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Of princesses and migrant children
Fhon, VSO Thailand/Burma‘s Education Programme Manager, was excited that VSO was invited to the 10th Meeting of the High Level Group on Education for All in Jomtien, the same venue as the historic World Conference on Education that launched Education for All in 1990. But Thai government and
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DFID Bilateral Aid Report reflects goals of VSO’s Valuing Health Workers
VSO partners and volunteers in the health field have for years been emphasising that a key impediment to improved health services has been a lack of trained health workers in developing countries. So in our international advocacy work, VSO has emphasised the importance of health workers as the key enablers of health policy. We’ve taken… Read more »
A chance to share ideas and meet education campaigners
I participated in the fourth general assembly of Global Campaign for Education (GCE) in Paris in February with Purna Shrestha and Stephen Nock, policy and advocacy advisers from VSO International. I had already taken part in the GCE pre-assembly meeting in Nairobi, but this was the first time that I… Read more »
The complexity of working on gender issues
The launch of UN Women was a pivotal moment in world and UN history. UN Women is a reality thanks to the many NGOs and people behind the campaign. At the launch last month, Ban Ki Moon acknowledged these efforts and pledged to continue raising funds.
It was a star-studded event with… Read more »
Happy International Women’s Day
On International Women’s Day VSO offices and partners around the world will be celebrating the achievements, remembering set-backs and making plans for the continuing struggles.
To support disadvantaged women around the world and UN Women, VSO will be launching a new global advocacy campaign on gender inequality in summer 2011. This… Read more »
Planting the seeds of climate change work
On my recent trip to Nigeria and Kenya I saw how VSO’s climate change work has a potential to deliver much greater assistance to those facing the impacts of climate change.
Building Nigeria’s Response to Climate Change (BNRCC) is the most comprehensive climate change programme we have undertaken. It was clear… Read more »
