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Bowers Museum to return illicit artefacts after undercover investigation
Cambodia regains more sculptures from US
Co-founder of anti-establishment group Voina is "proud" of Russia's controversial annexation—and he is not the only one
Foundation pulls out of British Council-sponsored exhibition after "Challenging Boundaries" proves too close to the bone
Cities across the US are neglecting to enforce a law that requires property developers to help fund public art
Arts groups are expecting Bill de Blasio's grassroots policies to be radically different from the flashy projects of his predecessor, Michael Bloomberg
Contemporary art exhibition set to inaugurate the space
Attributed crucifix goes on show alongside two figures accepted as being by the master
Businessman James Stunt loves Peter Lely, finding "sleepers" and lending to top US museums
Auction houses and some dealers are setting their traditional rivalries aside
The French organisation's market share has plummeted as other auctioneers have opened their own spaces
New trading platform enables members to buy and sell works online, promising total discretion
John Scott, the previously anonymous owner of the Birkenhead Collection, may raise £8m when his British decorative art is sold this year
Slow sales and casual local collectors suggest that Paris Photo LA still needs to woo Hollywood
A survey of 100 corporate art collections
The life of Henry Darger, the outsider now firmly on the inside
Emile Nolde's life and career, timidly told
Sheikh Hamad bin Abdulla Al Thani's collection of Indian jewels
Islamic arts and crafts in many media
The first biography of James McNeill Whistler in 20 years
The archive of the 19th-century dealer, John Smith, and his sons
The connections of music and painting in Venice from the 16th to the 18th centuries
The restitution of Cambodian statues by major museums and auction houses is an encouraging sign
There's more to art history than establishing authorship and intuiting quality, says Tate Britain's curator Martin Myrone
The stifling of expert opinions is like having fully trained doctors who can't make a diagnosis, says the art historian Bendor Grosvenor
Royal Collection's unprecedented study will check, clean and photograph all 7,564 oil paintings
Simon Starling's sculpture to show its mussels
Painting due to be removed from museum wins reprieve after tests prove it is a genuine Old Master
Aachen celebrates Charlemagne, dubbed the Father of Europe, with a three-part exhibition
Rem Koolhaas's Venice Architecture Biennale turns to history to reflect on fading national identities and to inform the future
The Russian Pop artist, who emigrated to Paris, has his first exhibition in Italy
Prado exhibition marks 400th anniversary of artist's death
More than 60 galleries and museums celebrate 25 years of Scotland's art
Thatched figures, leather jugs and ships' figureheads among exhibits
The Whitney closes its Breuer Building with the biggest ever Jeff Koons show
Collaboration is in the air at LA's second biennial
First showing for drawing outside Belgium
Architect turned curator explains why history interests him more than the contemporary
New one-off strand includes works by Abramovic, Ono and Nauman
Sotheby's, Paris, Impressionist and Modern Art 4 June
The interior of Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, the third holiest place in Islam, has at last been photographed in detail.
As the British artist prepares for shows in London and Paris, he discusses his latest ambitious work, featuring an avatar of an internet troll.
The West has had a complicated relationship with Kazimir Malevich and the Russian avant-garde. But as a touring show opens at Tate Modern, is a rounded picture finally emerging?
Europeans may be tiring of it, but new markets are opening up all round the world. By Stephen Bayley
Expensive classics selected by arbiters of style Stephen Bayley and Sophie Walker
As the meaning of luxury has changed, museums face a starker choice of which objects to preserve
But in the past, the production of luxury goods was one of the motors of innovation and manufacture. By Heike Zech
Promoting luxury items means taking a decidedly counter-intuitive approach. By Georgina Adam
Arts publications start to catch on to what artists and galleries have known all along: art + money = brand. By Felix Salmon
Highlights: antiques, jewellery, design, crafts and luxury goods
Veteran French artist Pierre Soulages has donated works to institution in his hometown
One of the world's great museums takes on the risk and responsibility of showing contemporary art
Director goes to court to regain access to the collection, after locks were changed on shared building
Thirteen years after 11 September, the US President opens powerful museum at Ground Zero
The Los Angeles-based collector has been busy buying art while his museum is delayed
More museums are following MoCA's lead in appointing their trustees
The National Gallery's membership scheme is not all about fundraising, says its director, Nicholas Penny
Vermeer's painting among famous works going back on show when Mauritshuis reopens this month
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Mike Mussina visited Dr. Lewis Yocum, who confirmed the diagnosis of tendinitis in the right-hander's elbow.It's uncertain when Mussina will pitch again. It's possible that he'll be back within two weeks, but that all depends on how he feels when he resumes throwing. ''We'll wait until it starts feeling good and go from there,'' manager Joe Torre said. ''There's no timetable. Without him feeling good to go and pitch on a regular basis, he's not going to help the team. It's strictly up to Mike. If his elbow starts feeling well enough to do something, we'll go from there. This is the time of year you go from start to start.''
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José recalls being in a meeting when a coworker complained about the low pay. A supervisor responded: "You don't have the right to demand anything here because we are the ones who put the bread on your table each day." José's job of filing gold created a lot of dust, but he wasn't given a mask for protection.
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Records released in 2008 by the Aurafin factory confirm 11 percent of its costs, or $918,000, went toward paying the workshops to produce jewelry--meaning a yearly per worker salary of approximately $574, or less than $50 each month.
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Oregon's McKenzie River is cherished as a source of drinking water, for its varied recreational values, and as home to native wild spring Chinook salmon. Federal fish biologists have found that the McKenzie provides the best remaining habitat in the Willamette River basin for wild spring Chinook salmon, which were listed under the Endangered Species Act ("ESA") as threatened with extinction in 1999. When the fish was listed there were approximately 5,300 in the McKenzie River, now the population is estimated to be only 1,000 fish.
The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) operates the McKenzie Hatchery on the McKenzie River, which breeds and releases hatchery Chinook salmon. Fish biologists – including those within ODFW – have found that hatchery salmon compete with wild salmon for food, habitat, and spawning space, and can spawn with wild salmon, diluting their genetic integrity.
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Partnering with the McKenzie Flyfishers and the Steamboaters, WELC filed a lawsuit in federal District Court on December 2, 2013 against the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for their respective roles in operating and financing the McKenzie River hatchery.
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Sri Poyyatha Vinayagar Moorthi Temple is one of the first Hindu temples built in Malaysia. Opened in 1781, the rectangular-shaped temple is on a plot of land that was donated by the religiously tolerant Dutch back in the day and features a Dutch architectural style. Dedicated to the elephant-headed Hindu deity Vinayagar (more commonly known as Ganesha), the temple is set near Masjid Kampung Kling (Kling Village Mosque) and Cheng Hoon Teng Temple. It is located along Jalan Tokong Emas (Harmony Street), an avenue known for its collection of religious shrines. Read More...
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I have been involved in hair care for just under 5 years now and in that time I have seen my mother and 3 sisters all transition to natural hair. You would imagine that in that time they have all managed to retain the same length as I have and are all rocking waist length hair? Not so unfortunately.
They have all grown their hair but have remained stuck between shoulder and arm pit length. Clearly genes have very little to do with length retention after all; but you already knew that!
Many of us imagine that just going natural will guarantee us length but what a lot of ladies fail to take into account is to understand the importance of using heat when you deep condition. Whether you are relaxed or natural, the story of deep conditioning with heat remains the same.
There will be a future article that goes into more detail about why heat is so vital but suffice to say, if you have coarse hair that you wish to transform into soft fluffiness, using heat during deep conditioning sessions should become your number one priority.
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Do you think natural hair in it's natural state can be worn successfully in the workplace?
I believe so. Natural Hair should be accepted anywhere, its not like we can just magically straighten our roots permanently. Most Caucasian are born with theirs. We have to embrace what we have. Natural black hair is beautiful. We should be able to wear it in a office type work place or anywhere at that matter. It doesn't matter if it's a Huge,Small, or Puffy Afro. It also doesn't matter if its dreads or anything else.
Do you think natural hair in it's natural state can be worn successfully in the workplace?
I believe Natural hair in its natural state definitely can be worn successfully. I see it already in most government buildings and I see it is becoming a very popular topic IN the workplace as well as outside the workplace. I have people come to me and tell me how much they wish their hair would do like mines and that is all they are waiting on, I think if more people would wear their natural hair in its natural state, it would not be hard to accept it, because they would HAVE to accept it. Honestly, I love my Natural hair in its natural state, in a twisted defined state, and that is the only acceptance which is my concern. -
Yes. Natural hair is becoming a bigger trend every single day and is being accepted by more and more people each day. A person's hair isn't related to how well they do at work.
Do you think natural hair in it's natural state can be worn successfully in the workplace? Yes. I myself rock and will continue to rock natural hair styles. Nowadays, I believe more workplace environments are more acceptable to natural hair styles just as they are with tattoos in the workplace.
Do you think natural hair in it's natural state can be worn successfully in the workplace?
Its all in the presentation. My workplace at the moment is Arkansas State University-Jonesboro, which has African Americans as the minority. If you present yourself in a professional manner, it should not matter if your relaxed, natural, or have weave! In Matthew 5:16 it says "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father which is in heaven."
Yes I think that natural hair can be worn in the work place, it has became a growing trend. When I started to wear my hair natural I felt a little out of place an actually had second thoughts about it, but now I see more and more people wearing theirs now, I even convinced my sister and mother to go natural.
Of course natural hair can be worn at the workplace!just like any other hair if it is properly groomed it is acceptable!!
Do you think natural hair in its natural state can be worn successfully in the workplace?
Yes I think it can; just like any other hairstyle, be it chemically altered, braids, weaves, etc, it needs to have a neat appearance, which is perfectly achievable no matter what the hair's texture.
i totally believe that hair in its' natural state at work is professional, appropriate and can be successfully worn at work, but this is dependent on the person wearing the hair. confidence exudes a belief in how a person feels about themselves and everything they bring. i know that I ROCK, therefore, my hair and my clothing ROCK! that is the success (and comfort) in wearing natural hair.
Definitely. I wore my hair natural for quite some time. It was in a ponytail.
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yes it can with style no one should be afraid of their natural hair. As for me i'm relaxed i sometime wear its natural but mostly relaxed. No workplace should discriminate anyone because of their hair. its nothing to be be ashamed of at all.
Yes, I believe natural hair can be worn in the work place. It is just a matter of wearing professional styles.
Natural hair can definitely be worn in its natural state in the workplace, and I fully intend to be rocking a TWA in my office come August.
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Yes, I have been natural for over 10 years and I work in a professional government arena. I have received promotions with no problem. I wear my hair in many different natural styles. When my hair was shorter, I did the afro with accessories. As my hair grew, I have learned new styles with twists and twist-outs, done in a precise way. I may wear my bun, twists, updos, curly fro, etc…I believe there is a resistance from some who do not understand our hair, but if you, the person, can rise beyond worrying about what they think, and prove your worth through skills and character, then your hair is not an issue anymore. You may teach them something.
Definitely. Hair isn't something that equals "one size fits all". As long as there isn't a safety risk or health issue related to how a person wears her hair, I don't see a problem. Bottom line: Conformity for the sake of conformity seems to be on the way out.
Natural hair can definitely be worn in the workplace. As with any hairstyle, grooming and neatness is the key.
natural hair can definitely be worn in the work place! it's just that society needs to change it's idea of "acceptable" hair.
Yes, natural hair in its natural state can be worn very successfully in the work place. TWA's as well as protective styles can look very professional and are being accepted more & more.
Yes, our natural tresses can be worn successfully in the work place. I am a teacher and there are many of us who rock our hair's natural beauty daily. What's even better is to see the students rocking it too.
Yes! As long as it's neat it can be. It can be rolled and tucked or pulled up or back.
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I sure do. I wear mine successfully in the workplace everyday. I work in healthcare and prefer to wear it bunned on most days (even while in twist). I don't go for shock value in the work place- I wear it big mostly on weekends. While in TWA stage a simple head band would suffice. I get multiple compliments from co-workers about my hair. I think each individual should think long and hard about what style works best in their work environment. As employees whe also have to keep in mind the employee handbook rules.
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to win the steamer. I recently found your blog and glad I did! It is very informative. Keep up the good work. -
I think it can be worn successfully. Neatness is key–just like any other texture.
Natural hair is becoming more accepted in the workplace. In fact, other races are really fascinated with our hair because it is more versatile than any other race.
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I wear a roll and tuck or a twist out bantu knot all the time. Non naturals compliment me more than any other co worker.Its all about wearing it professional and classy -
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I believe that natural hair can be successful worn in the workplace because hair shouldn't be a problem when working and getting a job especially when it comes to just wearing your hair natural also I already see women wearing their natural in their jobs.
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It can definitely be worn in the workplace, however, if you are in a role that's customer-facing, wildly-styled "big" hair may be inappropriate. For example, I am a salesperson who visits clients face-to-face, so I need to look as conservative as possible, so buns and french twists (whether relaxed are natural) suit me best.
Yes it can packed up in a bun or in a nice twist neatly it will look great
Yes, I think natural hair can be worn successfully in the workplace.
Natural hair should be accepted everywhere because it is the hair that naturally grows out of our head! It is silly to think that Black women should be required to find other things to do with their hair while women of other races are free to wear their hair as is. There is no "socially acceptable" hair texture. As long as your hair is neat and not dyed an inappropriate color for the workplace, I see no reason why natural hair can not be worn successfully.
Yes I do. I think it does depend on the style however. The hair must be kept clean, neat and the presentation depends on the workplace.
I agree with Arizona. Yes, it can be worn but only certain ways.
No matter how we feel about being able to wear our hair the way it grows out of our heads, fact is not every style is going to be accepted in the workplace. If your hair naturally grows up and out then guess what? You may have to tone it down at work.
Fair? Perhaps not. But corporations have images to uphold. If you work for them, you represent them and you have to conform.
I do believe natural hair can be worn successfully in the workplace. As long as its clean, neat, and doesn't get in the way of performing duties then it really isn't a problem.
Do you think natural hair in it's natural state can be worn successfully in the workplace? I believe it is already being done. Many professional women have been wearing their natural hair for years. The fact more women of color are embracing their natural hair just means other people see it more and get "used" to it. (Hated to use that term.)
I believe natural can definitely be worn in the workplace. From fierce twist outs, to elegant updos, to beautiful braid outs, classic buns, and the occasional pin roll and tuck, there is so much you can do with natural hair
I don't doubt natural hair styles can be worn in the workplace. I believe that naturals have been very successful in finding tasteful styles that represent a professional approach to natural hairstyling.
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Yes, I believe natural hair in it's natural state can be worn successfully in the workplace. It can be worn anywhere… as long as it's done neatly. We as black people, can embrace our heritage and our hair, whether it's kinky, curly, or straight. We can wear our natural hair in the workplace, no matter where we work
Hair of any texture should be acceptable any where, as long as it clean and well maintain! Cause the skill you present in the working word should be distracted by hair! To accept hair of a natural being, is to accept the person who's wearing it proudly!
I have heard a lot of good things about this hair steamer. I am excited to enter and have the chance to win. Maybe it will help my transitioning hair to get moisturized.
Yes it can be worn in the workplace naturally as long as it isn't unkept. Many people have a misconception that the minute you have natural hair, they see it as unkept but that's crazy. Anyone can have unkept hair and is poorly taken cared of and styled. My aunt works for a major global organization which I will remain nameless and she wore and natural hair and even big chopped a 3rd time and is seen professional by her peers.
Yes I believe natural hair is excepted and can be worn successfully in the workplace, I wear my hair natural in the workplace.
I absolutely do think that natural hair in it's natural state can be worn successfully in the workplace. It's not the same as if you were to wear ripped jeans to the office, its your hair. Many curly heads Caucasian or otherwise don't straighten their hair to assume a more" professional " look. So why are we to assume that it's not acceptable. I personally believe that since we as a people haven't been able to accept ourselves as we are (skin bleaching, minimizing nose jobs, relaxing our hair, etc…) we automatically assume that things won't be accepted. Your hair preference doesn't change your competence as an employee !!! So in the infamous words of India Arie " I am not my hair"
I definitely believe that natural hair can be worn in the workplace. I feel that just like for people with straight or wavy hair there are appropriate styles for natural hair that fit your occupation and your personality at the same time.
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I believe that you can but you need to know what the climate is like at your place of employment. Just like how you determine what is appropriate to wear to work is the same for your hair. I work at a university where the rules are a little relaxed but I make sure that when I leave my house I am put together
Yes, black hair can be worn successfully in the workplace. I wear my hair in mini-twists and find various protective styles to keep my hair neat. I'm also pretty conservative with my hairstyles, so the simple stuff I do is fine. Every so often I will do an extravagant style, but's it's rare.
Yes I do think it can work and it definitely does for me! Styling options vary with your profession and environment of course, but for me as a Secretary (and only female) working in a collision repair shop filled with white and hispanic dudes I've been able to rock my go-to twistout fro every workday with not a single issue! (However for interviews I always put a polished looking headband on it to push it back like a sleeker twistout puff, I think that style addressed the professionalism need while also letting my employer know my afro hair will look somewhat like that everyday since it's currently too short for buns and ponytails)
i have been natural for 12 years and i have worked all of thoise years. with my extensions, twists, braid outs and afro puffs. so it is defintely possible to rock natural hair at the work place.
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Absolutely. It's unbelievable the amount of acceptance from people NOT colour! They will openly comment / compliment your tresses… but dislike and lack of understanding from our own. My only caveat is observe "hair etiquette"!
I most definitely think natural hair can be worn successfully in the workplace, all we have to do is embrace it learn to love it and take very good care of it and with that care and love for it it will inhibit others to love it and see the beauty of natural hair and how beautiful it is. Even if they do not love it they will learn to appreciate natural hair and discover that it is an exceptionally beautiful hair type.
Do you think natural hair in it's natural state can be worn successfully in the workplace? Absolutely, without a question!!!! Wearing your hair natural is a personal choice & there is nothing wrong with it as long as its clean & well groomed. I can't imagine that this is a problem. There are so many other things that are more important. Everyone else wears their ethnic hair and I can't see why we can't wear ours. Natural African-American hair is beautiful!!!
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The real reason we all drink, I think, when you get right down to it (and I'm paraphrasing myself here), is to whisk(ey) ourselves away in our mind's eyes to another place and time, preferably involving fedoras, garters, cigarette holders, evening gloves, watch fobs and other accoutrements of a halcyon generation past.
This is certainly true when you now do all your drinking at 9 p.m. in your messy kitchen, with your kid finalllllly asleep a couple rooms away, a geriatric dog who perpetually smells like pee hanging out at your feet and a mound of dirty dishes staring you down from across the room.
But I don't want any of you to think, now that I've got a daughter and a book that happens to be called The Big Book of Martinis for Moms, that this blog is taking a permanent turn towards all things parental. Far from it (just a little for my first week back, perhaps), and my proof to you of this is the Stork Club cocktail.
I can feel another Eric Felten rager coming on — my curious condition wherein I just want to make cocktails from his book, How's Your Drink? — and as this one coincides with the advent of the new season of Mad Men, I give you the Vieux Carre.
First, please allow me to quote liberally from Felten's prose regarding the Vieux Carre's New Orleans origins (New Orligins?):
"Then there's the Hotel Monteleone's Carousel Bar, where the circular bar revolves slowly under a whimsical carnival canopy of carved wood, mirrors, and bare bulbs. The barstools don't go up and down, thankfully, but the experience can still be a little disorienting; get caught up in a conversation, and the next thing you know, you're on the other side of the room. Ask bartender Marvin Allen to mix you up a Vieux Carre, a terrific drink invented by the Carousel's barman in the 1930s, and unknown to most mixologists outside of the Hotel Monteleone."
There are plenty of reasons to drink, but only two good ones:
1. To achieve that flush of heady, giddy, tingly optimism that comes quick on the heels of the day's first tipple. (All successive swigs are nothing but guileless attempts at holding onto this fleet feeling, although I still over-partake all the time.)
2. To imagine being in another time and place, preferably involving fedoras, topcoats, garters, nylons, evening gloves, watch fobs, spats, held doors, cigarette holders, cigarette cases and the right to make use of all this enchanting cigarette paraphernalia indoors. (I'm not anti-smoking bans; I'm just saying there's nothing romantic about going outside to smoke. Besides, I quit smoking, although I still over-partake all the time.)
I love (love, love, love) The Moscow Mule — vodka mixed with ginger beer and lime juice, on the rocks — for conjuring both of these moods so effortlessly.


text: People's Health Movement in WHA in Geneva ----------------------------------------- People's Health Movement a force to reckon with in the WHA in Geneva! COMMUNICATION - VII May 30, 2003 Greetings from the People's Health Movement Secretariat (Global) at CHC, Bangalore - India! Thanks for the enthusiastic participation, dialogue, fellowship and collective solidarity expressed during the last few days, we spent in Geneva from 14th May till the end of WHA. It was a great learning ex- perience for all of us and I am sure many of us would have grown in our 'analytical' and 'advocacy; skills. Many people outside the PHM including within WHO, personally conveyed to me their appreciation of the seriousness, enthusiasm and collectivity of PHM that was symbol- ized by all that we did in Geneva and at the WHA. Thanks once again from the Secretariat. Many of you volunteered to be rapporteurs; other documented events with their own notes; some took photographs, and some prepared re- ports for their own organization. We could be very grateful to get email copies of most of these materials to circulate them in the Ex- change and also to prepare a detailed communication of the proceed- ings. We enclose a first communication - Reporting from London and Geneva. There may be some omissions, or details not mentioned correctly. Please do point out any omissions, corrections or modifications, so that report could be comprehensive and complete. We shall send out an additional communication on 7th June. There's lots to be done in the next few months as we celebrate the Alma Ata Anniversary in our countries and prepare for the participa- tory process before the next Assembly and the preparatory regional meetings before that. Please be in touch and if you would like to volunteer to support any of the activities or initiatives mentioned in this communication, then please do so at the earliest. If you have prepared any audio visuals, published books and booklets and prepared health education materials on PHM concerns and did not give me a copy during WHA, then please do so at the earliest by post or email at the earliest. Another area where we need urgent support form all of you is the area of funding. If you have any ideas or suggestions or contacts, who would be interested to support the movement, please let us know of them as soon as possible. Looking forward to keeping in touch With best wishes, Your sincerely, Ravi Narayan -- COMMUNICATION - VII 30 May, 2003 Communication from PHM Secretariat Reporting from London and Geneva, May 2003 In the last two weeks (from 9th May till 28th May 2003), a series of important and significant initiatives have taken place in the context of the evolution of PHM and this is a brief report of the key events, the decisions and the relevant issues for the PHM Steering group as well as all PHM members. A more detailed report with supporting docu- mentation will be circulated as a consolidated file as well as a se- ries of communications on the PHM Exchange in the next few weeks. 1. EVALUATION OF PHM: * A detailed evaluation of the PHA process before and during the As- sembly and of the evolving PHM process after the assembly has just been concluded by a small evaluation team led by Andrew Chetley (Ex- change - UK) and three other participatory research consultants - Roberto (Peru), Mwajuma (Tanzania) and Cecilia (Uruguay). * The main findings of the evaluation were analyzed and discussed at a three day Review meeting in London (9th to 12th May 2003), where a few PHM participants representing different regions of the world helped to contextualise the findings. The review was planned very well and included sessions on: a. Reflections on pre-PHA planning - how did it emerge? What worked well? What was difficult? What was happening locally (in Latin Amer- ica, in Asia, in Africa, in Europe, elsewhere)? b. Reflections on the PHA -what was significant? What worked well? What was less good? What would have made it better? Was anything missing? c. Reflections on the post-PHA period and the development of the PHM - what are some of the significant achievements? What has not worked? What needs to be improved? How strong are the roots of the movement? (What's happening in local areas) d. What others are saying? e. What are the main conclusions we can see emerging? What are the lessons that could be most valuable in strengthening the work of the PHM in the future? What are the messages that we might want to commu- nicate to a wider audience? f. Would you do it again? What would you change? How would you do it differently? What would you keep and build upon? Are there lesions for the proposed assembly in 2004? g. Recommendations and unresolved issues / questions. * Over all, the 'evaluation' confirmed that the PHA had been a per- sonally endorsing, inspiring and meaningful experience for all those who participated in the 5 day meeting at GK Savar in December 2000. Those who came linked to group or collective processes of mobiliza- tions from different countries and regions, could build on the inspi- ration 'of the global solidarity' evident at the Assembly and take the process forward in their own countries after the Assembly. * A large number of initiatives have taken place all over the world and the main challenges for the evolving post PHA, movement is to es- tablish interactive communications and an organizational framework that enhances creativity and collectivity without too much centrali- zation or limiting structures * There were many lessons to be learnt as well for future assemblies and for the ongoing communication and organizational challenges for the movement (A more detailed report will be soon available on the PHM Exchange and the website). 2. PHM GENEVA 2003: THE ALMA ATA ANNIVERSARY DIALOGUE * Over 80 PHM delegates from 30 countries gathered in Geneva to at- tend the PHM Geneva 2003 event, an Alma Ata Anniversary dialogue on 16th - 18th May at the World Council of Churches, facilitated by our active PHM Geneva group. The four major thematic sessions were: a. Primary Health Care and the Health for All campaigns and initia- tives from all over the world. b. Access to Affordable and Essential Drugs. c. War, conflicts and Disasters - Health and humanitarian challenges - which included reports from Iraq, Palestine, Philippines, Congo, Sri Lanka and other conflict zones. d. Global health and the diseases of Poverty, TB, HIV, Malaria. e. A WEMOS facilitated workshop on the effects of GATS agreement on access to Health Care and effects of WTO agreement on food and nutrition. * The delegates included the following: Fran Baum (Australia); Zafarullah, Nouman, Momtaz, Taznihar, Babul, Abdul Zabbar, Zubair, Karnal Uddin Ahmed and Mohibubul Haque (Bangla- desh); Armando (Brazil); Rosalie Bertell (Canada); Patricia Nickson (Congo); Hani Serag (Egypt); Arturo Quizhpe (Ecuador); Margarite Posada (El Salvador); Gopal Dabde, Barbara, Schimmer and Gaby Hetler (Germany); Hugo Icu Peren (Guatemala); Sundararaman, Sudha, Amit, Mira Shiva, Prem and Hari John and Johny Oomen (India); Mohd. Ali Barzgar (Iran); Sunil, Savatore Anna and Maria Teresa (Italy); Samuel Ochieng, Samuel Muwenda and Eva Ombaka (Kenya); Carmelita Canila (Ma- laysia); Natalia, Cebotarenco (Moldavia); Marjan, Ellen, Patrick, Melina, Jose, Preeti, Marianne, Annelies, Anke, Nina, Leontien (Neth- erlands); Maria (Nicaragua); Ghassan (Palestine); Edelinda (Philip- pines); Bala, Niranjan, Paranie, Thiru (Sri Lanka); David Sanders (South Africa); Halfdan, Nance, Jean, Allison, David Woodward, Eugenio, Andres, Monika, Manoj, Eric Ram, Anne Lindsay, Christine, Manjith, Jourdan Genevieve, Michelle and others (Switzerland and some France); Mwajuma (Tanzania); Pam, Mike, Andrew Chetley, David McCoy (UK); Denise Zwahlen, Sarah, Eric, Charlotte (USA); Cecilia Muxi (Uruguay); Lexi Bambas (Zambia), Ravi Narayan (PHM Secretariat), Un- nikrishnan (India) and Satya Sivaraman (Thailand) - the PHM Media team. * Some WHO team members also attended some of the session. They in- cluded Dra Mirta Roses (Director of PAHO); Dr. Asamoah Baaha (Drugs and Vaccine section); German Velasquez (Consultant, Essential Drugs Unit); Eva Wallstam (Director, Civil Society Initiative) and Jose- phine Matsumoto (Ext. Relations Officer). 3. PHM STEERING GROUP AND STRATEGY MEETINGS Since the over 80 delegates included many of the steering group mem- bers representing the 8 funding networks and the evolving 13 regions of the world, a series of meetings were held from 16th to 18th May in between and after the PHM Geneva 2003 dialogue to evolve strategies and initiatives for the year. The key decisions and suggestions were as follows (a more detailed minutes will be available soon): * The organizational structure and framework evolved during the steering group meeting at GK Savar (November 2002) was discussed and circulated. These included structure of PHM - local, national, re- gional geographical circles; issues circles; secretariat, Steering group; general working principles of all these; responsibilities of focal points and convenors; secretariat criteria; functions and sup- port group. * The list of 92 countries (which included 17 state teams from India) classified by global regions and list of over 100 countries still to be reached was circulated to encourage PHM members to help mobilize contact persons from all over the world. * Andrew Chetley reported the overview and key findings of the PHM Evaluation; Unni presented an update on the Million signature cam- paign; Maria,Armando, Amit and Unni reported from the World Social Forum and Health Forum (Porto Alegre, January 2003). * The News brief 9 focusing on shift of secretariat; Asia Social Fo- rum; the November 2002 Steering Committee decisions; the Sri Lanka HAI-AP meeting; the Human Rights Award for PHM by AIFO, Italy; the media releases from the PHM media team and other news items was dis- tributed at Geneva. The next News brief 10 will focus on the World Social Forum, January 2003; and the PHM regional support tours to East Africa and the USA regions and the PHM Geneva events. * A position paper facilitated by David Sanders on Primary Health Care in the context of the Alma Ata Anniversary initiatives was cir- culated to many members for final comment and suggestions. This will be ready for distribution by PHM, as a position paper by end of May. * Melina presented the details of the launch of the Women's Access to Health Campaign at the PHM Geneva dialogue and Lexi Bambas and David McCoy presented the highlights of the PHM - GEGA Joint initiative in evolving an 'alternative state of World's Health Report' as an evolv- ing process to monitor global determinants of inequity and ill health with a focus on international health players and global initiatives. These were endorsed by the PHM delegates. * In lieu of announcement of the next People's Health Assembly in Porto Alegre (Brazil ) in July 2004 and the potential of organizing another Health Forum before the World Social Forum in Mumbai (January 2004), a four member sub committee consisting of Maria, Amit, Armando and Mwajuma met and evolved a framework for these events and the process of evolution and planning. This was presented to the group. A series of smaller follow up discussions were held during the whole PHM Geneva phase based on these suggestions and a more detailed schedule of potential events is outlined in section 5 (see later) 4. THE PHM PRESENCE IN THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY 2003 As one of the largest delegations to the WHA this year (over 80 dele- gates from nearly 30 countries) the PHM contingent made its presence felt and its enthusiastic and critical interventions were much appre- ciated. The PHM had grown in strength as a delegation - from 6 in WHA 2001; 35 in WHA- 2002 and now 80+ this year. The key initiatives were as follows: * The presence of the PHM delegation at WHA was facilitated by PHM partners which included World Council of Churches (Churches Action for Health); Consumer International; Infact; and Save the Children, UK. Our thanks for their solidarity. * The PHM delegates were given an orientation to the process of advo- cacy in the World Health Assembly, in two orientation sessions, which included a role-play. These sessions were facilitated by Andrew, Ce- cilia and Carmelita and this greatly enhanced the PHM interactions. Carmelita was appointed the Advocacy coordinator and issues, events, responsibilities were divided among the group and small groups of PHM volunteers were seen actively in action throughout the 10 days. * PHM participated in 6 NGO- related sessions in WHA which included: a. Session on Public- Private Health Care on 19th May organized by WCC and PHM. David Woodward (Geneva), Sundararaman (India) and Samuel Ochieng (Kenya) were the panelists. b. The NGO Forum for Health session on 20th May on the theme: The Primary Health Care Movement after 25 years of Alma Ata: A Civil So- ciety perspective. The panelists included Maria (Nicaragua), Delen (Philippines), Eva and Samuel (Kenya), Prem John (India), Nouman (Bangladesh), Natalia (Alma Aty), Dr. Barzgar (Iran), Johny Oomen (India), Patricia Nickon (Congo). Dr. Raphael Bengoa of WHO also shared some of the key messages on Primary Health Care from the recently completed WHO review which pro- voked much discussion. A book titled 'Poverty, Health and Development' - Health Cooperation Papers, Issue No. 17, published by Italian Association amici di Raoul Follereau (Organization for International Health Cooperation, re- leased by Dr. Eric Ram, consisting a large number of papers which were presented at the International Workshop on 'Poverty, Health and Development. Many contributors are from the PHM and a note on the PHA and Charter and also part of the publication. c. A session on 'Medicine Prices - a new approach to Measurement' was organized by Health Action International and WHO on 20th May, evening which was very well attended. d. On 21st May, there was an open seminar on National Capacity build- ing for Health promotion: cooperation and partnership among govern- ments, NGOs and WHO in overcoming risks to health: This was organized by the NGO Adhoc Advisory Group on Health promotion. e. On 21st May, there was a lunch time discussion on " Traditional Medicine and Spiritual dimensions in Health" organized by the NGO Fo- rum for Health and the NGO Committee on Spirituality, values and Global concerns of CONGO in relationship with UN. Ravi (PHM Secretariat) and Zafarulah (Bangladesh) made short presen- tation and the animated discussion was supported by Prem and Hari John, Bala, Mira, and others of PHM. f. On 22nd May, Save the Childern, UK in collaboration with a WHO Strategy unit organized a session on New Developments in pro-poor health policy which was also well attended. * The participation of PHM delegates in the WHO - process especially on the agenda items of committee A was as follows. a. The PHM delegates attended the NGO briefing by WHO on 19th May in full strength. The four presentations on Policy for relations with NGOs (Eva Wallstam); the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (Derek Yach); WHO and Millenium Development Goals (Andrew Cassels); Intellectual Property rights, innovations and public health (Jonathan Quick) were received with great enthusiasm and at least 5-6 PHM dele- gates responded to each presentation, establishing the active, enthu- siastic and critical presence of PHM at WHA at the beginning itself. b. PHM delegates focused on Committee A agenda and attended the ses- sions on - Primary Health Care - Framework Convention on Tobacco Consortium - WHO contribution to MDGS - Strategy for Child and adolescent Health and Development - WHO and HIV / AIDS - Intellectual Property Rights, innovation and Public Health - Traditional Medicine - Strengthening Health Systems in developing countries - Policy for relations with NGOs - Joint FAO/WHO evaluation of Codex Alimentarius Communication. c. PHM made NGO statements in committee A on the following issues. - Primary Health Care (Churches Action for Health and People's Health Movement) - Concerns and suggestions on Policy for relations between WHO and non-governmental organizations from a public (in collaboration with CI, IBFAN and others) - Joint NGO response to US proposal on IPRs, Innovation and Public Health (in collaboration with MSF; Health GAP; HAI; ACT UP Paris; Oxfam, Treatment Action Campaign; Canadian HIV / AIDS legal network; stop AIDS now!; stop AIDS alliance) - A draft PHM response to the Report of the Director General WHO - 1998-2003. - A note on IPR. d. PHM Media team facilitated 7 press releases on the following themes during the WHA: War on Health is killing the dream of Health for All (16th May); To- bacco today, Arms Trade tomorrow - PHM demands WHO target the World's largest killer industry (20th May); Revive the spirit of Alma Ata - More Action, Less words please (21st May); Hyper on SARS, Silent on WARS - will the new WHO DG break the silence (22nd May); Stop attacks on Palestine Medical Facilities! WHO is there in an emergency (22nd May); Towards the next People's Health Assembly, Porto Alegre - July 2004 (26th May). On 20th May, PHM also joined IPHC, Equinet, Medact, WEMOS, Save the Children and World Development Movement in a joint Press statement entitled "Health groups warn World Health Assembly, on new WTO threat to Public Health. e. Small PHM teams also participated in a few Press Conferences on 16th May, 20th May, and on Wars, Conflict and health; and Primary Health Care and other issues of concern for PHM. f. The highlight of the WHA interaction this year was the dialogue with the new WHO-DG Dr. Lee, who met a 5 member PHM team on Thursday 22nd May and listened to PHM concerns and expectations of WHO. The team included Ravi (Coordinator, PHM Global Secretariat); Maria (rep- resenting Latin America); Mwajuma (representing Africa); Zafarullah (representing Asia); and Ghassan (representing Middle East). The PHM welcomed the expressed thrusts of the new DG including Primary Health Care; Decentralization and focus on country offices and action; WHO as a listening organization, and not only a guiding one. We shared our willingness to work with the new DG as critical allies and strengthening civil society voices in International Health decision- making. We also invited him for the next PHA - 2 in July 2004 at Porto Alegre (Brazil). The team also presented him with a set of PHM publications. 5. THE SECOND PEOPLE'S HEALTH ASSEMBLY * The II Peoples Health Assembly (also to be called the first World Health Social Forum) will be held in Porto Alegre Brazil from 3rd to 7th of July 2004. * The assembly will bring together living visions / testimonies from the people and analytical perspectives on the global and local health situation by specialists and scholars from all over the world commit- ted to the Movement. It will generate a solid basis for action in a political content for the next four years 2004-2005. * It will build on a process of communication and empowerment, rein- forcing the regional organization of the PHM and widening the coali- tion of organizations associated with it. * It will focus on the Struggle for the Universal and Equitable Right to Health and the Globalization of solidarity; Health as an essential human need, a right of citizenship, a duty of the state and the re- sponsibility of the society and a public good. * Some of the key themes will be Health as Human right; and the legal expressions of it. Trade issues and health; Environmental destruction and Health; Militarism, conflicts and Health; Right to access; Sci- ence and technology and its advancements; Equity; State and Health system reforms and the right to health and PHC and health promotion in the context; Human resources for universal health; Economics of universal health systems; Poverty and Health; Women and Childern's rights. Other themes would include Food Security; Water and sanita- tion, HIV/AIDS; Access to drugs; drugs and substance addiction and mental health as social / economic issue; Mother and child care; en- demic diseases; injuries and violence; chronic and degenerative dis- eases. * A core international committee consisting of the sub group already formed (Maria, Amit, Armando and Mwajuma) and others who volunteer from the regions will be formed to work on the mobilization process, the funding and finances, the contents and programmes, the logistics and the ongoing monitoring and evaluation. * There will be at least three pre-Assembly events which will also become focused as Regional activities in preparation for the PHA - II. a. September 2003: The Alma Ata Anniversary Meeting hosted by the Is- lamic Republic of Iran in collaboration with the People's Health Movement in the second half of September 2003. This will also be a regional preparatory meeting focusing on the Middle East and Africa regions. Support from EMRO / SEARO is being explored. (Dates yet to be confirmed). b. January 2004: A two day health forum on 14th / 15th January will be organized preceding the next World Social Forum to be hosted in Mumbai, from 16th to 21st January. This forum also entitled the III International Forum for Defense of People's Health will be focused as a regional preparatory meeting for Asia - both South and South East. c. March 2004: The ALAMES congress in Peru in March 2003 could become a regional preparatory meeting for the America. All these meetings will have to be planned in a participatory way with democratic representations and process in countries and the re- gion and the numbers at events will also depend realistically on the funds / other resources mobilized in the regions and internationally. * [The secretariat will initiate action to facilitate this process at a more rapid and sustainable pace. A separate communication follows on this important development]. 6. BUILDING COALITIONS AND LINKAGES: The PHM Geneva events were a strategic opportunity to build coali- tions and linkages with a wide variety of networks and global initia- tives relevant to people's health concerns. The key linkages estab- lished were: a. The Global Forum for Health Research: A dialogue was held with GFHR during the Geneva meeting, for PHM participation in Forum 7 in Geneva from 2-5 December 2002. The PHM inputs by Zafarullah, David, Thelma and Ravi at Forum 6 in Arusha, Tanzania were very much appre- ciated. Areas and sessions where PHM participants could make signifi- cant 'evidence based' inputs were identified. These included the ple- nary on Poverty and Health Research; and the Parallel sessions on Primary Health Care, Nutrition, Poverty and the life cycle; behav- ioral and community based interventions and social, economic, cul- tural and political determinants; Gender and Mental Health. David Sanders, Convener of Research circle and Ravi (PHM Secretariat) will follow up on this. b. A circle on Food and Nutrition issues focusing on right to food; Nutrition security; Junk foods; sugar issue etc. would be facilitated by joining IBFAN and other networks like APPAN, which were set up by the SCM - Nutrition meeting in Chennai in March 2003. Carmelita of CI-ROAP would be the Convener and contact person. PHM plans to start an advocacy circle with UNICEF on the Macdonald linkage and other is- sues would be merged with this circle evolving in a much broader con- text. c. Anti Tobacco Circle: While many PHM members have also been in- volved with the Tobacco issue and the FCTC process and the Civil So- ciety involvement in support of it, it was felt that IN FACT and other anti-tobacco groups should be contacted and a circle to learn from the experiences of the FCTC lobby process as well as monitoring the post FCTC process at country level should be encouraged. It would also be important to involve the anti-tobacco networks to organize workshops on their experiences at WSF and PHA - II next year. A vol- unteer convener would be identified for this circle. d. Public-Private partnership Circle: In the context of the WEMOS supported research process on Public - Private partnerships and the presence of potential county level partners in Bolivia, India and Kenya, it was felt that Jose Utrera could be requested to be the con- tact point for a circle on this issue and that links with Judith Richter and other networks working on he Global determinants of these partnerships should be established. e. PHM - GEGA partnership on Global Equity determinants: The links with GEGA, MEDACT - UK and others in the collaborative project to look at Global determinants of Equity and to evolve an evidence based alternative report on Health situation and health initiatives at Global level was endorsed. David McCoy and Lexi Bambas would circu- late a comprehensive idea draft on this report and the process of its evolution for identifying partners and collaborators. f. A short dialogue was held with Dr. Bo Stenson of the GAVI Initia- tive (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization) and PHM concerns about inadequate Health systems, Research in the GAVI initiative was discussed. [This report brings together the key initiatives that the PHM secre- tariat coordinator was kept informed off. A large number of smaller group discussions and one to one meetings were held by PHM partici- pants with WHA delegates and WHO units and others. This will be com- piled and included in the next communication. All delegates are re- quested to send us any contribution to the next communication par- ticularly focusing on any omissions or any other initiatives or meet- ings that have been omitted]. -- To send a message to AFRO-NETS, write to: firstname.lastname@example.com To subscribe or unsubscribe, write to: firstname.lastname@example.com in the body of the message type: subscribe afro-nets OR unsubscribe afro-nets To contact a person, send a message to: firstname.lastname@example.com Information and archives: http://www.afronets.org