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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 78
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1.EDITORIAL
GREEN CAPITALISM AND THE NEW AFRICAN IMPERIALISTS: TALES ON THE ROAD TO THE
JOBURG SUMMIT
Patrick Bond And Michael Dorsey
The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) will be held in
Johannesburg
beginning on August 24, proceeded by various civil society conferences and
events. Its purported aim is to find a common international discourse,
strategies and tactics that allow governments, business and civil society to
eradicate poverty, end unsustainable patterns of consumption and production,
and combat environmental degradation. But will it flop?
Host president Thabo Mbeki's New Partnership for Africa's Development
(NEPAD)
is one of the main agenda items, having recently gone through official state
endorsement processes at both the June summit of the G-8 leaders in Alberta,
Canada, and the July launch of the Africa Union in Durban. Pronounced "knee-
pad" by many civil society advocates, the "Partnership" may be a shot-gun
wedding forcing the rest of the continent to its knees, bowing to the whims
and
demands of proto-capitalists, like Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and his
Pretoria cronies.
The WSSD will also be the site of a mass anti-capitalist march on August 31,
although there are two major camps on the South African left claiming the
tradition of the World Social Forum. Regardless of whether a labour/church-
backed pro-government grouping--the Civil Society Forum--continues to crowd
out
the independent-left Civil Society Indaba, the WSSD will not be left
unscathed.
The latter group has the support of urban anti-privatisation and rural
landless
people's organisations and until February was the official UN host, before
being booted out unceremoniously during internecine conflict with larger,
more
mainstream groups.
In addition, a variety of NGO side-events by groups like Greenpeace, Friends
of
the Earth International, the International Forum on Globalization, Corpwatch
and many sectoral advocacy groups will keep the pressure on. Security is
likely
to be sufficiently tight as to prevent disruptions. As many as 100 heads of
state are expected, with 60,000 other delegates, press and activists.
Even aside from civil society protest, bad content and process threaten to
delegitimise the official event, as happened at the June Preparatory
Committee
in Bali, Indonesia. The very name "Johannesburg" may go down in infamy as
the
global elites' last-gasp attempt--and failure--to address a world careening
out
of control.
The ghosts-of-Earth-Summit-past configured Johannesburg to compromise the
environment. The 1992 Rio event did establish the Rio Principles, Agenda 21,
the UN Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on Biological Diversity,
the Statement of Forest Principles and the Commission on Sustainable
Development for implementation. Yet Rio also set in motion third-wayism--
championing market solutions for securing environmental protection and
promoting free trade as the sole path to sustainability.
Not surprisingly, the German Green party's Heinrich Boell Stiftung recently
issued the Jo'burg Memo, which perhaps most eloquently and thoroughly
summarises the criticisms of WSSD work to date. Editor Wolfgang Sachs claims
that the institutional process has gone forward "without tangible global
results. In particular, economic globalisation has largely washed away gains
made on the micro level, spreading an exploitative economy across the globe
and
exposing natural resources in the South and in Russia to the pull of the
world
market."
Sachs credits elites with only an increase in the global surface area under
environmental protection, slowing carbon emissions and declining ozone-
depleting CFC production. "Apart from these cases," he continues, "the
excessive strain placed by human beings on nature's sources, sites, and
sinks
has continued to rise. The extinction of species and habitats has increased,
the destruction of ancient forests continues unabated, the degradation of
fertile soil has worsened, over-fishing of oceans has continued, and the new
threat of genetically engineered disruption has emerged."
In theory, the Johannesburg Summit is meant to produce a negotiated leader's
statement, a negotiated plan of action and a non-negotiated list of
sustainable
development initiatives involving states, interstate relations, and business
and civil society sectors. But few areas of consensus exist. Several
alternative texts, for example, were tabled about the word "globalisation"
at
the end of the third PrepComm. The US proposed a positive statement, the EU
suggested a balanced text, and the G-77/China insisted on a short paragraph
that avoided definitions and instead focused on difficulties experienced by
developing countries.
More substantive controversies continue over the role of the profit
motive, "public-private partnerships" and market mechanisms in environment
and
development. The WSSD's main problems are its tendency to allow increasing
scope for commodification of nature, its inadequate measures to address
poverty
and excessive wealth, and its orientation to implementation via TNCs,
instead
of through strengthened nation-states. The major background issue is whether
the World Trade Organisation will become the default organisation and set of
rules governing Multilateral Environmental Agreements.
Elite capacities to restore both the earth and the social wage have been
questionable since at least the 1992 Summit. Then billionaire Maurice
Strong,
the conference Chairman, helped eliminate the UN Centre on Transnational
Corporations, hatched the World Business Council on Sustainable Development
and
mapped a role for corporations to guide (un)sustainable development. Now
WSSD
Chairman Nitin Desai has actively blocked negotiations for a side agreement
on
binding Corporate Accountability, and endorsed the involvement of the newly
created Business Action for Sustainable Development Group-which will have a
parallel meeting in Joburg in a building adjacent to the government
proceedings. Rio inaugurated the 21st century's eco-social war for the
planet,
the next battleground will be Johannesburg. But what the framers of
corporate
environmentalism did not count on then was that where there is government
and
corporate collusion to plunder the environment and hijack humanity, the
radical
forces of civil society are never too far behind.
* Bond is editor of 'Fanon's Warning: A Civil Society Reader on the New
Partnership for Africa's Development' (Africa World Press, 2002) and Dorsey
is
Thurgood Marshall fellow at Dartmouth University, New Hampshire.
WILL THE LEFTS MARCH TOGETHER IN JOHANNESBURG? A CHANCE FOR THE WORLD
Hope Gumbo
The civic society in Zimbabwe is getting ready to be part of proceedings at
the
World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). The focus for some is to be
able to link up with the civic movement in South Africa and internationally
as
common issues are addressed with the hope of sustaining a coherent and
permanent civic coalition in the region and internationally. Some are
looking
forward to making submissions to lobby the leaders of various nations on
particular issues.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9682
WSSD: AN A-Z GUIDE TO THE WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Pambazuka News’s A-Z guide on the World Summit on Sustainable Development
(WSSD) contains key information for Summit-watchers. You’ll find the web
site
addresses of background articles explaining what’s at stake and links to
details on where to find information on the main and side events. There are
also links to websites that will provide 24-hour coverage of the event. And
if
that’s not enough, remember to watch out for Summit news and articles in the
regular sections of Pambazuka News.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9746
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2.CONFLICT, EMERGENCIES, AND CRISES
ANGOLA: CABINDA SEPARATISTS CALL FOR AN END TO HOSTILITIES
Separatist rebels in the oil-rich Cabinda enclave on Wednesday accused the
Angolan government of stepping up a military offensive, and warned they
would
not participate in peace talks until hostilities ended.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9800
DRC-UGANDA: KAMPALA TO WITHDRAW TROOPS, BILATERAL RELATIONS TO BE NORMALISED
Following four years of war, the governments of the Democratic Republic of
the
Congo (DRC) and neighbouring Uganda reached an accord in the Angolan
capital,
Luanda, last Thursday, whereby Uganda will withdraw its remaining troops
from
the DRC, and the two countries will normalise relations.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9700
DRC: DR CONGO FIGHTING 'WORSENS'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2202840.stm
Fighting has intensified between Rwandan forces and ethnic Hutu Interahamwe
rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a Rwandan official has said.
GREAT LAKES: DESPITE PEACE EFFORTS, HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UNIMPROVED - UN
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=29421
Despite the continuing peace process in the Great Lakes Region of Africa,
the
overall humanitarian situation has not improved, according to the latest
report
by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
LIBERIA: 'GRIM PROSPECTS' WITHOUT INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION
http://www.crisisweb.org/projects/showreport.cfm?reportid=741
The International Crisis Group (ICG) has warned that Liberia is showing all
the
major warning signs of political, military, economic and social
deterioration.“The question is whether the international community will
muster
the will to take effective action,” says the ICG in a new report.
LIBERIA: VOINJAMA REPORTEDLY RECAPTURED BY GOVERNMENT TROOPS
Liberia's government said last Thursday it had recaptured the northern town
of
Voinjama, which rebels of the Liberians United for Reconciliation and
Democracy
(LURD) had been using as a field headquarters. The town, which is the
capital
of Lofa County, is 270 km north of the capital, Monrovia.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9702
SOUTH AFRICA: PRETORIA MULLING DRC TROOP CONTRIBUTION
South Africa has been asked to send a battalion of peacekeeping troops to
the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9802
SOUTHERN AFRICA: HEALTH MINISTERS TO MEET ON FOOD CRISIS
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208190155.html
Health ministers from 10 southern African countries and senior officials of
the
World Health Organisation (WHO) are to meet next week in Harare, Zimbabwe,
to
examine responses to the region's humanitarian crisis.
SUDAN: CONTINUING CONFLICT WORSENS MALNUTRITION IN THE SOUTH
Recent fighting between Sudanese government troops and forces of the rebel
Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army in the oil rich regions of southern
Sudan, which has led to massive displacement, has further undermined the
already precarious food security situation and increased rates of
malnutrition
in the area.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9808
SUDAN: SEVERE FLOODING HITS FOUR NORTHERN STATES
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
has
sent out an urgent appeal for funding to help assist victims of heavy rains
which hit parts of northern Sudan between 3 and 8 August, causing severe
flooding and rendering thousands homeless.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9701
WEST AFRICA: LIBERIA PEACE MEETING PLANNED FOR DAKAR
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is planning to
convene a
peace meeting on Liberia that would include President Charles Taylor and the
rebels of Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), news
agencies reported last Friday.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9699
WSSD: BREAKING THE LINK BETWEEN RESOURCES AND REPRESSION
Michael Renner
Angola’s enormous diamond and oil wealth has proved to be more of a curse
than
a promise, with conflict over resources causing immense human suffering. But
increasingly the links between resources and conflict are being made and it
is
in this context that sustainable development becomes crucially important,
argues this article published in State of the World 2002, excerpts of which
are
printed in Pambazuka News with permission from the author.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9684
WSSD: PEACE CRUCIAL TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Current development approaches often exacerbate existing tensions, create
new
reasons for violence and undermine conflict resolution mechanisms that are
already in place. Approaches based on short term goals that are mechanistic
and
driven by indicators that fail to take people into account can only lead to
increased violence and a breakdown of the very development they seek to
achieve, argues a document for the WSSD formulated by the Peace and
Development
Movement.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9685
ZIMBABWE: COUNTRY IN CRISIS
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=4984
Zimbabwe is now in crisis with millions starving as a result of Robert
Mugabe's
land grab policy. Almost two hundred white farmers have been arrested for
defying Mugabe's instruction to stop farming.
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3.RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
ANGOLA: POOR PEOPLE IN A RICH GOVERNMENT'S COUNTRY
http://www.interaction.org/newswire/detail.php?id=716
The people of Angola should not be among the poorest in the world. World
Bank
statistics put Angola's GDP at close to $9 billion, with more than 50
percent
coming directly from the sale of petroleum. Yet, Angola ranks 161 out of 173
countries on the Human Development Index of 2002.
CONGO: WAR CRIMES IN KISANGANI - TOP COMMANDERS NAMED
A new report from Human Rights Watch has identified top commanders of the
Rwandan-backed Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) rebel movement implicated
in
May massacres in Kisangani. The report finds the rebels responsible for
widespread killings, summary executions, rapes, and pillage during the
put-down
of a mutiny beginning on 14 May.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9707
DRC: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN ITURI ''REMAINS WORRYING'' - UN
The humanitarian situation in the region of Ituri, in the northeast of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) "remains worrying", the United
Nations
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the DRC
reported
on Tuesday, with an estimated 10,000 families having been displaced in the
city
of Bunia due to fighting in July and in the past couple of weeks.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9807
ETHIOPIA: SOUTHERN STATE OFFICIALS ARRESTED OVER RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
At least 90 government officials of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and
Peoples' State (SNNPS) have been arrested by the state authorities in the
Sheko
Zone for involvement in human rights violations and abuse of office, IRIN
has
been told.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9788
RWANDA: BIZIMUNGU APPEARS BEFORE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL
The Rwandan former armed forces chief of staff, Augustin Bizimungu, denied
on
Wednesday genocide charges before the International Criminal Tribunal for
Rwanda sitting in Arusha, northern Tanzania, Internews reported.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9804
RWANDA: TOP GENOCIDE ARREST AN 'IMPORTANT STEP'
Human Rights Watch has welcomed the arrest of General Augustin Bizimungu,
chief
of staff of the former Rwandan army, as an "important step"towards
delivering
justice for the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9704
SWAZILAND: SWAZI COURT FREES OPPOSITION LEADER
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2209473.stm
Swaziland's High Court has acquitted the leader of a banned opposition
political party on charges of sedition. Mario Masuku, leader of the Peoples
United Democratic Party (Pudemo), was arrested almost two years ago after
allegedly calling for the overthrow of King Mswati III at public gatherings
in
Mbabane and Manzini.
WSSD: ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS: A NEW APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
http://www.iied.org/pdf/wssd_05_rights.pdf
It makes perfect sense to link human rights to sustainable development: the
right to life cannot be realized without basic rights to safe water, air and
land. A human rights approach allows the quality of life of all people to be
a
central part of decision-making.
WSSD: HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE A GUIDING PRINCIPLE
Human rights should be a central principle for all new policies on world
sustainable development, says the organization Rights & Democracy, which
notes
that the draft political declaration contains no reference to human rights.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9687
ZAMBIA: CHILUBA JUDGMENT IN TWO WEEKS
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2196436.stm
A Zambian High Court judge will rule on 30 August whether the parliament had
the right to lift former President Frederick Chiluba's immunity from
prosecution.
ZIMBABWE: US ADMITS PLAN TO BRING DOWN MUGABE
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,778526,00.html
The United States government has said it wants to see President Robert
Mugabe
removed from power and that it is working with the Zimbabwean opposition to
bring about a change of administration.
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4.CORRUPTION
GHANA: MAJORITY LEADER CALLS FOR CODE OF CONDUCT
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208150632.html
The Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Papa
Owusu-Ankomah,
has called for laws to guide the conduct of public and civil servants. He
said
because ethics are not enforceable legally, most public and civil servants
do
not feel obliged to serve the nation as expected.
NIGERIA: LEGAL SCHOLAR SUGGESTS NEW AGENDA FOR CIVIL SOCIETY
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208150304.html
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) should go beyond creating awareness and
publicising information to building coalitions across the socio-political
sectors and developing action plans in order to breathe new life into the
crusade against corruption.
SOUTH AFRICA: BILL CAN BOLSTER ARSENAL IN FIGHT TO CURB CORRUPTION
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208210153.html
With the Prevention of Corruption Bill, a powerful instrument could be added
to
our democracy's anticorruption arsenal. Corruption has many faces in SA.
Perhaps this is why the public seldom bears witness to a united political
voice
willing to challenge it there is instead a preference to allow such
initiatives
to falter on party lines.
SOUTH AFRICA: CORRUPTION IN PRISONS RIFE SAYS JALI
http://www.dispatch.co.za/2002/08/21/southafrica/AAAALEAD.HTM
Corruption and maladministration in South Africa's prisons and the
Correctional
Services Department are turning out to be much more widespread than
initially
thought, according to Judge Thabani Jali.
SOUTH AFRICA: OFFICIAL FOUND GUILTY OF MISUSING MILLIONS GETS HIS OLD JOB
BACK
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208180026.html
A top director in the KwaZulu-Natal Education Department has been reinstated
to
his plum R375 000-a-year job - despite being found guilty in an internal
inquiry of mismanaging more than R2.5-million of taxpayers' money.
SOUTH AFRICA: WINNIE FOUND GUILTY BY ETHICS COMMITTEE
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208210010.html
ANC MP Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has been found guilty by her peers in
Parliament of failing to disclose donations and some of her financial
interests
in the register of members' interests.
UGANDA: PUNISH CORRUPT
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=40943
Transparency International senior advisor Augustine Ruzindana has urged
government to institute sustainable ways of punishing corrupt officials. "We
have all the laws to check on corruption but they are not followed. Officers
are sacked today and they get new appointments the next day," Ruzindana
said.
ZAMBIA: GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT SURVEY INTO EXTENT OF CORRUPTION
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=40977
Efforts to combat corruption in the last 10 years failed because of lack of
political commitment, Transparency International (TI) board member Leonard
Kalinde has said. Kalinde said there was an absence of top level commitment
to
the fight against corruption.
ZIMBABWE: POSITION PAPER ON THE INDEPENDENT ANTI CORRUPTION COMMISSION
http://www.kubatana.net/html/archive/demgg/020702tiz.asp?sector=DEMGG
Corruption generating conditions peculiar to the region include but are not
limited to the digital divide and poor information exchange, capacity
constraints and technical challenges associated with generating demand for
accountability in the midst of poverty and limited literacy, north-south
dependency, repressive political environments, lack of credibility in
international engagements and transparency inhibiting legal regimes, says a
position paper on the Independent Anti Corruption Commission.
ZIMBABWE: TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL ZIMBABWE LAUNCHES NEW MAGAZINE
ANTI-CORRUPTION NOW! will carry relevant information to its members and
partners on anti-corruption initiatives and programmes that TI-Z is
embarking
on. This information should be of use and interest to the public, as well as
officials in the public and private sectors. The first edition carries
background information on the mission and objectives of TI-Z, articles on
the
Presidential Elections, and unfinished cases of corruption.
Contact: [log in to unmask]
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5.HEALTH
AFRICA: ANTIRETROVIRALS "THE ONLY THING" TO IMPACT ON AIDS DEATH RATE
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=13009
Combination antiretroviral therapy is the "only thing that will really
impact
on survival" for people with HIV/AIDS, Charles Gilks, a senior adviser to
the
World Health Organization, said on the BBC program "Health Matters," BBC
News
reports.
AFRICA: ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN STARVES FUNDING FOR POPULATION CONTROL
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=12953
While nearly 99 percent of global population growth is occurring in
developing
nations, the global economic slowdown is making it more difficult for these
nations to finance population control initiatives, according to a new
report.
BURUNDI: CHOLERA SPREADS IN CIBITOKE PROVINCE
Cibitoke provincial health authorities have said that four of the 215 people
who have contracted cholera in the area between 2 July and 19 August have
died,
and that overcoming the disease in this part of the country had become
difficult.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9801
BURUNDI: ROUND TWO OF POLIO VACCINATION BEGINS IN TWO PROVINCES
A follow-up round of a polio vaccination campaign on Tuesday entered its
second
day in six Burundian provinces bordering on the Democratic Republic of the
Congo (DRC).
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9769
KENYA: FREE HIV/AIDS DRUGS FOR MOTHERS PROGRAMME LAUNCHED
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208150017.html
A programme to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission that will involve
free
provision of the anti-retroviral drug Nevirapine to the 150,000 infected
pregnant mothers and their infants in provincial and district hospitals has
been launched.
KENYA: LEGISLATION CHANGED ON GENERIC HIV/AIDS DRUGS IMPORTS
Parliament has reversed an amendment to the Industrial Property Act curbing
imports of generic HIV/AIDS drugs, the Kenya Coalition for Access to
Essential
Medicines (KCAEM) announced last Thursday.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9714
SOUTH AFRICA: MANDELA WANTS ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS FOR ALL SOUTH AFRICANS
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=12955
Former South African President Nelson Mandela last Friday reiterated his
belief
that all HIV-positive South Africans should have access to antiretroviral
drugs
through the public health system.
SOUTH AFRICA: PARENTS AND SEX EDUCATION
http://www.health-e.org.za/view.php3?id=20020809
It is the duty of parents to educate their children about HIV/AIDS and the
use
of condoms. Boyce Mgcina, a traditional healer from Izifo Zonke Traditional
Healers and an HIV/AIDS counselor at Zola Clinic in Soweto, says in most
cases
fathers become not just heads of the house but also role models to their
children - girls and boys irrespective. Mgcina says traditional healers
should
talk often about HIV/AIDS during imbizos.
SWAZILAND: HIV INFECTION RATE IN SWAZILAND NOW SECOND HIGHEST IN THE WORLD
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=12924
Swaziland, where 34 percent of adults are HIV-positive, now has the second-
highest HIV infection rate in the world after Botswana.
TANZANIA: HIV/AIDS DEBATE HOTS UP
A leading Tanzanian health official has warned religious and civic leaders
against "infighting" and "finger pointing" in the war against HIV/AIDS in
the
country.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9770
WSSD: HEALTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
http://www.iied.org/pdf/wssd_15_health.pdf
For sustainable development to mean anything people must be healthy enough
to
benefit from it and not have their lives cut off prematurely. Development
without health is meaningless. But the processes that are likely to occur in
a
world undergoing globalisation, climate change, urbanisation, population
increase and many other changes, will impact on human health in many complex
ways. Some of them will benefit us, others will create new threats to
survival
and health, while many others will have a complex mixture of threats.
WSSD: HIV/AIDS AND AGENDA 21
http://www.rio10.no/posisjonspapirer/aids_eng.pdf
The WSSD must declare that HIV/AIDS is not only a threat to sustainable
development, but a global catastrophe and a global responsibility. The fight
against the epidemic must continue and must be intensified, while maximum
political will and grassroots participation must be mobilized, argues this
position paper on the pandemic prepared for the WSSD.
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6.EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE
BOTSWANA: REDUCING RISK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
In the slums of Botswana's capital Gaborone, high unemployment mixed with
alcohol and drug abuse help drive unsafe sex, reflected in shocking rates of
HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among the most vulnerable,
adolescent girls.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9794
MOZAMBIQUE: UNICEF TO SUPPORT PRO-CHILD PLAN
The UN children's agency UNICEF and the Mozambican government are set to
sign a
US $86 million cooperation agreement aimed at fundamentally improving the
living conditions and prospects of children in the country, UNICEF said in a
statement released on Monday.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9749
NAMIBIA: NUMBER OF ORPHANS UP DUE TO AIDS
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208210516.html
The Health and Social Services Ministry has 4 000 orphans on its books, most
of
whom have been left without parents as a result of HIV-AIDS.
NIGERIA: BOARD AND CARD GAMES TEACH KIDS ABOUT HIV/AIDS
A youth organisation has developed an innovative approach to education and
informing people on HIV/AIDS by designing a board and card game series.
Designed by Youth Now!, all the games in the series encourage high levels of
message retention by teaching youths even during leisure hours. They also
provide long hours of game play.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9718
SOUTH AFRICA: TEENAGE SEX HABITS MAY BE CHANGING
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208140472.html
There is tentative evidence that the high-risk sexual behaviour of
teenagers,
which has been driving SA's high rate of HIV infection, is changing as a
result
of awareness campaigns, LoveLife CEO David Harrison says.
SWAZILAND: FOCUS ON ABANDONED BABIES CONTROVERSY
A wave of baby murders are commanding front-page news in the small
conservative
kingdom of Swaziland. But while editorial writers are denouncing "mother
murderers", women's rights groups argue the rising number of abandoned
babies
are a symptom of gender inequality in this traditional society.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9779
SWAZILAND: TEENAGE 'PARENTS' LEFT TO FEND FOR THEIR FAMILIES
http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.jsp?a=37&o=7531
Children as young as ten years now collect the meagre rations of maize,
beans
and cooking oil handed out by aid agencies in Swaziland. The youngsters have
become the heads of their families since their parents have either died of
HIV/Aids, or are extremely ill with the virus.
UGANDA: GOVERNMENT TO BUILD SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR FORMER KONY CAPTIVES
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208150360.html
President Yoweri Museveni has said the Government is to urgently construct a
fully-fledged special primary and secondary school in Kampala to accommodate
about 3,000 former Kony rebel captives, sources say.
WSSD: HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS FOR CHILDREN
http://www.who.int/en/
The World Health organisation is spearheading a global initiative for
healthy
environments for children, which will be presented at the World Summit on
Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. The initiative will work to
safeguard
the places where children live, learn and play from threats such as unsafe
drinking water, air pollution and diseases carried by insects and parasites.
WSSD: SUMMIT FAILS TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF AGEING
The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) is failing to recognise
that
increasing numbers of those living in extreme poverty are older people. The
WSSD calls poverty reduction "the greatest global challenge facing the world
today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development". It will
re-
state the goal of halving the proportion of people living in extreme poverty
by
2015. But it is population ageing rather than population growth amongst the
poor that is now the core demographic trend. It has become a major social
policy challenge in developed and developing countries, HelpAge
International
argues.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9851
ZAMBIA: MOBILE CLINIC TO TREAT STREET CHILDREN WITH STDS
Street children and child sex workers in Zambia's capital Lusaka will soon
become familiar with a kerb crawler of a different kind - a mobile clinic
equipped especially to treat children for sexually transmitted diseases
(STDs).
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9780
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7.WOMEN AND GENDER
ABUJA, NIGERIA: WOMEN ARE CREATIVE MOULDERS OF CIVILISATIONS
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208140063.html
Dr. Zaynab Alkali presented her paper titled "Rediscovering The Family and
our
Cultural Heritage: The role of women and Youth" and said "women are natural
custodians of our cultures. They are cultural bearers and preservers who
propagate culture very diligently, even when it comes to harmful traditional
practices."
AFRICA/GLOBAL: UN SUB-COMMISSION ADOPTS MEASURES RELATING TO WOMEN’S
ECONOMIC,
SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
http://www.whrnet.org/archive/news/august_21_02.htm#news3
The Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights has
called
for "intensified efforts to eradicate traditional practices harmful to the
health of women and girls." It encouraged nongovernmental organizations to
conduct studies about such practices, including ways these practices can be
eradicated. It also advised governments to intensify awareness-raising
campaigns on a national scale.
AFRICAN WOMEN AND NEPAD E-MAIL DISCUSSION LIST
http://www.africaonline.co.ke/femnet
FEMNET and APC Africa Women will be hosting an e-mail discussion on African
Women and NEPAD in both French and English. Various topics will be
discussed.
BOOK: NEW REPORT - WOMEN BUDGET INITIATIVE
By Karrisha Pillay, Rashida Manjoo And Elroy Paulus
The Women's Budget Initiative has a new report available:
'Rights, Roles and Resources: An Analysis of Women's Housing Rights -
Implications of the Grootboom case.' The report examines the Grootboom case
from the aspect of gender,rights, and budgets.
Contact: [log in to unmask]
GAMBIA: THE GENDER IMBALANCE
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208130300.html
Something is not quite right in the way women are made to feel inferior to
the
opposite sex even though they may be more intelligent, more determined, more
serious and even more capable than the men who are born to assert dominance
as
their birthright.
GLOBAL: SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES WOMEN AND WAR
UNIFEM Executive Director Noeleen Heyzer has called on the Security Council
to
make sure that women, peace and security become a regular item on the
political
agenda and in thematic debates of the Council.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9726
KENYA/GLOBAL: THE WORLDWIDE RESISTANCE OF WOMEN TO NEOLIBERALISM
http://www.whrnet.org/persp_jpalmieri.htm
Neoliberal globalization is based on patriarchy and therefore on the
widespread
oppression of women. Confronted by accelerating impoverishment and by more
and
more sophisticated forms of exclusion, numbers of women are aware that the
diversity of their demands and their experience of economic pluralism form a
counter-current to the dominant economic theory -- neoliberal and patricidal
--
and represent serious forms of resistance.
KENYA: LESS WOMEN VOTERS IN CITY
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208160064.html
Many women in Nairobi did not take part in the voter registration exercise.
The
latest figures released by the Electoral Commission of Kenya show that the
number of registered women voters in Nairobi is almost half that of men.
KENYA: SOAP-MAKING PROJECT 'CHANGING LIVES'
When 56-year old Rhoda Gichiku speaks, she does it with authority.From
outside,
her Kathangu village in Embu, some 130 kilometres northeast of Nairobi would
pass as any other African village, desperate, struggling and failing to
harness
local resources. But Kathangu's women have a different story - and it is the
story of how some 26 women have joined hands in an Avocado soap-making
project,
a grassroots' initiative that is changing their lives.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9742
NIGERIA: FOCUS ON THE GROWING ROLE OF WOMEN IN OIL REGION CRISIS
When a group of unarmed women protesters occupied ChevronTexaco's main oil
export terminal in Nigeria last month, they not only disrupted operations in
a
key oil facility, but also altered the rules of engagement in the
longstanding
conflict in the Niger Delta oil region.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9725
NIGERIA: ITALY'S SEX TRADE PULLS TEENS PUSHED BY POVERTY
http://www.womensenews.com/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1005
Nigerians form the largest percentage of foreign prostitutes on the rainy
streets of northern Italy. Though a government crackdown making
prostitution,
trafficking and being trafficked illegal has slowed the trade, it has not
stopped. Instead, it has gone underground, enabled by an informal network of
traffickers, by parents seeking easy income and, most of all, by the
inescapable poverty awaiting those who refuse to go.
NIGERIA: STONING APPEAL FAILS
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2202111.stm
An Islamic appeal court has upheld a sentence of death by stoning for
adultery
against a Nigerian woman. Amina Lawal, 30, was found guilty by a court in
Katsina state in March after bearing a child outside marriage.
PUBLICATION: BALANCING THE LOAD: WOMEN, GENDER AND TRANSPORT
http://www.ifrtd.org
Transport policy makers and providers have paid almost no attention to
gender
equity, and gender researchers in development have seldom examined the
crucially important role which transport plays in women's lives.
PUBLICATION: GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT GLOSSARY
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-4895.html
This booklet aims to provide journalists with definitions and context for
key
terms that are commonly used in discussions about gender issues and the
status
and advancement of women.
UGANDA: ONLINE CONFERENCE: INFORMATION ACCESS FOR RURAL WOMEN
http://www.wougnet.org/Events/iarw.html
In June 2002, Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) hosted an online conference
on
Information Access for Rural Women. Information, communication and
entertainment are as critical for rural living as they are for urban living,
and indeed there is increasing demand for information and communication
equipment and services in rural areas. However, major challenges exist in
terms
of available means of information access and dissemination as well as how to
operate the audio-visual systems used in rural areas.
UGANDA: PRESIDENT EMPHASIZES MARKET ACCESS IN WOMEN'S CONFERENCE
http://www.whrnet.org/archive/news/july_31_02.htm#news1
President Yoweri Museveni made a speech during the Women's World 2002
conference held from July 21 to 26 and argued that pushing for women's
empowerment would not make a difference unless Africa invests in economic
development through increased market access to developed countries, such as
the
United States and countries in Europe.
WOMEN TAKING THEIR PLACE IN AFRICAN IMMIGRATION
http://www.womenenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/993/context/cover/
Over the last 10 years, more and more West African women decided to stop
waiting for their men to mail checks home from the United States and to join
them and earn their own income.
WSSD: FROM RIO TO JOHANNESBURG: WHAT’S GOOD FOR WOMEN IS GOOD FOR THE WORLD
http://www.worldwatch.org.worldsummit/briefs/20020430.html
Throughout the 1990s, several major United Nations conferences stressed the
importance of including women in sustainable development. But despite these
commitments on paper, there has been far too little action. Gender myopia—or
blindness to women’s issues—still distorts environmental, economic, and
health
policies. Today, a full decade after the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, governments,
development
agencies, and even some NGOs remain resolutely patriarchal. Despite the
widespread belief that women “have come a long way” in achieving improved
social and economic status, they continue to face many of the same obstacles
they did ten years ago. And in some cases, these problems have become even
more
formidable.
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8.REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION
COTE D IVOIRE: RED CROSS SPELLS OUT ACTION PLAN FOR REFUGEES
An action plan to assist Liberian refugees in western Cote d'Ivoire in the
areas of health and environmental sanitation has been put in place, the
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies reported
last
Wednesday.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9722
GAMBIA: REFUGEES IN GAMBIA ‘NOT CONFINED TO CAMPS’
http://www.comminit.com/pdskdv42002/sld-4487.html
A recent TV programme about refugees in The Gambia explored why the country
has
become a magnet for displaced people. The programme revealed that, unlike in
most countries, refugees in The Gambia are not confined to camps. The
majority
live in the community, and are actively encouraged to seek employment in all
professions.
SIERRA LEONE: OVERLAND REPATRIATIONS FROM GUINEA RESUMED
The office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported on
Tuesday
that it had resumed overland repatriations from Guinea, suspended at the end
of
June because of logistical constraints.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9776
SIERRA LEONE: THE GOOD WOMEN OF SIERRA LEONE
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-
bin/texis/vtx/home/+kwwBmeik3O8wwwwnwwwwwwwhFqnN0bItFqnDni5zFqnN0bIAFqnN0bID
zmxw
wwwwww1FqnN0bI/opendoc.htm
They come from neighbouring countries, but crossed paths in the tangled web
of
war in West Africa. Manu Famuley, a Liberian matriarch, recently fled to
Sierra
Leone to escape the fighting in her country. Massa Bossa, a Sierra Leonean
woman, recently returned from exile in Liberia to embrace the fragile peace
in
her homeland. Both women passed through the same refugee camp without ever
meeting, but they share similar stories that reflect the suffering and
strength
of the region's refugee women.
SUDAN: TENS OF THOUSANDS DISPLACED SINCE SIGNING OF ACCORD
Since the signing of the landmark Machakos Protocol on 20 July between the
Sudanese government and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army,
tens
of thousands of people have been displaced by a government offensive in the
area of the oil fields in western Upper Nile (Wahdah/Unity State).
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9723
UGANDA: FINAL MOVE TO START SOON FOR DISPLACED REFUGEES
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-
bin/texis/vtx/home/+iwwBmevP3L8wwwwnwwwwwwwhFqnN0bItFqnDni5zFqnN0bIAFqnN0bID
zmxw
wwwwww1FqnN0bI/opendoc.htm
More than 20,000 Sudanese refugees who fled a rebel attack in northern
Uganda
could be relocated to a permanent new camp in western Uganda as soon as next
week as the UN refugee agency steps up efforts to move them to safety.
WEST AFRICA: FACES OF WEST AFRICAN REFUGEES
http://www.refugees.org/#
For more than a decade, the West African countries of Liberia and Sierra
Leone
have been roiled by civil conflicts that have caused millions to flee their
homes and left up to 200,000 dead. Even as the fighting has systematically
destroyed the two countries’ economies, infrastructures, and social
institutions, the interlinked conflicts have spilled across borders, drawing
in
neighboring Guinea and raising tensions in Cote d’Ivoire.
WSSD: THE LINKS BETWEEN MIGRATION, GLOBALISATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
http://www.iied.org.pdf/wssd_18_migration.pdf
Increased migration is one of the most visible and significant aspects of
globalisation: growing numbers of people move within countries and across
borders, looking for better employment opportunities and better lifestyles.
National and international policies need to reflect the contribution of
migration to sustainable development, and to explicitly protect the rights
of
migrants which are all too often ignored in attempts to curb their movement.
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9.RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA
SOUTH AFRICA: 'MORE RACISM IN THE DA'
http://www.news24.com/City_Press/City_Press_News/0,1885,186-187_1243691,00.h
tml
In yet another row over racism in the Democratic Alliance (DA), black
members
of the party in Gauteng North this week complained bitterly about a Gauteng
legislature caucus decision instructing them to circulate separate pamphlets
for "white supporters".
SOUTH AFRICA: BANK ACCESS FOR POOR, PROPOSED END TO HIV/AIDS DISCRIMINATION
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208210014.html
Financial institutions would stop unfair discrimination on various grounds,
including HIV status, and access to financial services would be provided to
poor South Africans, according to a declaration signed in the National
Economic, Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) on Tuesday.
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10.ENVIRONMENT
ANGOLA: SCIENTISTS SEARCH FOR FAMED ANTELOPE IN ANGOLA
http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/08/08152002/reu_48143.asp
An expedition headed to Angola last Wednesday to search for the giant sable,
a
majestic antelope that scientists hope has survived the southwest African
nation's decades-long civil war.
SOUTH AFRICA: PLUTONIUM SHIPS AVOID SA WATERS
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208190092.html
A cargo of potentially dangerous plutonium has been driven away from South
African waters after the Greenpeace ship MV Esperanza set sail from Cape
Town
to track and monitor the shipment.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: HOW TO GET RID OF SURPLUS GM CROPS
http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/news/surplus_GM.htm
The impending famine in Southern Africa has opened up a potential new market
for US grain traders and biotechnology corporations. However, Zimbabwe,
Zambia
and Mozambique have steadfastly refused to accept GM food aid. Malawi, on
the
other hand, has been forced to accept the GM grain, having had to sell off
its
own grain surplus to service a debt to a commercial bank.
WSSD: BUSH SCORNED FOR SKIPPING EARTH SUMMIT
http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/08/08212002/reu_48205.asp
Environmentalists berated President Bush Tuesday for opting to stay away
from
the United Nations Earth Summit in Johannesburg, saying it showed a new
failure
of leadership by the world's most powerful nation.
WSSD: JUDGES DISCUSS ROLE OF THE COURTS IN UPHOLDING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/08/08212002/ap_48219.asp
Top judges from countries as diverse as Costa Rica and Tanzania swapped
ideas
Tuesday on how best to enforce environmental laws at a meeting ahead of the
World Summit on Sustainable Development.
WSSD: LEADERS MUST TAKE ACTION AT WSSD TO CURB CLIMATE CHANGE
http://www.panda.org/news/press/news.cfm?id=3090
A new WWF report says that the choices that world leaders make on energy at
the
WSSD will have widespread implications for biodiversity, water supply and
food
security in Africa.
WSSD: MINING LESS IN A SUSTAINABLE WORLD
http://www.worldwatch.org
Mining is one of the planet’s leading polluters, with most new mining
development taking place in some of the world’s most ecologically fragile
regions. Yet mining has not proven beneficial to local communities or
national
economies over the long term.
WSSD: RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
http:// www.worldwatch.org
It is essential that the Johannesburg action plan include a clear
recognition
of the important role of renewable energy in powering a sustainable world,
as
well as practical recommendations for what national governments and the
international community can do to make this vision a reality.
WSSD: UNIONS TO PROTEST AGAINST PRIVATISATION OF WATER
http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1156919-6099-0,00.html
The Public Services International (PSI), a global trade union federation, is
planning to use the World Summit on Sustainable Development to call for an
end
to the privatisation of water supply.
ZAMBIA: ZAMBIA TURNS DOWN GM AID
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2199189.stm
Zambia has refused emergency food aid from the United States despite being
one
of the countries worst affected by famine in Africa.
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11.MEDIA
DRC: MILITARY COURTS TARGET CIVIL SOCIETY
http://www.indexonline.org/indexindex/20020813_drcongo.shtml
Joseph Olenghankoy, president of the Forces of Innovation for Solidarity and
Union (FONUS), a political party with disputed links to the government, has
threatened to "break" the local media rights group Journalists in Danger
(JED).
He has also publicly criticised BBC correspondent Arnaud Zajtman for
reporting
JED's campaign to free jailed Achille Ekele N'Golyma, publisher of the
satirical newspaper Pot-Pourri.
LIBERIA: CPJ EXPRESSES RENEWED CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY OF JOURNALIST
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says it is “extremely concerned”
about the safety of Hassan Bility, editor-in-chief of The Analyst newspaper,
which is based in Liberia's capital, Monrovia. He has been held
incommunicado
in state custody for almost two months.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9760
RWANDA: JOURNALIST SEEKS ASYLUM IN BELGIUM
A locally prominent Rwandan journalist, Yvonne Uwanyiligira, who fled her
country, has surfaced in the Belgium capital, Brussels, and is seeking
asylum.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9805
SIERRA LEONE: CPJ RELEASES SPECIAL REPORT ON SIERRA LEONE
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has released a report on the
challenges facing journalists in Sierre Leone. Journalists, says the report,
have begun to address problems of corruption in the media and other
unethical
practices that undermined press credibility.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9759
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND BANS BBC CORRESPONDENTS FROM REPORTING
The authorities in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland have
issued
orders banning two local correspondents from reporting to the BBC's Somali
service, a senior official in the region's commercial capital, Bosaso, told
IRIN on Monday.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9761
SOUTH AFRICA: EDITORS ALARMED AT PROSPECT OF TIGHTER MEDIA CONTROLS
http://www.oneworld.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi?root=129
Editors in South Africa have employed a lawyer to look at grounds for a
possible challenge against a media bill that is widely seen as taking away
editorial independence and giving the government of President Thabo Mbeki
control over the country's national public broadcaster.
TOGO: PROPOSED MEDIA CODE DRAWS HEAVY CRITICISM
The international press freedom watchdog Reporters sans frontieres (RSF) has
protested against a proposed code that would expose media professionals in
Togo
to heavy penalties for defaming the head of state, other government
officials
and top civil servants.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9799
WSSD: AFRICA PULSE TO PLAY KEY ROLE AT NASREC
Africa Pulse, an open publishing portal for civil society communities in the
SADC region, is set to provide civil society organisations with an
easy-to-use
online publishing platform during the World Summit on Sustainable
Development.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9825
WSSD: IFJ DEMANDS GLOBAL COMMITTMENT ON PRESS FREEDOM
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called for a global
commitment on press freedom to emerge from the World Summit on Sustainable
Development (WSSD), warning that the aims of the Summit will not be achieved
without a commitment to human rights.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9762
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12.DEVELOPMENT
AFRICA: A BOLD PROPOSAL FOR POOR AFRICAN NATIONS: FORGET THE DEBT
http://www.jubileeplus.org/worldnews/africa/sachs190802.htm
With AIDS pummeling sub-Saharan Africa and a famine threatening the lives of
millions of people in the southern part of the continent, many development
specialists are calling on donors to take the unusual step of cancelling the
countries' staggering debt payments of $14.6 billion each year. But some
analysts, doubting that will happen, have a more provocative idea: Why don't
African countries simply stop paying?
AFRICA: GROWTH CHALLENGED BY HIV/AIDS AND CONFLICT
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has observed that, despite a difficult
environment, economic growth in Africa averaged about 3.1 percent last year.
But he warned that violence, declining donor funding, and the scourges of
AIDS
and poverty were still critical problems plaguing Africa.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9803
HAVING A BIGGER SAY IN DEVELOPMENT
Non-profit Sector Needs To Be Added To The State's Private-public
Partnership
Equation
"The implications of recent research findings on the non-profit (NPO) sector
are as far reaching for public policy as for the sector's strategic
planning,
according to Eugene Saldanha, a director at the Non-Profit Partnership."
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9840
WSSD: A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION, A LITTLE MORE ACTION
http://www.wdm.org.uk/action/index.htm
Ten years after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Governments are
gathering
to assess progress in achieving sustainable development and agree a new plan
of
action to implement the commitments they made. But a massive gulf still
exists
between rich and poor countries over the need for more concrete action while
the industrialised world is shirking on its responsibilities.
WSSD: ARE ECONOMISTS STILL UNSUSTAINABLE?
Patrick Bond
If the Washington Consensus was the ideology of the late 20th century, can
ecological economics and a genuine recognition of market failure for most of
the earth's human inhabitants inform heads of state negotiating a grand deal
in
Johannesburg? If so, they will have to change direction rather dramatically.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9782
WSSD: FROM RIO TO JOHANNESBURG: THE GLOBALISATION DECADE
http://www.corpwatch.org/campaigns/pcd.jsp?articleid=3190
The world's governments, facing a deteriorating planet, are making a last
ditch
effort to save the Earth. The industrialized countries of the North and the
developing countries of the South are scrambling to reach a global deal that
will combine environmental protection and poverty alleviation. But a group
of
global corporations are claiming that they have the answers to the planet's
environment and development woes and suggest redefining "sustainable
development" to focus on "profit, planet and people." George Bush, President
of
the United States, sides with the corporate approach. Is the year 1992 or
2002?
Take your pick.
WSSD: SPOTLIGHT ON CORPORATES REVEALS NEED FOR GLOBAL RULES
http://www.foe.co.uk/pubsinfo/infoteam/pressrel/2002/20020816000146.html
Some corporations continue to abuse the rights of people, destroy the
livelihoods of communities, and pollute water and forest resources for
future
generations, according to a new report by Friends of the Earth
International.
The report graphically illustrates the need for governments to agree to
introduce tighter rules for multinationals at the Earth Summit in
Johannesburg.
WSSD: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OR SELF-DETERMINATION?
http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2002-08/03d'souza_.cfm
The eve of the WSSD is an opportune moment to reflect on the meaning
of 'sustainable development', its genesis, the road it has traversed and
what
it means for the peoples of the world. More importantly, it is an
opportunity
to assess whether the rhetoric of sustainable development has the potential
to
shift the emphasis from wealth generation and bring wellbeing of the world's
peoples into centre-stage of societal concerns.
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13.INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY
FYUZE STREAMING CONTENT MANAGER
Customize Your News Portal Here
http://www.fyuze.com
fyuze is a free online news portal which you can use to customize your news
reading. I've been trying it out for a week now, and am streaming headlines
onto my version using rss feeds from various blogs, news sites and portals
and
search engines. Try it out - it's free! (Look for extra feeds on
www.syndic8.com).
LAWRENCE LESSIG'S SECOND-LAST ADDRESS
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2002/08/15/lessig.html
"In his address before a packed house at the Open Source Convention,
Lawrence
Lessig challenges the open source audience to get more involved in the
political process. Lawrence, a tireless advocate for open source, is a
professor of law at Stanford Law School and the founder of the school's
Center
for Internet and Society. He is also the author of the best-selling book
Code,
and Other Laws of Cyberspace. Here is the complete transcript of Lawrence's
keynote presentation made on July 24, 2002."
NOMINATE OUTSTANDING ICT POLICY INITIATIVES
APC Africa Hafkin Communications Prize 2002
This year's theme is people-centred information and communications
technology
policy in Africa. The prize is open to civil society organizations,
government
institutions, educational organisations, community-based groups, networks,
social movements and individuals anywhere in Africa.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9772
SOUTH AFRICA: CENTRES SET UP TO GET THE POOR ONTO THE NET
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208220044.html
Three internet centres are to be established in underprivileged communities
by
Freedom International, an organisation launched by cousins Fidel and Richard
Jonah to identify technology investment opportunities in Africa.
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14.eNEWSLETTERS AND MAILING LISTS
GHANA ICT EMAIL LIST LAUNCHED
An email service designed to enable the rapid and efficient use of ICT's as
a
tool for Ghana's development has been launched. ICONNECT GHANA is a
quarterly
online, offline and email service knowledge vehicle.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9739
WORLD SUMMIT LISTSERVERS
WSSD listservers carrying information about the Summit include:
*http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csdlistserver.htm - UN Summit Secretariat
listserver;
*http://iisd.ca/enb/2002summit-l.asp - International Institute for
Sustainable
Development's 2002 Summit list;
*http://www.worldsummit2002.org/ - Heinrich Boell's WSSD newsletter;
*http://lists.healthdev.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?join=earthsummit2002 -
Stakeholder
Forum's EarthSummit2002 list;
*http://earthsummit.open.ac.uk - Earth Summit for All features discussions
on
education for sustainable development.
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15.FUNDRAISING
CONGO: EDUCATION KEY TO CURBING HIV/AIDS, SAY NGOS
With the spread of HIV/AIDS having reached an alarming rate in the Republic
of
Congo (ROC), a number of non-governmental organisations have, with the help
of
funding from the UN and other donors, and by means of outreach and
education,
stepped up their longstanding efforts to halt the exponential spread of the
epidemic.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9828
GHANA-MALI-NIGER: INTERNATIONAL COALITION LAUNCHES SAFE-WATER PROJECT
A coalition of international organisations launched on Tuesday a regional
project aimed at improving people's lives by providing them with potable
water
and sanitation facilities such as latrines, the US State Department reported
on
Wednesday.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9829
KENYA: EU SETS ASIDE $22,500 TO BOOST TOURISM
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208170142.html
The European Union has earmarked Sh1.8 million for poverty alleviation
through
the Ministry of Tourism.
NIGERIA: SIX VARSITIES TO BENEFIT FROM N360M TECHNOLOGY FUND
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208160118.html
The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) has established a N360
million
endowment fund for the creation of professional chairs in six Nigerian
universities.
SOUTH AFRICA : DENMARK INJECTS FUNDS INTO ANTI-AIDS FIGHT
http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/health/0,1009,41078,00.html
Denmark has committed more than a R100 million to boost South Africa's fight
against HIV/Aids. The funds will go towards two programmes aimed at reducing
the impact of poverty and Aids, and tackling the link between violence
against
women and HIV/Aids.
SOUTH AFRICA: EU FUNDS TO HELP MARIKE MURDER SUSPECT
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?
click_id=13&art_id=ct20020820105359604L300477&set_id=1
In a ground-breaking move, the man accused of Marike de Klerk's murder and
rape
is to get R30 000 from the Foundation for Human Rights, funded by the
European
Union, so he can afford his own DNA expert.
SOUTH AFRICA: IRISH GOVERNMENT FUNDS WORLD SUMMIT
http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1155671-6078-0,00.html
The Irish Government has injected R2-million into the preparation and
running
of the World Summit on Sustainable Development to be staged in Johannesburg
from August 24 to September 04.
SOUTH AFRICA: KING REPORT SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON SOCIAL INVESTMENT
"An important new study into South Africa's non-profit sector investment in
the
development activities of non-profit organizations is considerable-3, 5
billion
annually."
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9838
SOUTH AFRICA: NEW RESEARCH REVEALS THE HIDDEN POWER OF NPO SECTOR
"The non-profit sector is a major economic force in South Africa. It employs
more people than the mining sector or the government - and its size and
significance are far greater that previously thought."
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9839
SOUTH AFRICA: NGOS NEED MORE STATE FUNDING - STUDY
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208210092.html
Ways should be found to direct state resources to the 98920 nonprofit
organisations in the country as a way of facilitating development,
University
of Natal's Centre for Civil Society director Prof Adam Habib says.
STARFISH RAISES R2-M TO HELP AIDS ORPHANS
"The Starfish Charitable Foundation was founded by a group of young South
Africans in London, England, in June last year. Starfish aims to raise money
for children orphaned or made vulnerable by Aids; to date close on R2
million
has been collected through various fundraising events."
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9841
ZIMBABWE: US AVAILS $140 MILLION TO SUPPORT HIV/ AIDS ORPHANS
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208170222.html
The United States government, through the United States Aid for
International
Development, has made available nearly $140 million for the strengthening of
community based initiatives to support children orphaned by HIV/Aids.
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16.COURSES, SEMINARS, AND WORKSHOPS
LOCAL RESOURCE MOBILISATION IN EASTERN AFRICA
Are you an NGO leader or fundraiser keen to find out about effective ways of
mobilising local resources? Do you need fresh ideas and insights from some
of
the world's best fundraisers on how to develop your fundraising and
communications strategy? Could you benefit from learning about trends in
philanthropy and giving in Eastern Africa? The Resource Alliance are pleased
to
share 21 years of international fundraising and local resource mobilisation
experience in a three day event to be held on 24-27 November 2002, in
Nairobi,
Kenya.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9734
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS EXPO
http://www.kubatana.net/html/archive/adv/020722nango.asp?sector=ADV
NANGO is organising an NGO Expo to be held in October 2002. The theme of the
Expo is “Towards a Better Understanding of the Work of NGOs in Zimbabwe”.
NANGO
believes that it is important for NGOs to come out in the open and allow the
general public, government, private sector and the international community
to
see for themselves what NGOs are doing, capable of doing and who they
represent.
SOUTH AFRICA: CONFERENCE ON HIV/AIDS
An all-Africa meeting of civil society groups and non-governmental
organisations working in the area of HIV/AIDS care and treatment, will take
place from August 22-24 in Cape Town, South Africa. The meeting is jointly
organised by Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), Medecins Sans Frontieres/South
Africa, Catholic AIDS Action Namibia, Kara Trust Zambia and a host of other
organisations.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9732
TRAINING PROGRAM IN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ETHICS
The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and Bioethics
Institute, in collaboration with the U.S. National Institutes of Health
(NIH),
Department of Clinical Bioethics, are pleased to announce the availability
of a
one year training program in research ethics for scientists from sub-Saharan
Africa.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9733
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17.ADVOCACY RESOURCES
'EARTH EMERGENCY: A CALL TO ACTION'
http://earthsummit.open.ac.uk
Earth Emergency invites people everywhere to sign a statement of support for
a
nine-point plan of action to deal with the Earth's state of emergency. It
aims
to create a popular, global alliance to lobby world leaders at the Summit.
You
are invited to sign up, discuss the nine points in the plan of action, and
suggest existing projects and partnerships to take the work forward.
ACT NOW! SAY NO TO GENDER BIASED LAWS IN NIGERIA
www.petitiononline.com/wrw/petition.html
In 12 states of Nigeria, Adultery is now punished by stoning to death. Sign
our
petition urging the Attorney General of Nigeria to seek judicial
interpretation
of Sharia Criminal Law.
ACTION ALERT: SAY NO TO VIOLENCE AGAINST DELTA WOMEN
In the past weeks, oil-bearing communities in the western flank of the Niger
Delta have been witnessing a rising tempo of resistance to the violence of
the
oil and gas industry. The protests are being organised by women whose local
industries such as fishing and farming and livelihood have been destroyed by
transnational oil companies, ChevronTexaco and Shell. Write to
ChevronTexaco,
Shell and the Nigerian government telling them you support the demands of
the
women and their communities for a safe and conducive environment necessary
for
their survival.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9729
EMAIL WORLD LEADERS
http://www.maketradefair.com/spage/english/action01.asp?
cat=1&subcat=2&select=1&special=yes
Sustainable development means the elimination of poverty in ways that do not
damage the environment for future generations. If world leaders can't take
steps to ensure trade benefits poor people and the environment, who
can?Write
to world leaders with your demands on sustainable development.
SUDAN: 88 FACE DEATH BY HANGING/CRUCIFICTION
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by the Sudan
Organisation Against Torture (SOAT), a member of the OMCT network, that the
appeal to the District Chief of Justice in Darfour Province of 88 persons,
including two children, who have been sentenced to the death penalty was
rejected on 11 August. Please write to the authorities in Sudan urging them
to
repeal the death sentence and guarantee the safety of those involved.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9730
ZIMBABWE: CONCERN OVER HEALTH OF ARRESTED ACTIVIST
Amnesty International has voiced concern over the arrest of Fletcher Dulini-
Ncube in Zimbabwe over the alleged abduction and murder of two ruling
Zanu-PF
members. Amnesty is worried about Dulini-Ncube’s state of health and has
called
on concerned parties to write to the Zimbabwean authorities.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9743
ZIMBABWE: THE "WRITE" TO AN EDUCATED LIFE
http://www.kubatana.net/html/archive/women/020818nfwiz.asp?sector=WOMEN
Some school children in Zimbabwe cannot afford to buy a pencil. Often up to
ten
children share one pencil between them and in some cases children just
cannot
write or participate in lessons because of the lack of stationery. Got some
pencils or pens that you can spare? Then please share them with these
children.
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18.JOBS
ANGOLA: ASSOCIATE HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER
United Nations Mission In Angola (UNMA) Human Rights Unit
http://www.fpa.org/jobs_contact2423/jobs_contact_show.htm?doc_id=119241
The incumbent will research and collect information pertaining to human
rights
matters from a variety of data sources; keep abreast of issues/events and
provide up-to-date information; assist in the analysis of information, to
include the impact on the countries and thematic mandates on the human
rights
situation in assigned area.
BURUNDI: RESIDENT DIRECTOR
NDI
NDI seeks a resident director to manage and develop its program in Burundi.
The
goal of the anticipated 12-month program is to strengthen the capacity of
Burundi's transitional legislature, in particular its ability to implement
key
provisions of the Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Agreement (APRA).
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9763
CONGO: PROGRAM MANAGER
World Vision
Will provide technical assistance to the Relief Program Director in the
design,
funding, implementation, evaluation, and reporting for all relief and
rehabilitation programs in the country of assignment, in collaboration with
Relief and Rehabilitation specialist staff.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9766
KENYA: DIRECTOR
Centre For African Family Studies (CAFS)
http://www.comminit.com/vacancy932.html
The overall responsibilities will be to provide efficient and effective
leadership in the development, co-ordination and control of CAFS activities
to
meet its obligations as negotiated between donor agencies, regional
governments
and other stakeholders.
NIGERIA: PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND EVALUATION CONSULTANT
The International Foundation For Election Systems (IFES)
http://www.fpa.org/jobs_contact2423/jobs_contact_show.htm?doc_id=119270
The IFES-Nigeria project involves developing and conducting a variety of
capacity building programs for the Independent National Electoral Commission
of
Nigeria in its preparation for the April 2003 State and Federal Elections.
RWANDA: PROGRAMME DIRECTOR
Save The Children
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/vacancies/
A key challenge for this position in the next few years will be to ensure
the
sustainability of our current work through capacity building of local NGOs
and
associations, through ongoing development of policy level partnerships and
ensuring that lessons learned within Rwanda are shared with other SC UK
programmes.
SOUTH AFRICA: PROGRAMME AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
UNAIDS
http://www.comminit.com/vacancy952.html
Provide managerial and technical support to the TTS project, in support of
the
Southern Africa Initiative on Youth and HIV/AIDS (SAY). Propose plans,
budget
and methods for handling communications strategy for TTS including promotion
of
special events. Maintain programmatic oversight on TTS staff activities.
UGANDA: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Coexistence Initiative
http://www.comminit.com/vacancy938.html
Perform the duties of CEO of a small, relatively new NGO. Managing a
coexistence center that has been established in Uganda and develop a network
of
similar centers in Africa and elsewhere. Responsible for all fiscal and
administrative management of the organization.
WEST AFRICA: HEAD OF PROGRAMMES
Centre For Democracy & Development (CDD)
Reporting to the Director, the Head of Programmes is responsible for the
coordination of programme development, management and implementation,
provision
of an effective interface with partner institutions and funding agencies,
monitoring and evaluation of programme delivery and operational performance,
staff supervision and general administration.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9767
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19.BOOKS AND ARTS
EGAIA, GROWING A PEACEFUL, SUSTAINABLE EARTH THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS
Gary Alexander
The book argues that we have an upside down economy, driven by the needs of
producers rather than the needs of people or the environment. It describes a
future with a co-operative free-market economy driven directly by the health
of
the environment and the well being of all of humanity rather than money
flows.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9775
HUMAN RIGHTS: A POLITICAL AND CULTURAL CRITIQUE
Makau Mutua
http://www.khrc.or.ke/publications_Human_Rights.asp
This book presents a bold critique of human rights corpus as it is currently
constructed. The author argues that the human rights enterprise mistakenly
presents itself as a final inflexible truth, a glimpse of utopia without
which
human advancement is not possible. Mutua contends that in fact the human
rights
corpus, though well meaning, is a Eurocentric formula for the reconstruction
of
non-Western societies and peoples through a set of culturally based norms
and
practices that inhere in liberal thought and philosophy.
REFUGEE SURVEY QUARTERLY -- TABLE OF CONTENTS ALERT
2002; Vol. 21, No. 1
http://www3.oup.co.uk/refqtl/hdb/Volume_21/Issue_01/
* Document. The end of asylum? The changing nature of refugee policies in
Africa
B Rutinwa, pp. 12-41
* Document. Returning refugees or migrating villagers? Voluntary
repatriation
programmes in Africa reconsidered
O Bakewell, pp. 42-73
* Document. Negotiating humanitarian access in Angola: 1990-2000
A Richardson, pp. 74-112
* Document. Refugee identities and relief in an African borderland: a study
of
northern Uganda and southern Sudan
J Merkx, pp. 113-146
* Document. International refugee aid and social change in northern Mali
S Sperl, pp. 147-159
* Document. Repatriation as peacebuilding and reconstruction: the case of
northern Mozambique, 1992-1995
OT Juergensen, pp. 160-200
SUSTAINABILITY AND ECOLOGY
Christa Wichterich, Jochen Toepfer & Theo Mutter
This book is the first study on the construction of a civil society
environmental agenda in East Europe and in the South. It is based on a
cross-
sectional study of projects and programs run by project partners and
regional
offices of the Heinrich Boell Foundation in the period of 1996-2000. It is a
strategic review of practical and political interventions of partner
organizations in Latin America, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe in the area
of
ecology and sustainability.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9738
THE RISE AND RISE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Kirsten Sellars
http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006D9CD.htm
There is no shortage of books on human rights, but most of them view the
subject uncritically. Sellars, by contrast, has set out to expose the
hypocrisy
of a movement that seeks, to use one of the author's many powerful phrases,
'to
occupy the moral high ground by day and sleep the sleep of the just by
night'.
Her book will make uncomfortable reading for modern day high priests and
practitioners of the secular religion of human rights. And her book will be
grist to the mill of those who are prepared to question whether the human
rights approach can genuinely promote human rights.
UNSUSTAINABLE SOUTH AFRICA: ENVIRONMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL PROTEST
Patrick Bond
This book offers a critical reflection on the post-apartheid 'sustainable
development' experience. What is of greatest value from South Africa is the
warning not to pursue neoliberal, market-oriented strategies--as did
Pretoria
and most SA municipalities since democracy dawned in 1994. Working with
local
activists, Bond and his colleagues have researched and campaigned on behalf
of
social and environmental justice for years: offering alternatives to a
minerals
smelter in the Nelson Mandela Metropole, opposing Lesotho mega-dams, helping
township residents end disconnections of electricity and water, and
advocating
for free lifeline services.
WSSD: READING FOR THE SUMMIT
http://www.earthscan.co.uk/earthsummit/earthsummitreading.htm#reading
Earthscan has a range of books that cover many subjects relating to the
World
Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), including social, economic and
environmental issues.
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20.LETTERS AND COMMENTS
ACTION ALERT: ZIMBABWE
The African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) joins the
Zimbabwe Women's Resource Centre and Network (ZWRCN), Article 19, Media
Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) and other concerned actors in condemning
the abuse of human rights and press freedom in Zimbabwe.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9790
DEAR UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL DESAI,
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ceo/un/desailetter.html
The undersigned organisations are supporters of a strong United Nations. We
believe in a United Nations which holds commercial interests subservient to
human rights, labor and environmental principles, which avoids excessive and
undue corporate influence, which holds corporations accountable in a legal
framework and which maintains the integrity of international social and
environmental agreements. We are concerned, in particular, with the
influence
of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Business Action for
Sustainable Development (BASD) on the Johannesburg World Summit on
Sustainable
Development (WSSD) process. In your speech at the World Economic Forum in
January, you described the ICC and the WBCSD as having "embraced the issue"
of
sustainable development. We think this conclusion is premature and gives
these
groups an undeserved seal of approval.
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