Full Coverage: Kenya
August 2007
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The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Kenya
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08/31/2007
It's time for Kenya's women to send more women to parliament, says Florence Machio, noting that a female minister of health has done more for women in the past four years than her male predecessors ever did. But in Kenya, electing women has proven an uphill battle.
Read moreFrom: Reproductive Health Reality Check |
08/28/2007
The environmentally sustainable practice of planting shrubs and tree seedlings throughout crop fields is helping rural farmers from central Kenya raise productivity and reap meaningful profits.
Read moreFrom: Academy for Educational Development |
08/23/2007
Despite countless global impediments to women's political participation and representation, activists are working tirelessly to secure unbiased opportunities for election and equal rates of political representation for women and men alike.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [South Asia] [Europe] [Albania] [Nepal] [Rwanda] [Sweden] [Tanzania ] [Civil Rights] [Gender] [Activism] [Democracy] [Governance] |
08/21/2007
Derfu on yksi yhdysvaltalaisen professori Jeffrey Sachsin käynnistämän vuosituhatkylähankkeen tutkimuskylistä. Vuosituhathanke käynnistyi Dertussa yhdeksän kuukautta sitten. Sinä aikana Dertun kylä on ottanut edistysaskeleita. Terveydenhuolto on kohentunut, hyttysverkot ovat vähentäneet malaria-tapauksia ja kyläläiset ovat oppineet kasvattamaan ja varastoimaan heinää.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [MDGs] |
08/20/2007
David followed the routine practiced by thousands of homeless children in Nairobi every day. He took out a handkerchief, dipped it into a bottle of paint thinner, put it to his nose and inhaled deeply. Asked what he was doing, David replied: “Dinner.”
Read moreFrom: Advocacy Project |
08/20/2007
Viidessä vuodessa Kenia on kyennyt vähentämään alle viisivuotiaiden lasten kuolleisuutta malariaan 44 prosentilla. Maan hallitus on jakanut ilmaiseksi hyönteismyrkyillä käsiteltyjä suojaverkkoja suuressa tartuntavaarassa oleville, lähinnä lapsille ja raskaana oleville naisille.
Read moreFrom: Suomen YK-liitto Related: [Infant Mortality] Image: © SciDev.Net
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08/17/2007
Hundreds of Kenyan journalists in Nairobi marched silently with their mouths gagged to protest a bill they say would restrict press freedom.
Read moreFrom: Reporter Senza Frontiere |
08/16/2007
Joulukuun presidentin- ja eduskuntavaalit kuumentavat poliittista ilmapiiriä Keniassa. Mielipidetiedustelujen mukaan nykyinen presidentti Mwai Kibaki saisi 45 prosentin kannatuksen. Oppositio ei ole kyennyt sopimaan yhteisestä pääehdokkaasta, mikä heikentää sen mahdollisuuksia. Eduskuntantaan valitaan 210 kansanedustajaa ja rekisteröityneitä puolueita on 250.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Democracy] Image: Presidentti Mwai Kibaki © Daily Nation / Daily Nation (Kenya)
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08/13/2007
The World Bank is launching a project to make commodity pricing information available to farmers electronically. Digitalisation of agricultural commodity prices is part of an Sh8 billion Kenya Transparency and Communication Infrastructure Project (KTCIP) whose aim is to increase the use of technology in the agricultural sector.
MoreRelated: [Africa] |
08/13/2007
"Jokaisella lapsella tai nuorella tulee olla oikeus ihmisarvoiseen elämään", muistuttaa tasavallan presidentti Tarja Halonen tervehdyksessään Taksvärkki ry:n Kenia-keräykselle. Taksvärkki ry:n tulevan juhla-keräys kohdistuu Kenian katulapsien tukemiseen.
Read moreFrom: Taksvärkki ry Related: [Children] [International Cooperation] |
08/10/2007
The Kenyan Internet market is set for a big change as the players transform their strategies to take advantage of new opportunities. With legal VoIP, they are now no longer looking at just offering Internet access. Once the long-delayed interconnect agreements are sorted out, these newcomers will start making inroads into the voice market.
MoreRelated: [Africa] |
08/10/2007
The Kenyan Internet market is set for a big change as the players transform their strategies to take advantage of new opportunities. With legal VoIP, they are now no longer looking at just offering Internet access. Once the long-delayed interconnect agreements are sorted out, these newcomers will start making inroads into the voice market.
MoreRelated: [Africa] |
08/10/2007
The Kenyan Internet market is set for a big change as the players transform their strategies to take advantage of new opportunities. With legal VoIP, they are now no longer looking at just offering Internet access. Once the long-delayed interconnect agreements are sorted out, these newcomers will start making inroads into the voice market.
MoreRelated: [Africa] [Development] [Information & Media] [ICT] [Internet] |
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