http://us.oneworld.net/article/country/959/ en_US West Africa http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160385/1/ Tighter government monitoring to prevent the continued dumping of toxic e-waste on the developing world is demanded by the world federation of consumer organisations. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83434 Molly Melching, whose organization uses community-education to promote democracy and human rights, answers questions from the global community about her work and her group's exceptional successes towards ending female genital cutting in West Africa. http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/159687/1/ http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82702 Coinciding with the opening of the 2008 UN Commission on the Status of Women, women's advocates are calling on the public to urge U.S. representatives to support laws against child marriage, a custom that affects nearly half of the 331 million girls living in developing countries. From: Women's eNews http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82481 Saammeko esitellä, Vuoden ihmiset 2007: Molly Melching ja senegalilaisnaiset, jotka ovat työskennelleet väsymättä tyttöjen sukuelinten silpomista vastaan Länsi-Afrikassa. Melchingiin ja muihin palkittuihin saat yhteyden OneWorld-blogin kautta. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/156819/1/ The movement to end female genital cutting continues to spread across many parts of Africa. Molly Melching and the women of Senegal are leading the way with innovative, culturally sensitive programs to educate and relieve suffering. In a telling OneWorld dialogue, Molly Melching discusses Tostan's uniquely successful approach to development and how it relates to traditions, values, human rights, and human nature. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/156948/1/ ICT experts from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) adopted new guidelines on combating cyber crime in the sub-region http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/155152/1/ The Winneba Open Digital Village and Rescue Mission Ghana are organising a three day training workshop on Web 2.0 tools for development from December 10-13, 2007. The training will focus on emerging web based social, business and technology developments and define future web trends. http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81222 Vaikka Länsi-Afrikan konfliktitimanttien kauppaa on koetettu estää monituisin kansainvälisin sopimuksin, osa jalokivistä kulkeutuu yhä vuotavien valtiorajojen yli Euroopan, Yhdysvaltain, Japanin ja Intian timanttimarkkinoille. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/154973/1/ Susan Smith of the National Confectioners Association responds to OneWorld's article on fair trade chocolate for Halloween. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/154892/1/ This is a publication of the first report in Balancing Act’s new series African Telecoms and Internet Markets. Part 1 covers 16 countries in West Africa and shows that the sub-region has experienced strong growth in both the mobile and Internet sectors since 2003. http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80445 Taannoiset tulvat pilasivat jopa satojentuhansien länsiafrikkalaisten juomaveden. Nyt ripulitaudit, kolera ja malaria uhkaavat erityisesti lasten terveyttä, varoittaa Pelastakaa Lapset. http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/153070/1/ http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/79770 A Senegal-based aid group that started a grassroots campaign to abolish female circumcision in West Africa has been awarded the $1.5 million Hilton humanitarian prize. From: Al Jazeera + Award for secondary school programmme http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/79636 The link between British consumers and illegal or "pirate" fishing vessels operating off West Africa that are decimating fish stocks and robbing some of the poorest people on the planet has been exposed in a new report.