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Health: Global Conference Urges Bottom-Up Approach
In the western reaches of Kenya, a quiet revolution is taking place: officials are working with communities to solve local health concerns.RIGHTS-LABOUR: More Countries Pledge to Free Trapped Children
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is ecstaticnever before has a global labour convention received so many ratifications in one year.LABOUR: World’s Trade Unions Under Siege
The lot of workers around the globe is a sorry one, with many intimidated, threatened and even murdered i f they attempt to form trade unions to bargain for their collective rights, states a new report released by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).RIGHTS: Victims of Dictatorship Begin Quest for Justice
Despite evidence of torture and brutality committed during his eight-year rule in Chad, Hissen Habre has been living the life of a free man in Senegal since his 1990 ouster. But his long flight from justice could end next month if a court in that West African nation rules against him.HEALTH: Anti-Smoking Lobby Embarks on Global Initiative
The international drive agains t cigarette smoking will turn a new corner in October when the World He alth Organisation (WHO) opens its first-ever public hearings on global tob acco control.HEALTH: Africa Faces New Challenges With Cheaper HIV Drugs
Now that Africa is in line for cheaper drugs to treat its HIV sufferers, is its health services equipped to deliver the triple-therapy cocktail necessary to aid these patients?RIGHTS-TRADE: Activists Seek To Combat Globalisation’s Evils
Globalisation has given new life to racism and xenophobia and the issue must be addressed urgently by the international community, human rights activists say.EDUCATION: Dakar Forum Ends on Promise of Universal Quality Schooling
Governments and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have agreed to back the Dakar Framework of Action, which promises to guarantee quality basic Education for All.EDUCATION: Time To Put Money Where Your Mouth Is, NGOs Tell Govts
Forget empty rhetoric; focus on the bottom line. That, in essence, is what an international coalition of education activists have called for on the eve of the World Education Forum, in Senegal, on Apr. 26.RIGHTS: Amnesty International Reports Gains and Losses In Anti- Death Penalty Fight
More than 1,813 people were executed in 31 countries last year, with close to 85 percent of the executions occurring in just five countriesChina, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States, a leading human rights organisation says.//CORRECTION//RIGHTS: A Migrant Worker’s Lot
Like thousands of other workers who leave their homelands each year, Indonesian Sit Zainab thought that seeking employment abroad would afford her a better life. Instead the 32- year-old domestic worker has been charged with murdering her employer and is currently languishing in a Saudi Arabian lock-up.RIGHTS: A Migrant Worker’s Lot
Like thousands of other worker s who leave their homelands each year, Indonesian Sit Zainab thought that s eeking employment abroad would afford her a better life. Instead the 32- year -old domestic worker has been charged with murdering her employer and is c urrently languishing in a Saudi Arabian lock-up.HEALTH: Blood gets the spotlight for this year’s World Health Day
Brilliant Mushipe, a 20-year- old bank clerk in Zimbabwe, is determined not to become a victim of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). And he has a plan to ensure that he attains this goal.HEALTH: Drug-Resistant Strains of Tuberculosis Growing, Warns WHO
A spate of reports about the drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis (TB) in a number of countries has alarmed health experts, who say that if not curbed the disease could kill more people than its current toll, estimated at two million deaths a year.EDUCATION: UN Moves To Return Children to Classrooms in Conflict Zones
A United Nations agency has begun relief efforts to help children of the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) regain lost years of education.HEALTH: WHO Moves to Improve Lot of Mentally Ill
The World Health Organisation (WHO) plans to focus on mental health for next year's World Health Report, as part of its efforts to deepen global understanding about the disease. The Geneva-based body has also announced that mental health will be the theme for World Health Day 2001.HEALTH: WHO prepares to write the final chapter on polio
Optimism is running high at the World Health Organisation (WHO) as it prepares to launch the final stage of a 12-year effort to eradicate poliomyelitis (polio), a disease that targets children and often results in paralysis.HEALTH-GLOBAL: MSF Steps in to Fund “Neglected Diseases”
An international health organisation has reconfirmed its commitment to help the sick and the dying in the Third World by pledging to create a special fund to fight forgotten killer diseases.RIGHTS: Still a man’s world for Muslim women
As the debate over how to reconcile women's rights with Islamic doctrine continues, a leading United Nations official visiting Pakistan this month used the opportunity to speak out against the subjugation of women in that South Asian nation.RIGHTS: Problem of “Invisible” Crimes Against Women
A 16-day awareness campaign, designed to spotlight the various forms of sexual violence suffered by women throughout the world, draws to a close Saturday.RIGHTS: Problem of “Invisible” Crimes Against Women
A 16-day awareness campaign, designed to spotlight the various forms of sexual violence suffered by women throughout the world, draws to a close Saturday.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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