Sister Namibia back issues from March 2004:
Dear readers.
Mar 01, 2004 ... Welcome to another edition of Sister Namibia, a double issue for January to April 2004. This year we celebrate the 15th anniversary of Sister Namibia, which was founded in 1989 on the eve of Independence to provide a platform for women to tell our stories, raise our issues and air our ...
Fired up for change.
Mar 01, 2004; ... The ladies of the 60s are hot. Taken at face value, and popular usage, this statement came rather unexpectedly from the recently re-elected Mayor of Swakopmund, Rosina //Hoabes. She was quick to react, with a sleek smile, when it was discovered that she and her re-elected Deputy Mayor, ...
Open letter to the speaker of the national assembly: multi-media campaign violence against women and children.
Mar 01, 2004 ... RE: THE MAINTENANCE ACT THE COMBATING OF RAPE ACT THE COMBATING OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT THE CHILD STATUS BILL THE LABOUR BILL We, the undersigned, would like to applaud the members of the Parliament of Namibia for the concerted ...
Goodbye Women's Solidarity.
Mar 01, 2004; ... Namibia's first organisation that focused on violence against women has closed its doors due to the lack of funds. This comes at a time when reported violence against this country's women and children is higher than ever before, and every possible stakeholder is needed to effectively ...
Healing communities from violence: Lutheran churches talk.(Poem)
Mar 01, 2004; ... Some women came from the south, others from the west, having travelled from the Atlantic Ocean through the Namib Desert for more than six or seven hours. Other women started off from the savannahs of northern Namibia, from the Kavango and Ovamboland, more than 700 km away. And still more ...
Education of girls not on par with boys: who does what about it?
Mar 01, 2004; ... A UN report: State of the World's Children/Namibia, released in December 2003, reveals that although our country is close to achieving gender parity in basic education by 2005, gender disparities still persist in the northern regions. The Caprivi, Kunene and in particular the ...
Girls understand democracy.
Mar 01, 2004 ... Aina, Golda, Lucia, Magdalena, Bibi, Chaze and Bernice were among 864 school children who participated in a national essay competition on democracy held by the Elections Support Consortium last year. The competition asked for their thoughts on the importance of citizen participation in a ...
All Africa symposium on HIV/Aids and human rights for lgbts: lgbt stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender--people.
Mar 01, 2004; ... Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (lgbt) people from 16 African countries representing 22 lgbt organisations met in Johannesburg in February for the All Africa Symposium on HIV/Aids and Human Rights. Since many of the 55 delegates had concerns about confidentiality, the conference was ...
The Young Women's Christian Association.(Community action)
Mar 01, 2004 ... One of the challenges civil society organisations face is being able to remain relevant. Social, political and economic conditions are constantly evolving and as a result organisations have to adapt their focus areas or ways of operating. Some are not so successful at it, while others are ...
10th December 2003: celebrating our human rights as women.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2004; ... The 10th of December is not only International Human Rights Day, but also Namibian Women's Day in commemoration of the brave women who led the resistance against the forced removal of the people living in the Old Location to Katutura in the 1950s. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
No sugar daddies here!(Theater Review)
Mar 01, 2004; ... Rose is the new girl in the class, having just moved to Windhoek from Zambia. Her new classmates mock her unfashionable appearance and decide to give her a makeover. They provide her with money for a new outfit, and send her on a blind date at the mall. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Featuring women artists.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
Mar 01, 2004 ... <Pre> i found god in myself & i loved her i loved her fiercely --Ntozake ...
Oorgehaal vir verandering.(Dutch language)
Mar 01, 2004; ... "Die dames van die jare sestig is vuurwarm." Die onverwagse opmerking van Rosina //Hoabes, wat onlangs as burgemeester van Swakopmund herverkies is, vang jou nogal onkant. Maar sy reageer vinnig met 'n skelm glimlag toe dit aan die lig kom dat sy en Miriam Valombola, wat in haar pos as ...
50/50 Veldtog verseker geslagsbalans op plaaslike owerheidsvlak.
Mar 01, 2004; ... Verkiesings vir plaaslike owerheidsrade is vir 14 Mei vanjaar geskeduleer. Op dieselfde dag wat registrasie van kiesers in Julie verlede jaar begin het, het vroue leiers van dorpe en nedersettings van regoor Namibie in Windhoek vergader om strategie te ontwikkel om plaaslike owerhede meer ...
Efiloshisho lounona va dalwa pondje yohombo: oku va hanga, efiloshisho lefiku nefiku nokuninga omatokolo mOnhotwaveta yOmufika wounona.(Dutch language)
Mar 01, 2004; ... Omutumba wopashiwana mopaife ngaha otau kundafana kombinga yOnhotwaveta yOmufika wOunona. Limwe lomomalalakano a fimana onhotwaveta ei okukufa po okatongotongo oko haka ningilwa ounona ovo va dalwa pondje yohombo. Oshihopaenenwa, onhotwaveta ei otai ka kufa po okatongotongo oko ...
Omapekapeko okwa ulika oidjemo yomahanauno oo a etifwa komahepeko omomaumbo.(Dutch language)
Mar 01, 2004; ... Omivalu tadi halwifa okwa li da pitifwa mOvenduka muNovemba wodula ya ya, eshi oidjemo yokuninga omapekapeko omahepeko omomaumbo, oo a ningilwe moNamibia, okudja momudo 1999 kwa li ya etwa pouyelele. Euliko loidjemo oyo okwa li la ningwa mefiku lOpaiwana lOkuxulifa po Omahepeko oo haa ...
Nhumbi to mono elombwelo lokuamenwa.(Dutch language)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Mu Juni wodula ya ya, omutumba wopashiwana owa pitifa oveta yomahepeko omomaumbo. Oveta ei otai dulu okulongifwa mokuamena ovakainhu, ovalumenhu nounona ava hava mono oixuna yokuhepekwa kovaholike vavo. OLegal Assistance Centre oya ningilile omahangano oo ehe fi opapangelo (NGOs) omadeulo ...
Ringing up the Changes: Gender in Southern African Politics.(MATERIALS IN THE SISTER NAMIBIA RESOURCE CENTRE)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Where women are represented in politics in significant numbers and work in enabling environments, they make a marked difference to governance, according to the first qualitative study of women in decision-making in Southern Africa. The study, based on interviews with 172 ...
!Nara is life!(MATERIALS IN THE SISTER NAMIBIA RESOURCE CENTRE)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2004; ... The musical click sounds of her mother tongue fills the room as Ouma Lydia Swartbooi counts on her fingers to tell me how many of her 12 children are still alive. She has survived her four siblings, as well as eight of her own children. Ouma can't remember the year of her birth, but she ...
'Sisters you let us down': Zimbabwe's political violence against women.(NEWS CLIPPINGS)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Dear sisters, Happy International Women's Day. The 8th of March is meant to be a day to celebrate how far we have come as women world-wide, but for us, north of your border, we have no cause to celebrate. I am writing to you, woman to woman. I believe in other women. I don't buy into the ...
Participants of a January seminar on women's political participation agreed that 50/50 presentation of women and men in political decision making positions is possible and achievable.(NEWS CLIPPINGS)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Participants of a January seminar on women's political participation agreed that 50/50 presentation of women and men in political decision making positions is ...
Women's rights groups in Iraq threatened.(NEWS CLIPPINGS)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Threats against women's rights leaders and organisations have been increasing in Iraq over the past few weeks. According to IRIN News, women working for Women for Women International have received a series of threats that have kept half the staff at home for two days because of poor ...
1000 peace women to receive nobel peace prizes in the year 2005.(NEWS CLIPPINGS)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Observing that women do wonderful and important work in this world that is not recognised in their communities and societies, a group of 14 women throughout the world endorsed the idea initiated in Bern, Switzerland by one of the senior members of Parliament, Ruth-Gaby Vermot. The ...
Losing an entire generation of women and girls.(NEWS CLIPPINGS)(Author Abstract)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Extracts from the keynote address by Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa, to the "Microbicides 2004" conference in London I have been in the Envoy job for nearly three years. If there is one constant throughout that time, it is the thus-far irreversible ...
School welcomes Sister Namibia.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Mar 01, 2004 ... We were absolutely delighted to hear that our school was one of 520 schools selected by the Ministry of Basic Education and Culture to be included in an annual subscription for 2003. The principal, staff and learners wish to acknowledge your support; we have found Sister Namibia Magazine a ...
Call from disability network.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Mar 01, 2004 ... Greetings from the Network of Women and Children with Disabilities. Last November I came across an article describing your organisation's activities. I was impressed to read that article. There was silence in my mind for many years since I grew up. I am a woman having a disability. I ...
Love cannot be forced or trapped.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Mar 01, 2004; ... Blackmail and pressure from friends can confuse kids and do unnecessary things. My cousin disappointed me, she is just 14 years old and now she is pregnant. I asked her why she did that and her reasons are all simple. She said her friends were always laughing at her that she did ...
Images of communication.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2004 ... In March 2004, World Action for Christian Communication announced the winners of its photographic competition "Images of Communication", which received more than 2000 entries from all over the world. The top four awards went to male photographers, two of whom chose women as the subjects of ...