Gender Links (Johannesburg)
News from a group promoting SADC's Protocol on Gender and Development.
Website: http://www.genderlinks.org.za/page/gl-opinion-and-commentary-service
January 27, 2012
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Africa: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for AU's Top Job
All eyes are on the 18th African Union (AU) Summit that is currently underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia until the 30th of January 2012. While the theme of the Summit is "Boosting... Read more »
January 25, 2012
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Africa: Transformative Leaders Must Recognise LGBTI Rights [analysis]
The acceptance of lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in Africa is a battle that is yet to be won. Sexual orientation and gender identity are integral... Read more »
December 07, 2011
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Malawi: Churches Can Help Combat GBV
The church in Malawi is a respected source of information and an enforcer of a "moral code," so it plays a pivotal role in the fight against gender-based violence (GBV). Read more »
November 29, 2011
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Zimbabwe: Blogging to Be Heard
It was when one of my news articles - on male circumcision - returned with track changes substituting the word "penis" with "male organ" that I decided that I would have to rethink... Read more »
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Africa: ARVs Make Women Lives Safer
Seven years ago when Mary Alividza's doctor diagnosed her with HIV/AIDS, her living became a nightmare. One morning after an animated discussion with her husband about conceiving... Read more »
November 27, 2011
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South Africa: Gender and Climate Justice Begin At Home
Durban 28 November: "Beware of bursting storm water drains!" warned a sign along the route taken by gender activists marking the start of the Sixteen Days of Activism campaign with... Read more »
November 25, 2011
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Southern Africa: Diary of an Activist At the Start of the Sixteen Days of Activism [opinion]
Lusaka, 24 November: It's five am, the day before the International Day of No Violence Against Women that kicks off the Sixteen days of Activism campaign. My alarm rings barely six... Read more »
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Southern Africa: 20 Years of 16 Days of Activism, How Far Are We? [opinion]
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the global Sixteen Days of Activism on gender violence campaign, and 10 years of the annual commemoration in Southern Africa. Each year... Read more »
October 31, 2011
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South Africa: Teenage Fathers Need Support [opinion]
It is a well- known fact that more women than men know their HIV status and that it would be great if more men went for testing. What is not so well known and I speak from personal... Read more »
October 24, 2011
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South Africa: Teenage Fathers Need Support [opinion]
My son turned "free!" - his word - not mine in August this year. As I reflect on that Saturday three years ago when he came into the world at quarter past three in the afternoon,... Read more »
October 18, 2011
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Africa: 50/ 50 Campaign Needs to Extend to Nobel Prizes [analysis]
The recognition of three women in the Nobel Peace Prizes announced earlier this month came as a welcome variation to the long list of male names, but it also begged the question... Read more »
October 05, 2011
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Zambia: Zambia Misses the 5050 By 2015 Target
At the very moment that women's representation in parliament should be shooting up, Zambia took a nose dive in its recent elections in which women's representation plummeted from... Read more »
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Zambia: Congratulations Mr Sata, but Too Few Women Are in Your Boat! [press release]
Your Excellency, Mr Michael Chilufya Sata, President of the Republic of Zambia, congratulations on being voted to lead Zambia for the next five years. I also thank the outgoing... Read more »
September 29, 2011
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Kenya: Celebrating Professor Wangari Muta Maathai [opinion]
On Monday 26 September, the world woke up to the news of the death of Nobel laureate Professor Wangari Muta Maathai, a Kenyan environment, gender and political activist. At age 71,... Read more »
September 26, 2011
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Africa: Breaking the Silence On Ritual Killings [analysis]
Ritual killings and human sacrifice happen in many, if not all countries in Africa. Cases have been reported in such countries as Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia... Read more »
September 06, 2011
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South Africa: Is Any Month a Woman's Month? [analysis]
Every August, some Thabo, Dickson or Harrington asks, "Why do we have Women's Month? Every month is women's month." The likes of Lilian Ngoyi and Helen Joseph would turn in their... Read more »
August 19, 2011
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Africa: Sex, Drugs And Women's Rights
Drug and alcohol abuse is escalating internationally with recent evidence showing that substance abuse is on the rise outside of the western industrialised world, and not only... Read more »
August 08, 2011
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South Africa: A Humorous Perspective on the Serious Issue of Women's Rights [opinion]
"Ah! No! What kind of tricks are you playing?! I'm not wearing a nightgown - what is this body? This isn't my body! This isn't happening! Read more »
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South Africa: Sowetan Furore Casts Shadow Over Women's Month [opinion]
I am confused and disappointed about the public discourse and happenings in this special August month of women. Read more »
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Africa: Overcoming a Different Apartheid [opinion]
It is an image that has become the symbol of youth resistance to political oppression. A young man, Mbuyisa Makhubo, runs through the streets of Soweto cradling the limp body of a... Read more »
August 01, 2011
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Africa: Better Education Will Help Fight Unsafe Abortions
It is estimated that at least 5.5 million unsafe abortions occur in Africa every year and about 40% of the women die as a result of complications due to these procedures. Abortion,... Read more »
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