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Subject to availability of funds, the project aims at supporting southern Sudanese communities re-establish their schools over a five-year period.

The Gender Advocacy Programme is looking for a project coordinator to work in its Domestic Violence Project.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)on Thursday, 17 January agreed to provide US $100 million in funding to help improve the lives of Sudanese children over the next four years, the Sudanese Ministry of International Cooperation and UNICEF said in a joint statement.

SPP is a Cape Town-based NGO facilitating land reform & capacity building in the rural Western & Northern Cape. A vacancy exists for a Coordinator for the Hantam Karoo programme based in Calvinia.

COSATU is looking for a parliamentary coordinator to act as Deputy of the Head of
the office by managing the office and personnel including representing
the federation at various political forums.

COSATU is looking for a spokesperson. It will also be the incumbent's responsibility to coordinate and manage the federation's media strategy, oversee other
staff members responsible for the production of the Shopsteward Magazine.

COSATU is looking to appoint a National Accountant to head its Accounts Unit. It will be the incumbent's responsibility to coordinate the activities of structure; act as an internal auditor for COSATU and, amongst other things, produce and present monthly, quarterly and yearly financial statements.

In Benin, the determination of President Kerekou's government to fight corruption is bearing fruit. In this connection, nine magistrates have just been arrested. They are accused of stealing more than 1bn CFA francs.

The Kenyan police and the ruling party have both rejected a new report stating that the police force is the most heavily bribed institution in Kenya, saying that it was an effort to discredit the government and its efforts to fight corruption.

Violations of children's rights were all too common in 2001. Children were beaten and tortured by police, forced to work long hours under hazardous conditions, or warehoused in detention centers and orphanages. Millions crossed international borders in search of safety or were displaced within their own countries. Hundreds of thousands served as soldiers in armed conflicts.

A Social Philanthropic and Advocacy group, Club Two-Twelve, (CTT), comprising of persons with disabilities, has restated its earlier call on the federal government to build "special schools" in the states for the education of disabled persons,stressing that government puts a stop to their treatment as second class citizens.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, and the Chairman of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Jacob Egbert Doek, have welcomed the entry into force today of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. "Entry into force of the Optional Protocol is a significant further step in the protection of children against particularly gross violations of their rights", Mrs. Robinson said.

The Committee on the Rights of the Child has started its examination of an initial report from Gabon with a Government delegation saying that Gabon's capacities and performances in health and education have allowed the implementation of children's rights at an appreciable level.

Kampala, 23-27 July 2002
To build and consolidate powerful relationships between participating organizations, in order to create new programs to make information on the position of women, and for women, highly accessible and visible.

Kampala, 23-27 July 2002
To build and consolidate powerful relationships between participating organizations, in order to create new programs to make information on the position of women, and for women, highly accessible and visible.

The key requirement of the right to education - making primary education free, compulsory and all-encompassing - has not been translated into reality. Because there is no global monitoring system, we do not know how many children in how many countries have no access to primary education, nor indeed whether the situation is improving or deteriorating. The vast majority of countries whose children have no access to school are poor, many are heavily indebted, some are at war or warfare has recently ended. Thus, this list raises questions about international cooperation much as about individual governments. To find figures for a particular country, use the drop down list on the Right to Education website.

An international agency seeks suitably qualified South African gender and education experts to help review teaching and training materials from a gender perspective.