CCD held the fourth training workshop on political education for university students in Al Fayoum, in cooperation with the German organization Hanns Seidel Foundation. The workshop has been held in July 26 - 28, 2011. the workshop aims at educating youth politically and raising awareness and making them more active in political life especially in the current circumstances, which witnesses transition from dictatorship to democracy. The workshop is one of the most important programs conducted by the organization after the great revolution of January 25. The workshop witnessed equal participation from male and female as the organization sets gender equality and women's rights as a high priority issues in all programs. Further, the workshop witnessed the participation of 5 disabled persons of blind people.

"You can tear a flower but you can't stop spring from coming!" (An activist in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia)

Homelessness blights poor and rich countries. In trying to tackle the problem we could learn from Jordan and Cuba

I'm in Jordan for a conference and I asked a friend who works for the ministry of planning and international co-operation what she remembered about her time in England (studying for a master's). She said: "Homeless people. There are no homeless people in Jordan." Walking around Jerash (just north of Amman, site of the largest Roman ruins outside Italy), I saw that what she said is true.

Governments cannot celebrate the UN World Habitat Day on 4 October while ignoring one billion people living in slums, Amnesty International said today.

"A couple of weeks ago in New York, governments promised to help 100 million living in slums. The problem is that more than a billion people live in slums. They don't have water, schools, sanitation, or health care," said Widney Brown, Senior Director of International Law and Policy at Amnesty International.