Insecurity, abductions, displacement and the poor level of education available to them are the key concerns of young people in northern Uganda, whose lives have been shaped by inter-related conflicts there and in neighbouring southern Sudan over the last two decades, according to a report released on Friday by the US-based Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children (WCRWC).

Armed militia are still denying entry into the conference hall of the general congress of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia, a local journalist told IRIN on Monday.

Poor teaching standards among primary teachers in Kenya is worring the government. The concern has been triggered off by reports that some students have reached the middle school level, without knowing how to read and write.

The Human Rights Education Program at Amnesty International USA has published a guide that focuses on issues surrounding the Sept. 11th attacks. Titled "September 11th Crisis
Response Guide", it is targeted to junior high and high school teachers and covers topics that range from racism and discrimination to International Humanitarian Law. All topics are placed within the framework of human rights and the inherent dignity of all people, as developed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

At the recent conference on implementation of the Rome Statute for the International
Criminal Court in Dakar, Senegal, participants called upon the government of Senegal, which was the first country to ratify the Rome Statute on February 2, 1999, to be among the first countries to adopt implementing legislation of the Rome Statute.

How many children suffer from communication disabilities in Uganda? What services are available for these children? How can parents get more involved in their child's progress? Researchers from the UK Centre for International Child Health report on a study in three districts in Eastern Uganda.

The world's population is expected to increase by 50% by 2050, with all of the projected growth taking place in developing nations, the U.N. Population Fund's "State of the World Population 2001" report, which was released aound the world, states.

To increase the participation of women as PIs and co-PIs in international research projects the Women's International Science Collaboration (WISC) Program provides grants to individual US scientists who plan to establish new research partnerships with their colleagues in Central/Eastern Europe, the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union, Near East, Middle East, Africa, the Americas, Pacific, and Asia.

To increase the participation of women as PIs and co-PIs in international research projects the Women's International Science Collaboration (WISC) Program provides grants to individual US scientists who plan to establish new research partnerships with their colleagues in Central/Eastern Europe, the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union, Near East, Middle East, Africa, the Americas, Pacific, and Asia.

To increase the participation of women as PIs and co-PIs in international research projects the Women's International Science Collaboration (WISC) Program provides grants to individual US scientists who plan to establish new research partnerships with their colleagues in Central/Eastern Europe, the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union, Near East, Middle East, Africa, the Americas, Pacific, and Asia.

To increase the participation of women as PIs and co-PIs in international research projects the Women's International Science Collaboration (WISC) Program provides grants to individual US scientists who plan to establish new research partnerships with their colleagues in Central/Eastern Europe, the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union, Near East, Middle East, Africa, the Americas, Pacific, and Asia.

Salary : Starting salary between £25,572 and £27,730  (+ 9% pension)
Location : Islington, London, United Kingdom
Closing Date : 23 Nov 2001
Posted on : 1 Nov 2001

Salary : £26,679pa
Location : Luanda, Angola
Closing Date : 14 Nov 2001
Posted on : 2 Nov 2001

Salary : £16,000
Location : Oxford, United Kingdom
Closing Date : 29 Nov 2001

Conference for policymakers, lawyers and the military

Christian Solidarity International (CSI), an NGO long at odds with the Sudanese government, on Wednesday cited civil authorities in the Aweil region of northern Bahr al-Ghazal in claiming that government-allied armed forces had killed 93 civilians and enslaved 85 women and children in a new offensive between 23 and 26 October.

Commitment to the goal of universal primary education (UPE) by 2015 has received unprecedented support from governments and donors. But what is the reality for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in terms of the additional educational capacity required? And will the demand for primary schooling be sufficient to achieve UPE?

Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have fewer teachers than they need to achieve the internationally agreed development targets of Education for All (EFA) by 2015. Conventional modes of teacher education via residential teacher training colleges are not producing enough teachers to fill the gap. Can distance teacher education play a viable role in addressing the teacher shortage?

A new briefing argues for a reformed International Monetary Fund within "a new financial architecture". The report, by the German NGO World Economy, Ecology and Development (WEED) rejects calls for the wholesale dismantling of the Fund.