating a place of meeting and exchange between
delegates of different geographical regions and working in
different fields.

*****WEB & EMAIL RESOURCES*****

GUIDE TO ENCRYPTION SOFTWARE FOR ACTIVISTS
http://netaction.org/encrypt/
Since many organizations are not familiar with encryption software,
and consequently not using it when perhaps they should be,
NetAction has prepared a guide that focuses on its use in the
context of Internet activism.

TOOLKIT: SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH DOCUMENTARIES (Not Free)
http://www.mediarights.org/toolkit/
Your documentary can move audiences to take action for social
change. The Outreach Toolkit shows you how. The Toolkit includes an
interactive budget, resource binder, case studies, sample funded
proposals, interactive worksheets, exclusive bulletin board, and
phone consultation. Presented by MediaRights.org and the
Association of Independent Video and Film (AIVF).
DISCOUNT for AIVF, IFP and FAF members.