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Peace & Conflict Update
January 25, 2010
Our weekly summary of peace and conflict events taking place in northern Uganda and surrounding LRA-affected regions:
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Wangari Maathai publishes Opinion Piece on Sudan
January 25, 2010
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IJM Advocates for Measures to Protect Vulnerable from Trafficking in Haiti on KSRO Radio
January 25, 2010
IJM Vice President of Government Relations Holly Burkhalter discussed the vital necessity of rule of law in the aftermath of the January 12th earthquake in Haiti. In addition to the law…
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State of the Union
January 25, 2010
This week, President Obama will deliver his State of the Union address. This is a critical opportunity for anti-genocide activists to take action and for President Obama to make it clear…
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HRW reports on election violations in Sudan
January 25, 2010
This morning, Human Rights Watch issued a report detailing election abuses in Sudan leading up to national elections in April. These elections will be geared toward…
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President Obama: Hear the Beat of the Drums…Now
January 25, 2010
January 9 marked the fifth anniversary of the “Comprehensive Peace Agreement” , or CPA, that ended the 20-year North-South war in Sudan. That war resulted in over 2 million deaths and 4…
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Broken Hearts: Abusive Child Labor Continues in the Chocolate Industry
January 25, 2010
Tim Newman, Campaigns Director, International Labor Rights ForumAs consumers get ready to purchase billions of dollars of chocolate this Valentine’s Day, major chocolate companies continue to…
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Broken Hearts: Abusive Child Labor Continues in the Chocolate Industry
January 25, 2010
Tim Newman, Campaigns Director, International Labor Rights ForumNine years after the chocolate industry committed to eliminating the worst forms of child labor in cocoa production, the chocolate…
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Volunteers Power the Open Crowdsourcing Movement
January 24, 2010
A lot is going on behind the scenes for us here at Ushahidi, and though many people think it’s mostly the Ushahidi “core team” doing this work, what success we have had so far…
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WE WON $1MILLION DOLLARS! THANK YOU EVERYONE!
January 23, 2010
IC won with 123990, and the second place Isha Foundation had 122742. Not only that, but Isha was gaining on us by 300 votes every 5 minutes. If the competition had been 30 minutes longer… we…
