PHM Africa Learning Space

Dear Friends, Invitation to a Civil Society Meeting People’s Health Movement (PHM) would like to invite you to attend a civil society meeting with civil society organizations in Senegal and in the region. 4th of February 2011 16h to 1930h At School of Engineers, National School for Applied Economy (ENEA). Address: Ouakam Street, Dakar In line with the International People’s Health University (IPHU) in Senegal taking place from the 31st of January to the 11th of February 2011, PHM Global (www.phmovement.org), would like to convene civil society representatives interested in discussing a way forward to strengthen and support health advocacy and activism in Senegal and in the region within the principles of comprehensive primary health care and with a focus on social determinants of health. The meeting will also discuss plans and preparations for the 3rd People’s Health Asse...

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) works according to directives of the Swedish Parliament and Government to reduce poverty in the world. The overall goal of Swedish development cooperation is to contribute to making it possible for poor people to improve their living conditions. Sida is organised in nine departments. Sida is conducting a three-week course on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons (LGBT) and Human Rights. The first part of the programme will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, from 17 October to 4 November 2011. The second part will take place in Africa region from 21-25 May 2012. The programme purpose of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons (LGBT) and Human Rights training programme is that participants after the programme should have useful tools and perspectives for working for LGBT persons’ human rights. The p...

Those interested can follow the discussions at the Executive Board(EB) meeting of the WHO (17-25 Jan.)on www.ghwatch.org by clicking on: Participate in the discussion on the EB agenda of WHO.

Hi all, Below is an urgent petition & letter in response to a request from women's human rights and health rights groups in Mexico for solidarity in the face of the alarming situation in the northern border communities of femicides - brutal assassinations of women, with their bodies left mutilated and dismembered - as well as recurring incidences of rape and sexual violence targetted at women's rights advocates. To date the Mexican government has been unwilling to investigate these cases, and impunity continues. The latest murder happened on Jan. 6th, when a 36 year old community based advocate who was working tirelessly to end violence against women and coined the term "Ni Una Mas" [Not one more (murdered woman)] was killed. Her body was just found last week, dismembered and strangled with a bag over her head. You can take action by: 1. Signing this letter by Wed. Jan 19th midnight UTC(as an organisation and/or as an individual community advocate) by replyi...

PHM Ghana has recently created this googlegroups to facilitate communication among members of PHM Ghana and also to make it easier for new / interested members to join. PHM-Ghana is the Ghana Circle of the People's Health Movement - a grassroot social movement encompassing many different people and institutions who share a commitment to community health. If you are interested in joining the group you can send an email to PHM Ghana:phmghana@gmail.com OR phm-ghana@googlegroups.com or visit the url at http://groups.google.com/group/phm-ghana.

Civil society groups want SA to ratify key human rights treaty FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY 07 DECEMBER, 2010 Leading civil society organisations have signed an open letter to President Jacob Zuma and the Speaker of the National Assembly, calling on government to ratify two landmark international human rights agreements. The Community Law Centre, Black Sash, People’s Health Movement South Africa, National Welfare Forum and ‘Global Call to Action against Poverty South Africa’ say it would be an appropriate way to mark the 62nd anniversary of the ‘Universal Declaration of Human Rights’ on Friday, 10 December 2010. Nelson Mandela signed the ‘International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ (ICESCR) 16 years ago but South Africa remains one of the few countries in the world yet to ratify the treaty. Black Sash Advocacy Programme Manager Phelisa Nkomo says the ICESCR is the principal UN human rights treaty that protects economic, social and cultural rights. “It will h...

Stop the WikiLeaks crackdown. http://www.avaaz.org/en/wikileaks_petition/96.php Dear friends, The massive campaign of intimidation against WikiLeaks is sending a chill through free press advocates everywhere. Legal experts say WikiLeaks has likely broken no laws. Yet top US politicians have called it a terrorist group and commentators have urged assassination of its staff. The organization has come under massive government and corporat e attack, but WikiLeaks is only publishing information provided by a whistleblower. And it has partnered with the world's leading newspapers (NYT, Guardian, Spiegel etc) to carefully vet the information it publishes. The massive extra-judicial intimidation of WikiLeaks is an attack on democracy. We urgently need a public outcry for freedom of the press and expression. Sign the petition to stop the crackdown and forward this email to everyone -- let's get to 1 million voices and take out full page ads in US newspapers this week! http://...