Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by ABONG, Articulación Feminista Marcosur , Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristan, Instituto Paulo Freire, Movements (international), Movements (Women), NIGD (Peru), PEDTG
New signatures have been added to the six initial ones. This declaration has been circulated again at the eve of the World Social Forum’s International Councli’s meeting in Berlin, May 29-31rst 2007, for the discussion on the evaluation of the WSF process.
We celebrate the seventh World (…)
, by MANJI Firoze
The World Social Forum, which took place in Nairobi, Kenya for the first time in Africa, was supposed to be a forum for the voices of the grassroots. But Firoze Manji writes that, despite the diversity of voices at the event, not everyone was equally represented.
As one would expect, WSF was (…)
, by The Nation (Kenya)
A big march against the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) took place during the World Social forum In Nairobi. Below a transcript of the Daily Nation on the StopEPA march which appeared in today’s issue.
By Nation Reporter.
Thousands of demonstrators yesterday paralysed operations of (…)
, by Ciranda
Journalists and social communicators gathered in a meeting in Nairobi to start shared estrategies toward the global mobilization journeys called by the WSF process.
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Information on the meeting in Nairobi Friday 9 February 2007
On January 24th 2007, journalists and (…)
, by NANGA Jean
The arrogance of neoliberalism, although certainly challenged in some Latin American countries, seems to face a cooling of opposition everywhere else, as if there was an exhaustion of the “expansive wave” of the movement for global justice. What can we expect from the second World Social Forum (…)
, by TERBACH Lea
When the West became conscious of the uprising taking place in Ethiopia, some time had already passed since the emperor Haile Selassie had been overthrown, along with the oldest theocracy on the planet - an ancient feudal dynasty, feudal, born out of the myth of the biblical romance of King (…)
, by SMITH Kerry
Sixty-three Women Of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) members were arrested on November 29 during a peaceful launch of its People’s Charter. They were taken to Bulawayo Central Police Station. WOZA leaders Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu were among those arrested.
A WOZA media release stated: (…)
, by MILLET Damien, TOUSSAINT Éric, VIVIEN Renaud
Since the Second World War and the horrors of the Holocaust, the International Community has been committed to putting an end to the impunity of those responsible for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Nuremberg judgement led the way by declaring that “the official (…)
, by IGLHRC
A publication of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) November 2006
Dear Reader:
In January 2006, the Nigerian Minister for Justice presented to the Nigerian Federal Council a bill that would create criminal penalties for anyone engaging in same-sex (…)
, by MANJOO Rashida, SURIN Jacqueline Ann
Interview with WLUML networker Rashida Manjoo about her experiences of the Gender Equality Commission of South Africa, conducted during the recent conference in Malaysia on ’Mechanisms and Legislation to Promote and Protect Gender Equality’. (the Sun - Malaysia)
When South Africa became a new (…)
, by ANTENTAS Josep Maria
The victory of the African National Congress (ANC) in the democratic elections of 1994 marked the end of apartheid in South Africa, after a long period of negotiations between the forces of the regime and the liberation movement, initiated in the late 1980s and early 1990s. These culminated in (…)
, by KIBBLE Steve
Zimbabwe, according to Chris Alden, faces multiple crises - legitimacy as the postcolonial consensus crumbles, expectations stemming from the failure of the economy and polity, and confidence in the impartiality of the institutions of the state. All of these aspects can be seen as a crisis of (…)
, by Correspondent(s)
afrol News, 21 February - International press freedom groups are outraged by the homosexuality “revelations” practiced by several Cameroonian newspapers. Robert Ménard, Secretary General of Reporters sans Frontières (RSF), compares these Cameroonian newspapers with the “hate media” of Rwanda and (…)
, by LE BLANC Paul
This historical analysis is a by-product of my participation in a “Conference on Rosa Luxemburg, War and Imperialism,” held May 20-22, 2004 at the Workers’ Library and Museum in the Newton Precinct of Johannesburg, sponsored by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and the Anti-War Coalition. The (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
Letter to the Minister of Justice of Cameroon Regarding 11 Men Detained on Suspicion of Homosexual Activity
DECEMBER 1, 2005
S.E. Monsieur Amadou ALI Minister of Justice Cameroon
Honorable Minister:
We are writing to urge the immediate protection from abuse and release from jail of (…)
Lagos (Nigeria) — Up to two-thirds of women in certain communities in Lagos State, Nigeria are believed to have experienced physical, sexual or psychological violence in the family, with neither the Lagos government nor the Federal government doing anything to stem the tide of violence - and in (…)
, by DOR George
In his budget speech to Parliament, Trevor Manuel noted in apparent contradiction, ’even as we enjoy the fruits of the progress made in our first decade’ we understand the impatience that motivates some of those who are drawn into [the recent violent] demonstrations [including communities in the (…)
, par BOND Patrick
The first week of July witnessed two important markers of Africa’s geopolitical trajectory. In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the African Union (AU) summit, the South African government took major steps to influence the organization, by winning contests to host its parliament and to dominate its (…)
, by EDDY FannyAnn, Human Rights Watch (HRW)
(New York) - The government of Sierra Leone should bring to justice those responsible for the brutal murder of FannyAnn Eddy, founder of the Sierra Leone Lesbian and Gay Association and a lesbian rights activist known across Africa.
Eddy, 30, was found dead on the morning of September 29. (…)
, by HJORT Linn
The HIV/AIDS crisis in southern and South Africa has spread enormously wide and has caused a lot of social problems and individual suffering on a general level. Among all people living with HIV/AIDS, there are some groups who are especially affected by it; two of them are women and youth.
In (…)
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