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04/14/2008 - Victory for T-section women
Mail& Guardian

Umlazi court has issued an order stating that the ban on pants in
T-section be removed. The accused were asked to apologise for trying to
enforce a ban on women wearing pants. Zandile Mpanza and The Commission on
Gender Equality describes the case as victory for women.
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04/14/2008 - SA behind the times on HIV treatment
Mail & Guardian

South Africa's insufficient public sector anti-HIV treatment has been
highlighted again with the release of expert guidelines on antiretroviral
therapy in the region. The guidelines recommend starting patients on
antiretrovirals (ARVs) earlier than government prescribes and HIV-positive
pregnant women regardless of health status.
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04/14/2008 - Nepal's historic vote puts women in running
WomensENews

Women are running for historic 10 April 2008 Constituent Assembly
elections inside Nepal's sealed borders. As they take advantage of
ambitious gender quotas they are learning how to vote and doing what they
can to weather campaign violence.
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04/14/2008 - DRC promotes new sexual violence law
MONUC

As part of women’s month, a one day workshop on the promotion of the new
sexual violence law in the DRC was held on 31 Monday March 2008 in
Kinshasa, under the aegis of the International NGO Network for Development
(RIOD). The workshop was organised by RIOD and other female NGO networks
to make women aware of their rights, so that they can fight the impunity
of those who commit acts of sexual violence.
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04/14/2008 - Women still disregarded in politics
SABC news

The role in which women can play in politics is still disregarded in most
parliaments across the world. This is one of the findings revealed by
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in the survey conducted on equality in
politics. The findings reveal that women occupy fewer seats in parliament
than men.
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04/14/2008 - Female journalists plot their way forward
MONUC

The Association of Women Journalists (AJPF) organised a morning discussion
on the independence of women in the media, their assets, limits and way
forward in Kinshasa on 8 April 2008. AJPF members and a representative
attended the meeting from MONUC’s gender office. One of the AJPF's
programme priorities was in Information Technology in which female
journalists lack.
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04/14/2008 - Women face bias worldwide
BBC

Women are discriminated against in almost every country around the world,
said a UN-commissioned report. It says that this is despite the fact that
185 UN member states pledged to outlaw laws favoring men by 2005. The
report adds that 70% of the world’s poor are women and they own just 1% of
the world’s titled land. It further states that in 53 nations rape within
marriages has still not been made a crime.

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Senior Researcher / Advocacy specialist
South Africa | CSVR | Deadline: 19 April 2008

The Criminal Justice Programme (CJP) within CSVR seeks a highly skilled
and motivated individual to manage and implement a research and advocacy
component of a project on torture prevention in South Africa, and working
towards the ratification of the Optional Protocol on the Convention
against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or
Punishment. The incumbent will also work closely with CSVR’s Trauma and
Transition Programme. This is a 6-8 month contract position.
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Project Administrator & PA
Cape Town | The AIDS Response | Deadline: 21 April 2008

The AIDS Response invites applications from suitably qualified individuals
for the position of Project Administrator / PA to be based in Observatory,
Cape Town.
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AIDS Response, Trainee
Cape Town | AIDS Response | Deadline: 21 April 2008

The AIDS Response invites applications from suitably qualified individuals
for the position of a Trainer to be based in Observatory, Cape Town.
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Fund Development Officer
Mpumalanga | Topsy Foundation | Deadline: 23 April 2008

The Topsy Foundation, a NGO working with communities in Southern
Mpumalanga, to help alleviate the consequences of HIV and AIDS, invites
applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position of Fund
Development Officer to be based in Johannesburg.
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Student Development Advisor
Cape Town | REAP | Deadline: 25 April 2008

Rural Education Access Programme (REAP) is seeking an experienced,
strategic thinking individual with working experience in the development
sector for the position of student advisor.
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Project manager
Cape Town | REAP | Deadline: 25 April 2008

Rural Education Access Programme (REAP) is seeking an experienced
programme manager to lead, mentor and develop a small team of student
advisors and oversee programme implementation & development.
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Social Worker
Cape Town | RAPCAN | Deadline: 25 April 2008

Resources Aimed at the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (RAPCAN)
seeks applications for the position of Social Worker, to join its Child
Protection and Support Services team.
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Programme Officer
Johannesburg | CIVICUS | Deadline: 30 April 2008

On this background CIVICUS is looking to increase its country support
capacities and is therefore seeking to recruit two Programme Officers to
work with the CSI project team in the major area of coordination according
to the following specification:
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Legal Services Manager
West Coast, Cape Town | Saldanha Bay Municipality | Deadline: 18 April 2008

Saldanha Bay Municipality is seeking to employ a Manager: Legal Services
(Fixed Term) for the Office of the Municipal Manager.

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05/05/2008 - 04/09/2008 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa, Conference,
Mozambique
Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA)

Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) invites
ministers of education and training from sub-Saharan Africa, bilateral and
multilateral development agencies, experts from ministries and
universities and representatives from civil society to the 2008 Biennale
on Education in Africa from 5-9 May 2008 in Maputo, Mozambique.
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04/22/2008 - 04/22/2008 Learning Lessons from Abroad, Other, South Africa
Tshikululu Social Investments (TSI)

Tshikululu Social Investments (TSI), a corporate social investment
management consultancy, will host a lecture on “Learning Lessons from
Abroad: An International Perspective on Developments in Grantmaking” on 22
April 2008 in Johannesburg, as part of its Tshikululu Lecture Series.
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04/24/2008 - 04/26/2008 NGOs as agent of positive change, Conference, Ghana
WANGO

Accra 2008 WANGO Conference" is the first edition of a WANGO regional
conference/retreat to be held in Africa. It is a follow up to the 2007
World Congress of NGOs held in Toronto, Canada in November. The forum is
to serve as the leading voluntary and membership meeting for over 300
representatives/members of NGOs, government, business and support agencies
in the region and beyond. It will address issues of fundamental import
crucial to the growth and development of the humanitarian sector in
sub-Saharan Africa.
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06/01/2008 - 06/04/2008 World Editors Forum, Reader participation, Other,
France
Swedish Newspaper Association

Swedish Newspaper Association will be hosting an annual World Editors
Forum on Reader participation, user-generated content and social networks
are having an impact on journalism, and that impact is likely to grow in
the future. But will Web 2.0 give birth to a new form of journalism? That
question will be examined at the annual World Editors Forum, to be held in
Sweden from 1 to 4 June.
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