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July 2007

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23.07.2007 Naisen pyrkiminen politiikkaan aiheuttaa Sierra Leonessa ihmetystä ja jotkut tuomitsevat sen. Monen naisehdokkaan tie katkeaakin jo esivaaleissa puolueen tuen puuttumiseen. Myös vaalitavan muutos tulee vaikeuttamaan naisten pääsyä parlamenttiin.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related topics/regions: [Sierra Leone] [Gender] [Politics]
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Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea
19.07.2007 In the first sentences handed down by the Special Court for Sierra Leone, three former members of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council have been given lengthy prison sentences for crimes committed during the country's lengthy civil war.
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Related topics/regions: [Sierra Leone]
Image: Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea © UNHCR/B. Neeleman
Julistekampanja kannusti naisia rekisteröitymään äänestäjäksi
11.07.2007 Sisällissodasta toipuvassä länsiafrikkalaiessa Sierra Leonessa pidetään parlamentti- ja presidentinvaalit 11. elokuuta. Puolueiden vaalikampanjat käynnistyivät virallisesti tänään. YK:n pääsihteerin erityisedustaja Victor Angelo vetosi eilen puolueisiin rauhallisen kampanjan puolesta.
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From: UNDP Nordic Office
Related topics/regions: [Sierra Leone] [Democracy]
Image: Julistekampanja kannusti naisia rekisteröitymään äänestäjäksi
Mali: 'food crisis ahead' (© Tearfund)
11.07.2007 Devastating but preventable food crises will hit the world's poorest countries yet again because of a failure to address the root causes of the problem, according to a report by a coalition of aid groups working in the Sahel and the International Institute for Environment and Development.
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From: International Institute for Environment and Development
Image: Mali: 'food crisis ahead' (© Tearfund)
The Global Compact: Worth the paper it's written on?
10.07.2007 World leaders and global business chiefs gathered last week to assess progress on a voluntary initiative aimed at promoting human rights standards for cooperate operations. Several non-profits are criticizing the seven-year-old "Global Compact" as a mockery and a failure.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Mexico] [India] [Ghana] [Water/sanitation] [Corporations] [Pollution] [Human rights] [Codes of conduct]
Image: The Global Compact: Worth the paper it's written on?
04.07.2007 Botswana, Kenya, Nigeria and Namibia are leading a campaign by African governments to weaken a key UN Declaration that would protect the rights of indigenous peoples, according to campaigners.
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From: Advocacy Project
Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Botswana] [Kenya] [Namibia] [Nigeria]

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