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Out of the Box: Queer Youth in South Africa Today
Atlantic Philanthropies just completed a study of queer youth in South Africa today. Seventeen years after the Constitution outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation, the study explores if democracy has brought greater tolerance and celebration of diversity for today’s young LGBTIs. Marian Nell and Janet Shapiro authored…
Author: African Activist
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A Voyage of Discovery - Children Learn to Share on Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland
Children from 2 schools in Northern Ireland travelled to St Mary’s Primary School on Rathlin Island as part of a cross-community partnership. The partnership between the three schools is one of 11 schools partnerships in the North Eastern Education and Library Board’s Primary Integrating/Enriching Education…
Author: PIEE
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Legal matchmaker joining resources and genuine need
By Katy Chance. IT SEEMS entirely apposite that ProBono.Org has the street address of Women’s Jail, Constitution Hill; free legal work in SA may have had its roots in the criminal domain, but for services in matters of civil and public interest today, all roads…
Author: Business Day
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President McAleese announces 2008 Pride of Place Award Winners
President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, was guest of honour at the All-Island Pride of Place Gala Awards ceremony at Cappoquin Community Centre, Waterford on Saturday 6 November). Hosted by Waterford County Council the President announced the winners to an audience of approximately 500, which included…
Author: Co-Operation Ireland
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The new philanthropists: Silicon Valley teens
Original Source by Meredith May, Chronicle Staff Writer A group of Kenyan orphans is tasting milk for the first time. On a train platform in India, teachers are giving lessons to children whose families force them to beg from passengers. And in Thailand, health workers…
Author: San Francisco Chronicle