抗震安居房遍布天山南北--发展中的新疆城乡抗震安居工程

一条条宽阔笔直的公路,一座座掩映在碧树丛中错落有致的抗震房,一张张抑制不住内心喜悦的笑脸,已成为新疆农村一道亮丽的风景线。凡到过这里的人都被这里发生的巨变,无形地感染着。     

Waiting for Peace: Perspectives from Action-oriented Research on the Humanitarian Impasse in the Caucasus

Cease-fires in the Caucasus during the past five years have prevented large-scale life-threatening emergencies and created space for peace negotiations. Yet genuine conflict resolution and normalisation have proven elusive, frustrating the return of uprooted populations and constraining reconstruction. This paper reviews a series of seven strategy sessions held in Moscow and the Caucasus in late 1998 to reflect upon the performance of humanitarian agencies and stimulate greater synergies with diplomatic actors. An experiment in promoting discussion of recently conducted independent policy research throughout the north and south Caucasus, the series resulted in a fresh look at the issues in the region and at agency headquarters. The generic nature of the policy challenges gives the experience potential relevance well beyond the region.     

Food aid and development in southern Sudan: implications of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for response planning

In the post-Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) era a greater impact on the unacceptably high prevalence of child malnutrition is more likely to come from additional investment and attention to education, health, hygiene, sanitation and childcare practices than from expanded food aid interventions. The negligible impact of food aid on malnutrition, although most commonly challenged on the quality of needs assessments, is equally attributable to the timing of deliveries, and a dysfunctional distribution system. Comparatively few resources have been allocated to strengthen skills for assessing, analysing and understanding community priorities, local economies, and social safety nets. A more thoughtful allocation of scarce funds could have more impact if a range of alternative responses was considered. Participation in and commitment to a more independent livelihoods analytical forum would improve communication with the new government, local leaders and other partners, as well as providing a platform for reaching consensus on both humanitarian and development planning over the next five years.     

"中国地震动参数区划图编制"荣获2003年度国家科技进步二等奖

2004年2月20日,中共中央、国务院在北京隆重举行国家科学技术奖励大会。党和国家领导人胡绵涛等出席大会并为获奖代表颁奖。温家宝总理代表党中央、国务院在大会上讲话。     

Female adolescents and their sexuality: notions of honour, shame, purity and pollution during the floods

This paper explores the experiences of female adolescents during the 1998 floods in Bangladesh, focusing on the implications of socio-cultural norms related to notions of honour, shame, purity and pollution. These cultural notions are reinforced with greater emphasis as girls enter their adolescence, regulating their sexuality and gender relationships. In Bangladeshi society, adolescent girls are expected to maintain their virginity until marriage. Contact is limited to one's family and extended relations. Particularly among poorer families, adolescent girls tend to have limited mobility to safeguard their 'purity'. This is to ensure that the girl's reputation does not suffer, thus making it difficult for the girl to get married. For female adolescents in Bangladesh, a disaster situation is a uniquely vulnerable time. Exposure to the unfamiliar environment of flood shelters and relief camps, and unable to maintain their 'space' and privacy from male strangers, a number of the girls were vulnerable to sexual and mental harassment. With the floods, it became difficult for most of the girls to be appropriately 'secluded'. Many were unable to sleep, bathe or get access to latrines in privacy because so many houses and latrines were under the water. Some of the girls who had begun menstruation were distressed at not being able to keep themselves clean. Strong social taboos associated with menstruation and the dirty water that surrounded them made it difficult for the girls to wash their menstrual cloths or change them frequently enough. Many of them became separated from their social network of relations, which caused them a great deal of anxiety and stress. Their difficulty in trying to follow social norms have had far-reaching implications on their health, identity, family and community relations.     

为了明天的安宁播撒科学的种子--首次网上地震·防震知识有奖活动侧记

针对我国网民日益增长,电脑取代纸媒介,公众从网上了解国家大事、撷取科学知识渐盛的态势,中国地震局、共青团中央、科技部于2003年7月28日至9月20日,联合在网上首次开展"全国地震·防震知识有奖答题活动",中国地震局地震信息中心宣传教育部承办了这次活动,并获得圆满成功.     

疫情防控 人人有责

"国家兴亡,匹夫有责"。面对疫情,除了关心与关注外,无数的人都发出这样的疑问,我能做什么?我可以做些什么?不论是"在家宅",还是用自己的一己之力为抗战疫情出把力,我们每个人都可以成为抗击疫情的"急先锋"。在这场没有硝烟的战役中,作为普通民众,我们能为疫情防控做些什么呢?尽量呆在家中,保持室内通风春节期间,疫情严峻。专家建议,尽量待在家中,不要外出拜访亲友,减少出门次数。冬日虽然严寒,我们在家也要扛起责任,保持自家门窗通风,保证空气流通。     

论多元化、创新型科技期刊编辑出版人才的培养

针对当前科技期刊发展中面临的机遇和挑战,从网络信息化时代赋予科技期刊工作的新内涵的角度,分析了科技期刊编辑人员的现状及亟待解决的问题,提出了培养多元化、创新型编辑出版人才的方法和途径。分析结果表明:期刊市场的竞争,其核心是人才的竞争。科技期刊编辑出版人员素质的高低,不仅决定着科技期刊的质量,而且决定着科技期刊参与市场竞争的实力。因此,提高科技期刊编辑出版人员的素质和水平,培养和造就一大批多元化、创新型编辑出版人才是科技期刊走向市场的前提条件。     

防震减灾规划的沿革与发展

在今年5月1日开始实施的新修订的《中华人民共和国防震减灾法》中,高度重视防震减灾工作的规划,将防震减灾规划单独作为一章。