Fundraising

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Nigeria: Iwu Recommends Trust Fund for Women in Politics

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Tue, 2010-02-23 07:17
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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Maurice Iwu has advised women to create a Trust Fund to help their quest for better participation in politics and governance in the country. Professor Iwu assured the women that the commission will do all within its power to ensure that they are given a level playing ground to contribute to the development of the country.

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Training Programme on Media and Peace-building 2009

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Tue, 2009-10-06 08:36
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Bujumbura, Burundi
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Burundi
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Burundi
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According to the organisers of this training, Radio La Benevolencija HTF ("la Benevolencija"), this training programme draws on their work in the Great Lakes Region (Rwanda, Burundi, and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)) which applies psychological research to support violence prevention, peace-building, and trauma healing through the targeted use of communication outlets. The training programme for 2009 focuses on mid-career media professionals of the Great Lakes region and is designed to encourage exchanges between international and regional experts on core issues relating to the media, and peace building and consolidation initiatives in the region.

The training consists of four courses, each five days long. There will also be an introductory lecture on universal psychological dynamics related to hate speech and propaganda and ways to counteract them, including transitional justice mechanisms and media deontology in election periods. The courses are as follows:

* Media Literacy, Propaganda, Manipulation and Hate speech
* Media Law, Deontology and Ethics Codes in Times of Elections
* Transitional Justice, Traditional Justice and Impunity
* Media, Mass Violence and Peace: The Role of the Media in Elections and Conflict

Registration Information

Interested candidates can request more information and application forms from the contacts below.

Deadline for application: September 15, 2009.

Some scholarships are available for students participating from the Great Lakes Region (Rwanda, Burundi, and East Congo).

To read further please visit Labenevolencija.


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Afghanistan: Campaign Consultant Sees Signs of Hope for Women in Politics

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Tue, 2009-09-01 23:41
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While Afghanistan's top two presidential candidates, Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah, spar over who came out ahead in preliminary exit polls, Afghan women's rights activists are hoping the results show higher voter turnout among women.
Despite extremist threats, deteriorating security and a shortage of female poll workers, women appear to be gaining ground in politics, thanks to general disillusionment with the current leadership and the efforts of several grass-roots organizations.
Abeda Osman, for her part, sees small signs of hope. Osman is a former government commissioner, consultant and activist who has spent much of the last six years working with various nonprofit groups in her native Afghanistan. Most recently, she served as a campaign consultant in coordination with the Afghan Women’s Network.

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