This distance learning course provides human rights activists with a range of proven human rights advocacy methods and critical concepts as a means for them to reflect on and deepen their own work. The course will look at the theoretical foundations and critical issues of human rights advocacy, elements of advocacy planning, and strategies for action.

A Ministry of the Basic Education employee has been accused of being among people threatening to evict former labourers from a government farm. He has denied that he wants the workers booted. He says that he had played no role in trying to force the former workers off the farm.

The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) says it is deeply concerned about news that 17 women in Munwashi, who have been tried for adultery, have been sentenced to 100 lashes of the whip each. The OMCT is requesting activists to write to the Sudanese authorities requesting them to take all necessary measures to ensure the respect for the international human rights instruments to which Sudan is party.

The organisations listed in this posting have booked a corporate tent during the One Day cricket matches between Zimbabwe and Pakistan. Sanctions and sports/cultural boycotts are non-violent interventions that have helped to oust unjust regimes - South Africa and Rhodesia are good examples. In the face of massive hunger, violence and fear in Zimbabwe we need to actively support an integrated campaign that creates sustained and varied pressure on the Mugabe regime.

A fund has been established for the defense of John Pape, who was arrested earlier this month in Cape Town, South Africa, after being on the run since the 1970s for his involvement in the activities of an American liberation movement.

This is a call for applicants for the Adilisha distance learning courses for non-profit human rights and advocacy organisations in the SADC region. Fahamu, in association with the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford, will be offering courses specifically designed to meet the needs of non-profit human rights and advocacy organisations in the SADC region (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe). Developed together with international and regional experts, seven courses will be run in the course of the next 8 months. Applications are now opened for:
* Leadership and management for change
This course is about leading and managing for change. It aims to help you, a manager or a leader in an organisation involved in the struggle for justice, with the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to help you to do your work effectively and ethically. Because if you don't do you work effectively and ethically, your struggle will be in vain.
* Fundraising and resource mobilization
Fundraising and resource mobilisation maybe a high priority on your list. But in the kind of context you are operating in, the prospects of raising sufficient funds might not be so good. In order to be effective - in order to bring about equity and justice - you need to be able to effectively fundraise and mobilise your resources, and effect change. And yet many of you are not able to do this. That's what this course is for.

The World Organisations Against Torture, or OMCT, is requesting concerned parties to write to the Mauritanian authorities urging them to halt their intimidation of striking workers and encourage both parties to engage in negotiations. This follows information received by the organisation about intimidation used to break a strike that started on October 19 2002 in Nouakchott.

The Research Triangle Institute (RTI) is looking for a HIV/AIDS Policy/Advocacy Specialist for a 4-year USAID project focusing on behavior change to reduce HIV prevalence and reduce number of partners in Malawi to begin in January 2003.

This is a call for applicants for the Adilisha distance learning courses for non-profit human rights and advocacy organisations in the SADC region. Fahamu, in association with the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford, will be offering courses specifically designed to meet the needs of non-profit human rights and advocacy organisations in the SADC region (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe). Developed together with international and regional experts, seven courses will be run in the course of the next 8 months. Applications are now opened for:
* Leadership and management for change
This course is about leading and managing for change. It aims to help you, a manager or a leader in an organisation involved in the struggle for justice, with the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to help you to do your work effectively and ethically. Because if you don't do you work effectively and ethically, your struggle will be in vain.
* Fundraising and resource mobilization
Fundraising and resource mobilisation may be a high priority on your list. But in the kind of context you are operating in, the prospects of raising sufficient funds might not be so good. In order to be effective - in order to bring about equity and justice - you need to be able to effectively fundraise and mobilise your resources, and effect change. And yet many of you are not able to do this. That's what this course is for.

Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa's election campaign used money from the state-owned electric company to print campaign posters, and regional chiefs were wooed with gifts of cash and vehicles, two former ruling party leaders testified Wednesday at a hearing into last year's election.

While Malawi celebrates the onset of much needed rain, the government and a group of NGOs have started their assault against malaria by dramatically slashing the price of insecticide-treated mosquito nets. About eight million Malawians suffer from malaria every year, and up to 5,000 people die of the preventable disease which is spread by mosquitoes mainly during the rainy season.

Southern Africa's rape statistics are ranked third highest in the world. With the advent of HIV AIDS, rape has become tantamount to a death penalty. One in three women are regularly battered. Widows are daily dispossessed of their property. Children, and especially the girl child, are daily abused: emotionally, physically and sexually. Schools are not safe. Even the workplace is not safe. Gender violence is a daily, costly and deadly reality for the people, and especially the women of our region. Is there anything that can be done about it? More importantly is there anything you can do about it?

Since Friday, media in Cape Town and on national television and radio have been covering Housing MEC Nomatyala Hangana's resolution to crackdown on members of the Khayelitsha Anti-Eviction Campaign. This resolution comes after communities within the Greater Khayelitsha area have consistently defied banks and returned evicted people to their houses. The coverage from the Cape Times, E-TV and the SABC is notable for its one-sidedness on this issue. AEC members are portrayed as common criminals, and MEC Hangana continues to avoid the very real issue of the housing crisis in the area.

A human right organisation, Access to Justice (AJ) has petitioned the African commission on human rights over the systematic and extra-judicial killings in Nigeria, saying that the President Olusegun Obasanjo government has not done enough to check the legacy of impunity in law enforcement practice in the country.

This week marks the beginning of the Giving and Sharing week. This initiative is geared towards mobilizing people and spreading the spirit of philanthropy and volunteerism throughout South Africa.

The Gauteng Anti-War Committee announces a march to take place this Friday in protest against the war-mongering coming from the US and British governments. We join millions of people around the world that have - in various ways - protested against the prospect of a US-led war against Iraq - whether a unilaterally-declared war or one sanctioned by the UN. Over the past few weeks, a million people marched in Italy, at least half a million in the US, 200,000 in the UK, millions in the Arab world and millions more in various other parts of the world. As the sabre-rattling continues in Washington, the Gauteng Anti-War Committee joins these millions of people around the world in raising South African voices in protest.

Workers with organizations campaigning against HIV/AIDS and other civil society groups in Côte d'Ivoire, where 10 per cent of adults are HIV positive, are acquiring professional skills to play a key role in the Government's efforts to decentralize the strategy against the deadly disease.

Let world television record no attendance for human rights sake. Principles before sport. Support the boycott. Zimbabwe vs Pakistan, International Cricket November, December 2002 Question: Who is the patron of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union? Answer: Robert Gabriel Mugabe

Every year 15 million people die from infectious diseases. 40 million people live with HIV/AIDS and the numbers are mounting. Most live in developing countries, many are children, and women are often worse hit. Much of this illness and death could be prevented if poor people had access to affordable medicines. But currently, one third of the world's population does not have regular access to affordable medicines, and only a tiny percentage have access to HIV/AIDS medicines. Take this vital chance to make sure that millions of people in the developing world have access to affordable medicines!

A total of 165,000 of Burkinabe child migrants between 6 and 17 years old have migrated to work while 9.5 percent of Burkinabe children 6-17 years old were found to live outside the proximity of their parents, according to a recent study by the World Bank. The objectives of the study were to identify how many children were involved in child migration from rural areas in Burkina Faso, to establish why the children migrate and also where the high risk areas were for child migration.