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Criminal justice policy should be based on systematic research
PAUL O’CONNOR outlines the role of UCD’s Institute of Criminology in producing evidence-based research for policy-making A LITTLE over a decade ago the Institute of Criminology was established in the School of Law at UCD. Since then, the multifaceted issue of crime and punishment has…
Author: The Irish Times
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Renewed vision of the Irish social model must be delivered
The next government will need to develop a coherent vision for those in need of support at various stages of their lives, write PAT DOLAN, TOM SCHARF and GERARD QUINN THE NEXT government will have to stand back from the legacy of the past and develop a much…
Author: The Irish Times
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TAC Statement on new cabinet appointments and resources for health
The Treatment Action Campaign is an Atlantic grantee. TAC E-Newsletter The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) welcomes the appointment of Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi as the Minister of Health, and the re-appointment of Dr. Molefi Sefularo as the Deputy Minister of Health. Both the Health Minister and…
Author: Treatment Action Campaign
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The Virus, Vitamins and Vegetables Peers into AIDS Denialism in SA
Original Source Health-e News Service is an Atlantic grantee. Originally posted on March 26th, 2009 by Emily at Jacana Book Blog Book Summary Why were so few people able to declare publicly that the Emperor had no clothes? How was it that a health Minister was…
Author: Jacana Book Blog
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As 2009 Nears, Stresses Vie with Opportunities for Atlantic and its Grantees
As 2008 draws to a close, organisations, just like individuals, should take a moment to reflect on the challenges and accomplishments of the year that is ending, and prepare for the one ahead. I’d like to do that, in this final column of an eventful…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Hogan appoints TAC activist as AIDS adviser
Original Source by Tamar KahnScience and Health Editor CAPE TOWN — In a clear break with the traditions of her predecessor, Health Minister Barbara Hogan has employed prominent AIDS activist Fatima Hassan as an adviser. Unlike Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who had a frosty relationship with SA’s…
Author: Business Day (South Africa)
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State seeks to overturn court's child rape ruling
Shielding victims from abusers under spotlight by Karyn Maughan Justice bosses don’t want to be ordered to protect South Africa’s child rape victims from the horror of facing their alleged abusers in court. The Justice Department was to ask the Constitutional Court today to overturn…
Author: The Star (South Africa)
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Atlantic’s Approach to Evaluation: What Is Important to Learn, and How Do We Put It to Use?
When I was named President of Atlantic last year, I doubt that a rousing chorus of cheers went up in the offices of the American Evaluation Association. Atlantic takes evaluation very seriously, but in my philanthropic and activist life before coming here, I didn’t have…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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A Time to Serve
As the Constitutional Convention of 1787 came to a close, after three and a half months of deliberation, a lady asked Dr. Franklin, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” “A republic,” replied the Doctor, “if you can keep it.” –…
Author: Time Magazine
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The Latest U.S. Shift on Cuba Policy is About Far More Than Rum and Cigars
Embed from Getty Images On Monday, October 17th, a new round of changes in U.S.-Cuba policy went into effect. And while the removal of restrictions on bringing back rum and cigars grabbed mostheadlines, other embargo-easing measures will be more significant. The regulatory amendments, announced by…
Author: Sarah Kinosian, Washington Office on Latin America