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106 - Communication News, Development News, Base Line Aug, 13 2001 (abbreviated by SpeakOut!)
This Drum Beat includes compelling stories on important development and communication news, trends and events. They feature on the home page of The C. I. web site http://www.comminit.com The Home Page includes two sections - Development News and Communication News. Stories are archived at http://www.comminit.com/tempo.html and http://www.comminit.com/about-time.html Please contact [email protected] if you are unable to access

Is globalization undermining the power of the state? If it is, is it a good thing forcing authoritarian governments to open up to democracy or is it a bad thing forcing otherwise benevolent governments to expose their populations to the predatory forces of the global economy? Professor Prasenjit Maiti takes a critical look at these questions in COMMENTARY. See - http://www.comminit.com/Commentary/sld-2565.html

1. Computer Skills in Rio's Favelas
http://www.iconnect-online.org/base/show_template_art?template=1&article_id= 483&subcat=107
http://www.interworldradio.org/audio/rad_show1.cfm?aud_i_id=225634&mode=feat > ure_detail about how a simple project in Rio de Janeiro has brought a 'computer craze' sweeping through the streets of the favelas. The Committee to Democratise Information Technology has set up public computer centres and schools in the poorest parts of town.

2. Women's NGO Networks in Nigeria
http://www.healthnet.org/afronets/afronets-hma/afro-nets.200106/msg00021.htm
Nigeria: 'Providing Reproductive Health Information and Services; Promoting Reproductive Rights' that documents the contribution of these networks in providing reproductive health information and promoting reproductive rights. It can be found in PDF format on the NGO Networks website - http://www.ngonetworks.org/pubs/pdf/Nigeria_Womens_NGO_Networks_L.pdf

3.. Countdown Begins for 'Child Labour Free' World Cup http://www.globalmarch.org/clns/clns-01-6-2001.htm#1
Child Labour News Service reports that 1 yr before the 2002 World Cup, Sonia, a former child labourer from India, kicked off the The World Cup Campaign 2002 - Kick Child Labour Out of the World. Sonia went to work at 5, lost her sight at 7, learned to stitch by feel and worked until she was rescued at 11. She earned 14 cents US for stitching 2 balls a day. The Campaign has called on FIFA to implement the no child labour policy in their Code of Labour Practice. <4> Malnutrition Among Urban Poor Increasing http://www.sidsnet.org/archive/other-newswire/2001/0434.html
A news release from the FAO http://www.fao.org/ag/ags/AGSM/SADA/SADAE.HTM posted on SIDSNET warns that most cities in developing countries face malnutrition and health risks if they do not improve people's access to adequate and safe food. This means producing more food and moving it to expanding urban areas, which also means more trucks, congestion, garbage and pollution. Many cities are losing food producing urban and periurban land and have poor transport, markets and slaughterhouses. e_line.html

5. Crime Against Women in India http://www.indev.nic.in/news/1june01k.html Source: InDEV May 2001
-Every 26 mins a woman is molested.
-Every 54 mins a rape takes place.
-Every 4 mins a woman is kidnapped.
-Every 10 mins a woman is burnt to death over dowry.
-Every 7 mins a criminal offence against women takes place.

-Dowry deaths have gone up from 5,513 in 1996 to 6,917 in 1998.
-Cases of rape from 14,846 to 15,031.
-Torture from 35,246 to 41,318.
-Molestation from 28,939 to 31,046.
-Sexual harassment from 5,671 to 8,123.

Please send material for The Drum Beat to the Editor - Deborah Heimann [email protected]

	Statistics The Drum Beat 106 - Communication News, Development News, Base Line Aug, 13 2001 (abbreviated by SpeakOut!) This Drum Beat includes compelling stories on important development and communication news, trends and events. They feature on the home page of The C. I. web site http://www.comminit.com The Home Page includes two sections - Development News and Communication News. Stories are archived at http://www.comminit.com/tempo.html and http://www.comminit.com/about-time.html Please contact [email protected] if you are unable to access Is globalization undermining the power of the state? If it is, is it a good thing forcing authoritarian governments to open up to democracy or is it a bad thing forcing otherwise benevolent governments to expose their populations to the predatory forces of the global economy? Professor Prasenjit Maiti takes a critical look at these questions in COMMENTARY. See - http://www.comminit.com/Commentary/sld-2565.html 1. Computer Skills in Rio's Favelas http://www.iconnect-online.org/base/show_template_art?template=1&article_id= 483&subcat=107 http://www.interworldradio.org/audio/rad_show1.cfm?aud_i_id=225634&mode=feat > ure_detail about how a simple project in Rio de Janeiro has brought a 'computer craze' sweeping through the streets of the favelas. The Committee to Democratise Information Technology has set up public computer centres and schools in the poorest parts of town. 2. Women's NGO Networks in Nigeria http://www.healthnet.org/afronets/afronets-hma/afro-nets.200106/msg00021.htm Nigeria: 'Providing Reproductive Health Information and Services; Promoting Reproductive Rights' that documents the contribution of these networks in providing reproductive health information and promoting reproductive rights. It can be found in PDF format on the NGO Networks website - http://www.ngonetworks.org/pubs/pdf/Nigeria_Womens_NGO_Networks_L.pdf 3.. Countdown Begins for 'Child Labour Free' World Cup http://www.globalmarch.org/clns/clns-01-6-2001.htm#1 Child Labour News Service reports that 1 yr before the 2002 World Cup, Sonia, a former child labourer from India, kicked off the The World Cup Campaign 2002 - Kick Child Labour Out of the World. Sonia went to work at 5, lost her sight at 7, learned to stitch by feel and worked until she was rescued at 11. She earned 14 cents US for stitching 2 balls a day. The Campaign has called on FIFA to implement the no child labour policy in their Code of Labour Practice. <4> Malnutrition Among Urban Poor Increasing http://www.sidsnet.org/archive/other-newswire/2001/0434.html A news release from the FAO http://www.fao.org/ag/ags/AGSM/SADA/SADAE.HTM posted on SIDSNET warns that most cities in developing countries face malnutrition and health risks if they do not improve people's access to adequate and safe food. This means producing more food and moving it to expanding urban areas, which also means more trucks, congestion, garbage and pollution. Many cities are losing food producing urban and periurban land and have poor transport, markets and slaughterhouses. e_line.html 5. Crime Against Women in India http://www.indev.nic.in/news/1june01k.html Source: InDEV May 2001 -Every 26 mins a woman is molested. -Every 54 mins a rape takes place. -Every 4 mins a woman is kidnapped. -Every 10 mins a woman is burnt to death over dowry. -Every 7 mins a criminal offence against women takes place. -Dowry deaths have gone up from 5,513 in 1996 to 6,917 in 1998. -Cases of rape from 14,846 to 15,031. -Torture from 35,246 to 41,318. -Molestation from 28,939 to 31,046. -Sexual harassment from 5,671 to 8,123. Please send material for The Drum Beat to the Editor - Deborah Heimann [email protected] © Speak Out Terms of use