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Back in 2006, AWN switched to a new web site design and new platform. Unfortunately, some resources didn't get ported over.

The EPN online email group is for Human Resource Managers and others to exchange ideas and experiences, ask for assistance and share information to improve the people management practices in their org

Skat - Swiss Resource Centre and Consultancies for Development prepared the publication "After the Tsunami- Sustainable Building Guidelines for South-East Asia", which is based on Skat's longstandin

Two French aid workers from Action Against Hunger (Action Contre la Faim - ACF) have been kidnapped in Afghanistan.

The Active Learning Network on Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP) has updated its publication "Learning from earthquake relief and recovery operations.

One World USA is reporting that a rising tide of violence, intimidation, and harassment is forcing humanitarian efforts to be postponed or terminated in the Horn of Africa.

The Associated Press is reporting that an eight-month-old Pakistani girl has tested positive for polio in an area where militants campaigned against vaccination, according to the World Health Organiza

The Aid Workers Network is an all-volunteer-lead initiative.

The United Nations Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual Employees Organisation (UNGLOBE) was formed in 1996 and was granted official recognition that same year by the UN's Office of Human Resources Management as

Why don't refugees complain when they suffer with sexual exploitation or abused by aid workers ? Because keeping quiet is normal

By Jamie Munn
Research & Communications Manager

A new blogger on Blogher gives her very honest, blunt perspective on the value -- or lack there of -- of short-term, inexperienced volunteers working abroad:

Are we on the right track? Paradigm review by CSOs as development actors
By Monika Matus and Filomenita Mongaya Høgsholm
www.wide-network.org/

This is an update on the upcoming forum by Nerea Craviotto for the WIDE Network (www.wide-network.org):

women and men: equal sharing of responsibilities

The July issue of the Australian Aid Resource and Training Guide (AARTG) is now available.
http://www.torqaid.com/images/stories/AARTGJuly2008.pdf
It is focused on aid workers from Australia.

The Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR) will be hosting the International Civilian Peace-keeping and Peace-Building Training Program (IPT) "Women in Armed Conflict" from 12

The Stop Violence Against Women website (STOPVAW) is an online forum for information, advocacy and change.

The latest Siyanda Update, Issue No. 67, July 2008, has a
"Quick Guide" to Gender mainstreaming resources. Here it is:

"Attitudes of relief workers may range from enthusiastic amateurism to professional cynicism, from inexperienced clumsiness, to considered and experienced efficiency, and from altruism to avarice.

The 61st Annual Conference for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI), will be held in Paris at UNESCO Headquarters from Wednes