Opinion by Iain Guest Washington DC, April 18, 2006: The Palestinian group Hamas lost no time in approving Monday's terrible suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, thus confirming the worst suspicions of the...
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Sri Lanka: Dispatch #14 - Sri Lankan tsunami survivors sewing for money
The following work was completed under the Tsunami relief project, funded by the Stichting Vluchteling and implemented by the Home for Human Rights (HHR). The project covers six villages --...
Tsunami relief effort seeks to reach women in Sri Lanka as violence grows
AdvocacyNet - News Bulletin Number 56, January 24, 2005 Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, and Washington D.C., January 24, 2006: A year after the Tsunami wiped out their livelihood, eleven young women in the...
Sri Lanka: Dispatch #13 - Tsunami Relief Project
Poonochchimunai Sewing school The sewing training was successfully completed. The 11 students who completed the training are: 1. K. Chithrankani 2. K. Nagaledcumi 3. A. Manchula 4. A. Thavapiriya 5...
Sri Lanka: AP diaries Asia - Back to the sea
Cheddipalayam is one of many fishing communities that lay in the path of the Tsunami, and 71 of the village's families have petitioned the Home for Human Rights for support. We go out to visit, and...
Discrimination, displacement and determination mark Sri Lanka's tsunami relief effort
Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 29, 2005: Tamil Communities on Sri Lanka's east coast are facing discrimination as they seek to claim their rightful share of Tsunami relief aid, according to the Home...
New advocacy group empowers women election candidates in Afghanistan
Washington, D.C., September 16, 2005 - As the 2005 elections approach in Afghanistan this Sunday, September 18, a new women's advocacy group has been launched to support women parliamentarians. The...
Sri Lanka: Dispatch #12 - Tsunami Relief Project
Poonochchimunai Students at the Poonochchimunai sewing school are progressing with their training. HHR staff visits them regularly to see their progress and assists them in their needs. However, we...
Sri Lanka: Dispatch #11 - Expansion of the Tsunami Relief Project
Poonochchimunai sewing school Students at the Poonochchimunai sewing school are progressing with their training. The school has now achieved a level of stability in curriculum and attendance...
Arson fails to dampen enthusiasm for girls education in remote Afghanistan
Washington, D.C., August 1, 2005 - Early in June, unknown assailants set fire to two of the four tents and much of the equipment for the Godah primary school for girls in the remote province of...
Uganda and UN deny assistance to urban refugees in Kampala, charges Ugandan advocacy group: News bulletin - number 40
Washington DC, June 21, 2005: Thousands of refugees seeking asylum in the Ugandan capital of Kampala are being denied assistance and protection by the Ugandan government and the office of the UN High...
Sri Lanka: Dispatch #10 - Rehabilitation projects underway in Poonochchimunai & Cheddipalayam, Batticalao District
Poonochchimunai Sewing School HHR staff members have been visiting the Poonochchimunai sewing school almost daily to deliver supplies, check on the students' progress, and address any outstanding...
Women advocates call on Afghan religious leaders to condemn violence against women in the name of Islam
Washington, D.C., May 23, 2005: Shocked by the recent stoning of a 25-year old women for adultery, twenty six Afghan women's groups have called on Afghan scholars and religious leaders to oppose acts...
Afghanistan: Women advocated call on Afghan religious leaders to condemn violence against women in the name of Islam
Washington, D.C., May 23, 2005: Shocked by the recent stoning of a 25-year old women for adultery, twenty six Afghan women's groups have called on Afghan scholars and religious leaders to oppose acts...
Sri Lanka: Dispatch #9 - 3rd Report from Poonochchimunai & Cheddipalayam/Batticalao
1. Poonochchimunai Drainage Channel: On March 22, 2005, HHR staff in Batticaloa made attempts to acquire the draft plan of the drainage channel, which would serve to drain water from the village to...
AP partner now supporting the education of 892 Afghan girls
Educating Girls in Afghanistan February 2005 -- The Project, One year Later Student population -- 892: Godah primary school (Wardak) - 114 students; Khel primary School (Wardak) -- 246 students...
Sri Lanka: Dispatch #8 - 2nd Report from Poonochchimunai & Cheddipalayam, Batticaloa
Rebuilding after the Tsunami in Sri Lanka 1. Poonochchimunai Mr. Seeralathevan of Poonochchimunai complained to HHR that his name had been removed by the grama sevaga (village headman) from the list...
Death squad warning as repression in Nepal deepens
Nepalese Civil Society seeks a suspension of aid until democracy is restored Washington, DC, April 25, 2005: Nearly three months after the King of Nepal seized power in a coup, the country is in the...
Experiment in community education puts 554 afghans girls in school
Washington D.C., March 10, 2005: High in the mountains of Afghanistan, with the snow still on the ground, teachers and pupils at the Godah primary school for girls marked International Women's Day,...
Sri Lanka: Dispatch #7 - Report from Poonochchimunai & Cheddipalayam, Batticaloa
Rebuilding after the Tsunami in Sri Lanka Poonochchimunai HHR distributed school supplies the school-age children in Poonochchimunai. During the first week in February, HHR's field staff in...