Rapports

15 - 22 August 2006 Highlights Liberia ' President opens largest US gathering of Black Journalists During a recent live video broadcast, Liberia's President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, challenged hundreds of journalists attending the annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in…

ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES Training of Parents and Guardians of HIV Positive Children: The majority of HIV/AIDs infected children take medication without ample explanation. Certain parents find it difficult to give the correct answers to all the questions asked. That is…

WOM/1571 Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women Chamber B, 739th & 740th Meetings (AM & PM) Delegation Highlights Constitutions Explicit Provisions to Ensure Gender Equality, but Acknowledges Limitations in Country Emerging from Conflict A new constitution adopted in February…

FEM/1571 Comité pour l'élimination de la discrimination à l'égard des femmes Chambre B - 739e & 740e séances -- matin & après-midi Des efforts doivent être déployés pour éliminer les graves violences perpétrées contre les femmes et en punir les auteurs, recommandent…

Kigali - A gender-based violence (GBV) bill was adopted by general consensus in the Rwandan Parliament on 3 August 2006. The adoption of the bill comes after a two-day deliberation among the parliamentarians, ending in a unanimous decision to…

Sommaire Situation alimentaire préoccupante dans le Sahel: Niger- Une évaluation récente conduite conjointement par le système d'alerte précoce, l'Institut National de la Statistique, le Système d'Information des Marchés Agricoles, le PAM, FEWS-NET, la FAO et la Commission Européenne estime à 3,8…

AI Index: AFR 51/009/2006 (Public) News Service No: 194 Amnesty International today launched a campaign to highlight the problems faced by women in Sierra Leone in accessing the justice system. Every day, women in rural Sierra Leone face discrimination and violence…

18 July - 1 August 2006 Highlights - World Bank President visited Liberia - Final results of the self-evaluation of the Emergency School Feeding program (carried out between 27 March and 30 June, 2006) presented. The President of the World Bank Group, Mr.…

Human Rights Committee ROUND-UP Adopts Final Conclusions and Recommendations on Reports of the Central African Republic, the United States and UNMIK The Human Rights Committee concluded today its eighty-seventh session, during which it considered and adopted concluding observations and recommendations on…

ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES Health: MSF-Belgium has finalised its survey report on access to health basic services in Karuzi province. An abridged version of the report is available on: http://www.reliefweb.int/ochaburundi/NGO/MSF-B_karuzi_rapport_court.pdf Further to the presidential decision of free health care for pregnant women…