PRESIDENT J. A. Kufuor has given hints of a possible overhaul of the education system to meet the developmental needs of the country. He has announced his government's determination to bridge the huge gap between well-endowed schools and the less-endowed ones by the end of his term of office as part of measures to correct the existing defects.

Trevor Huddleston CR Memorial Centre - New post. 50-55,000 R pa inc. Expanding NGO is seeking experienced administrator for offices and community based projects Sophiatown, Johannesburg. Mature, highly motivated person, fluent English and at least one other SA language. Computer literate, proven skills in basic accounting systems. Send cv & letter of application with refs by noon 7 Jan. Interviews 21 Jan.Start 1 March 2002.

Provide technical and managerial leadership to a team of highly skilled multi-national professionals in the planning, coordination, and implementation of activities to address family planning and reproductive health issues (FP/RH) within the context of HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Six international organizations have joined forces to create this technology resource center aimed at training on how to use the Internet effectively for social justice and sustainable development.

The International Human Rights Academy (IHRA) is to be held from 3 April to 20 April 2002 on Robben Island, Cape Town under the auspices of the Law Faculty of the University of Western Cape (UWC), the Faculty of Law of the University of Ghent (RUG), and the Law Faculty of Utrecht University. The
Norwegian Institute of Human Rights (NIHR), Oslo will also co-sponsor the course. The Belgian Government has generously supported the programme.

Responding to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's call to action, several major foundations have announced that they and the larger foundation community expect to commit $100 million in new funding for a five-year project to prevent and help treat HIV/AIDS in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

infoDev is pleased to announce the next review of proposals for funding in Spring 2002. These are core program grants and do not include Country Gateway, E Readiness or iCSF grants. We will be reviewing all proposals received since the last round of reviews in June 2001. The deadline to submit a proposal will be February 1, 2002. Final decisions will be posted on the website by March 15, 2002.

December 18 - an online network for the promotion and protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers. Provides interactive tools, including databases, documents and a search engine.
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Many children around the world experienced violence and discrimination as a regular part of their school experience, reports Human Rights Watch. In some cases, school officials participated in acts of intolerance, ostracization, and violence directed at particular youth because of their gender, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, social group, or other status. In others, authorities failed to intervene to protect students from harassment and attacks by their classmates.

A Kenyan NGO has launched a capacity-building peer education training programme targeting 15 primary schools in an effort to eradicate female genital mutilation.

Following the tabling in parliament last week of a special report on the University of Zimbabwe, there have been serious complaints that the investigating committee presented a highly distorted report to the House.

NTUNGAMO Woman MP Beatrice Rwakimari has condemned teachers who defile their pupils in schools. Rwakimari, speaking at Maato Primary School, called upon the administration to punish culprits rather than transferring them to other schools.

Themba Lesizwe is a newly established network of trauma services providers and specialised agencies dealing with victim empowerment and trauma support. It has a vacancy for a Project Officer, in a three year contract position.

INTERFUND is a development agency that seeks to combat poverty and inequality, and strives to promote democracy and human rights. The successful candidate should be an assertive, confidential and independent worker who will work in the Executive
Department.

INTERFUND is a development agency that seeks to combat poverty and inequality, and strives to promote democracy and human rights. Both persons will have core responsibility for implementing INTERFUND's Human Rights and Democratisation/ Gender, Arts and Culture Programmes.

INTERFUND is a development agency that seeks to combat poverty and inequality, and strives to promote democracy and human rights. The successful candidate should be a dynamic, motivated,
self starter who will work in the Research and Information Department.

Two UC Santa Barbara Fellowships are available to assist scholars whose
research focuses on areas significant to African,
Caribbean and/or African-American Studies. Applicants
from all disciplines are encouraged, including humanities, social sciences, sciences and interdisciplinary fields.

The Road Map is a guide for migrant NGOs to the International Human Rights System and Other Mechanisms. The Road Map is a joined project by the Canadian Human Rights Foundation, Asia Pacific Forum on Women Law and Development, Ateneo Human Rights Center and the Asian Migrant Centre.

The IMD is celebrated worldwide. A list of events, and press releases and statements by: UN Secretary General Mr. K. Annan; International Confederation of Free Trade Unions; National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, US; European Network against Racism, Belgium; Catholic Migrant Workers’ Relief Committee, Thailand; December 18 can be found on the December 18 website.

Two NGOs, Action Contre la Faim (ACF) and Concerned Christian Community (CCC), have called for the relocation of thousands of internally displaced Liberians who were recently forced to flee south from the northwest regions, because of renewed fighting between disssidents and government forces. The organsations said more than 10,000 IDPs are currently living in Sawmill, Bomi County.