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		<title>Texting to help child domestic workers</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2011/05/13/texting-to-help-child-domestic-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 00:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Naba Wangré, manager of the child labour project at the Burkina Faso Red Cross, sends bluntly worded text messages to government officials, employers, traditional leaders, teachers, business owners and housewives several times a year, trying to reduce the widespread exploitation of domestic workers by raising awareness of their rights. “Employers: domestics have the same rights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting the recipe right for US food aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 00:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amelia Reese Masterson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Changing the food the US government supplies as aid could deliver better results and still save money, a new study says. The review for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) by researchers at the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy has been welcomed by NGOs and US food aid experts, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting rumours with fact</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 23:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIN</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dakar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ivory Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacobo Quintanilla]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Olivier Ziaï]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of refugees in eastern Liberia want to know what has happened to their family members, about the state of their villages, and whether it is safe to go home, said an April assessment by Internews, an NGO working to improve information exchange in disasters. “Rumours spread fast”, Internews director Jacobo Quintanilla told IRIN. “There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insecurity without borders</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/09/17/insecurity-without-borders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIN</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Garissa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[GARISSA/MANDERA &#8211; The Islamist insurgency in Somalia has had a spillover effect on security in the northeast of neighbouring Kenya, affecting livelihoods and the delivery of services, say residents and officials. Access report online]]></description>
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		<title>Amendment to end dismissal based on HIV status</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/09/10/amendment-to-end-dismissal-based-on-hiv-status/</link>
		<comments>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/09/10/amendment-to-end-dismissal-based-on-hiv-status/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Botswana government has passed an amendment to its Employment Act that will bring an end to dismissal based on an individual&#8217;s sexual orientation or HIV status, but rights groups believe the legislation needs to go further. full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=90437]]></description>
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		<title>No high school, no hope in Gedo</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/09/08/no-high-school-no-hope-in-gedo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI &#8211; Primary school is a dead end for many children in Somalia, particularly in the southwestern Gedo region where many end up jobless, joining a militia, or emigrating. Access report online]]></description>
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		<title>Deportation of Zimbabweans to begin again</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/09/03/deportation-of-zimbabweans-to-begin-again/</link>
		<comments>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/09/03/deportation-of-zimbabweans-to-begin-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JOHANNESBURG &#8211; South Africa will resume the deportation of undocumented Zimbabweans on 1 January 2011, ending its 17-month moratorium, the Cabinet announced on 1 September. Access report online]]></description>
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		<title>Pastoralism against the odds</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/09/02/pastoralism-against-the-odds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIN</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ethiopia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[JIJIGA &#8211; Pastoralists&#8217; disproportionate contribution to Ethiopia&#8217;s economy is belied by their marginalized status and by policy assumptions that they would be better off farming. But those who raise livestock tend to make the most of marginal land, according to experts, and are often proficient at adapting to changing circumstances. Access report online]]></description>
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		<title>Wheat subsidy system under strain</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/09/02/wheat-subsidy-system-under-strain/</link>
		<comments>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/09/02/wheat-subsidy-system-under-strain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIN</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cairo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO &#8211; Milad Nadim, 49, from Helwan city near the southern outskirts of greater Cairo, needs to be on the street by 6am daily to stand in a long queue for subsidized bread, or his children will go hungry. He says he often waits 3-4 hours to get the bread, but insists he has no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The condoms had the thickness and sensitivity of a tyre</title>
		<link>http://africavisiononline.com/blog/2010/08/20/the-condoms-had-the-thickness-and-sensitivity-of-a-tyre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IRIN</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[condom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Manya Andrews]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manya Andrews is a health communications consultant and former head of the international reproductive health organization, Populations Services International, in Togo. At a recent conference on HIV and couples, she spoke to IRIN/PlusNews about how she and her team had to rethink what they knew about sex to kick-start Togo&#8217;s male condom distribution campaign. full [...]]]></description>
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