Partner news and notices
News about, and for, our UK partner community.
29.09.2004
VSO sends people - rather than food or money - to developing countries to share their skills and knowledge. Learn how to become a volunteer on their redesigned website.
more...From: Voluntary Service Overseas Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Volunteering] [Internet] |
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11.08.2004
WOMANKIND Worldwide has taken part in a radio debate on the issue of Female Genital Mutilation on National Public Radio in the US. East Africa programme officer Edward Wageni was joined on air by Bogaletch Gebre, founder of Kembatta Women's Self-Help Centre in Ethiopia. The Centre was recently commended by the UN for its "breakthrough" work to combat FGM.
more...From: WOMANKIND Worldwide Related topics/regions: [United States] [United Kingdom] [Ethiopia] [Health] [Gender] Image: Logo della campagna - da Stop FGM
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26.07.2004
Madhavi Ariyabandu of ITDG Sri Lanka has been awarded the 2004 Mary Fran Myers Award by the Gender and Disaster Network for advancing womens careers in emergency management and promoting gendered disaster research.
more...From: Practical Action Related topics/regions: [Sri Lanka] [Emergency relief] [Gender] |
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15.07.2004
Film producer, environmentalist and actor Trudie Styler is to become national ambassador for UNICEF UKs End Child Exploitation Fundraising Appeal. Trudie has pledged to raise one million pounds for UNICEFs current campaign, working to protect millions of children from the worst forms of exploitation child labour, child trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation.
more...From: UNICEF UK Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Children] [Human rights] |
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01.07.2004
VSO was voted the UK's top international development charity in the International Aid and Development category at the Charity Awards 2004 in June for its work in promoting innovative approaches to globalising volunteering.
more...From: Voluntary Service Overseas Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Development] [Volunteering] |
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21.06.2004
Plan UK has published a new report assessing the contribution of children in development. Often ignored in the decision-making process, the charity has found - not surprisingly - that kids can make a positive impact in raising awareness of community problems and contributing to solutions.
more...From: Plan International Related topics/regions: [Children] |
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18.06.2004
ODI and DFID have announced a partnership to bridge international development research and policy. In a long-term effort to help think-tanks and NGOs contribute more effectively to policy in such areas as aid, trade and poverty reduction, they will sponsor research, build capacity, and help Southern civil society target key decisions for improved policy impact.
more...From: Overseas Development Institute Related topics/regions: [Development] [Knowledge] [Civil society] |
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11.06.2004
The One World Media Awards were held on 10 June. Channel 4s Lindsey Hilsum was named Broadcast Journalist of the Year.
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From: One World Media Related topics/regions: [Media] |
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07.06.2004
Oxfam has launched a specialist recruitment campaign targeting country managers and is seeking "management high-fliers" from the corporate and public sectors to apply to become Country Programme Managers around the world.
more...From: Oxfam Great Britain, Oxfam International Related topics/regions: [Development] |
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18.05.2004
The Development Studies Association is seeking papers focusing on epistemology and methodology for a collaborative meeting to be held in December 2004 of four of its study groups: the Poverty group, the Economics group, the Development Ethics and Research Students study groups.
more...From: Development Studies Association Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Development] [Education] |
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18.05.2004
Over the past few years Pedrina Mamanis community has been developing a tourism venture that offers people from the far corners of the Earth the opportunity to come and stay in the community and see the effect of fair trade in Peru. The venture is being developed together with several other rural communities in the Peruvian Andes that form part of Minka Fair Trade.
more...From: Minka Fair Trade Related topics/regions: [Peru] [Tourism] [Trade] [Gender] |
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10.05.2004
Engineers from all over the UK battled it out to raise money for RedR on 28 April at a NEC car park in Birmingham, temporarily turned into a disaster relief zone. The charity trains and provides relief personnel to humanitarian programmes worldwide to work in disaster relief situations.
more...From: RedR - Engineers for Disaster Relief Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Emergency relief] [Finance] |
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16.04.2004
Nearly 60% of leading disability websites fail basic accessibility checks, although there are a handful of exemplary sites. Findings from the "Disability 50" survey, carried out by Ethical Media, reveal the gap between rhetoric and reality in disability groups' communications and point to an urgent need to address accessibility and usability in the sector.
more...From: Ethical Media Related topics/regions: [Disability] [Communication] [ICT] |
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13.04.2004
VSO India have been asked to advise a World Bank study on disability in India. The study aims to highlight the link between disability and poverty so that the World Bank can move from an inclusive disability policy recommendation into policy and practice.
more...From: Voluntary Service Overseas Related topics/regions: [India] [Development] [Disability] |
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07.04.2004
The Save the Children UK website was recognised at the recent Charity and Public Service Publishing Awards 2003. The site was runner-up in the category of Charity and Public Service Website of the Year. The judge commended the home page as "a good example of the kind of balance between navigation, content and graphics".
more...From: Save the Children UK |
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24.03.2004
In January the ActionAid family all over the world joined hands to form ActionAid International. Ramesh Singh of ActionAid UK took on the role of CEO of the new organization, based in South Africa. Allavida's Alliance magazine asked Singh about the process of "internationalisation" that has been going on at ActionAid for some five years.
more...From: Allavida, ActionAid UK Related topics/regions: [Development] [Capacity building] [Aid] [Civil society] |
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