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20 June, 2003 marks the third World Refugee Day. This day is celebrated all around the world with events such as conferences, stand up comedies, concerts and memorial services. The day originally marked Africa Refugee Day.
On 4 December 2000, the General Assembly noted that 2001 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, and that the Organization of African Unity (OAU) had agreed to have International Refugee Day coincide with Africa Refugee Day on 20 June. It, therefore, decided that, as from 2001, 20 June would be celebrated as World Refugee Day (resolution 55/76). (full text).

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Linked with Grace Aboh Dotou – Benin, and with F-information – Genève.

Contact: Qui dit mieux? Centre de recyclage des sachets en plastique (Face à la poste principale d’Oganla), BP 2197, Porto-Novo 01, BENIN. Tél : (229) 21 47 54, Fax : (229) 21 48 61, E-mail.

Mme Grâce Dotou-Aboh nous a chaleureusement accueillies dans le local de son ONG. « Qui dit mieux ? », une troupe de théâtre forum, existe depuis 1980. Aucune troupe de théâtre de la capitale ne fonctionnait bien longtemps : les femmes, une fois mariées, ne pouvaient plus jouer des rôles qui risquaient d’être jugés trop intimes avec des hommes étrangers. Grâce a donc eu l’idée de créer une troupe exclusivement féminine, où les femmes se déguiseraient en hommes sans s’attirer le mécontentement de leurs maris et où tous les rôles pourraient donc être joués. Alors, « qui dit mieux ? », nous demande la présidente amusée. Cette troupe de théâtre exclusivement féminine n’était pas seulement une astuce pour durer, mais également un outil pour mener des sensibilisations dans tout le Bénin. Pendant des années, alors qu’elle était encore institutrice, Mme Dotou a ainsi utilisé l’expression théâtrale pour faire passer des messages aux populations les plus démunies. Aujourd’hui encore, la troupe de « Qui dit mieux ? » monte des pièces de théâtre et participe à des événements ponctuels en collaboration avec d’autres organisations de développement. Mais ce n’est plus sa principale activité. (texte entier).

Throughout the world, engaged citizens are meeting and mobilizing to promote human rights and social justice while reinforcing their opposition to commercialization, social regression, and economic and military aggression. Social movements are organizing in international and trans-thematic coalitions for maximum impact and greater power. The Social movements directory is a World Forum for Alternatives (WFA) initiative to make known, or improve knowledge of, these new global actors. It includes social movement profiles and analysis articles. (full text).

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About the World Forum of alternatives WFA; The World Forum for Alternatives (WFA) is an international network of research centres and militant intellectuals from the South and the North. Created in 1997 it aims at supporting the convergence process of the social movements, as well as to the development alternatives that are democratic, pluralistic and sustainable, as opposed to neoliberal globalization and all the various forms of discrimination and domination. The WFA considers that the combined action of citizen movements, their demands and the socio-economic and political alternatives that they represent constitute the foundations of a more genuine democracy of the world system and the embryo of a just and sustainable model of society. The WFA sees its own actions as contributing to the processes of the world and regional social forums and the social and political dynamics that they generate. (full text).

Lié avec Chantal Marie Rachelle Ouédraogo – Burkina Faso.

Association Femmes 2000 est une ONG du Burkina Faso, située à Ziniaré.

Nous travaillons à améliorer les conditions de vie des femmes, à favoriser l’intégration des femmes au développement, à créer un cadre d’échanges entre les associations.

Nous sommes particulièrement impliqués dans la lutte contre les MST/SIDA et la tuberculose: action au niveau des moyens de prévention, action pour améliorer la prise en charge des malades.

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Présentation: L’AF 2000 est une association à caractère national. Elle est structurée de la façon suivante :

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