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Communications Coordinator

Application Deadline: 
26 Sep 2008
The Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN) is looking for a new person to coordinate communications, networking and outreach and to provide program support.
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Policy Analyst

Application Deadline: 
3 Oct 2008
The Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN) is looking for a creative, committed, and experienced worker rights advocate to join our small program team.
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Gender Mainstreaming Consultant

Application Deadline: 
19 Sep 2008
GOAL Democratic of Congo seeks to employ a qualified person to do duties of Gender Mainstreaming Consultant.
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OSS Advocates File Human Rights Complaint Against SA Election Body

Published date: 
9 Sep 2008
The head of South Africa's government open source working group, the chief technical officer of the State IT Agency (Sita) and The Shuttleworth Foundation, have laid a complaint with the Human Rights Commission (HRC) against the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for excluding non-Internet Explorer users from it website.
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SA Making Progress in Providing ICT to Rural Areas

Published date: 
9 Sep 2008
South Africa has made some progress regarding the provision of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to South Africans, especially those in rural areas, says President Thabo Mbeki on Sunday.
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Calendar Publishers Unite for World Peace

Published date: 
9 Sep 2008
This year, for the first time ever, the United Nations International Day of Peace has been printed on hundreds of millions of calendars all over the world. The UN has set a target of billion people.
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Constitutional Values, Diversity and Democracy

Published date: 
9 Sep 2008
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) launched its first dialogue series on constitutional values on 22 August in Johannesburg. Held under the theme "Unity in Diversity: Promoting and Advancing Constitutional Values in South Africa".
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Register for MobileActive08

Published date: 
9 Sep 2008
With six weeks to go, excitement is building up for the MobileActive08 Summit. The Summit is hosted by SANGONeT and MobileActive.org from 13-15 October 2008 in Johannesburg, the theme of the event is "Unlocking the Potential of Mobile Technology for Social Impact".
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Joburg Pride Statement

Published date: 
9 Sep 2008
The Johannesburg pride community states that, the recent developments around the visit of international performer RuPaul to South Africa appear to have given rise to some confusion in the LGBT community as to who is actually hosting the star.
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Batswana Lesbian and Gay Community Celebrate their Pride

Published date: 
9 Sep 2008
The second annual pride party by LeGaBiBo, a first Botswana lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex project run by Botswana Network on Ethics Law and HIV /AIDS (BONELA), attracted almost 200 members of the gay community to celebrate their existence with pride and to strengthen trust between them and LeGaBiBo.
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