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Manager reacts to win over Livingston
Motherwell 3-1 Livingston
Manager previews the visit of Livingston
Storylines: Motherwell v Livingston
Ian St John (1938 – 2021)
How to watch Motherwell v Livingston
Next up: Livingston
Manager reacts to win at Hibernian
Hibernian 0-2 Motherwell
Manager previews the trip to Hibernian
"It's a great win. We've set the bar. We can't come off it."
Graham Alexander on the 3-1 win over Livingston.
Another solid team performance and emphatic win earned Motherwell a huge three points to further ease relegation worries.
A Devante Cole double had 'Well in control before Jack Fitzwater's goal raised Livi's hopes.
Man of the match Cole, though, set up Christopher Long for a decisive third to make certain of the points lifting 'Well's total to 35 points and 10 ahead of Kilmarnock, whom they meet in two week's time.
Graham Alexander not surprisingly stood by the side which performed superbly at Easter Road last week. Declan Gallagher, who returned from injury to enjoy the final 20 minutes last Saturday, had to be content with a place on the bench.
David Martindale's men, aiming to put their Betfred Cup final defeat behind them, still needed points to secure their top-six place.
However, with five ex-Livi players in their squad, the Fir Park men had the measure of their opponents and controlled large spells of the game. In a dominant opening half-hour, they should have put the game beyond the Lions.
Straight from the kick-off, the Steelmen had the Lions pinned in their own half and within 90 seconds Robbie McCrorie had produced a couple of fine saves.
Firstly, the Livi 'keeper raced from his line to block Jordan Roberts' drive. Then as his defenders failed to clear the danger, Stephen O'Donnell latched on to the loose ball and rifled in a low shot which McCrorie at full stretch pushed round his post.
A minute later the visitors survived strong appeals for a penalty. Tony Watt got his foot to the ball before Aaron Taylor-Sinclair clattered through the back off him sending him to the ground. But despite loud appeals referee Colin Steven waved play on.
Watt was back on his feet to force a glancing header across the face of the goal before Cole rammed the ball into the side netting as 'Well completely dominated the play.
The home side was forced into an early substitution, as Watt failed to shake off the impact of that earlier challenge and limped off after 23 minutes with Long taking his place in the front three.
Eight minutes later 'Well finally made the breakthrough. Robbie Crawford's pathway across the box was crudely blocked by Matej Poplatnik and at the second time of asking the referee pointed to the penalty spot.
Cole confidently grabbed his sixth goal since January, slamming the ball down the centre of the goal as the 'keeper dived to his left.
At this stage, Livingston had scarcely been in the 'Well half and Liam Kelly's goal was under no threat until the minutes leading up to the interval.
A long throw from ex-Well defender Nicky Devlin found its way to Poplatnik and his powerful downward header forced a terrific save from Kelly low down to his right.
The 'keeper was a spectator on the stroke of half-time, though, when Josh Mullin curled his free-kick from 25 yards over the defensive wall and off the top of the crossbar.
Livingston started the second half more determined to push towards the home goal and after 10 minutes made a double substitution to increase their goal threat.
It was the Fir Park men, though, who found the net again after 59 minutes.
Jake Carroll's hammered his free-kick from 30 yards into the wall. As the ball bounced amongst the Livi defenders at the edge of the box, the ball fell for Cole who slid a low shot beyond the diving McCrorie for his second of the afternoon.
Before the home side could think about holding onto their two-goal lead, Livingston had reduced their advantage.
Devlin lofted a long free-kick into a packed box and when the ball reached Fitzwater at the corner of the six-yard box he stooped to head the ball across Kelly and just inside the 'keeper's left-hand post.
After 69 minutes Cole turned provider chesting down a poor clearance before playing the ball across field for Long.
The 'Well sub sped towards the Livi goal before clipping the ball past the advancing 'keeper for a fine finish and restore his side's two-goal advantage.
Two minutes later only a brilliant intervention from Carroll prevented Livingston once again reducing 'Well's lead.
Alan Forrest worked the ball onto his left foot and his angled drive from 12 yards flew past Kelly and was destined for the back of the net. However, Carroll popped up on the goal line to scoop the ball high into the air allowing Kelly to grab it under his crossbar for a remarkable recovery.
Gallagher was given the final five minutes to help him regain match fitness but by the time a thoroughly deserved and crucial three points were in the bag.
Motherwell: Kelly, O'Donnell, Magloire, Lamie, Carroll, Maguire, Campbell, Crawford, Roberts (McGinley 90), Watt (Long 33, Gallagher 84), Cole.
Subs not used: Morrison, Devine, Polworth, Cornelius, Lawless, Hastie.
"Our first objective is to stay up. That's still the case.
"We have to keep working really hard."
Graham Alexander looks ahead to the weekend visit of Livingston.
Motherwell host Livingston in the final home game at Fir Park before the Scottish Premiership split.
Here are the key topics going into the fixture.
Performances to build on
Motherwell were left despondent after two home losses to Hamilton Academical and St Johnstone in early February.
With difficult trips to St Mirren and Hibernian following, it was going to require a shift in performances to get back on track.
But Graham Alexander's men did just that. A 0-0 draw in Paisley was accompanied by a dogged team showing. Then, a 2-0 victory at third-placed Hibernian paired performance with points.
The manager, though, is keen to stress nothing has been accomplished yet, with the team still needing to put on similar showings and get the necessary points to be lifted up the table.
Lions licking wounds
Livingston went into the weekend on the verge of a second major honour, facing St Johnstone in the Betfred Cup final.
A 1-0 loss at Hampden meant there would be no repeat of their heroics in 2004, with Shaun Rooney's first-half goal settling the tie.
No wins in five – added to by a midweek home loss to Rangers before coming to Fir Park – has Livi still needing a final push over the line to secure a top-six spot, but with one point from their last two games likely to be sufficient.
Opening up gaps
At the other end of the table, Motherwell are still looking over their shoulder knowing points are needed to keep a safe distance above the bottom pack.
Sitting seven points above the play-off spot and eight off the bottom, Motherwell's fate is in their hands, but more points are definitely needed to be able to breathe easier.
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Ian St John.
Aged 82, the legendary Ancell Babe was a local boy who made waves at Fir Park and went on to great things after starting his career with the club.
Born in Motherwell, St John was at Hampden as a 13-year-old to witness the Steelmen lift the Scottish Cup for the very first time in 1952.
Five years later he would sign for his boyhood heroes. Over the course of the next four years, he would torment defences across the country, netting 80 goals in 113 league games.
His hat-trick in a League Cup tie against Hibernian in 1959, which was despatched in little more than two-and-a-half minutes, gained St John massive exposure.
But his consistent rate of finishing had already alerted the attention of the international selectors and a host of interested managers, and it was in that same year he was awarded the first of his caps for Scotland.
Making his international bow at the age of just 20, Ian would go on to net nine times in 21 appearances for his country.
In 1961, St John signed for Liverpool for £37,500, then the Anfield side's record transfer fee paid. That sale would help finance the reconstruction of the main stand at Fir Park.
He would go on to enjoy a glorious decade with Bill Shankly's side as they were transformed from the Second Division also-rans that Shankly inherited.
A Scottish Football Hall of Fame member, Ian was tempted back to Lanarkshire in 1973 as manager, putting together one of Motherwell's most famous front-line partnerships in his former team-mate Bobby Graham and Willie Pettigrew.
Sadly St John's time in the dugout at Fir Park would last little more than a year when he was lured to Portsmouth by promises of finance and support that well outstripped what Motherwell could offer.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time.
Paying tribute
"Like so many of us I was introduced to Motherwell and Fir Park by my dad," Motherwell chairman Jim McMahon said of St John's passing.
"The Saturday regime of catching the Law and Carluke supporters bus at the cross, then the journey down and the walk into the ground, is one I can still recall vividly. It is a memory I treasure.
"That was the era of the Ancell babes – a fabulous collection of players. But my hero, and in my view the greatest player I have seen in our colours, was Ian St John.
"I was lucky enough to see almost all his games and his technical skill, pace, vision and ambition cemented him as the player I wanted to be
"I was even luckier to get to know Ian in later life and to play golf with him as a special present for my 50th birthday. It's often said that's it dangerous to meet one's heroes, but in my case, he was everything I expected – funny, charming, courteous and true to his roots and upbringing. He was a gentleman.
"I will miss him – he was a big part of my childhood.
"I am really sorry that we can't have a crowd at our next home game to honour him but we will do that as soon as we get back to normality.
"Lots of words are in danger of being devalued – Ian St John is a legend."
In a statement, his family said: "It is with a heavy heart that we have to inform you that after a long illness we have lost a husband, father and grandfather.
"He passed away peacefully with his family at his bedside. We would like to thank all the staff at Arrowe Park Hospital for their hard work and dedication during these very difficult times.
"The family would be grateful for privacy at this extremely sad time."
Motherwell v Livingston is available to watch worldwide on Saturday.
If you're in the UK or Republic of Ireland, a live stream of the game is available to buy on a pay-per-view basis for £12.
Season ticket holders can watch the game for free, as usual, at live.motherwellfc.co.uk.
International-based supporters can watch via their usual subscription at live.motherwellfc.co.uk.
Kick-off at Fir Park in the Scottish Premiership match is at 3pm.
Livingston are the visitors to Fir Park on Saturday in the Scottish Premiership.
Kick-off at Fir Park is at 3pm.
Motherwell have the upper hand in the fixture so far in the 2020/21 season.
The Steelmen were pegged back twice in a 2-2 draw at Fir Park back at the start of the campaign, with David Turnbull and Allan Campbell netting for the hosts.
Then in West Lothian in late October, Callum Lang and Tony Watt netted in an impressive 2-0 victory.
Two impressive performances away from home against St Mirren and Hibernian yielded a 0-0 draw and a 2-0 victory respectively for Motherwell.
After the disappointment of crushing, back-to-back home defeats to Hamilton and St Johnstone, Graham Alexander's men have responded.
Livi lost the Betfred Cup final to St Johnstone on Sunday, killing hopes of their first major silverware since winning the same competition in 2004.
David Martindale's men are without a win in five, going on to lose 1-0 at home to Rangers on Wednesday night.
"We deserved that win. We were brilliant in how we competed and took our chances."
Graham Alexander hails the team's performance as all three points come back along the M8 in a 2-0 win at Hibernian.
Motherwell earned all three points with a brilliantly-deserved 2-0 win away at Hibernian.
Goals from Jordan Roberts and Devante Cole delivered the win at Easter Road in a controlled, high-energy performance from Graham Alexander's side.
Motherwell again went unchanged following the 0-0 draw at St Mirren on Wednesday night, with club captain Gallagher fit enough to return amongst the substitutes.
The visitors dominated the opening proceedings, pushing high up the pitch and forcing the Hibs backline into errors.
Watt found the side netting and Campbell saw a shot blocked before the opener deservedly arrived in the 25th minute.
Motherwell's front three of Watt, Cole and Roberts converged on the middle of the pitch and, gaining possession, Watt slipped an exceptional, pinpoint pass through for Roberts co chase down.
Getting ahead of his man, he had time to prepare himself for the one-on-one with Marciano, before picking his spot to open the scoring from 15 yards.
Campbell went close with a header as Motherwell continued to dominate the bulk of the attacking play in the first 45, although Hibs grew into proceedings with some crosses which kept the 'Well backline on its toes.
If Motherwell started the first half well, they couldn't have scripted their start to the second.
With 45 seconds on the clock, Roberts found himself on the ball on the left corner of the box. Attracting defenders towards him, he slipped the ball to Cole just 10 yards to his right.
Cole spun away, surging into the area before picking his spot in the far right corner of the net to make it 2-0.
Hibs immediately sent on the cavalry, with Nisbit, Gogic and Porteous being introduced to play.
The hosts would grow and grow, with 'Well sitting deeper and looking to hit on the counter.
That prompted a change of shape with 20 minutes to go, with Gallagher introduced to the fray after injury for Watt, putting five in defence.
Motherwell: Kelly, O'Donnell, Magloire, Lamie, Carroll (McGinley), Maguire, Campbell, Crawford, Cole, Roberts (Lawless), Watt (Gallagher).
Subs not used: Morrison, Devinem Cornelius, Polworth, Hastie, Long.
"We've set the benchmark. Now it's down to us to push to those levels again."
Graham Alexander speaks ahead of Saturday's trip to face Hibernian.


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It's just after 6 a.m. on April 13 outside a middle school in Eaton, Colo., the sun is just peeking over the horizon, and three months of work is literally about to disappear into thin air.
Experiments attached to a BalloonSat are ready to go airborne, hopefully to return unscathed. But when you are sending boxes made of foam material filled with delicate computer instrumentation, a camera, batteries, bacteria and other assorted wires and gizmos about 100,000 miles into the stratosphere, one can never be too sure if the payload will arrive back safely.
Four teams of four CCA students apiece from Victor Andersen's Experimental Design Class, though, have a sense of confidence that their meticulously detailed projects will yield productive data - or it may just be the caffeine from the free-flowing coffee on this brisk morning that's doing the talking.
The project, sponsored by the Colorado Space Grant Consortium, already has gone through most of the steps of a real NASA mission, with the same stepladder approach of planning, testing and designing involved. But it's all come down to this: launch day.
There have been bench tests on the rectangular boxes that will hold their experiments. Before that, students were required to write proposals that gained approval before projects even were allowed to reach the design phase.
There were a series of reviews, including speakerphone critiques by University of Colorado scientists of PowerPoint presentations that laid out each of the teams' pre-flight theses. A flight director and his team have attempted to ensure safety with a final launch readiness review.
But the hydrogen filled balloon that carries much of the project's fate can be fickle, once a parachute-topped string with experiments attached like a kite's tail is snapped on and the whole shebang goes airborne.
The best-case scenario is everything lands smoothly about 75 miles away, an estimate based on this particular Saturday's weather predictions. The fervent hope is that after the experiments are unpacked, something heretofore undiscovered is revealed.
The worst-case scenario? CCA's four teams – named The Voltanators, Revolution, Bacto-box, and Charlie – have some ideas.
"When it falls down, it falls down on the highway and a semi-truck hits it and we get no data back," one student says.
"A Cessna could hit it, too," another chimes in.
The Federal Aviation Administration has been notified that objects will be entering this particular airspace, so that latter scenario's doubtful. It's the primary reason that this launch, the fourth straight year this project aimed at developing and training the next generation of scientists and engineers, has moved outside of the more crowded Denver-area airspace to more rural settings for liftoff.
"Another fear is it lands in a field of bulls somewhere in Kansas. Who'll get it then?," one of the more imaginative males in the CCA group said.
"Ladies first …," he added, making the assembled CCA class members burst out into laughter.
If anything, this project already has been a success as a team-building exercise. Amongst all the sweat, thought and Skittles that went into these projects, there were equal parts jokes and camaraderie.
"I'm going to have to change the Chuck Norris fact book if we don't get our readings," promises student Hartley Ihrig, who has named the Voltanators' payload after the actor whose powers, according to Internet legend, are superhuman.
Seven boxes attached by cord – four from CCA, the others from the University of Colorado and Pikes Peak Community College – begin to be transported to the nearby open field. One student from each team carries the payload on which he's toiled. Their march goes past the giant balloon that will send this whole mission into the sky. The hissing sound as the eight-foot dirigible is inflated is unmistakable.
Steve Meer, working for Edge of Space Sciences, which will track and recover the payloads once they've floated via parachute back to solid ground, begins to shout out launch instructions.
The payload string is about 80 feet long, and several individuals begin the process of affixing the hydrogen-filled balloon to that cord. All of the payloads have been weighed in advance so that the precise amount of inflation fills the balloon.
"When I tell you to pick up the payloads, pick up the payloads, turn it on, walk it over and when we launch it, hold it away from you and let it drift out of your hand," Meer shouts to the students.
The payload handlers oblige, stretching out the string tightly.
Up, up and away it goes – air-filled latex, not any Chapsticked appendages.
radio transmission devices in SUVs that will track and trail its voyage can now take over the chase.
The BalloonSat launch also is backed by NASA, and, in reality, is workforce development to help train the next generation of scientists and engineers so that they're employable at the space agency or similar contractors in the field following the students' departure from college.
There are numerous constraints placed on each team, comprised of individuals who largely volunteer for inclusion in this project.
There's a monetary budget. The entirety of the payload can only weight about 1.5 pounds. Pressure and temperature sensors measure the environment on the way up. An Arduino computer board helps measure the output. The onboard camera takes continual photos of ascent and descent, if all goes according to plan. Most of the raw materials are found at hobby stores, like foam core poster board. Much of the payload is tightened with hot glue.
At its apex, the high-altitude balloon is expected to travel about 30 kilometers above the surface. One advantage to conducting tests at that height is that the environment is very similar to what's seen on the surface of Mars, in terms of temperature and pressure.
"It's really an interesting part of the Earth because it's pretty hard to get access to that part," Andersen explained. "You can get to lower levels of the atmosphere just by flying an airplane. You want to get higher, you fly a satellite. But at that level you're still in the atmosphere but you're too high for normal airplane flight.
Four separate experiments were to be in play amongst CCA's payloads.
The Voltanators ventured to test the use of rechargeable lithium-polymer batteries as a replacement for alkaline batteries on balloon flights. Team Revolution designed and built an electric field mill to gauge its structural integrity and collect electric field data. Team Bacto-Box wanted to examine the effects of the near-space environment on human skin flora and the shielding effect of minerals.
Team Charlie was to send up endospore forming and non-endospore forming bacteria and expose them to stratospheric conditions.
CCA's 2013 spring launch represents the fourth straight year it's taken place. A group of students from the college won best prize during the inaugural launch when bacteria placed in the extreme environment was examined at the DNA level and a significant, two percent difference in genetic code resulted.
The call came from Andersen's cell phone, ironically, at 9:11 a.m.
Sure enough, the long cord holding the experiments draped over the electrical line like a towel on a shower rack, the parachute whipping in the wind to the other side.
The chase leaders in their SUVs flashed lights and kept students and other observers away, while sparks flew off the lead box, which was touching 40,000 watts of juice.
When people describe somewhere as the middle of nowhere, this area just about qualified, making it even more amazing that something traveling at 1,100 feet a minute on its downward fall could position itself just right to find this point to snag.
The payloads went up, and mostly came down, while re-locating north of Messex, Colo., just a few miles west of Interstate 76, about halfway between Fort Sterling and Brush. The Denver metro area at this point is about 150 miles away. Farmland and empty fields fill every direction.
Meer, who has worked eight years in tracking and recovery of BalloonSats, said out of the 186 missions in which he's participated, only four have endured such a fate – hung up and strung up. Yet, as bad luck would have it, it was the second in a row.
Morgan County Electric Company was notified by amateur radio of the situation.
What did go right was that the computerized model of the balloon's path modeled pre-flight by computer software was nearly dead on – sending it approximately 75 miles east and a little south of Eaton.
From the laptop computer affixed to the passenger side of his vehicle, Meer already could ascertain that the latex balloon exploded after reaching about 99,000 feet at its peak.
People on he ground huddled for about a 45-minute wait. Most chose the comfort and heat of their cars while awaiting the electric company's arrival to cut the line.
Once that snip came, the payloads fell in a cluster into a bank of snow.
"The camera looks like it's still on," a discussion then began.
"See the lens extended on the end there?
As the boxes were picked up, immediate signs of the flight emerged. White Velcro had turned a purplish hue. There were burn marks on the payload that touched the power line. Sorry, CU.
Team Voltanators rushed to the back of their vehicle to pull out the SD card that was supposed to capture photos.
Team Charlie's camera it turned out wasn't fully operational, failing at around 30,000 feet on ascent. Team Revolution's Arduino computer chip seemingly died. But these issues are always part and parcel of the final phase of the project: a study of the results, followed by a presentation on team findings at a research symposium a week after launch.
The Voltanators concluded that four alkaline batteries could be replaced by three LiPo batteries, saving about 50 grams of mass and $20 per balloon flight.
Team Revolution's electric mill kept its structural integrity but was unable to collect field data because while post-flight testing showed that the mill was working, an amplifier circuit was needed to boost the mill's signal. The team hopes to fly the mill again in August.
Team Bacto-Box saw all of its bacteria live through the flight and was able to culture them. The amount of DNA was surprisingly low, so they're working to understand the reasons behind that. Simplifying the experiment and conducting more ground testing were among the lessons learned.
Team Charlie's samples all successfully grew, but due to the large number of samples, were not able to analyze gram-stain data before the symposium.
Meer noted that previous students have gone on to work at prestigious research centers and in other high-tech areas.
Even if that means staring at a box that's just fallen on the ground and standing agape while a camera one wonders if operational snaps a picture of awkward facial expressions.
However, that image is more than counterbalanced by stunning pictures of the Earth's surface, shot from the darkness, emanating from an experiment built by student hands.
"Spaaaaaccceeee!!!!!" Gerardo Pulido exclaimed the first time such a frame from the stratosphere came into view on the computer screen.
Sun rays poked through clouds in another frame. The cosmos somehow now seem attainable, touchable.
"It looks like Neverland," Levitt marveled.
CUTLINES (From top): A view of the stratosphere shot from 99,000 feet above the Earth's surface from a camera onboard a box sent airborne by a high-altitude balloon; just above the clouds in the early morning after liftoff from Eaton, Colo.; the balloon, with parachute and experimental boxes attached, first hits the air; Morgan County Electric Co. was called to cut down the experiment after the cord holding the parachute and experiments snagged on a power line; a burn marks the box that came in direct contact with the power line; the balloon that sent the experiment off the ground, before it was attached to its payloads; CCA students Aaron Bartlett and Bonnie Levitt get a first glance of the photos on an SD card from an onboard camera; payloads sit on the ground while a group wonders if the camera remains operational. A shadowy picture gives a definitive answer in the affirmative.


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56 tobaccoasia LEAF NEWS 烟叶新闻 WHO SAID WHAT? Malawi Industry Takes Heavy Toll In 2015, bales of tobacco in Malawi sell for about US$200 each. This represents about three months' labor for a small- holder farmer. The 160 m.kg of air- and heat-cured tobacco expected to sell in the next month outside the capital Lilongwe, will earn the country about $350 m. According to the World Bank, Malawi is now the poorest country in the world and tobacco is central to its economy. International sales have been stable so far, but the government recently hit out at anti-smoking campaigners, saying tobacco played a vital role in the development of African countries like Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, and warning that the western anti-smoking lobby risked plunging some of the poorest people in the world into further economic peril. However, as people in rich countries cut back on smoking, and developing countries like the Philippines, Indonesia, and Brazil place higher taxes on cigarette sales, Malawi faces declining demand for its "green gold". According to Graham Kunimba, head of the Tobacco Association of Malawi (TAMA), tobacco is considered a strategic crop for some African countries. In Malawi, the industry is the second largest employer, with more than 350,000 farmers and their families, 70,000 hired laborers, and 10,000 people in leaf-processing factories dependent on it, he said. "Why is the target on tobacco products and not on other products which may have a negative impact on health, including sugar? This is not done in good faith but to punish poor countries like Malawi who rely on tobacco for its economic growth," he added. "In the end, the people who suffer most from this situation are the tobacco farmers, who support a very large part of Malawi's agricultural production." "The manufacturers of tobacco products will no longer have an interest in supplying a product which has a brand value. This will inevitably lead to the use of cheaper tobacco and drive down the price of leaf tobacco," he said. Malawi devotes more than 5% of its farming land to the crop. According to Philip Morris, one of the largest buyers of Malawian tobacco, it takes 10kg of wood to dry 1kg of tobacco. In a statement, the company, based in Switzerland, said: "The average amount of wood needed to dry tobacco is currently 10kg of wood/kg of dry tobacco. PMI and [local NGO] Total Land Care have created cooperatives to plant more than 90m trees and bamboo on farms and communal lands, helping to reduce Malawi's deforestation. "Together with our suppliers we are actively promoting the introduction of rocket barns that reduce fuel-wood consumption by 40%, to below 6kg of wood/kg of dry tobacco. We aim to convert standard curing barns to improved/rocket barns in both Malawi and Mozambique by 2017, which will result in saving the equivalent of 25 million trees by 2018," the company said. Zimbabwe Farmers Fear Winter Thousands of small-scale Zimbabwe farmers are afraid they will be going hungry this winter. The worst regional drought in nearly a decade has left Zimbabwe in a precarious food situation. Many farmers have complained of low prices as the season ends while buyers argue the quality of the crop was poor. "A number of farmers are crying foul over unsatisfactory (tobacco) prices," said Trevor Saruwaka, member of parliament for Mutasa Central in Manicaland. "Those who make losses are condemned to poverty and starvation." The tobacco industry is Zimbabwe's biggest export earner with over 88,000 growers registered with the tobacco regulatory body, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board, in the 2014-2015 season, up from 52,000 in 2012. But many farmers have been left disappointed. Industry figures showed that at the end of the selling season this month farmers sold 188.5 million kgs worth US$555 million, down 8.5% from a year ago when the crop was worth US$654 million. According to the government, with more farmers focused on tobacco, Zimbabwe's harvest of maize dropped by 49% this season, which is set to "The impact of illegal tobacco may not be felt as immediately and directly as other crimes, but the consequences are very real. By some estimates, illegal tobacco costs govern- ments around the world US$40-$50 billion each year in unpaid tobacco taxes – and sale of illegal tobacco may fund human traffick- ing, drug and arms trades, prostitution, as well as terrorist organisations. The amount of illegal tobacco is much more significant than is generally realised." - Dinesh Dharmadasa, Director, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs at British American Tobacco
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The time has come for "Me Too" to sweep harassers out of every work environment. It is time for a change, and a sexual harassment attorney in Los Angeles at Rager Law Offices are here to help.
On behalf of Rager Law Firm posted on September 15, 2018
It was an amazing thing to see. The other day, in 10 cities across the United States, the staff at McDonald's restaurants walked out over claims that the fast-food company has not done enough to prevent sexual harassment.
Even right here in Los Angeles.
This is an amazing step forward for the "Me Too" movement. Up until now, the movement has been focused on celebrities and high paid white-collar workers.
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The McDonald's strike comes after 27 women filed complaints against the fast food chain. Like we have heard from others over the last year, these women felt that they were ignored after reporting incidents, which included groping, indecent exposure, and lewd comments.
One of those who filed a complaint is just 15 years old.
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Plot: Based on the Marvel character, stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze gives up his soul to become a hellblazing vigilante, to fight against power hungry Blackheart, the son of the devil himself.
Story: When the motorcyclist Johnny Blaze finds that his father Barton Blaze has a terminal cancer, he accepts a pact with the Mephistopheles, giving his soul for the health of his beloved father. But the devil deceives him, and Barton dies in a motorcycle accident during an exhibition. Johnny leaves the carnival, his town, his friends and his girlfriend Roxanne. Years later Johnny Blaze becomes a famous motorcyclist, who risks his life in his shows, and he meets Roxanne again, now a TV reporter. However, Mephistopheles proposes Johnny to release his contract if he become the "Ghost Rider" and defeat his evil son Blackheart, who wants to possess one thousand evil souls and transform hell on earth.
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Issue 116 9th June 2017
Welcome to Rerun, your weekly round up of the most interesting news stories from the future of video, VR and TV, curated by the Axonista team.
This week, saw the first time a video game trailer has qualified for an Oscar in the animated short category, following its jury prize win at the Vienna Shorts Festival.
Everything is a wonderfully nutty game in which you can play as literally everything in the known universe. Complete with an Alan Watts voiceover, the trailer is really worth a watch.
Apple's developer conference was chock full of new hardware
In its latest developer conference Apple has announced its new hardware and software updates. While the new HomePod is interesting and changes in the new iOS 11 are welcome, we can't help but be a little disappointed at Rerun HQ. Little or nothing was announced for Apple TV. We were hoping universal search or a redesign might feature.
It seems we are not the only disappointed watcher. Alan Wolk, of TV[R]EV believes that Apple's new HomePod repeats the same mistake Apple keeps making. It's 'trying to keep the walled garden thing alive'. HomePod will only play Apple Music, not Spotify, Pandora or anything else. Considering that Spotify is popular amongst potential new audiences, it seems a little counter intuitive.
That said, we are excited to hear Apple is launching an iOS 'ARKit' for augmented reality apps. This will provide developers APIs to bring more augmented experiences to iOS devices. While Apple hasn't indicated interest in releasing a VR headset or platform, it has at least acknowledged, that as a leading producer of tech for creative studios, the company has to embrace AR at a developer level. It will be interesting to see what future moves Apple makes in the VR space.
This is how the NBA makes exclusive shows for millions on Snapchat
The NBA is just one of the many sports leagues and federations around the world that are harnessing the power of Snapchat. NBA players have been heavily involved in generating Snapchat content that is seen by millions; however, the NBA itself is now taking the generation of live Snapchat content much more seriously.
Recode's Kurt Wagner spent time during the NBA finals with Anthony Kuzviwanza, a video producer and editor for the NBA. What follows is a fascinating insight into how one of the biggest sports brands in the world generates on-the-fly content for a global audience.
I want my Snap TV: Snapchat's move into show business shows early promise
Snap has found some legs with short-form video series in Snapchat Discover. It has already 'aired' 14 of these series, each episode available only for 24-48 hours, and it has many more planned. Future partnerships include big names like James Corden, MTV's "Cribs" and Team Coco.
But this feature by Digiday does more than just outline what's on Snapchat Discover. It gives insight into how Snap actually works with its TV network partners. How series get commissioned, piloted, collaborated on and monetised. Snap has 'plenty of people' from TV and broadcast that can help partners with any aspect of production, and no doubt this experience proves very appealing to potential partners, given the unique nature of the Snapchat platform.
Early on, there's evidence that people are watching Snapchat shows. E! News' twice-weekly entertainment and news show "The Rundown" averages 7 million viewers per episode — tripling its per-episode viewership since its September premiere. "Second Chance," meanwhile, averaged 8 million viewers in its first season, and "Phone Swap" is getting 10 million viewers per episode.
Mixed Reality Comics wants to revolutionize VR comics
The VR experience Diorama Worlds enables creators to make their own VR scenes out of existing assets, and share them with Oculus Rift and HTC Vive users.
MR Comics aims to extend this world and bring it to life by bringing more storytelling to it. It enables sequential scene building and text speech bubbles inside Diorama Worlds, creating fully 3D VR comics.
Looks like it will be a lot of fun to play with!
For shows like 'The Handmaid's Tale', literary adaptations are the new fan fiction
Adaptations or fan fiction? In the current golden age of content it seems the boundaries may be blurring. The enthusiasm of screen writers and show runners is growing beyond just adapting source texts for screen, but expanding and adding to those worlds. But since these additions often do not come from the original author, can we view such adaptations as fan fiction?
At Rerun, we think adaptation embellishments are an important mechanism to entice and keep the audience watching. Popular novels often come with a pre-exposed audience; and new plot details keep them returning episode after episode to a story they already know.
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Oculus to install nearly 100 free VR systems throughout California library network
In recent weeks, we here at Rerun have been covering how VR experiences are to be found in a wide range of environments outside of gaming and entertainment, such as schools and galleries.
Now, in what Mashable's Adario Strange has termed a "novel approach to getting high-end virtual reality to the public", Oculus has committed to installing 100 Oculus Rift headsets and VR-ready PC systems in 90 libraries throughout California.
By making VR experiences more readily accessible to the general public, Strange comments that the decision by Oculus is not just a smart marketing move, but it may normalise VR and AR experience for the general public:
Nevertheless, exposing more of the general public to top tier VR will help remove the mystery for many, potentially leading to innovations and approaches to VR and AR we haven't even thought of yet.
AwesomenessTV founder Brian Robbins hired by Paramount to run new division
'Breaking Bad' virtual reality project in the works from Vince Gilligan
Facebook Live gets accessible with third-party closed captioning
Internet video revenues to overtake DVD this year
Sony sells one million VR headsets
DirecTV Now will only support Chrome on desktop starting in July
Formula One boss reveals plans for owned broadcast platform
'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' to stream free on Facebook Live
Anyone want to watch 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', live and for free? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
This Sunday, starting at 4pm PT, Facebook will live stream 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' in its first 'Live Movie Night'. The event is sponsored by Domino's Pizza, in collaboration with cable network EPIX. At Rerun, we think this is an exciting opportunity for both EPIX and Domino's Pizza who will be running promotions during the live stream. The first Facebook 'Live Movie Night' provides an appointment for audiences and advertisers to engage and interact with a cult classic.
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Ghana on its way to its enhanced child protection system for survivors of child violence
December 6, 2018 /in Child Protection, News, News, Rights of Children /by Miriam Petersen
For majority of children in Ghana, violence is an unfortunate part of their everyday life. According to official statistical reports, 9 out of 10 children are exposed to mental or physical violence, and physical punishment is a common phenomenon. More shocking are the figures for sexual violence: one out of five girls is sexually abused. There is an urgent need for action to protect children from violence! For girls and boys who experience and survive violence or abuse, a central, child-friendly centre providing the most essential services under one roof would be established from the first quarter of 2019, where trained personnel from the Social Welfare, Domestic Violence Unit of the Police Service (DOVVSU) and Ghana Health Service are available to offer prompt, secured and confidential service to victims. Our team conducted a technical workshop with representatives of Ministries and other key stakeholders responsible for child protection in Ho, South-East Ghana together with experts from Zanzibar to discuss and develop a roadmap to establish a pilot in Accra. These are the main results at a glance.
Samia Kassid – opening remarks
In November 2017, the World Future Council Foundation invited political decision-makers from 12 African and Asian countries to Zanzibar to acquaint themselves with the country's comprehensive Children's Act and its implementation. Zanzibar won the Gold Award of the "Political Oscar" Future Policy Award in 2015.
The Ghanaian delegation, consisting of representatives from the Department of Children of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare and the Law Faculty of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration were inspired by the one-stop-center model that Zanzibar has currently implemented in 6 out of 11 districts.
What is a one stop center?
One-Stop-Center (OSC) are central contact points for children and their families affected by (sexualised) violence. Here survivors can find psycho-social support, a police office to initiate criminal investigation as well as medical treatment including collection of forensic evidence under one roof. Ideally, legal help is part of the centre. The graphic illustrates the model:
As an important element of a strong national child protection system, the one-stop-centres provide survivors (girls and boys, women and men) with various initial services under one roof. As a result, the affected person does not have to go through the trauma of narrating the incident several times and also receives quick help. It helps parents stay focused on treating their child and persecuting the perpetrator. In cases without the OSC, survivors mostly have to visit different institutions – that costs money and time and often parents lose the momentum to persue the case. The later a case is reported, the harder it is to gather evidence of abuse on a child's body.
Ideally, a one-stop center provides four services and is usually docted at a hospital:
Psycho-social support – this is where the first interview takes place and the social worker decides which further steps are required. If there is an abuse / violence, the child will be escorted to the next room, where a police officer in civilian clothes and trained in child-friendly behaviour will fill in the form to follow up the case.
Medical examination: in a third room, a medical doctor takes care of the child. Here the first medical and forensic examinations take place. If the child needs further special treatment, it will be treated immediately in the hospital.
The employees of the one-stop-center are provided by the relevant ministries (Health, Interior, Family Affairs) and the Centre is (at best) coordinated by the Ministry of Health. All employees receive same training so they can better collaborate and follow same procedures and guidelines in writing the reports. This makes it easier for the police and the courts to track and prosecute cases.
Support for counseling and legal aid is ideally offered in the fourth room.
Ghana on the way to pilot a one stop centre
A member of the Zanzibar team sharing her experience at the workshop
The Director of the Department of Children, speaking at Workshop
After intensive discussions with the Department of Children from April 2018, the World Future Council Foundation organised a technical workshop to fully introduce the state agencies in the establishment and management of a one-stop-center model in Ghana from the 25-27 November 2018. We invited experts from Zanzibar to Ghana: Deputy Chairwoman Halima Abdallah, who spearheaded the establishment of the One-Stop-Center in the Ministry of Family and Health, Dr. Marijani, who has been responsible for medical and forensic investigations since its implementation in 2011, and Farshuu Khalfa, head of a one-stop center in Stone Town. Their insights, expertise and practical experience were most welcome and helpful in drawing up the roadmap for Ghana.
Under the auspices of the Children's Department, 30 key representatives and decision-makers took part in the workshop to discuss the need for the OSC and to develop the roadmap for a pilot program. The participants represented the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, the Social Welfare Department and the specialised Domestic Violence Unit of the Police service – DOVVSU. Medical representative and international child rights organisations including ActionAid, World Vision, International Needs, UNFPA and UNICEF were also present.
The most important results of the workshop at a glance:
Development of a roadmap for the establishment of a pilot in Accra
National coordination agency of the One-Stop-Center pilot program will be the Ministry of Health with support of other ministries
An inter-ministerial conference is scheduled for the first quarter of 2019 to decide on the roadmap and timetable
A core group will identify a possible location for the pilot program in Accra
Working groups during the workshops.
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Strengthening the child protection system in Ghana
September 27, 2018 /in Child Protection, News, Rights of Children /by Annette Diegel
Last week, the World Future Council was on a scoping mission to Ghana to introduce the model of one-stop-centers to stakeholders in Ghana. The aim is to build on the existing structures to strengthen the child protection system in Ghana. Together with the Department of Children we had good discussions with the National Child Protection Committee in Accra and the Northern Regional Child Protection Committee in Tamale. We met dedicated and engaged partners and look forward to work with them on a pilot in November this year.
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The one-stop-centers provide essential services for survivors of abuse under one roof. During our international conference on child protection we hosted in Zanzibar last year, we introduced the model of one-stop-centers, which inspired Ghanaian policy makers attending the conference. The Zanzibar's Children's Act 2011, which won our Gold Future Policy Award in 2015, layed the foundation for the child protection system in Zanzibar.
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12 countries sign Declaration on Securing Children's Rights
December 1, 2017 /in Child Participation, Child Protection, Press Releases, Rights of Children /by Annette Diegel
The signatories from across Africa and Asia commit to end violence against children, strengthen child rights and advocate to increase budgets for children
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Zanzibar, 1 December 2017: At the International Child Rights Conference in Zanzibar on sharing best practice and policy on child protection, justice and participation, convened by the World Future Council (WFC), representatives and policymakers from Ghana, Indonesia, Liberia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zanzibar and experts on children's rights and representatives from civil society signed the Zanzibar Declaration on Securing Children's Rights. In addition, there were detailed country commitments on how each jurisdiction will take forward their own child rights and protection plans. The declaration was facilitated by Dr. Amb. Gertrude Ibengwé Mongella, WFC Honorary Councillor and former President of the Pan-African Parliament. Read more
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Policymakers gather to share child rights best practice on protection and participation in Zanzibar
January 10, 2018 /in Child Participation, Child Protection, News, Rights of Children /by Miriam Petersen
From the 28 – 30 November the World Future Council (WFC) hosted an international child rights conference in Zanzibar to explore the positive impacts of Zanzibar's Children's Act and share success stories on child protection, child friendly justice and participation from around the world. Representatives of ministries and policymakers from 12 countries, mainly from Africa and Asia, alongside experts on children's rights and representatives from civil society drew up the Zanzibar Declaration on Securing Children's Rights, committing themselves to taking strong action to eradicate all forms of violence against girls and boys. The assembly greatly benefited from the expertise and passion of two WFC Councillors Dr. Gertrude Ibengwé Mongella, former President of the Pan-African Parliament and Dr. Auma Obama, Chair and Founder of the Sauti Kuu Foundation.
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Zanzibar Declaration on Securing Children's Rights
November 30, 2017 /in Child Participation, Child Protection, News, Rights of Children /by Miriam Petersen
At the International Child Rights Conference in Zanzibar on sharing best practice and policy on child protection, justice and participation, convened by the World Future Council with the support of Ministry of Labour Empowerment Elders Youth Women and Children of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar;
We, representatives, nominated by our ministries, and policymakers from Ghana, Indonesia, Liberia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zanzibar and experts on children's rights and representatives from civil society;
Acknowledging the commitment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end all forms of violence against girls and boys by 2030 (especially SDG 5 and 16), and to promote participation of children;
Recognising successful and exemplary policies and programmes in Africa and Asia; for example, Zanzibar's Children's Act 2011 that was highlighted by the Future Policy Award 2015 initiated by the World Future Council in cooperation with UNICEF and the Inter-Parliamentary-Union;
Further recognising that countries have ratified the UN-Convention on the Rights of Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child;
Emphasising the urgent need to harmonise laws and policies in accordance with internationally and regionally agreed instruments, that there is an urgent need to act on a community, local and national level to introduce and scale up successful experiences and best practices to end all forms of violence against girls and boys;
Commit to:
Take back to our countries, policies and programme ideas, and successful experiences discussed at the International Child Rights Conference in Zanzibar.
Build support for these in our national and local governments and with our parliamentarians, local leaders, families, civil society organisations, and media.
Protect and parent children positively; putting children's best interests at the centre of decisions that affect them.
Address gender inequality by taking a holistic and lifelong approach to the elimination of violence against women and children.
Take action to eradicate all forms of violence against children, through raising awareness and sensitization about violence against girls and boys, harmful practices (e.g. child marriage) and corporal punishment in all settings.
Strengthen formal and informal child protection systems on all levels with a strong focus on prevention programmes (including family preservation, the involvement of fathers and male caregivers), and to advocate for quality training of social workers, the implementation of disaggregated data management systems (CPMIS), effective case management as well as reporting and evaluation mechanisms.
Lobby and advocate governments to increase their budgets for children, and develop innovative mechanisms for financing child protection services.
Facilitate effective implementation of local and national programs, policies and National Plans of Action, on child protection and participation, as part of national strategies to effectively tackle child abuse, neglect and exploitation.
Promote the harmonization of national, religious and customary laws so that they advance the ACRWC and the UNCRC and protect the best interests of the child.
Zanzibar, 30 November 2017
Signatories
Andi Taletting Langi, Deputy Director for Human Rights Foreign Affairs Cooperation Directorate General of Human Rights Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia, Indonesia
Edmund Amarkwe Foley, Head of Department for Public Law, GIMPA Faculty of Law, Ghana
Christopher Lartey, Senior Programme Officer, National Advisory Committee on Child Protection Policies and Law Reform, Ghana
Dr Nkatha Murungi, Head Children and Law Programme, African Child Policy Forum
Victoria Williams Zaway, Director of Children Protection and Development Division, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Liberia
Mariam Fitumi Shaibu, Chief Social Welfare Officer, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Child Development Department, Nigeria
Sylvette Sandra Jeannine Gertrude, Director Social Services, Ministry of Family Affairs, Social Affairs Department, Social Services Division, Seychelles
Chantal Cadeau, Principal Social Work, Ministry for Social Affairs, Seychelles
Khadra Ali Abdi, Head of Child Protection Unit of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Somaliland
Abdulaziiz Saed Salah, Executive Director, Youth Volunteers for Development and Environment Conservation (YOVENCO), Somaliland
Shabhan Abdillahi Elmi, YOVENCO, Somaliland
Mohamed Aden Nur, CP/ CRG Officer, Save the Children, Somaliland
Kinsi Farah Aden, Project Manager, Save the Children, Somaliland
Suzan Akwii CP/CRG Technical Specialist, Save the Children, Somaliland
Mohamoud M. Aqli, CP/CRG Programme Manager, Save the Children, Somaliland
Abdikarim M. Yussef, CP Officer, Save the Children, Somaliland
Bongani Sithole, Department of Social Development, South Africa
Sonia Vohito, Africa Project Coordinator, The Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children, South Africa
Celina Grace Peter Kenyi, Director for Child Welfare, Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare, South Sudan
Salma Radwan Salmeen Saeed, Head of the Child, Women and Persons with disabilities Section, Ministry of Justice, Sudan
Yassir Shalabi Mohamed, Executive Director, Child Rights Institute, Sudan
Dr Katanta Lazarus Simwanza, Head of Gender, ASRHR and Inclusion, Plan International, Tanzania
Asma Matoussi Hidri, Early Childhood Director, Ministry of Family Women and Childhood, Tunisia
Fatma Bilal, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Empowerment, Elders, Youth, Women and Children, Zanzibar
Khadija Bakari Juma, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, Zanzibar
Nasima Chum, Director Dept. of Women and Children Development, Ministry of Labour, Empowerment, Elders, Youth, Women and Children, Zanzibar
Mhaza Gharib, Director Dept. of Social Welfare, Ministry of Labour, Empowerment, Elders, Youth, Women and Children, Zanzibar
I M. Ibrahim, Director of Public Prosecutions, Zanzibar
Didas Khalfan, Ministry of Labour, Empowerment, Elders, Youth, Women and Children, Zanzibar
Hon. Sabra Mohamed, Chairperson at Children's Court, Zanzibar
Hon. Valentina Andrew Katema, Regional Magistrate, Zanzibar
Dr Issa Ziddy, State University of Zanzibar
Sheikh Daud Khamis Salim, Appellate Khadi's Court, Pemba, Zanzibar
Abdallah Ahmed Suleman, Executive Secretary, Tanzania Youth Icon [TAYI], Zanzibar.
Mali Nilsson, Zanzibar Representative, Save the Children
Shane Keenan, Child Protection Specialist, Zanzibar Field Office ,UNICEF
Nasria Saleh Hamid, Zanzibar Social Work Association, Zanzibar Child Rights Centre
Mussa Kombo Mussa, Chairman of the Zanzibar Children's Rights Network
Nuru Mwalim Khamis, Vice Chairperson of the Zanzibar Social Worker Association (ZASWA), Zanzibar Child Rights Centre
Kauthar Kassim S. Dadi, Zanzibar Social Work Association, Zanzibar Child Rights Centre
Nunuu Ali, Zanzibar Child Rights Forum/Society for the Protection of Women and Children Rights and Development Pemba
Hasina Salim Bukheti, Zanzibar Child Right Forum (ZCRF), Vice Chairperson/ member of executive committee of Zanzibar Association for Children Advancement (ZACA).
Seif Zanzibar, Child Rights Centre
Dr Auma Obama, Founder and Chair Sauti Kuu Foundation, Chair of the Expert Commission on the Rights of Children, World Future Council
Hon. Dr Amb. Gertrude Ibengwé Mongella – Former President of the Pan-African Parliament, Honorary Councillor World Future Council
Alexandra Wandel, Director, World Future Council
Samia Kassid, Senior Project Manager – Rights of Children, World Future Council
Alistair Whitby, Senior Policy Officer – The Rights of Children, Future Justice, World Future Council
Dr Kate McAlpine, Doing the Right Thing.
Tia Egglestone, Consultant, World Future Council
Heather O'Dea, Consultant, World Future Council
Participants from across Africa and Asia joined the International Conference on Child Justice, Protection and Participation
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Ending violence against children
November 29, 2017 /in Child Protection, News, Press Releases, Rights of Children, Rights of Children /by Annette Diegel
World Future Council organizes international child rights conference in Zanzibar with high-level political participants from across Africa and Asia
Hamburg/Zanzibar, 27th November 2017: The World Future Council (WFC) is organizing an international conference to exchange best practices and policies to tackle violence against children and youths. The conference is taking place in Zanzibar from 28 th to 30 th November. High-level policy-makers from across Africa, as well as Indonesia, Seychelles and Mauritius, are attending the conference. Zanzibar will host the conference as the winner of the World Future Council's 2015 Future Policy Award, also known as the "Oscar for best policies", for its Children's Act. Read more
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Announcement: International Child Rights Conference in Zanzibar
October 12, 2017 /in Child Participation, Child Protection, Events, News, Rights of Children, Rights of Children /by Annette Diegel
Sharing best practice and policy on child protection, justice and participation
Realising every child's right to freedom from violence and to participation is a fundamental element of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Recent estimates show that at least one billion children are victims of violence every year. Violence against girls and boys in all its forms compromises all children's rights and leaves not only long-lasting scars on children's lives but also weakens social and economic progress.
FPA 2015: Zanzibar's Children's Act is the winner of the Gold Award.
In 2009, Tanzania and its semi-autonomous island region of Zanzibar was one of the first countries in Africa to undertake a national study on violence against children. In response to its findings, and to streamline national child rights legislation, the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar introduced a comprehensive children's rights law. Zanzibar's 'Children's Act' was awarded the gold prize at our 2015 Future Policy Awards for its effective response to child abuse and violence and for its promotion and protection of child rights.
Following up on the awarding, the World Future Council is now organizing an international child rights conference in November in Zanzibar, offering participants, nominated by their ministries, from across Africa and internationally a platform to learn from the Zanzibar example and exchange best practice examples from their home countries.
Aims of the conference:
… to offer insights from Zanzibar's Child Protection System and the Children's Act to policy makers and technical experts from other jurisdictions
… to exchange best practice examples from countries across Africa and internationally on topics such as child rights, participation, child justice, protection and positive discipline
… to provide a platform and learn from each other and to mutually improve policies, practices and impacts for the benefit of children and young people, particularly those that are vulnerable
… to strengthen synergies and networks for multi-stakeholder dialogue and promote the ongoing improvement of child rights laws and policies through cross-border learning.
… to identify opportunities, trends and success factors for policy reform and progress in the child rights arena
International Child Rights Conference
When? 28th – 30th November 2017
Where? Zanzibar
Context of the conference:
With its specific target (16.2) on ending all forms of violence against children, ensuring their safety and protection as well as reiterating their rights to access justice and information, the 2030 Agenda adds further strong international impetus to ending violence against children. Good child rights laws, policies and practices and their effective implementation play a crucial role in meeting these aims and targets.
In the recent years, Zanzibar is increasingly working on the implementation of empowerment of children and women. A pioneering feature of the drafting phase of Zanzibar's 'Children's Act' was a child consultation process which provided young people with a strong role in the law's development and led to a greater societal understanding of children's rights. Another successful feature was the involvement of a wide range of relevant stakeholders (ministries, religious leaders, civil society groups etc) in the drafting phase and thereafter.
To promote a conducive policy environment to address child protection in Zanzibar a National Plan of Action to end violence against women and children (NAPVAC) (2011-2015), a national campaign and a child justice reform process were also undertaken. A very recent (2017) National Plan of Action to end Violence Against Women and Children (2017-2022) has also been introduced. Zanzibar's Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUZIII) stresses the importance of empowering women, protecting children, promoting gender equality and equity; all critical factors for Zanzibar's economic and social transformation.
Samia Kassid
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Empowering youth and protecting child rights: Zanzibar's Children's Act
February 8, 2017 /in Child Participation, Child Protection, News, Rights of Children /by Annette Diegel
We hear a lot these days about the need to include children in decisions that affect them, but it's a real pleasure when there's a genuine commitment to participation that leads to positive real world impacts for children. It's even more impressive when this commitment comes from a place with limited budgets and no shortage of alternative competing priorities. Such is the case in Zanzibar with its innovative Children's Act (2011).
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WFC's Rights of Children team explores Zanzibar's Children's Act
January 13, 2017 /in Child Participation, Child Protection, News, Rights of Children /by Annette Diegel
The World Future Council's Rights of Children team will be in Zanzibar next week to explore the islands' comprehensive child rights approach which has led to a marked change in attitude towards children. Zanzibar's Children's Act was the gold award winner of the WFC's 2015 Future Policy Award and used a pioneering community-level child participation process to find out what Zanzibari children wanted to see in the Act. We'll be working to help other countries follow Zanzibar's lead in the coming months.
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Promoting, Protecting and Realising the Rights of Children: A Matter of Political Will
October 22, 2015 /in Child Protection, Events, Future Policy Award, News, Rights of Children, Rights of Children /by World Future Council
Every child has the same human rights as adults. These include the right to life, food, health, education, development, a clean environment and the right to be heard. However, despite recent advances, many children today still suffer from poverty, gender inequality, homelessness, abuse, preventable diseases, and unequal access to education. Their rights are forgotten or ignored. Approximately 300 million children go to bed hungry every night. Environmental degradation and conflicts are forcing children to flee their familiar surroundings and live as refugees. Others are forced into exploitative work and cannot exercise their right to education, robbing them of the chance to create a better future.
Good laws and policies – and their effective implementation – are the foundation for protecting the rights of girls and boys that were enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of Children in 1989. However, children's rights are not brought to life through pronouncements; they require resolve from our leaders and most importantly practical implementation on the ground.
It is now up to national governments to show the political will to ramp up actions at home and lead the response against the violation of children's rights by ensuring such international commitments are adhered to through laws. Civil society must also play its part to ensure that ignorance and inaction are no longer an option! Instead of asking why things need to change, we have to finally start focusing on the how and highlight solutions that work!
The good news is solutions exist
This year, the World Future Council is celebrating the best laws and policies to secure children's rights, with its 'Future Policy Award', to raise global awareness of those solutions that successfully overcome the barriers preventing children from enjoying their rights to a clean and healthy environment, to education, to protection (from child labour, child trafficking, child marriage) and to participation. Only by highlighting these solutions can we speed up policy action towards just, sustainable and peaceful societies for future generations.
From America, to Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania, we have already seen significant changes in policies and attitudes towards children and their rights that provide hope for the future. We are in a unique position to learn from pioneers who have shown us how it can be done. Now it is up to us to replicate and build on their success stories. Fortunately, we do not have to start from scratch.
In Zanzibar, the "Children's Act" which won this year's Future Policy 'Gold Award'has proven to be an effective response to child abuse and violence, while promoting and protecting child rights at the same time. The law has led to a marked societal change in attitudes towards children in the country. Alongside a revamped child protection system, many schools are now piloting alternatives to the previously widespread use of corporal punishment and thousands of children have been assisted in returning to school from harmful work. A pioneering feature of the law was a village-level child consultation process which provided young people with an understanding of the law and their rights, giving them the opportunity to voice their priorities and feed into the law's drafting process. Their views are now represented by over 200 active Children's Councils.
The state of Maryland in the US was the first to require students to be environmentally literate as a high school graduation requirement. The results point to positive school-wide impacts in knowledge, behaviour and local action projects as well as broad improvements in student's learning outcomes across a range of subjects. Other states, such as Kentucky and Utah have since developed education plans based on Maryland's "Environmental Literacy Standards".
Finland's 'Basic Education Act', adopted in 1998, guarantees children's equal access to high-quality education and training, irrespective of ethnic origin, age, wealth, language or location. Finland's holistic and trust based education system produces excellent results, both in terms of child well-being and international test scores.
In Sweden, the Children and Parent Code prohibits all corporal punishment and other humiliating treatment of children. It has fostered a profound change of attitude across Swedish society in relation to violence against children, gaining a very high level of awareness and support, including from children. Sweden is also working with other states to promote universal prohibition of all violent punishment of children.
Finally, Argentina's Supreme Court's Judgement which upheld the country's constitutional right 'to an environment which is healthy, balanced and suitable for human development' led to a comprehensive inspection, restoration and clean-up plan for the heavily polluted Matanza-Riachuelo river basin in Buenos Aires. These efforts have provided clean drinking water and sanitation to over a million people and are directly benefitting local children through access to health care and relocated housing. It demonstrates what can be achieved when judges start recognizing and enforcing environmental rights which are included (but not enforced) in three quarters of the world's national constitutions.
Inaction no longer an option
By looking at these examples, we can lay out the policy incentives required to build a world of growing solutions, rather than growing problems. It is essential that we highlight these best policies, engage our communities to spread the word about them and empower policy-makers to implement them. Action requires more than intent and good will: The time has come for world leaders to step up to the challenge and leverage their powers on behalf of the youngest members of our societies.
Giving these policies the recognition they deserve by awarding them with the Future Policy Award is only the beginning. We need to raise more global awareness of these pioneering examples and assist policy-makers to develop and implement similar initiatives. The time to act is now!
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