Adolescents who has large breasts are easier to trouble in Camorun. Feasome has made mothers worry. When their daughter come into teenage, they bake rocks hot and hot to put at poor girls’s breasts.
As many other mothers , Mrs Philomene Moungang made “ iron breast” method since her daughters was 7-8 ages.
“ I baked rocks hot and hot and then press at my daughter ‘s chest. I heard meat burn. They cired and screamed very much because of pains but I said that it is good for them in the future.
Unsound custom has existed many millenniums at West Africa and Middle Africa.
People use hard thing or baked rock express at breasts of adolescents to hinder growing of breast.
Recent days, GTZ organization of German carried out large research over 5.000 adolescent and women from 10 to 82 ages in Camorun country.
The investigation revealed frightened number: in 4 teenages has 1 is victim of this unsound custom to decrease attractive gender. Estimated roughly 4.000.000 women is victims of the unhuman custom.
Flavien Ndonko anthropology informed : “ society and people on the whole ignore the problem, because they think that do so is benefit for girls. Even victims are also governed unsound ideology. Then they suffer from every disadvantage.
“Don ‘t ask me why “ Moungang replied: “ When I was young , my mother also did so to me. And every other mother aslo did so with their daughters. So I think that is absolutely natural and only is good for my daughters.
Ironically, at presents unsound custom is popular at many cities more than countryside. Because of violation, abused of sex in urban is higher clearly.
And then mothers force signs of attractive sex again and again with as many methods as possible.
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Con gái mới lớn có bộ ngực mơn mởn chỉ tổ hay bị quấy rối tình dục. Nỗi lo đó khiến các bà mẹ ở Camơrun, ngay từ khi con mình chớm tuổi thiếu nữ, đã sốt sắng nung đỏ đá rồi đốt cho tan chảy vòng 1 mỡ màng.
Cũng giống như bao bà mẹ khác, chị Philomene Moungang đã dùng biện pháp “là ngực” ngay từ lúc mấy cô con gái của chị vào tầm 7-8 tuổi.
“Tôi nung cho hòn đá thật đỏ sau đó ấn chặt vào ngực con bé, nghe rõ tiếng thịt cháy xèo xèo. Mấy đứa ban đầu khóc lóc, kêu gào vì đau, nhưng tôi nói rằng làm thế chỉ tốt cho chúng sau này mà thôi”.
Hủ tục “là ngực” đã tồn tại lâu đời hàng nghìn năm ở các nước Tây Phi và Trung Phi. Người ta dùng những vật cứng hoặc được nung nóng ép chặt vào ngực các em gái sắp dậy thì để ngăn
chặn nảy nở mỡ màng. Hậu quả để lại là sự đau đớn, nhiễm trùng, áp xe, nguy cơ ung thư vú cao, và tất nhiên, vẻ đẹp thiếu nữ trên 2 bầu ngực căng tròn vĩnh viễn bị xóa sổ.
Mới đây, tổ chức phát triển GTZ của Đức vừa tiến hành 1 nghiên cứu quy mô với hơn 5.000 bé gái và phụ nữ độ tuổi từ 10 đến 82 trên đất nước Camơrun.
Cuộc điều tra tiết lộ con số kinh hoàng: cứ trong 4 bé gái mới lớn thì có 1 em là nạn nhân của những trận “hành hình” thống khổ nhằm kìm hãm sức hấp dẫn giới tính. Ước tính, trên khắp đất nước vùng Trung Phi này có khoảng 4 triệu phụ nữ là nạn nhân của hủ tục man rợ đó.
Nhà nhân chủng học Flavien Ndonko cho biết: “Xã hội và người dân nói chung đều làm ngơ trước vấn đề này, bởi họ nghĩ làm như vậy là vì lợi ích của các em gái. Ngay chính nạn nhân cũng bị chi phối bởi hệ tư tưởng cổ hủ, để rồi cắn răng cam chịu mọi thiệt thòi”.
“Đừng hỏi tôi tại sao” - chị Moungang trả lời - “hồi nhỏ, mẹ tôi cũng làm như thế với tôi. Mọi bà mẹ khác trong làng cũng làm vậy với con gái họ. Bởi thế tôi cho rằng việc này là hoàn toàn tự nhiên và sẽ chỉ tốt cho con tôi mà thôi.”
Trớ trêu, hiện nay hủ tục này phổ biến ở các thành phố còn hơn ở nông thôn, bởi nguy cơ bị cưỡng hiếp, lạm dụng tình dục ở những chốn phồn hoa rõ ràng là cao hơn gấp nhiều lần.
Và thế là các bà mẹ lại ra sức cưỡng chế mọi dấu hiệu hấp dẫn giới tính của con gái, bằng mọi cách có thể.

hiiy.., Buddys!!!

Submit Your idea of changing world.

Check out: http://www.project10tothe100.com

Tell others.

Submit your ideas by 20 October.

And please register to vote what idea is the most help.

4th October 2008 marks the 7th Birthday of the International Young Professionals Foundation.

Born at the conclusion of the first International Young Professionals Summit in October 2001 on Australia’s Gold Coast, the IYPF has grown in to a strong global network of young professionals spanning 130 countries working together to create a better world for current and future generations.

To celebrate our 7th Birthday, we’ve put together 7 ‘gifts’ for you.

1. IYPS 2008 portal
http://scenta.interwise.com/etechb/Portal/IYPS

Go here to see all of the presentations, session summaries, and even live recordings from our 3rd International Young Professionals Summit, held 19-23 August 2008 in Manchester UK. Be sure to take the time to listen to the presentation by Professor Jeffrey Sachs on how young professionals can help to achieve the Millennium Development Goals

2. IYPS 2008 Declaration & Communique
http://www.iypf.org/files/iyps2008/IYPS2008_Public_Communique.pdf

The IYPS 2008 alumni present their commitments and call to action. Read it, join us, and pass it on.

3. Monthly virtual meetings
http://scenta.interwise.com/etechb/Portal/IYPS

At the IYPS 2008 portal, there are links to upcoming events to be held on Interwise. We will hold monthly meetings and all are invited. The October meeting will focus on projects and plans for engaging young professionals in the MDGs. The November meeting will be a learning opportunity as we invite someone working on the MDGs to brief us. In December, we will hold our Annual General Meeting + have another projects and planning meeting. Bookmark the portal website and come back regularly to see what is on.

4. Stand Up Against Poverty
http://www.iypf.org/?q=content/events

Join hundreds of other young professionals at more than 50 events in more than 30 countries to Stand Up Against Poverty between 17 and 19 October and demonstrate that we are ready to play our role in seeing the MDGs realised by 2015.

5. Mdgpledge.org
http://www.mdgpledge.org

Visit mdgpledge.org today and pledge to incorporate the MDGs in to your personal and professional e-mail signatures. It is a quick and easy way to raise awareness about the MDGs and start conversations with your friends and colleagues. More MDG pledges will follow.

6. Onedoes.org
http://www.onedoes.org

To create a better world for all, all we must do is what we can. Visit onedoes.org and nominate outstanding young professionals who inspire you.

7. New IYPF.ORG
http://www.iypf.org

We’ve revamped our website. It is now easier to quickly learn about IYPF and find out how to get involved.


Click through to enjoy each gift and share these gifts with your friends and colleagues.

We look forward to working with you all to mobilise and engage young professionals in achieving the Millennium Development Goals over the next 12 months.

Cameron, Greg and the IYPF team

4th October 2008 is the IYPF’s 7th Birthday.

To celebrate our 7th Birthday, we’ve put together 7 ‘gifts’ for you.

1. IYPS 2008 portal - http://scenta.interwise.com/etechb/Portal/IYPS

2. IYPS 2008 Declaration & Communique - http://www.iypf.org/files/iyps2008/IYPS2008_Public_Communique.pdf

3. Monthly virtual meetings on the MDGs for young professionals - http://scenta.interwise.com/etechb/Portal/IYPS

4. Stand Up Against Poverty - http://www.iypf.org/?q=content/events

5. Mdgpledge.org - http://www.mdgpledge.org

6. Onedoes.org - http://www.onedoes.org

7. New IYPF.ORG - http://www.iypf.org

Click through to enjoy each gift and share these gifts with your friends and colleagues.

Cameron, Greg and the IYPF team

[ Don't forget to join the Virtual Summit in the morning for Jeffrey Sachs and our panel on environmental sustainability in the afternoon. See the posted items on the event page on Facebook to download a guide on how to join. ]

Opening Session - Tuesday 19th August

Sarah-Jo Dawson - IYPF and IYPS organisaing committee

• Delegates from over 25 countries, including Engineers, IT professionals, Journalists, Educationalists etc.
• Idea of conference is to be really interactive - use all the keys skills and experience of delegates, develop peer-to-peer culture
• Having a more specific topic for the conference was considered but was decided to keep it more open to include all the varies skill of professionals in the network
• The teams feels that the geographical and skill breadth of young professionals involved means we can offer much to help

Professor Tony Ridley - Commonwealth Engineers Council, Patron of IYPF

• The Commonwealth Engineers Council has held meetings at the same time as CHOGM since 1997, when 25 young commonwealth engineers met hosted by CEC so that young engineers had an outlet to decision makers of the world - send a declaration to the heads of government
• Important to find potential political outlets in order to achieve what you wish to achieve
• CEC continued the tradtion of hosting young enginners every years in the same city as the CHOGM, and in 2001 young commonwealth professionals met. In 2001 IYPF was created from this Brisbane meeting
• 25 engineers has morphed into a network of young professional from over 100 countries and diverse backgrounds, but retains a focus on poverty, sustainability and advocacy
• 'Never be afraid to demand to be heard'

Cameron Neil - IYPF CEO

• IYPF was launched in 2001 to carry forward the dreams, ambitions and goals of the young professionals involved in the Summits
• Aims to keep people involved in making the world a better place after they leave university and join the real world of employment and families. Realise as you get older you colleagues and peers are doing increasingly amazing things - aims to tap into these skills and resources
• Together have impact to make significant impact on the world
• Theories of change, need Awareness, Action and Association - more powerful when working in a group
• The IYPS Dream. Signed by 120 delegates in 2001 to represent the world we want to live in
• The Summit outcomes - some documents - primarily about delegates getting what they want from the summit
• The Summit is kept intimate to give everyone a chance to interact and connect - get involved

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Compiled by Susan Long, IYPS 08 Volunteer

Edited and published by Cameron Neil

Here's further proof that the simplest tools often make the greenest sense. For making woodstoves that save 43,000 tons of wood each year, the CEO of a green business in India won the top honors at the Ashden Awards held in London recently. Svati Bhogle helms TIDE, which makes efficient woodstoves and kilns especially for small industries, stoves renowned for conserving 30 percent of fuel. TIDE and its 10,000 products are also directly credited for having improved working conditions for 110,000 workers.

The Ashden Awards iis known as the "Green Energy Oscars" and recognizes and rewards local communities for utilizing sustainable energy. For her win, Bhogle received £40,000.

For more details of the story check out:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080619/world/britain_india_energy_climate_environment_1

"Say NO to Violence against Women" is a global Internet-driven advocacy effort, organized by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). It invites people to sign their names to a virtual book as an expression of public support and a call to decision-makers worldwide to make ending violence against women a top priority. As a partner in the campaign, the International Young Professionals Foundation is urging more people everywhere to click and be counted. Over 225,000 people from around the world have signed on. We ask that you please help UNIFEM reach its goal of at least 1,000,000 signatures by November 2008.

How to help:

1) Visit www.saynotoviolence.org and sign the campaign’s ‘virtual’ book.


2) Add your group as a ‘Supporting Organization’ and be included on the global campaign website, receive updates and stay informed.

3) Utilize the Campaign Toolkit, which provides press releases, videos and more—most are provided in English, French and Spanish.

4) Add the campaign’s application to your Facebook profile: Log in to Facebook, click on applications, search for UNIFEM, and add “campaign” to your profile … and invite friends and colleagues to sign and pass on.

5) Send the campaign link and message to colleagues and friends.

Sign your name, spread the word, Say NO to Violence against Women.

Suggestions? Questions? Go to saynotoviolence@unifem.org.

يبدو ان بريق العم سام اخذ بالتلاشي وما عاد ببريقه يثير شغف سكان العالم به ، فقبل أشهر تصدر خبر إستقاله كورين هيوز المسئوله عن تلميع الولايات المتحده الامريكية في العالم و الشرق الاوسط معظم نشرات الاخبار للقنوات الفضائية حيث يجب ان نشير ان كارين هيوز هي رابع شخص يستلم هذا المنصب ويتركه إذ انها تولت منصبها في مارس 2005 واستقالت في نوفمبر 2007 فيما يبدو انها رساله صريحه عنوانها "الرفض" لسياسات الولايات المتحده الامريكيه ومحاولات التلميع.

علمنا التاريخ ان الامبراطوريات العظمى غالباً ما تقابل بإستياء ورفض تام من الدول الاخرى وذلك يبدو لي منطقياً فالتوحد بإنتهاج السياسات وتطبيقها ناهيك عن غياب توازن حقيقي في القوه لتلك الامبراطوريات العظمى لابد وان يفضي في النهايه إلى "إنتهاكات و أخطاء جسيمه". إلا ان السؤال الذي لم أجد له تفسير مقنع "لماذا تصر الولايات المتحده الامريكية على تلميع صورتها؟"

يتحدث المراقبون عن "كراهيه متناميه" منذ ان تولى بوش الابن رئاسة الولايات المتحده الامريكية ويضيفون أن الصراعات التي تزج نفسها فيها والتدخلات بالشؤون الداخليه لبلدان العالم من اهم الاسباب وراء "كراهيه متصاعده" من شعوب العالم تجاه الولايات المتحده الامريكية.

إن ميزانية سياسه تلميع صوره الولايات المتحده الامريكية هي 900.000.000 دولار أمريكي حيث توزعت بين منح تنمويه تقدم لمؤسسات المجتمع المدني...مشاريع شراكة تهدف لإصلاح النظم السياسية، التعليمية و الاقتصادية واخيراً مساعدات خيريه وإغاثيه. إلا ان الغريب حقاً انه وبالرغم من كل ذلك الانفاق لا تزال شعوب العالم ومنها شعوب المنطقة العربية تقابل الولايات المتحده الامريكية بالكراهيه والعداء حيث أثبتت دراسه حديثه بهذا الشأن ان منطقة الشرق الاوسط تمثل أعلى معدلات الكراهيه الموجهه للولايات المتحده الامريكية.

وأما فيما يتعلق بالشباب العربي فقد عبر بصورة واضحه عن إستيائه للسياسات الامريكية المنتهجه في دول المنطقه عندما فشلت مجله هاي الصادره من مكتب الاعلام الخارجي في وزارة الخارجية الامريكية بتحقيق أهدافها والمتمثله في إظهار الصورة الكامله والحقيقيه _وفق تعبيرهم_ للنموذج الامريكي والشعب الامريكي وبناء جسور ثقافيه بين شباب الولايات المتحده الامريكية وشباب المنطقه عندما تم إيقاف مجله هاي الصادره باللغه العربية.

لكن هناك من يتحدث اليوم عن توجهات جديده يتوقع ان تنتهجها الولايات المتحده الامريكية في حاله ان الديموقراطيين هم الاوفر حظاً في نتائج الانتخابات الرئاسية المقبله.

أخيراً... من الواضح ان الشعور العام السائد لدى شعوب دول المنطقه العربيه بإنحياز الولايات المتحده الامريكية في سياستها تجاه إسرائيل لهو اهم سبب فشل وراء كل محاوله لتلميع صورة الولايات المتحده الامريكية.

Association of World Citizens - documentation of the Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council
22 May, 2008

Citizens of the World welcome the Special Session of the Human Rights Council devoted to the Right to Food and the current world food crisis.

Today, cooperation is needed among the UN family of agencies, national governments, non-governmental organizations, and the millions of food producers to respond to the food crisis which has already led to destabilizing food riots. There is a need for swift, short-term measures to help people now suffering from lack of food and malnutrition due to high food prices, inadequate distribution, and situations of violence.

Such short-term action requires additional funding for the UN World Food Programme and the release of national food stocks. However, it is the longer-range and structural issues on which we must focus our attention.

The world requires a World Food Policy and a At the Rome World Food Conference in November 1974, the then US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger declared that the bold objective of the conference was that "within a decade, no child will go hungry, no family will fear for its next day´s bread, and no human being´s future and capacity will be stunted by malnutrition."

Yet in 1996, then UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali could write, "There has been little progress in reducing malnutrition. In sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, the number of malnourished children is actually rising. Almost a third of all children under five in developing countries are malnourished, and malnutrition still contributes to more than half the deaths of young children in these countries." Even the modest Millennium Development goal of halving hunger by 2015 is not being met. Thus, we must agree with a World Bank evaluation that, "The development community, and the world as a whole, has consistently failed to address malnutrition over the past decades."

A central theme which citizens of the world have long stressed is that there needs to be a world food policy and that a world food policy is more than the sum of national food security programs. Food security has too often been treated as a collection of national problems. Typical of this approach is the General Comment 12 on The Right to Adequate Food of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights "The Covenant clearly requires that each State party take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that everyone is free from hunger and as soon as possible can enjoy the right to adequate food. This will require the adoption of a national strategy to ensure food and nutrition security for all, based on human rights principles that define the objectives, and the formulation of policies and corresponding benchmarks."

Yet the focus on the formulation of national plans is clearly inadequate.

There is a need for a world plan of action with focused attention to the role that UN and regional institutions must play if hunger is to be sharply reduced. It is clear that certain regional bodies, such as the European Union, already play an important role in setting agricultural policy both in terms of production and export policy. There may be a time when the African Union also will play a crucial role in setting policy, monitoring and coordinating agriculture.

It is certain that attention must be given to the local and national level of food production, distribution, and food security. Attention needs to be given to cultural factors, the division of labor between women and men in agriculture and rural development, in marketing local food products, to the role of small farmers, to the role of landless agricultural labor, and land-holding patterns.

However, for the formulation of a dynamic world food policy, world economic trends and structures need to be analysed, and policy goals made clear. There are at least five areas that world citizens suggest as a focus for the Special Session: climate change, energy costs, ethanol, the food production and export policy of major agricultural production States, the role of speculation in commodities.

1) There is a need to intensify action on climate change. This year (2007-2008), there has been bad weather in key growing areas. Australia, normally the world´s second-largest wheat exporter, has been suffering from an epic drought. This may be a result of particular weather conditions this year or may be a sign of climate change. It is necessary to analyse the impact of climate change on long- term food production and see alternative strategies.

2) Higher prices for food are in part a reflection of the higher price of oil and energy costs. Much modern farming is energy-intensive for producing fertilizers, running tractors, and transporting farm products to consumers, often at long distances.
Oil prices are influenced by the violence and social breakdown in Iraq and heavy speculation on the oil markets. There is need both for short term measures to bring oil prices down to a reasonable level based on production costs and transportation as well as longer-range energy policies to free countries from oil dependence.

3) Higher prices for oil have encouraged a greater use of ethanol and other biofuels, often without consideration of the impact of the production of biofuels on land use and food production.
While biofuels are likely to be useful, their use should be limited at present so that the consequences of their use can be studied and biofuels developed from non-food sources.

4) Governmental food and agriculture policies need to be analysed and reviewed carefully. The agricultural policies of the European Union and the larger food-exporting countries - USA, Canada, Brazil, Australia - need to be reviewed along with the impact of agricultural subsidies and export encouragement.

5) There needs to be a detailed analysis ot the role of speculation in the rise of commodity prices. Banks and hedge funds, having lost money in the real estate mortgage packages, are now investing massively in commodities. For the moment, there is little governmental regulation of this speculation. There needs to be an analysis of these financial flows and their impact on the price of grains.

A world food policy for the welfare of all requires a close look at world institutions and patterns of production and trade. As Stringfellow Barr wrote in his 1952 book Citizens of the World "Since the hungry billion in the world community believe that we can all eat if we set our common house in order, they believe also that it is unjust that some men die because it is too much trouble to arrange for them to live."

كثيره هي المساحات المتواجده في وسائل الاعلام المختلفه التي تتحدث عن "ثقافة النجاح" و "التنمية البشريه" ومنها بالتأكيد جزء ليس بالهين يتحدث عن "السعاده". بل ان البعض ذهب إلى ابعد من ذلك بحيث إختزل "السعاده" بوصفه إن تعاطيت معها حصلت عليها إلا ان يبقى المهم كما أتصور "هل فعلاً الموضوع كذلك ؟".

جميعاً نتفق ان السعاده هي الشيء الوحيد الذي نتطلع إليه جميعنا، باحثين عن كل الوسائل والطرق لنصل إليها ومن ثم نحصل عليها وبالتالي تتحول السعاده إلى هدف بحد ذاتها يتطلع للوصول إليه وتحقيقه الكثير من البشر... لكن "هل حقاً يمكننا ان نجعل من السعاده هدفاً في ذاتها ؟".

إنني أؤمن ان السعاده تكمن في ان يكون الانسان ذاته دون اي تصنع... ان تكون لديك قدره صنع قراراتك بنفسك وان تعمل ماتريده لأنك تريده فبالتالي تعيش مستمتعاً بكل لحضاتك في هذه الحياه. وكمحصله لما اسلفت يمكنني القول ان السعاده هي نتاج لما تحب ان تعمله وصدقك مع ذاتك والاخرين من حولك.

أحد الزميلات التي أعرفها جيداً جعلت من وقتها سلسله من المهام الغير متوقفه ظناً منها ان بشغل الانسان لوقته وعدم وجود وقت فراغ وجني الانسان للمال كل ذلك يصب بحصول الانسان على السعاده !. حيث اني شخصياً اجد ان كل ذلك لا معنى له ولا قيمه له طالما ان الانسان يتذمر في جميع عباراته بالرغم من كل الازدحام بالعمل والمال الذي ينعم به.

ترى لماذا وهبت لنا الحياه !!!... خذ وقتك للإجابه على هذا التسائل فهذا السؤال اجده "مفتاح السعاده". على الصعيد الاخر، غالباً ما تسير الكثير من مجريات أمورنا بالنحو الذي لا ترغب فيه، فهل ذلك بالضروره ان ثمه شخض نوجه لك اللوم لقاء ذلك التعسير !!؟

علمتني الحياه ان لا أحد مسئول عن كل تعسير نعيشه في حياتنا او توجيه اللوم إلى الاخرين "هروب مؤلم" لأن كل مايحصل لنا يجب اولاً واخيراً ان يوجه لنفسك. انت الشخص الوحيد الذي بإمكانه إحداث تغيير في الحياه له من القوه و الصمود مايجعله راسخاً كالجبال ومهما تلقى الانسان من دعم فهو اولاً واخيراً يبقى ضئيل ولا يعني شيئاً في اكثر الاحوال مالم يكن هناك عهد في قرارة اعماقك يلزمك بأن تقطع كامل الطريق بمفردك ومهما واجهتك من مصاعب.

إن من حقك ان تعيش بسعاده كما هو من حقك ايضاً الحصول على ماتريد ولأجل ذلك يتوجب ان تخوض العديد من المخاطر والعقبات المتزاميه في طريق حياتك والتي ربما هي صغيره لكنها بالتأكيد هامه وهامه جداً.

عليك ان تتيقن ان السعاده تولد بقرار الانسان بالتغيير حيث يجب ان يكون هذا التغيير متجه نحو إظهار ذاتك...حقيقتك وإجمالاً إظهارك انت فقط دون اي أكاذيب لذلك إنك في حاجه للتوقف عن لعب دور الضحيه لتستمتع بالنجاح الزائف دونما اي شعور بالذنب. تحرر من توقعاتك المستمره النابعه من معتقداتك عما يجب ان تكون عليه الحياه حتى لا تحكم على الاخرين _على غير اساس من الواقع _ بأن لديهم قصور او أنانيه.

لا بد ان تكون هناك حاجه تمنعك من العيش في ذكريات الماضي وان تتعلم الصفح عن من أسائو إليك وغض الطرف كي تواصل مشوارك في هذه الحياه والاهم ان تكون مستمعاً جيداً حتى تستخلص أفضل ما لدى الاخرين من خبره.

إنك في حاجه إلى هدف أسمى يوجه سلوكك في هذه الحياه... وان تتعلم كيف تسعى إلى تحقيق ذلك الهدف الاسمى وان تخلق الحياه التي تريدها.

وأخيراً... وبإختصار لتصل إلى السعاده عليك ان تفهم جيداً السر في فهم ذاتك وتقبلك لهذه الذات كما هي الان وتذكر جيداً:

ان تلك هي الحريه الحقيقيه و الوحيده...
وهذا هو الوقت المناسب لتحقيقها...
لذا... أنت الشخص الوحيد الذي يمكنه الوصول إلى سعادتك.

لا تزال معادله الصراع الابديه بين الخير والشر قائمه بين البشر منذ ان خلق الله أدم وكلفه بمهمه تعمير الارض. وتبرز هنا وبوضوح اهميه القوه كوسيله لتحقيق الانتصار.

ولو أخذنا القوه بحد ذاتها سنجدها خلاصه نهائيه لجهود حثيثه من قبل الانسان الذي استخدم نعمه العقل فأستتثمر من خلاله ثروات الارض وهيأها لخدمته واصبح الانسان مستنفراً جهده و وقته بهدف الوصول إلى إمتلاك عامل من عواملها _أي القوه_.

لأجل ذلك تعددت مفردات مختلفه تحقق الغايه عرفت بمسمى "مكامن القوه". فمكامن القوه منها مايرتبط بالفرد ومنها مايرتبط بالثروات ولا مجال للحديث عن كلاً منهما تفصيلاً، لكنني وبالمقابل اود الاشاره هنا تحديداً إلى مكتسبات هامه تعد من اهم مكامن القوه عند الشعوب ومهما تغيرت الموازين والمعايير السياسيه وغيرها لا يمكن ان تربط بفرداً او مجموعه بسيطه تعد جزء من شعب وعلى وجه الخصوص إذا كان هذا الشعب بعراقه...حضاره...مجد و شموخ الشعب اليمني الذي بلا شك انه يدرك ويعي تماماً ما تمثله الوحده اليمنية من إنجاز تاريخي ومكتسب وطني يعزز مكامن القوه لليمن الموحد ليتبوء موقعه بحضور فاعل بين الامم والشعوب.

إن الوحده اليمنيه ولدت لكي تبقى وإن كان ثمه خدوش هنا او هناك فلا يعني ذلك خروج الانسان عن طوره والمطالبه بلا وعي. إن القوه المعنويه للإنسان اليمني يجب ان تظل متوقده بنار الغيره و الولاء لمنجزنا الشعبوي اليمني العظيم والمتمثل بوحدتنا كيمنيين معاً.

وأخيراً... هناك مقوله ممتازه لبسمارك ألخص فيها دعوتي للشباب اليمني قاطبه وبمناسبه العيد الثامن العشر لوحدتنا المجيده، يقول بمسارك "الانسانيه تولد الحسد، الحسد يولد البغضاء، البغضاء يولد الاختلاف، الاختلاف يولد الفرقه، الفرقه تولد الضعف، الضعف يولد الذل و الذل يولد زوال الدوله وزوال النعمه وهلاك الامه".

Unite for Sight is currently accepting applications for 2008 and 2009. This opportunity was recently featured on CNN International and recently in The New York Times.

Volunteers who may not have previous health or eye care experience are welcome. You will receive all necessary training from Unite For Sight so that you are able to assist eye doctors with community eye outreach programs. Unite For Sight also welcomes volunteers to participate as photographers and filmmakers.

What is Unite For Sight's Mission?

Unite For Sight is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness. Unite For Sight's work to prevent blindness and restore sight is featured weekly on CNN INTERNATIONAL from September 2007-August 2008.

No patient should remain blind due to lack of funds and Unite for Sight makes it possible. Volunteers immediately see the joy on patients' faces when their sight is restored after years of blindness. These memories last a lifetime. While helping the community, volunteers are in a position to witness and draw their own conclusions about the failures and inequities of global health systems. It broadens their view of what works, and what role they can have to ensure a health system that works for everyone and that leaves no person blind in the future.

What Do Volunteers Say?:

"During my volunteering experience, I realized that Unite for Sight´s service is a campaign for the salvation of humanity that allows the light of compassion to shine through each of us. I believe it is this display of altruism and commitment that makes the organization´s service so virtuous and treasured by both volunteers and patients. After all, making a difference in the world is not so difficult if only one would care enough to sacrifice a part of oneself in order to change the world for the better. My experience as a Unite for Sight volunteer has inspired me to dedicate my future career to serving underprivileged communities around the world."-Chiwing "Jessica" Qu, Yale University Undergraduate Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Chennai, India

"I can honestly say that everything I learned in 3 years of medical
school paled in comparison to the 3 week experience I had done in my life. The people of Ghana are some of the friendliest and most thankful of anyone I have ever met. Overall, the experience has changed the way I view the world, my own country, and my role in the world forever. The only way to understand the way 4/5 of the world lives is to go yourself and get involved. The staff I worked with that are the heart and soul of Unite for Sight in Accra were some of the brightest and hard working individuals I have ever met. They are accomplishing feats few ever accomplish in their lives, and I am truly blessed to have had the opportunity to work with them and now call them my friends. I look forward to future work with Unite for Sight as an Ophthalmologist. The task at hand in Ghana, and I'm sure in all of Unite for Sight's locations throughout the world, is enormous. The more people that get involved, the more accessible services will be to these wonderful people. Plain and simple, the more we help, the more people can see the world they live in!"-Brian

For more information check out the link:

http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer

Ban Ki-moon, December 5, 2007

www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/bali-will-be-a-test-of-leaders-resolve/2007/12/04/1196530676912.html

We have read the science. Global warming is real, and we are a prime cause. We have heard the warnings. Unless we act, now, we face serious consequences. Polar ice will melt. Sea levels will rise. A third of our plant and animal species could vanish. There will be famine in Africa and
central Asia.

Largely lost in the debate is the good news: we can do something - more easily, and at far less cost, than most of us imagine.

These are the conclusions of the latest report from the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, the scientific body that recently shared the Nobel peace prize. It is sobering reading. But let's remember its optimistic bottom line as world leaders gather in Bali this week, seeking an agreement on climate change that all nations can embrace.

We do not yet know what such an accord might look like. Should it urge governments to tax greenhouse gas emissions or endorse a global carbon-trading system? Should it provide mechanisms for preventing deforestation, accounting for 20% of carbon dioxide emissions, or help
less-developed nations adapt to the inevitable effects of global warming?

The answer, of course, is some variation on all these things - and much, much more. But at Bali, the goal is simpler and more immediate. We must set an agenda - create a road map to a better future, coupled with a timeline that produces a deal by 2009.

In this, it helps to have a vision of how the future might look if we succeed. That is not merely a cleaner, healthier, more secure world for all. Handled correctly, our fight against global warming could set the stage for an eco-friendly transformation of the global economy - one that spurs growth and development rather than crimps it, as many nations fear.

We have witnessed great economic transformations in the past century. Following on from growing industrialisation came the technology revolution, then our modern era of globalisation. We stand at the threshold of another great change: the age of green economics.

The evidence is all about us, often in unexpected places. Visiting South America recently, I saw how Brazil has become one of the biggest players in green economics, drawing some 44% of its energy needs from renewable fuels. The world average is 13%. In Europe: 6.1%.

Much is made of the fact that China is poised to surpass the US as the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Less well known, however, are its more recent efforts to confront grave environmental problems. China is on track to invest $10 billion in renewable energy this year,
second only to Germany. It has become a world leader in solar and wind power. At a recent summit of east Asian leaders, China's Premier, Wen Jiabao, pledged to reduce energy consumption (per unit of gross domestic product) by 20% over five years - not far removed, in spirit, from
Europe's commitment to a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.

This is the way of the future. Some estimates show that growth in global energy demand could be cut in half over the next 15 years simply by deploying existing technologies yielding a return on investment of 10% or more. The IPCC report lays out the very practical ways, from tougher
standards for air-conditioners and refrigerators to improved efficiency in industry, building and transport. It estimates that overcoming serious climate change may cost as little as 0.1% of global GDP a year over the next three decades.

Growth need not suffer and, in fact, may accelerate. Research by the University of California at Berkeley indicates that the US could create 300,000 jobs if 20% of electricity needs were met by renewables.

The United Nations Environment Program estimates that global investment in zero-greenhouse energy will reach $1.9 trillion by 2020.

Already, businesses in many parts of the world are demanding public policies on climate change, regardless of what form they might take - regulation, emissions caps, efficiency guidelines.

The reason is obvious. Business needs ground rules. Helping to create them is very much the role of the UN.

Our job, in Bali and beyond, is to shape this nascent global transformation - to open the door to the age of green economics and green development.

What's missing is a global framework within which we, the world's peoples, can co-ordinate our efforts to fight climate change.

The scientists have done their job. Now it's up to the politicians. Bali is a test of their leadership.

Ban Ki-moon is UN Secretary-General.

Lahore, Pakistan -- A one-day seminar on the role of trade unions to help support rural women’s livelihood was held at the Ambassador Hotel Lahore on January 17, 2008. Organized by Pakistan Labour Federation (PLF) with the collaboration of the World Asian Workers Organization (WAWO), the seminar was attended by 70 women from trade unions from all over the country.

In her welcome speech Chairperson Atia Saleem noted that the government of Pakistan established the Ministry of Women Development to protect women’s rights and to stop the victimization of working women in public and private sectors.

She added that the main objectives of the PLF, which established a women’s wing, was to stabilize the institutional and legal protection of women and to create general awareness of such rights. Trade unions must ensure that women enjoy equal rights with men in terms of politics, economy, she emphasized.

PLF Voices speak out against poverty, discrimination against women

Prominent PLF ofiicers all voiced their concerns regarding the problems facing women and the enforcement of their rights, such as poverty unemployment and discrimination. Among those who reiterated the role of PLF in supporting such rights were Haji Muhammad Saeed, Founder and Secretary General and Waheed Ahmad, Advocate and Legal Advisor.

PLF Women’s Wing Secretary Shamila Sadiq, also said that PLF will continue its efforts to promote gender equality by its cooperation with the all NGOs. Rizwana Yasmeen Advocate Senior Vice President added that trade unions have a direct impact on improving the economy, alleviating poverty and improving the plight of women in rural areas.

(Haji Muhammad Saeed)
Secretary General
PAKISTAN LABOUR FEDERATION
OFF. 2/136- A AMAN PARK BAGHBANPURA LAHORE ,PAKISTAN
PH. # 92-42-6856984 FAX # 92-42-6844293
E.MAIL: plfpakistan@yahoo.com

We are happy to announce that the 'telecentre magazine' was launched on December 12, 2007, at the telecentre.org Village, within the Global Knowledge Partnership's GK3 event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The quarterly magazine, produced by the Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS), in partnership with telecentre.org, provides an in- depth review and analysis of the role of public access to technology, focusing on research findings, innovations, current thinking and debates.

"The telecentre magazine is important because it will document and analyse the rapid and exciting advances in addressing access questions," said Dr Ravi Gupta, Editor-in-Chief and Executive Director of CSDMS. "This is part of CSDMS's commitment to build thematic communities of practice, which also includes the well-received monthly i4d magazine."

"The telecentre magazine responds to a long-standing demand from practitioners, investors, researchers, policymakers, and emerging market leaders," said Dr Basheerhamad Shadrach, Senior Programme Officer - Asia, telecentre.org, "to have a source of information and real examples of innovative uses of shared-access technologies. This magazine highlights how ordinary people solve the problems most critical to their daily needs and lives. It creates a feedback loop that can provide ideas for new and better products."

Aktar Badshah, Senior Director, Global Community Affairs, Microsoft, Michael Clarke, Director, ICT4D, IDRC and Mark Surman from telecentre.org were present during the launch of the magazine.

You may download the complete version of the magazine here: http://www.telecentremagazine.net
You are invited to send feedback, editorial ideas, and contributions to editor@telecentremagazine.net

Cheers,
Vignesh
Community Content Facilitator - Asia,
telecentre.org
Based at: CSDMS, India
www.csdms.in
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