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First African woman leader.
South African President Mbeki hailed "a victory not only for Liberian women in particular but also representing a beacon of hope for women in Africa and the world in general".
Russia: NGOs Say New Bill Threatens Civil Freedom.
A controversial draft law aimed at tightening state control over NGOs in Russia has passed its first reading at the State Duma.
Trades Unions in Philippines use technology to organise exploited workers.
Export processing zones are characterised by their dismal working conditions - the workers, mostly women, are being mobilised via campaigning SMS messages - see the report and first-hand accounts.
US extends 'Global Gag Rule' to US global AIDS funding.
This has placed stringent conditions on the rules for AIDS funding, in advance of World AIDS Day on 1 December. Download PDF Press Release from the Center for Health and Gender Equity.
An Indigenous web builds up.
The indigenous Navajo people of the southwestern US have created 110 websites which help people learn how to develop their communities. A deal has been signed at WSIS to spread 'the Navajo model' to other communities where the roughly 350 million indigenous people live, starting with Brazil.
Climate change puts fish at risk, warns WWF.
A week ahead of a key Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol in Montreal, a WWF report claims that as climate change kicks in it adds to the pressure on already strained fish populations. Download PDF Report Are we putting our fish in hot water?.
Down but not defeated...
Civil society groups gathered in Tunis, disappointed by the setback in their quest to wrest control of Internet governance from the United States, are vowing to make the best of the deal that was struck.
Ex-MI5 chief sparks ID card row.
Stella Rimington asserted "ID cards may be helpful in all kinds of things but I don't think they are necessarily going to make us any safer."
WSIS: Internet governance issues explained.
These are the areas to be covered by the new UN body, the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), scheduled to meet for the first time next year.
Human rights solidarity action by international civil society organisations.
As a result of events that occurred in Tunis in the last week, several international civil society organisations are cancelling their side events at the WSIS on November 15 2005. This action was not planned in advance and is a direct response to the abnormal circumstances in which the Tunis Summit is taking place.