A campaign aims to address the state of education in South Africa, where only seven percent of public schools have functional libraries.
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Posted in: Africa, Education & Youth
Topics: Hamza Aktan, schools, Soccer World Cup, South Africa
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Despite much progress, more needs to be done by governments to support effective HIV prevention efforts, notably by stopping abuse and discrimination against socially marginalized populations.
Topics: Francoise Girard, Global Fund, HIV/AIDS, human rights
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Naomi Campbell is to be served a subpoena and compelled to testify in the war-crimes trial of Charles Taylor, about an alleged diamond gift she received from the former Liberian president in 1997.
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This week, Open Society tweets covered events in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, the importance of education, social media use in Kenya, and the UN's silence on forced sterilization in China.
Posted in: Africa, Education & Youth
Topics: Brock Boddie, China, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, social media
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Millions of ordinary people accused of petty crimes comprise the majority of the world's pretrial detainees—and in many countries they are routinely and systematically subjected to torture.
Posted in: Africa, Justice, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East
Topics: criminal justice reform, Kersty McCourt, pretrial detention, torture
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The World Cup is expected to boost South Africa's economy and create hundreds of thousands of jobs. But will it translate into improved livelihoods for the poverty-stricken 43% of the population, or aggravate already-existing frictions?
Posted in: Africa, Governance & Accountability
Topics: economic development, Ozias Tungwarara, poverty, Soccer World Cup, South Africa, xenophobia
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The gulf oil spill, the politics of the World Cup, and more: a few highlights from our Twitter feeds.
Posted in: Africa, Governance & Accountability, Media & Arts
Topics: oil, Pakistan, statelessness
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Open Society Fellow Eric Stover explains why international courts should do a better job of communicating with people whose lives have been affected by wartime atrocities.
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Support for the International Criminal Court by its member states falls short of what is required to enable the court to have a wider impact in promoting international justice and helping to end impunity, according to court experts.
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What were we tweeting about this week? Here are a few highlights from our Twitter feeds.
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Media & Arts
Topics: Burma, dominican republic, Laura Brahm, Namibia, Rwanda, Twitter, unesco, women