19 Nov 09 Sh!t Matters

– especially on World Toilet Day. CLTS is using the opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of sustainable and safe sanitation systems around the world.

Paulo Longi Research Initiative

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PLRI is a project hosted by the IDS which aims to improve understanding of the issues affecting the lives of sex workers. The initiative is a collaboration of scholars, policy analysts and sex workers. It brings together research and advocacy material that challenges conventional approaches to researching sex work and that promotes legitimacy and labour rights for sex workers.
Working on an extremely tight budget we began by offering PLRI a simple basic Drupal installation for their content.

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19 Nov 09 Sh!t Matters

– especially on World Toilet Day. CLTS is using the opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of sustainable and safe sanitation systems around the world.

17 Nov 09 Delays show fragility of Nigeria's oil delta amnesty

YENEGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria has yet to begin the process of educating and reintegrating thousands of former militants in the oil-producing Niger Delta, prompting some to question their decision to lay down arms for clemency.

14 Oct 09 Twitter can't be gagged: online outcry over Guardian/Trafigura order

Trafigura, a London-based oil trader connected with dumping toxic waste in Ivory Coast in 2006, was the most used word on micro-blogging site Twitter this morning.