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Here are articles about many different aspects of life in Africa. Find out more about children and HIV/AIDS, fair trade, craft production processes, women's empowerment and other articles about the world of women in Africa.
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World Fair Trade Organization prescribes 10 Standards of Fair Trade.
Standard One: Creating Opportunities for Economically Disadvantaged Producers
Poverty reduction through trade forms a key part of the organization’s aims. The organization supports marginalized small producers, whether these are independent family businesses, or grouped in associations or co-operatives. It seeks to enable them to move from income insecurity and poverty to economic self-sufficiency and ownership. The trade supports community development. The organization has a plan of action to carry this out.
Standard Two: Transparency and Accountability
The organization is transparent in its management and commercial relations. It is accountable to all its stakeholders and respects the sensitivity and confidentiality of commercial information supplied. The organization finds appropriate, participatory ways to involve employees, members and producers in its decision-making processes. It ensures that relevant information is provided to all its trading partners. The communication channels are good and open at all levels of the supply chain.
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It’s important to buy African cotton.The African cotton industry is on its knees. The farmers are producing cotton at cost or below. Subsidies on American cotton are part of this issue and you can read more about it in this article. Most of the embroidered wall hangings, cushion covers and table runners on this site are made from African cotton grown this is processed and produced in Africa.
http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol17no1/171agri4.htm
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The pressing issue of child headed households is one that is especially prevalent throughout Africa. What happens when parents die of HIV/AIDS? We know that millions of orphans are taken in by the Grandmothers, but there are millons of children who simply have to take on the role as care-givers to their younger brothers and sisters. The implications are dire: These children take on enormous burdens, they give up shcool, try to feed their siblings and face hardships that children cannot bare alone. There is much written about how vulnerable these children are to exploitation.
Here are some links to articles about Child headed households:
http://www.childrencount.ci.org.za/
http://www.childjustice.org/html/issue305_pr.htm
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov05/africa.orphan.heads.ssl.html
This link shows a list of the number of orphans in various African countries:
http://www.avert.org/aidsorphans.htm |
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Written by Val
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Tuesday, 15 June 2010 10:06 |
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Child headed households in AFrica
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 June 2010 10:13 |
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ft. high and in accurate traditional dress of a rural Zulu married woman, known as a Makorti. Zulu married women wear a magnificent red hat. Various districts have slight variations in the cape they wear or decorations on their hats and skirts. This traditional skirt is thick, pleated cowhide, worn for special occasions.