IN THIS ISSUE

EVENTS
MEDIA
International Executive Media and Television Workshop, Cairo (Jan 16 - 19 2006)

NEWS
GENDER
Regional project launched to encourage and engender investigative reporting
Woman bids for election to KSA engineers' syndicate
Runaway Afghan women find no refuge in the cold
SUDAN: Dealing with Gender Violence through Music
HUMAN RIGHTS
U.S. suspends publication of Arab youth magazine
ECONOMY & TRADE
World Bank calls for effective financial reforms in Lebanon
Lebanon's economy reeling from a year of violence
Lebanon's budget deficit drops
World Bank to lend Lebanon more money
Qatari investors acquire BLC for $236 million
BSE trade sky high despite tensions
U.A.E. rockets to region's third largest economy
HEALTH
Egypt struggles with AIDS prevention, awareness

REPORTS & BOOKS & ARTICLES
SOCIAL ENTITLEMENTS
Improving the delivery of health and education services in difficult environments: Lessons from case studies
How to Mobilize Communities for Health and Social Change
Educating children with disabilities: who are the children with disabilities?
Disability, poverty, and schooling in developing countries: results from 11 household surveys - World Bank (2005)
GENDER
Gender achievements and prospects in education: the GAP report, part 1
Women's ICT-based enterprise for development: case studies page
Securing Afghan women: neocolonialism, epistemic violence, and the rhetoric of the veil
CHILDREN
Income and expenditure patterns of working children
ECONOMY & TRADE
Scaling up aid for trade: how to support poor countries to trade their way out of poverty
ICT
E-commerce for Development: The Case of Nepalese Artisan Exporters
Rising to the digital challenge: Lessons from Mediterranean Enterprises
NGOS
Community Based Organizations (CBOs) An Emerging Force within the Third Sector
http://www.intrac.org/pages/PraxisNote16.html
DEVELOPMENT
The Future of CSR will mirror the health of society: pondering the evolution of CSR

RESOURCES
The Global Fund for Women