Analysis of 246 reported cases of abuse by teachers in secondary schools in Zimbabwe, 1990 to 1997, identified 212 cases of sexual abuse, 33 cases of physical abuse and one case of emotional abuse.

Education is not a process that takes place in the confines of a school or college alone. It is a social process that involves home, school and the society as well. This paper argues for the need for partnership between the teachers, the administrators, the family and the community.

A new public-private partnership in Ghana is launching the Mobile Telecentre To-Go (MTTG) to introduce information technology (IT) and the Internet to schools, health clinics, farms and local businesses.

World leaders promised to give every child a better life and a more hopeful future at a meeting in 1990. So what's the picture like 11 years later? This month the United Nations children's summit will try to answer these and other related questions.

Survival's annual report identifies the most vulnerable tribe in each of three continents; Asia, Africa & South America. In each case, the government involved is breaking international law by not recognising the tribe's right to own their land.

According to a recent global conference on education, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has had a bigger effect on teaching than any other profession, and could wipe out the profession in Africa within 10 years. "The percentage of teachers who have died or carry the HIV virus is higher than for most professional groups," said Fred van Leeuwen, secretary general of Education International (EI).

Uganda's literacy rate has gone up by almost 10% over the last decade alone, an International Conference on Education and Poverty Eradication has heard.

When a Children’s Parliament debated on the current situation of children in Ghana in April, the President responded to their concerns by promising a commitment to education reforms with the implementation of a national policy for free, compulsory basic education and an expanded teacher training programme, as well as to urgent actions to halt child labour and fight child abuse. US$20,000 was raised at the launch event for a Children’s Fund in Ghana.
For more information contact: Madelon Cabooter at UNICEF.

This campaign seeks to rally people behind 10 principles to improve and protect the lives of children. The movement aims to build a groundswell of support, through actions and signature pledges, that will push leaders to renew and honour their commitments to children at the UN General Assembly’s Special Session on Children in New York, Sept 19-21. Pledge YOUR support for the 10 principles of the campaign at The Global Movement for Children website - or by e-mail.

Schools in sub-Saharan Africa tolerate serious sexual harassment and abuse, most of it perpetrated by older male pupils and male teachers. Why is the school a violent place for girls? How does school culture encourage gender violence? In the light of the AIDS crisis, sexual violence against young girls needs to be vigorously tackled.

Can the use of the curriculum to promote sexual health in schools help check HIV/AIDS? Perhaps not. Unless gender equality is brought about, the fight against the deadly virus at the school level may be futile. This report poses some relevant questions.

It started as a simple geography class exercise for learners at Weston Agricultural College in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province. But it managed to become much more than a classroom lecture. It ended up with the local town council being forced to acknowledge the huge problems caused by a municipal dumping site next to a river.

by Peter Hazell and Lawrence Haddad. Based on an analysis of the links between agricultural research and poverty alleviation in different types of countries and rural regions, this discussion paper identifies six key priorities for a pro-poor agricultural research agenda.

OneWorld is an international non-profit Network whose mission is to harness the democratic potential of the Internet. Its website www.oneworld.net is the world's leading portal on development and human rights. We are looking for an Editor to edit OneWorld's DebtChannel.org. The DebtChannel.org Editor will be responsible for editing and updating the channel to enable it to fulfill its mission as a leading Web resource on international debt. She/he will report to the OneWorld Africa Regional Coordinator based in Lusaka, Zambia.

The following was published in "HIF-net at WHO" in response to a request on where to look for funding "for developing country NGOs undertaking not-for-profit nutrition, micronutrient and/or blindness prevention projects for the benefit of poor urban and rural dwellers/communities."

The Washington Post newspaper reported on Thursday that the United States had again threatened to boycott next month's United Nations conference on racism in Durban, South Africa.

There has been rising tension within Guinea-Bissau's army, the Senegalese news agency, APS, and other sources reported. The tension appears to centre on the future of Armed Forces Chief of Staff Verissimo Correia Seabra.

The Sudanese Movement for Children, which comprises governmental and nongovernmental agencies and civil society organisations, will next Friday organise a march to start from Wad Madani, the capital of Al-Jazirah State, and end at the Friendship Hall in Khartoum, as part of the global campaign "Say Yes for Children".

A patch of bare earth dotted with smoking fires has become home to the hundreds of people who arrive each day at the displaced people's camps outside Camacupa in the Angolan province of Bié.

Africa Action calls for the cancellation of Africa's foreign debt, which we consider in large part to be illegitimate, based on its origins and consequences. We consider the present and past attempts to deal with the debt crisis to be absolutely insufficient, and we oppose the existing debt relief framework, developed and controlled by creditors and designed to function only in their interests.