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Subject: KABISSA-FAHAMU-SANGONET NEWSLETTER 37 - WORLD CONFLICT: WORLD
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1.EDITORIAL

WORLD CONFLICT: WORLD VICTIMS
Kate Prendergast, Fahamu
As the US and the UK launch bombs on Afghanistan, the victims of terror will
now extend far beyond New York City, to innocent people in Afghanistan and
beyond. Even before the western bombs began to fall, in a report published
last week the World Bank warned that the victims of the September 11 attacks
in the US will extend to millions across the world, and in particular to
Africa. The report says that the effects of those events alone will sharply
hit economic growth in developing countries next year, condemning millions
more people to live in poverty, and hampering the fight against childhood
diseases, malnutrition and death.

In the words of World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn: "We estimate that
tens of thousands more children will die worldwide and some 10 million more
people are likely to be living below the poverty line of $1 a day because of
the terrorist attacks. This is simply from loss of income. Many, many more
people will be thrown into poverty if development strategies are disrupted."

While recent reports from the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD) sent mixed messages about the ability of African
countries to weather the impending global recession as against its ability
to make longer term gains against poverty, after recent events there is now
little doubt that global trade will be severely damaged, with its inevitable
knock on effects for developing economies. In particular, the World Bank
report notes, countries especially dependent on commodities, like many in
Africa, are likely to be particularly hard hit by the severity of a downturn
in global trade. The Bank estimates that Africa will now see possible
increases in poverty of 2-3 million people as a result of lower growth and
incomes, and a further 2 million people may be condemned to living below $1
a day. About half the additional 20,000-40,000 children worldwide estimated
to die because of the US attacks, are also likely to be in Africa.

It is only inevitable now that the numbers of these appalling statistics
will be added to as a result of the US decision to begin a war in
Afghanistan and perhaps beyond, with the resulting destabilisation of global
politics, the increased suffering of Afghan refugees and war casualties, and
the loss of perspective and focus for many civil society initiatives.

The events of September 11 and beyond have, however only exacerbated
deep-seated trends. As UNCTAD point out, economic growth alone is simply not
going to deliver the prosperity that Africa needs. More fundamentally, there
needs to be a complete restructuring of global trading terms if the Least
Developed Countries (LDCs) of the world are to escape the chronic poverty
trap; a restructuring that Western countries have so far successfully
resisted. Over the past 50 years, average tariffs in Western markets on
manufactured goods have fallen from 40 percent to 4 percent. But for
agricultural products – the backbone of the exports of LDCs – tariffs have
remained at 40-50 percent. LDC’s were promised greater access to Western
markets during the last round of trade talks in Seattle in 1999; but this
has so far failed to materialise. As a result, the effects of the current
global destabilisation and recession will hit the poor far harder than they
will the rich.

The fourth World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference is scheduled to
be held in Doha, Qatar, from 9-13 November. It is vital that this meeting
goes ahead, and that it provides a venue for Western leaders to demonstrate
that the political will exists to finally begin to organise global trade in
a more equitable way. The LDCs, who met in Zanzibar in August, are demanding
a 'New Deal' on trade, and greater access within the WTO itself in order to
argue their case for fairer trading terms. As a result of the likely effects
of world events on developing economies, even the World Bank has called for
the trading round at the WTO this November to go ahead, and to be a
“development round” motivated primarily by a desire to use trade as a tool
for poverty reduction and development.

But it remains to be seen how Bush, Blair et al will respond to the
impending disaster for millions in poverty across the globe. Before the West
’s ‘counter offensive against terror’, it just seemed possible that the
tragic events of September 11 could have been the wake-up call so
desperately needed for a more equitable approach towards death by poverty,
displacement and recession that afflict so many in developing countries.
While it is still possible that the promises made at Genoa, and more
recently by Blair for a “Marshall Plan” for Africa – and elsewhere – are
honoured, the danger is that, as is usually the case, western leaders dig
themselves deeper into the bunker than ever before, and in the name of
‘justice’, preside over a dangerous global destabilisation while continuing
to block initiatives that would prevent further suffering and further
victims of such destabilisation across the world.

Poverty To Rise in Wake Of Terrorist Attacks in US
http://www.worldbank.org/developmentnews/stories/html/100101a.htm
Economic Development in Africa: Performances, Prospects and Policy Issues
http://www.unctad.org/en/pub/pogdsafricad1.en.htm
'Promises No Longer Enough' Say Countries Seeking Fair Trade
http://www.gemininewsservice.com/default.asp?content=articlesmp&id=314
Is the WTO serious about reducing world poverty?
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/policy/papers/doha.html
Africa 'brushed aside' by WTO draft
http://www.attac.org/nonewround/doc/doc02.htm
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2.CONFLICT, EMERGENCIES, AND CRISES

A GLOBAL MARSHALL PLAN TO FIGHT TERRORISM
The United States and the other industrial nations should launch a global
Marshall Plan to provide everyone on earth with a decent standard of living,
argue the Worldwatch Institute.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3283

ANGOLA'S WEALTH: STORIES OF WAR AND NEGLECT
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/policy/papers/angola.html
After more than three decades of war, the humanitarian situation in Angola
is catastrophic. Yet with Angola's resources in oil and diamonds, it could
be one of the richest countries in the developing world. Read Oxfam's latest
in-depth briefing on the country's troubles.

ANGOLA: UNITA KILLS 80 IN DIAMOND ZONE
Angolan rebels have gunned down more than 80 diamond diggers in an attack in
the
gem-rich northeast of the country.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3373

BURUNDI: EXILED HUTU LEADER READY TO RETURN HOME
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/burundi/20011008b.phtml
A leading exiled Hutu politician, Jean Minani, has said over Gabon's Africa
No 1 radio that he is ready to return home before the full establishment of
a special protection unit for him and his colleagues.

BURUNDI: PRO-HUTU G7 LAYS CONDITIONS FOR NEW GOVERNMENT
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/burundi/20011008.phtml
A group of seven pro-Hutu parties have laid down a 10-point plan they say
must be adopted before a transitional government can be set up in Burundi as
scheduled on 1 November, Radio Burundi reported.

DRC: PROPOSED TALKS WILL END CONFLICT
http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/oct01/13_45_047.html
The 60 million people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are
desperately hoping that the upcoming inter-Congolese peace talks will mark
the beginning of the end of their country's ruinous three-year civil war.

ETHIOPIA: BUSH TELEPHONES MELES
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/hornfp.phtml
The United States wants further talks with Ethiopia "on concrete actions and
cooperation" in the war against terrorism, AFP quoted a White House
spokesman, Ari Fleisher, saying on 5 October.

IS BIN LADEN WINNING THE PROPAGANDA WAR?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,565904,00.html
The United States and Britain have not merely begun a war with Afghanistan's
regime. Despite their predictions of a lengthy struggle, they have also
begun a deadly race against time. The race for "victory" is lent added
impetus by fears that the supporting coalition may fall apart. Yesterday's
riots in Pakistan, and unrest in other Muslim and Arab countries, may be
only a foretaste of a more fundamental turbulence if the conflict proves
protracted and intractable. But of all the time pressures facing Washington
and its allies, the daily, upward advancement of Bin Laden towards folk-hero
status in the Muslim world is perhaps the most alarming.

SOUTH AFRICA SILENT ON US STRIKES
African Reaction Mixed
http://allafrica.com/stories/200110090084.html
The SA Government was the only sub-Saharan African country to be contacted
after the first US bombs fell in Afghanistan, but it has remained
tightlipped about its view of the US strikes.

SUDAN: KHARTOUM 'FED UP' WITH PEACE TALKS
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/sudan/20011008b.phtml
The Sudanese government has warned that it could pull out of the peace
negotiations sponsored by the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
(IGAD) if progress is not made at the next round of talks, news agencies
reported on Saturday.

SUDAN: KHARTOUM CALLS FOR END OF STRIKES ON AFGHANISTAN
http://allafrica.com/stories/200110090230.html
The Sudanese government has criticised the US-led air strikes against
targets in Afghanistan, news agencies reported on Monday.

SUDAN: UN DECRIES BOMB ATTACK ON RELIEF CENTRE
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/sudan/20011008.phtml
The World Food Programme (WFP) on Sunday expressed grave concern over two
days of heavy bombing on an area used as a site for the distribution of
relief food in southern Sudan.

THE WEST IGNORES WIDER RESENTMENT AT ITS PERIL
http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,565983,00.html
Few Arabs share Bin Laden's fundamentalism, but his militancy on Palestine
and Iraq strike a chord that resonates widely.

UGANDA: ENVOY EMPHASISES STRONG OPPOSITION TO TERRORISM
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/uganda/20011005a.phtml
A sustained campaign of terrorism over the past 15 years had had a very
negative effect on Uganda, preventing it from surpassing an average gross
domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 6.5 per cent, Ugandan envoy Fred
Byendeza told a UN General Assembly debate on international terrorism on
Thursday, 4 October.

US AFGHANISTAN STRIKES IN AFRICAN PRESS
http://allafrica.com/stories/200110080064.html
Several African publications reported on the US strikes against Taliban
targets. "Bush urged patience with what he has warned will be a lengthy
campaign," said Uganda's New Vision. Nigeria's Guardian reported that
President Bush called President Obasanjo to brief him on why the United
States resorted to military action.

WEST AFRICA: ABOUT 350,000 AFFECTED BY FLOODS IN CHAD AND GUINEA
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/wa/countrystories/other/20011008.phtml
Floods caused by heavy rains have affected over 350,000 people in two West
African nations, prompting their governments to call for international help.

WEST AFRICA: ANNAN WELCOMES PROPOSED MANO RIVER SUMMIT
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/wa/countrystories/other/20011008a.phtml
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Friday that he was pleased at recent
progress made by officials from Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia towards
restoring peace to the Mano River Union (MRU), which comprises the three
countries.

ZIMBABAWE: 'STARVATION' COULD STRIKE IN 2002
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=2764
Observers are growing increasingly anxious about food shortages in Zimbabwe,
and some now say that preventing starvation next year in the country will
require external help.

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3.RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY

CONGO: CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM BEFORE YEAR'S END
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/congo/20011008b.phtml
A referendum on a new constitution will be held before the end of the year
and political leaders feel it will lay the foundation for a more stable
democracy, AFP reported on Friday.

DEMOCRACY NETWORKS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
World Movement For Democracy
http://www.wmd.org/mena/mena.html
The World Movement Web site has launched a new section for the Middle East
and North Africa. The section provides links to existing networks in the
Middle East and North Africa region, including the Middle East Network for
Democracy (MEND), which emerged from the Second Assembly of the World
Movement in Sao Paulo last November. It also includes information about
organizations participating in the World Movement in the region,
participants' activities and projects, publication and research materials,
potential funding sources, and useful links.

KENYA: MOI BLAMES LOCAL OFFICIALS FOR ETHNIC CLASHES
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/kenya/20011005.phtml
President Daniel arap Moi has blamed Kenya's provincial administrators' poor
performance of their duties for ethnic clashes in parts of the country.

KENYAN POLICE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1581000/1581044.stm
The Kenyan police force came under the spotlight in the local press this
week after six prisoners were found beaten to death in police cells in
Thika, northeast of the capital, Nairobi.

MAKING THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT A REALITY
Human Rights Watch
On October 3, the Central African Republic became the forty-first country to
ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. We are now over
two thirds of the way towards the 60 ratifications required to make the
court a reality. The International Criminal Court will complement existing
national judicial systems. It will be a permanent tribunal that will
investigate and prosecute those individuals accused of crimes against
humanity, genocide, and crimes of war.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3305

RWANDA: ELECTIONS MAY SPEED GENOCIDE TRIALS
But New System Lacks Guarantees Of Rights
http://www.hrw.org/press/2001/10/rwanda1004.htm
The election of more than 200,000 judges in Rwanda offers hope of speeding
up trials resulting from the 1994 genocide, Human Rights Watch said. But the
innovative judicial system, called “gacaca,” may be subject to political
pressures and lacks some basic internationally recognized safeguards, such
as the right to legal counsel.

SUDAN: POOR TREATMENT OF POLITICAL PRISONERS ALLEGED
http://allafrica.com/stories/200110050383.html
The wife of detained opposition leader Hasan al-Turabi has complained to
visiting UN human rights envoy Gerhard Baum that Turabi and other detainees
were being mistreated in prison.

SWAZILAND: ARREST OF YOUTH CONGRESS MEMBERS CONDEMNED
http://www.theguardian.co.sz/national.asp?TheDate=10/9/01#3
The South African Communist Party has condemned the arrest of five executive
members of the Swaziland Youth Congress, who could be charged with sedition.

UGANDA: DON’T LIMIT SPACE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY
The human rights group, Human Rights Watch, in a briefing paper, has called
on the Ugandan Parliament to reject a proposed law threatening the
legitimate activities of civil society.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3330

UK RATIFIES ICC TREATY AS US CONSIDERS ANTI-ICC LEGISLATION
The United Kingdom deposited its ratification of the Rome Statute for the
International Criminal Court on Thursday, October 4, the third country to do
so in three days.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3324

US POLICY TOWARD POLITICAL ISLAM
Foreign Policy In Focus, June 2001
http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol6/v6n24islam.html
Key Points: U.S. policy toward the Islamic world is skewed by negative
stereotypes of Islam that fail to recognize its diversity; Radical Islamic
movements often arise out of the legitimate needs and grievances of
oppressed sectors of the population who see the U.S. as partly responsible
for their suffering; Washington has encouraged the rise of extremist Islamic
politics both through shortsighted support for such movements or governments
and through its support of repressive regimes, which often trigger extremist
backlash responses.

ZAMBIA: AMNESTY CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
http://www.oneworld.org/afronet/monitor178/headline1.htm
Amnesty International has intensified calls for the Zambian government to
abolish the death penalty in conformity with the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and join the 105 countries that have done
away with inhuman punishment.

ZAMBIA: ELECTION UPDATE
The Electoral Institute Of Southern Africa
Zambia has a number of outstanding electoral issues, which have been raised
by the election monitors and opposition political parties in every election
since the 1991 “founding” elections. These issues impede opposition
political parties in particular to mount effective political campaigns. The
EISA's update focuses on the readiness of stakeholders and political parties
to take part in the 2001 Zambian election.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3301

ZIMBABWE: MUGABE RULES OUT IEC
http://www.fingaz.co.zw/fingaz/2001/October/October4/350.shtml
The Zimbabwean government has ruled out establishing an Independent
Electoral Commission to conduct next year’s presidential election and
instead is formulating a code of conduct to clamp down on activities of
Zimbabwean and foreign election observers.

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4.CORRUPTION

ALL AFRICA FINANCIAL CRIME FORUM SLATED FOR ACCRA
AITEC GHANA and World Money Laundering Report have announced that the first
All Africa Financial Crime Forum is to be held at the Accra International
Conference Centre on March 18-21, 2002. This conference is expected to be
opened by the President of Ghana His Excellency John Kuffour and will
attract over 1000 delegates all over the World.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3307

EXPORTING CORRUPTION:
Privatisation, Multinationals And Bribery
http://www.ids.ac.uk/gdn/polrev.htm
If corruption is growing throughout the world, it is largely a result of the
rapid privatisation (and associated practices of contracting-out and
concessions) of public enterprises worldwide. This process has been pushed
by Western creditors and governments and carried out in such a way as to
allow multinational companies to operate with increased impunity.

FAO: CORRUPTION THREATENS FORESTS
http://www.dawn.com/2001/10/04/int13.htm
The biggest threat to successful forest management is corruption and illegal
forest practices, the FAO said in its biannual report, State of the World's
Forests 2001.

NIGERIA: BANKS TOLD TO FREEZE ACCOUNTS LINKED TO ABACHA
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT311S63CSC&liv
e=true&tagid=ZZZU2IUKJ0C&Collid=Any
Many of the world's largest banks have been ordered by the UK High Court to
freeze accounts linked to General Sani Abacha as part of Nigeria's search
for more than $3bn looted during the late dictator's rule.

SOUTH AFRICA: COSATU STATEMENT ON YENGENI RESIGNATION
'The Congress of South African Trade Unions welcomes the resignation of Tony
Yengeni as the ANC’s chief whip. We cannot afford to have anyone remain in a
position of political leadership who is tainted with corruption, no matter
how worthy his past...'
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3329

TOGO: LOME MAYOR IN CORRUPTION PROBE
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1580000/1580370.stm
The mayor of the Togolese capital, Lome, has been arrested on charges of
corruption.

WEST AFRICAN STATES TO HOLD ANTI-TERRORISM MEETING
http://www.africast.com/article.cfm?newsID=25446
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is to hold a weeklong
meeting in Accra, Ghana beginning 21 October to discuss ways of combating
drug trafficking, corruption and money laundering, which go together with
terrorism, a senior official said in Dakar over the weekend.

ZAMBIA: TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL OPPOSES PRESIDENTIAL FUND
http://allafrica.com/stories/200110030241.html
Transparency International-Zambia (TIZ) executive director Christine
Munalula has asked President Frederick Chiluba to do away with his
discretionary fund in order to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of
other government institutions.

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5.HEALTH

AFRICA SHOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN, SAYS RED CROSS
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/UNID/5632546DC52E4C8FC1256ADF003AFEA5
When all eyes are focussed on international crises, the world needs to be
reminded of the great humanitarian needs on the African continent, says the
President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies.

AFRICA: CONTINENTAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST SLEEPING SICKNESS
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/wa/countrystories/other/20011008b.phtml
Burkina Faso's prime minister, Ernest Paramanga Yonly, launched a campaign
on Friday to eradicate the tsetse fly and sleeping sickness from Africa.

ANGOLA: GOVT DELIVERS $7M IN MEDICAL SUPPLIES
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/UNID/47E44F018302CA05C1256ADF00587303
The Angolan ministry of health and the World Health Organisation has
delivered US$7-million worth of medical supplies to outlying regions in the
country.

ANNAN DISCUSSES AIDS DRUG DISCOUNTS WITH MAJOR DRUG COMPANIES
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm#7303
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday in New York City met with "top
officials" from seven major drug companies in his continuing effort to gain
price reductions for drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS, the Wall Street Journal
reports.

ETHIOPIA: 250,000 CHILDREN INFECTED WITH HIV
Approximately 250,000 Ethiopian children under five years of age are HIV
positive, the Ethiopian health ministry announced Tuesday. A UNICEF official
working with AIDS prevention efforts in Addis Ababa confirmed the total but
added that the figure is an "estimate."
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3313

GATES AWARD FOR GLOBAL HEALTH: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Deadline: December 5, 2001
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has issued a call for nominations for
the Gates Award for Global Health. The award comes with a $1 million
honorarium and is presented annually to an organization that has made an
extraordinary contribution to the improvement of health around the world.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3418

HIV/AIDS COMMUNICATION & EVALUATION DEBATE
http://www.comminit.com/roundtable2/discussion.html
You are invited to participate in an online debate on the future of HIV/AIDS
Communication, and particularly the challenges of evaluation in this field.
The debate is designed particularly to help inform the agenda and
discussions of a forthcoming meeting of the Communication for Development
Roundtable, being organised by UNFPA in association with UNESCO and the
Rockefeller Foundation and facilitated by the Panos Institute. This debate
will be held over a period of five weeks and is hosted by The Communication
Initiative.

MALARIA BULLETIN
Environmental Health Project
http://www.ehproject.org/Library/Malaria22.htm
The EHP library malaria bulletin no. 22 is now on the EHP website. Contents
include: Action plan for the reduction of reliance on DDT in disease vector
control. WHO, 2001; The impact of insecticide-treated bednets on malaria and
anaemia in pregnancy in Kassena-Nankana district, Ghana: A randomized
controlled trial; Community health worker performance in the management of
multiple childhood illnesses: Siaya District, Kenya, 1997-2001.

SOUTH AFRICA: LOVELIFE AND PRESS JOIN TO FIGHT HIV/AIDS
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv_recent_rep.cfm?dr_cat=1&s
how=yes&dr_DateTime=05-Oct-01
South Africa's Independent Newspapers and loveLife, a national HIV
prevention program aimed at youth, on Tuesday announced a five-year
partnership to facilitate the groups' fight against the nation's HIV/AIDS
epidemic, Xinhua News Agency reports.

TANZANIA: CONCERNS OVER HIV TREATMENT OF SOLDIERS
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/tanzania/20011005.phtml
Director-General of Tanzania's National Institute for Medical Research
(NIMR) Andrew Kitua has said the institute received a request for permission
for testing of an alleged new HIV/AIDS treatment that South African
researchers are conducting on Tanzanian soldiers, but that the trials had
not yet been approved, the South African 'Mail and Guardian' newspaper
reported on Friday, 5 October.

THE REGIONAL AIDS TRAINING NETWORK
http://www.ratn.org/
The Regional AIDS Training Network (RATN) is a Network of training
institutions in the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region. The mission of
RATN as an advocate for training needs, is to establish and maintain
linkages with training institutions in the region delivering courses in the
field of STDs and HIV/AIDS. RATN is committed to keeping on the cutting edge
of training needs in HIV/AIDS, in this new millennium.

THE WORLD HEALTH REPORT 2001 MENTAL HEALTH:
New Understanding, New Hope
The World Health Report 2001, Mental Health: New Understanding, New Hope has
been launched by WHO Director-General Gro Harlem Brundtland in Geneva
Switzerland. The Report is a review of the status of knowledge and research
about mental and neurological disorders and provides a road map for a global
reform of mental health care and prevention. The report details ten
recommendations by governments and outlines three different scenarios for
action, based on countries' level of affluence and economic development.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3290

UGANDA: AIDS AHEAD OF MALARIA AS LEADING KILLER
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/uganda/20011005.phtml
The HIV/AIDS epidemic has now overtaken malaria as the leading cause of
death among adults in Uganda, and has claimed over 800,000 Ugandan lives so
far, according to Dr David Kihumoro Apuuli, Director-General of the Uganda
Aids Commission.

WTO DELEGATES ASK FOR CLARIFICATION OF TRIPS
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv_recent_rep.cfm?dr_cat=1&s
how=yes&dr_DateTime=04-Oct-01#7274
World Trade Organization delegates from 52 developing countries on Sept. 19
asked other WTO ministers to approve a proposal that would clarify language
in the Trade-Related Aspects of International Property Rights (TRIPS)
agreement to say that TRIPS would "not prevent governments from taking
measures necessary to protect public health," including the production or
importation of generic AIDS drugs.

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6.EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE

CHILDHOOD ABUSE LEADS TO SEXUAL RISK LATER ON
Women exposed during childhood to physical, sexual or emotional abuse or to
household dysfunction have an increased likelihood of engaging in risky
sexual behavior later in life, according to "Adverse Childhood Experiences
and Sexual Risk Behaviors in Women: A Retrospective Cohort Study". The
study, by Susan D. Hillis of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
et al., appears in the September/October 2001 issue of The Alan Guttmacher
Institute's bimonthly, peer-reviewed journal Family Planning Perspectives.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3308

CHILDREN TO LEARN HOW TO FIGHT HUNGER
http://www.europaworld.org/issue51/childrenlearn51001.htm
Timed to coincide with World Food Day on 16 October, an international
coalition of partners is set to launch a week-long global education campaign
to encourage children and youth to get actively involved in creating a world
free from hunger and malnutrition. The global 'teach-in,' backed by the UN
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), will take place in more than 30
countries.

GHANA: MINISTER CAUTIONS ON INTERNET USE
http://allafrica.com/stories/200109180339.html
The Minister of Education, Prof. Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi, last weekend
cautioned users of Information Technology (IT) to be circumspect on its use,
the absence of which he said can have negative effects on the country.

KENYA: PRIMARY EDUCATION TO BE FREE AND COMPULSORY
http://allafrica.com/stories/200109180339.html
The Kenyan government plans to make primary education free and compulsory
from the year 2003, according to the Kenyan education minister.

NIGERIA: CHILD LABOUR HEARINGS
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/wa/wafp.phtml
The Nigerian Senate's committee on women's affairs and youth has announced
that it will hold public hearings to investigate child labour, sex trading
and other forms of exploitation to which minors are subjected, AFP reported
on Sunday.

SOUTH AFRICA: 1,800 TEACHERS DIED OF HIV/AIDS LAST YEAR
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/sa/countrystories/southafrica/20011008c.phtml
At least 1,800 of South Africa's 350,000 teachers died of AIDS-related
diseases last year, Johannesburg's Afrikaans daily, the 'Beeld', reported on
Monday.

US PROTOCOL AIMS TO END CHILD SLAVERY IN COCOA FIELDS
http://www.antislavery.org/
On 1 October 2001, the international cocoa and chocolate industry signed a
Protocol in the United States to eliminate child slavery in the chocolate
industry.

VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN
Violence against children is a bigger problem than governments acknowledge,
and in fact is often carried out by officials of the state. The Human Rights
Watch report "Easy Targets: Violence Against Children Worldwide" documents
beatings, torture, forced labour, sexual assault and murder by police or
other law enforcement officials, employers, and teachers. The report was
released in Geneva on September 28, a day which the U.N. Committee on the
Rights of the Child devoted to violence against children. The report calls
on governments to take stronger measures to protect children from abuse and
urges the United Nations to undertake an international study of violence
against children.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3306

WORLD TEACHERS DAY
http://www.teacher.co.za/200110/teachersday.html
"Qualified Teachers for Quality Education" is the theme for World Teachers'
Day, to be observed globally on October 5. The slogan encompasses the dual
themes of teachers as indispensable to providing quality education, and
teachers as fundamental in helping governments to meet their commitments
agreed at recent world education conferences.

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7.WOMEN AND GENDER

CALL FOR MORE WOMEN IN INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOGUE
http://www.unifem.undp.org/curr0901.htm#news2
Recognizing the difficult human rights situation of women in the Democratic
Republic of Congo and the need to increase women’s representation in the
peace process, UNIFEM and the Office of the Facilitator of the
Inter-Congolese Dialogue have called for the equal participation of women at
the Dialogue, to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on October 15th.

KENYA: CITY HALL'S LAND SWINDLE AGAINST WOMEN
http://allafrica.com/stories/200110080022.html
Former Nairobi Provincial Commissioner Joseph Kaguthi and his successor
Cyrus Maina are dumbfounded that land allocated to more than 130 women's
groups four years ago is now unavailable.

SOUTH AFRICA: GIRLS PROTECTED FROM PROSTITUTION SYNDICATES
http://allafrica.com/stories/200110080409.html
International sex syndicates are luring pre-pubescent girls into a life of
slavery and abuse from impoverished African countries such as Mozambique and
Malawi, the international police organisation Interpol has warned.

WOMEN & DEVELOPMENT AID
http://www.fpif.org/briefs/vol6/v6n33women.html
Advocates, academics, and development practitioners have been working hard
for more than thirty years to integrate gender roles—that is, the different
roles males and females play in a society—into American aid policy and
programming. Yet, despite the evidence that women are active in national
development and that investing in women and girls yields a multitude of
benefits, U.S. international assistance programs and policy have not caught
up with the facts.

WOMEN SPEAK AT EDUCATION BIENNIAL
http://allafrica.com/stories/200110080119.html
Prof. Penina Mlama, who addressed a forum of the over 250 delegates at the
Arusha sixth Biennial of the Paris-based Association for the Development of
Education in Africa (ADEA), said the problems of girls' education in the
continent were inter-related and therefore, required a holistic rather than
a piecemeal approach.

WOMEN'S PEACE GROUPS RECEIVE GREATER RECOGNITION
Women and groups recognized by the Millennium Peace Prize for Women,
launched by UNIFEM and International Alert on March 8 this year, are
continuing to receive recognition for their courageous efforts. One of the
award winners, Women in Black, a worldwide network of women against war, has
been nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. So far only 10 of more
than 100 Nobel Peace Prize recipients have been women.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3402
Contact: [log in to unmask]

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8.REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION

CAR: MEAGER FUNDS DESPITE APPEAL FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/car/20011005.phtml
As of September, international donor countries responded with only meager
funding to a request by the government of the Central African Republic for
US $95 million in emergency relief and rehabilitation aid for displaced
people, the US Committee for Refugees (USCR) reported on Tuesday.

ETHIOPIA: US GRANT TO ASSIST WAR DISPLACED
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/hornfp.phtml
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has granted
the Tigray Regional State (northern Ethiopia) 18.7 million birr (about US
$2.3 million) to help people displaced by the war with Eritrea, the
Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) reported on 4 October.

HALF A MILLION UPROOTED IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA
http://www.refugees.org/news/press_releases/2001/100301.cfm
More than a half-million people fled their homes because of violence during
the first nine months of 2001 in Central Africa and the Horn of Africa,
according to analysis by the US Committee for Refugees (USCR).

SECURITY AND REFUGEE NEEDS NEED BALANCING, SAYS UN
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.htm?tbl=NEWS&id=3bbb29938
&page=news
UNHCR on Wednesday urged governments considering new asylum safeguards in
the aftermath of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States to strike a
careful balance between additional security needs and existing international
refugee protection principles.

URGENT NEED TO TACKLE AFRICA'S REFUGEE CRISIS
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home?page=news
Urgent measures, including the implementation of long-term development
projects, are needed to tackle Africa's protracted refugee crises, UNHCR's
annual Executive Committee meeting was told.

WOMEN SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN BURUNDI PEACE TALKS
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home?page=news
The UN Refugee Agency's Executive Committee was told Thursday that more
women should be included in the current peace talks on the central African
state of Burundi.

ZAMBIA: REFUGEES CAUSE CONCERN
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/sa/countrystories/zambia/20011008b.phtml
Zambia faces a refugee crisis as tens of thousands of people who escaped war
in neighbouring countries continue to stay there without proper
identification.

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9.RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA

DURBAN REIGNITES DEBT DEBATE
http://www.debtchannel.org/
The United Nations World Conference Against Racism in South Africa last
month gave a new edge to demands for debt cancellation. These were part of a
chorus of calls for reparation for those whose lives are still blighted by
the legacy of slavery.

SOUTH AFRICA: RACISM IN POLICE FORCE STILL A PROBLEM
http://allafrica.com/stories/200110040263.html
Provincial police superintendent Miranda Mills said racism in the
approximately 11 000-member provincial police force was hampering service
delivery.

US GREENS DENOUNCE ANTI-MUSLIM BACKLASH
http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20010926142909366.html
The Green Party of the United States urges President Bush and other U.S.
leaders to continue condemning the harassment and blame of Arabs and Muslims
in the U.S. or around the world in the wake of the terrible events of
September 11.

WCAR: EDUCATING YOUTH AGAINST RACISM
There is perhaps no place better to focus anti-racism efforts than to
educate children and youth about racism and how to combat it. Racism, after
all, is only as strong as its proponents and practitioners and educating the
next generations is surely one of the most effective ways of reducing the
number of racists and the potential appeal of their message. Accordingly,
this Report focuses on anti-racism educational efforts directed at children
and youth.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3302

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10.ENVIRONMENT

CONVENTION BANS CHEMICALS FROM SEAS
http://panda.org/news/press/news.cfm?id=2524
WWF, the conservation organization, today welcomed the adoption by the
International Maritime Organization (IMO) member states, of a Convention
that will effectively ban the use of organotins in anti-fouling paints on
ships.

FAO: PLOUGHS CAUSE SOIL PROBLEMS
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said that
intensive land cultivation methods using tractors and ploughs are a major
cause of severe soil loss and land degradation in many developing countries.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3275

FIRST GAME HERDED INTO TRANSNATIONAL PARK
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-game05.html
The first of forty elephants have been herded into the giant 7,5-million
acre reserve, the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, which spans South
Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

MANDELA USES PARK CREATION TO PLEAD FOR PEACE
http://ens-news.com/ens/oct2001/2001L-10-05-02.html
At the opening of an enormous new trinational conservation area in southern
Africa, former President Nelson Mandela called on the people of the world to
get rid of the scourge of terrorism. At a ceremony Thursday he used the
newly named Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park as an example of lasting global
peace.

SAFEGUARDS FOR LARGEST WEST AFRICAN FOREST CONSIDERED
http://ens-news.com/ens/oct2001/2001L-10-04-01.html
West African forest conservation won support today from the President of the
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, the Ivory Coast.

UNESCO EXPANDS NETWORK OF BIOSPHERE RESERVES
http://ens.lycos.com/ens/sep2001/2001L-09-29-05.html
Eighteen new sites in 13 countries have been added to the United Nations
World Network of Biosphere Reserves, and two existing biosphere reserves
have been extended. The reserves provide a framework for the study and
conservation of the environment and for the sustainable use of natural
resources.

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11.MEDIA

CAMEROON: INDEPENDENT EDITOR HARASSED
In a letter to Minister of the Interior Ferdinand Koungou Edima, RSF
expressed its concern about the police's summoning of Jean-Marc Soboth,
editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper "La Nouvelle Expression", which
is published three times weekly. "Journalists from independent media outlets
are increasingly being summoned by the police, who want them to reveal their
sources. Must we recall that journalists inform the public and not the
police?" stated RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3312

DO ENVIRONMENTAL FILMS HELP THE ENVIRONMENT?
http://www.mediarights.org/news/article.php?art_id=00014
There may be no environmental network on U.S. television, but there is a
network of environmentalists making extraordinary television, video, and
film. This kind of media isn't trying to sell you anything other than a
voice in the debate about the future of the planet. It is produced for the
express purpose of getting you off the sofa and into the political process
by clamoring for a cleaner planet. And it is working.

ETHIOPIA: PRESS FREEDOM IMPROVING SLOWLY
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/ethiopia/20011005.phtml
Even though the number of journalists in jail has significantly decreased in
recent years, Ethiopia has still some way to go towards achieving genuine
press freedom, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Thursday,
according to Reuters.

MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT ZIMBABWE
Media Update # 2001/39
News of a fresh dispute within the opposition MDC provided the state media
with a golden opportunity to pursue its agenda of recent weeks to discredit
the party and add their own embellishments portraying the organization as
violent, divided and tribalist.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3315

NY TIMES TO COVER 'GLOBAL POVERTY'
http://www.earthtimes.org/sep/anappreciationtimessep1_01.htm
the New York Times' has decided to create a new global poverty beat in which
"meetings of men in suits is not the dominant story line." It's long
overdue.

QATAR TV STATION A CLEAR CHANNEL TO MIDDLE EAST
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28526-2001Oct8.html
For an upstart television station that has existed for only five years, and
broadcasts exclusively in Arabic, al-Jazeera has a record of breaking
exclusive news stories that many American networks might envy.

WORLD IN CRISIS, MEDIA IN CONFLICT
http://www.mediachannel.org/atissue/conflict/
As the U.S. government demands international support for a fierce and
protracted war without borders, accurate information and thoughtful global
communication is needed more than ever.

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12.DEVELOPMENT

BROWN URGES G7 TO PROTECT THE POOR
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,563659,00.html
Gordon Brown will urge his fellow G7 finance ministers this weekend to back
urgent international talks on how to prevent the economic damage wrought by
the terrorist attacks on the US from throwing millions more people below the
global poverty line.

DEBT RELIEF - WHAT DO WE KNOW?
http://www.debtchannel.org/cgi-bin/babel/showdoc.cgi?root=1410&url=http://nt
1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/poverty/wider.htm
More than 60 papers from a conference that reviewed what is known about the
relationship between debt, development and poverty reduction, and assessed
progress on debt relief and its implications for the relationship between
aid donors and recipients. Presented by the Electronic Development and
Environment Information System.

MALAWI: HUNGRY RESORT TO DESPERATE TACTICS
The international NGO World Vision is carrying out a food and nutrition
assessment in Malawi to determine how best to combat the hunger that is
ravaging most of the country. Many desperate people are reportedly eating
maize husks and wild roots.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3371

SOUTH AFRICA: TRADE LINKS TO SUFFER WTC FALLOUT
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=13&art_id=ct2001100922102116F430227&
set_id=1
US embassy officials have warned that the war in Afghanistan will diminish
benefits from new trade links between South Africa and the US.

TANZANIA: PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENT PROCESS
Preliminary Project Description
The Government of Tanzania has decided to make Participatory Policy
Research, in the form of Participatory Poverty Assessments (PPAs), a routine
part of its Poverty Monitoring System. As such, future PPAs will be firmly
enmeshed in national level planning processes. This does not imply that
their findings will be irrelevant to Local Authorities. At the very least,
PPAs will play a critical part in shaping the Poverty Reduction Strategy
Paper and Sector Plans that provide the framework of common values and
understanding that orient, organise and empower pro-poor development
planning at all levels of Government.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3314

THE FARAWAY COSTS OF EU SUBSIDIES
http://www.actsa.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi?template=nw_sum_res.html&dbname=actd
ata&key2=40&action=searchdbdisplay
When the Sugar Daddy sugar factory in Swaziland went into liquidation in
July, Trade unions and business were clear about the main cause: cheap
imports from Europe into their main market.

UGANDA-TANZANIA: MUSEVENI CALLS ON RICH NATIONS TO OPEN MARKETS
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/uganda/20011008.phtml
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday called on the governments of
developed nations to open up their markets to goods from developing
countries, the independent 'Monitor' newspaper reported.

WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION UNFAIR TO AFRICA
Third World Network
http://allafrica.com/stories/200110070054.html
The African Regional Secretariat of Third World Network has pointed out that
none of the trade arrangements of the World Trade Organisation favours
African countries.

WTO MEETING IN QATAR:
Africans To Oppose Launch Of New Round Of Trade Talks
http://allafrica.com/stories/200110080624.html
African Ministers and civil society groups are to oppose the launch of a new
round of negotiations at the fourth coming World Trade Organisation
conference in Doha, capital of the Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar.

ZAMBIA: CEREAL DEFICIT THREATENS HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/sa/countrystories/zambia/20010924.phtml
The cereal deficit Zambia has been experiencing threatens household food
security, the acting director of Programme Against Malnutrition (PAM), Helen
Samatebele, was quoted as saying by the 'Post' newspaper on Monday.

ZIMBABWE: FOOD SHORTAGES BEGIN TO BITE
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/sa/countrystories/zimbabwe/20011008.phtml
The view from one of Zimbabwe's beleaguered commercial farmer's houses is a
constant reminder of what he has lost. From the front window he can clearly
see what was once a rolling field of lush green wheat. It has been reduced
to a bed of dry stalks after pro-government militants drove cattle through
the field.

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13.INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY

A GUIDE TO USING ENCRYPTION
http://www.netaction.org/encrypt/
Net Action guide to using encrytion explains the basics of privacy
protection. It also mentions why encryption is a legitimate and useful - and
necessary - digital tool.
Contact: [log in to unmask]

ELECTRONIC PRIVACY, THE NEXT CASUALTY
http://www.mediachannel.org/atissue/conflict/
Is cyber-privacy a luxury that complicates national security? The American
public seems to think so, with almost three-quarters favoring
anti-encryption laws, writes Brendan I. Koerner.

FIGHTING HIV/AIDS WITH ICT
This article by Ann Klofkorn Bloome, from the World Links Online
Collaborative Project, discusses their ongoing initiative around HIV/AIDS in
four African countries. The project targets students and teachers in Ghana,
Uganda, South Africa and Zimbabwe. An online facilitator focuses discussion
around HIV/AIDS causes, myths, and community action.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3279

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
Online Updates
http://www.gdnet.org/docs/GDNet_Update.htm
The Governing Body of GDN believes that the Internet and new technology
offer enormous potential to help realize the overall objective of GDN.
Several prototypes and projects have been explored via GDNet, the electronic
voice of GDN and a key tool in GDN's capacity-building efforts. An update
and workplan for the next six months was developed to keep the GDN community
aware of current and future projects.

PANOS: INTO OR OUT OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE?
Perspectives On ICTs And Development In Southern Africa
http://www.panos.org.zm/Into%20the%20Void.htm
This new publication by Panos Southern Africa seeks to answer the question:
Can new media technology revolutionise the sub-region's development process?
This study reveals that diverse experiences and government policies towards
ICTs can help advance ICT development, and subsequently impact in changing
people's lives. With a deep historical analysis of the African communication
experience the study also brings out policy issues that affect the
development of communication tools in the region. In all, 'Into or Out of
the Digital Divide' provides a comprehensive picture of the Internet's place
in southern Africa's socio-economic environment.
Contact: [log in to unmask]

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14.eNEWSLETTERS AND MAILING LISTS

AFRICAN NETWORK OF IT EXPERTS AND PROFESSIONALS (ANITEP) LIST
http://listserv.heanet.ie/afrik-it.html

E-CIVICUS CONNECTING CIVIL SOCIETY WORLDWIDE - NUMBER 135
5 October, 2001
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3415
Contact: [log in to unmask]

SCIENCE IN AFRICA TENTH EDITION
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3414
Contact: [log in to unmask]

UPDATE ON THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3419

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15.FUNDRAISING

INFODEV CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
The infoDev Conference Scholarship Fund (iCSF) is now accepting applications
for conferences taking place during the period November 2001-June 2002.
Organizers of conferences taking place before November may apply, but there
is no guarantee that funding can be made available before the conference.
Applications will be accepted until funds are exhausted.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3416

SOUTH AFRICA: CITIZEN BASE AWARD
Closing Date: November 21, 2001
http://www2.womensnet.org.za/news/show.cfm?news_id=730
The Citizen Base Initiative, a creative resourcing programme, has created
the Citizen Base Award - an international competition which provides seed
capital to NGOs for innovation in local resource mobilisation. The award
aims to support local resource mobilisation as an alternative to
international fundraising. This is an international award that has already
been hosted in Brazil, Thailand, Bangladesh and India. It is currently
running in Argentina. CBI invites South African NGOs to submit a locally
focused resource mobilisation strategy.
Contact: [log in to unmask]

TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND GLOBAL SECURITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
RESEARCH AND WRITING GRANTS
http://www.macfound.org
The Program on Global Security and Sustainability of the MacArthur
Foundation announces new guidelines for grants under the Research and
Writing Grants competition. The Foundation invites proposals relating to the
following theme: Technological Change and Global Security and
sustainability, examining the impact of technological advances - and uneven
access to technologies - on global security and sustainability. The Program
seeks to support research and writing projects in any academic discipline or
profession, as well as creative work conducted outside of traditional
disciplinary and professional approaches. Applicants may request up to
$75,000 for individual projects, and $100,000 for two-person collaborations.
Applications must be received by February 1, 2002 to be considered for the
current round. The text version of the application guidelines and procedures
can also be downloaded from the Foundation's web site.
Contact: [log in to unmask]

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16.COURSES, SEMINARS, AND WORKSHOPS

MANAGING NGO RESOURCE CENTRES
May 13 - June 07, 2002 : Coady International Institute, Canada
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3417
Contact: [log in to unmask]

RESEARCH AND EVALUATION IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS FIELD AND HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY
HREA Distance Education Courses
Announcing two distance education courses that HREA will organise during
January-May 2002. The courses are part of a pilot project in which six
courses will be developed and offered to human rights activists and NGO
staff via distance learning mechanisms. The project is generously supported
by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Constitutional and Legal
Policy Institute (COLPI). Participation is free of charge. Deadline of
application: 7 November 2001. All applications should be sent to (e-mail) or
+1 617 249-0278 (fax).
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3423
Contact: [log in to unmask]

SOUTH AFRICA: GENDER VIOLENCE AND HEALTH CONFERENCE
April 17-20, 2002
http://www2.womensnet.org.za/events/show.cfm?id=280
South African Gender Based Violence and Health Initiative is a partnership
of 15 organizations working on gender based violence and health issues.
SAGBVHI plans to host an annual conference on gender based violence and
health in April 2002. Set to become an annual event, the conference will
attempt to raise awareness about intersection between gender based violence
and health and to find creative ways of building a violent free society.

SOUTH AFRICA: HEALTH PROMOTION THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT EDUCATION
Module Of The CMS Graduate Program, Durban
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2002/521-event.html
Feb 22 2002 - 12 week course. Purpose is to acquaint students with broad
approaches to communicating for health promotion, focusing specifically on
the role of entertainment education.
Contact: [log in to unmask]

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17.ADVOCACY RESOURCES

ADVOCACY AT THE WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM
Human Rights Watch
An eight-member Human Rights Watch delegation, led by Board Member Joel
Motley and Advocacy Director Reed Brody, participated in the World
Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related
Intolerance (WCAR) in Durban, South Africa (August 31 to September 7). HRW
played a key role in several programmatic victories that set the stage for
future activism on issues including the protection of migrants and refugees,
repairing the legacy of slavery, the equal application of criminal justice,
and equal nationality rights for women.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3304

AFRICA ACTION: THE WORLD BANK AND THE DENIAL OF AFRICA'S RIGHT TO HEALTH
The fact sheet comes from Africa Action, the recent merger of three US-based
Africa networks -- American Committee on Africa (ACOA), The Africa Fund, and
Africa Policy Information Center (APIC). Africa Action will be launching an
effort this fall to initiate World Bank Bonds Boycott resolution efforts in
the 10 cities in the US with the highest HIV-AIDS infection rates. Watch
this space for more information or visit Africa Action's website.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3422
Contact: [log in to unmask]

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18.JOBS

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH SEEKS RESEARCHER ON RWANDA
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3430
Contact: [log in to unmask]

SOUTH AFRICA: ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY
The Rural Legal Trust is an independent entity located in Braamfontein,
Johannesburg. Its core business is to facilitate, monitor and guide action
oriented legal teams comprising of practising advocates, attorneys,
candidate attorneys and paralegals to support mainly the poor rural and
peri-urban based communities. RLT is seeking to engage the services of an
independent and self-motivated full time Senior Administrative
Secretary/Administrative Secretary for a fixed period of 3 years starting in
mid-November or beginning of December 2001.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3344
Contact: [log in to unmask]

SOUTH AFRICA: MRC FELLOWSHIPS
http://www2.womensnet.org.za/jobs/show.cfm?id=608
The South African Medical Research Council and the South African Aids
Vaccine Initiative invite applications for one-year travelling research
fellowships in health research.
Contact: [log in to unmask]

SOUTH AFRICA: OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
The National Association of People Living With HIV/AIDS (NAPWA SA), a
National NGO (with National Office based in Germiston) that coordinates the
resources and needs of people living with HIV/AIDS, has a vacancy for an
office administrator.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3395
Contact: [log in to unmask]

SOUTH AFRICA: ONLINE EDITOR
Closing Date: October 19, 2001
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/new_editor.html
The Daily Mail & Guardian is looking for an editor. The website to the Mail
& Guardian newspaper publishes a range of content, much of it analytical
coverage of African and global events.
Contact: [log in to unmask]

VACANCIES AT MINORITY RIGHTS GROUP INTERNATIONAL
http://www.minorityrights.org/f_news.html
Production Coordinator (part-time, 3 days per week): Working as part of MRG’
s publications team, the post-holder is responsible for the production of
MRG’s publications – including reports, newsletters, annual report – and for
updating and developing MRG’s website.

Donor Reporting Finance Officer (Part-time 21 hours a week): This post
underpins our fundraising efforts by supporting project and finance staff in
the preparation of financial reports to donors and coordinating donor
financial reporting schedules. You will have 4 years financial experience,
including 2 years experience of preparing budgets and reporting on
performance to budget. You will be experienced in preparing financial
reports to external agencies and of using Excel to an advanced level.

ZAMBIA: ONEWORLD.NET SEEKS AIDSCHANNEL.ORG EDITOR
http://jobs.oneworld.net/ads/index.cfm?job_id=603
Salary : equivalent to £13,200 per annum
Location : Lusaka, Zambia
Closing Date : 26 Oct 2001
Posted on : 1 Oct 2001

ZIMBABWE: CAFOD SEEKS EMERGENCY FOOD AID ADVISER
http://jobs.oneworld.net/ads/index.cfm?job_id=620
Salary : £21,479 to £24,129 p.a.
Location : Harare, Zimbabwe
Closing Date : 19 Oct 2001
Posted on : 8 Oct 2001

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19.BOOKS AND ARTS

A MATTER OF RIGHTS - A VIDEO SERIES EXPLORING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-3026.html
A 52-part series of 5-minute videos on the Right to Development - produced
by Young Asian Television [Sri Lanka]
Contact: [log in to unmask]

AFRICAMIX START WORLD TOUR IN CALIFORNIA
Africamix, a volunteer-based traveling arts and music festival organized to
help combat child abuse and neglect, will commence its tour in California in
June 2002 and travel from there to 18 countries around the world.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3300
Contact: [log in to unmask]

ANGOLA: LIFE-SAVING BEATS
Big Nelo looks like your typical thugged-out rapper, dressed in designer
baggies with several heavy silver chains draped round his neck. But the
founding member of Angola's first and most successful hip hop band, SSP, has
a social conscience rarely found among his American contemporaries.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3284

IMAGES OF THE WORLD: GLOBALISATION AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-3025.html
"The world is undergoing a global struggle between diversity and uniformity,
cultural liberalism and fundamentalism, democracy and totalitarianism. A
struggle about which aspects of each culture can and should be saved, and
what aspects may be abandoned to make room for something new and enriching."
Contact: [log in to unmask]

INFORMATION REVOLUTIONS: HOW INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT IS
CHANGING THE LIVES OF RURAL PEOPLE
http://www.agricta.org/pubs/inforev/index.htm
"The virtual explosion in new information services, and a range of personal
gadgets allowing point-to-point communications, have touched the developing
world. Cheaper services and new gadgets and products have spawned a number
of new opportunities..."

OMO SAPIENS
http://www.geographical.co.uk/geographical/features/sept_2001_omo.html
The tribes that live along the Omo river in western Ethiopia - the Turkana,
the Dassanech, the Nyagatom, the Karo and the Mursi to name but a few - are
physically distinct from their compatriot Ethiopians. In their isolated
valley they share a rich symbolic culture displayed through body art and
adornment. Their survival is intimately linked to the forces of nature and
the seasonal flooding of the Omo river.

SAFE AND SECURE: ELIMINATING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & GIRLS IN MUSLIM
SOCIETIES
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-3072.html
This training manual assists women to identify sources of violence in the
family, community, society, and state.
Contact: [log in to unmask]

THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-3069.html
A review of the June 1999 democratic elections in South Africa and has
extensive chapters on the role of civil society and voter education and
election monitoring.
Contact: [log in to unmask]

THE POLITICS OF PRECAUTION: GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES
Robert L. Paarlberg
http://www.ifpri.cgiar.org/pubs/jhu/politicsprecaution.htm
Identifies five policy areas in which governments of developing countries
can either support or discourage GM crops: intellectual property rights,
biosafety, trade, food safety, and public research and investment. Johns
Hopkins University Press 2001, ISBN 0-8018-6668-5.

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20.LETTERS AND COMMENTS

DIGITAL FREEDOM NETWORK
I am writing on behalf of the Digital Freedom Network. I am writing to see
if we could republish the editorial "Justice on Hold: Impunity in Kenya"
from your last newsletter. We would like to republish it on our Web site
(http:dfn.org) and eventually on the Ogiek campaign Web site
(http://www.ogiek.org). This article would be particularly helpful for the
Ogiek campaign site as it would provide helpful background information on
the political situation in Kenya. (We are currently redesigning the Ogiek
campaign site; when complete, the new site will have more background
information on Kenya.)

LEAH
Thank you so much for sending me your newsletter...its is very informative
and a valuable addition to mainstream american media which tends to report
the same thing over and over with a specific agenda....not always
thankfully...the nation, village voice, public radio and public tv are
exceptions....your newsletter provides a valuable counter viewpoint that I
appreciate..which also helps to keep my mind and heart open...keep up the
good work!

LEE HABASONDA
Thanks for the news letters. I know I have just been receiving without
answering back. Please keep them coming. They are very useful and
informative. I will try and contribute where I can in future.

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Next WASAN meeting is Wednesday, Oct 17. Location: Kimball Elementary School - Commons, 3200 23rd Ave. S, Seattle (Beacon Hill at 23rd Ave. S. and S. Hanford St.  By bus, take the #36, get off at S Hanford and walk east 6 blocks.  The easiest car parking is usually on S. Hinds and 24th Ave. S.)
7:00 PM WASAN business meeting
7:30 PM Program: "Gender, Art and the Contemporary Situation in Zimbabwe" and an exhibit of Weya women's art from Zimbabwe (see the website for examples, www.ibike.org/africamatters/weya.htm .)

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