Sister Namibia back issues from June 2005:
Dear subscribers.
Jun 01, 2005; ... Liz Frank Director / Editor 30 June 2005 Dear Subscribers, We hope you enjoy our June 2005 copy of Sister Namibia Magazine--Volume 17 # 2. As usual, this issue is full of relevant and interesting stories, as well as intriguing artwork and ...
Christi Warner: a life committed to the arts.(Cover Story)(Biography)
Jun 01, 2005; ... Speaking to Christi Warner about her life and career in the arts, I found her immense determination and inner strength remarkable. At 32, Christi has carved a niche as an indigenous Namibian poet, able to stand shoulder to shoulder with her male counterparts. ********** ...
Children's Status Bill delayed by controversy.(LAW REFORM)(Legal Assistance Centre )
Jun 01, 2005 ... In 2004, the Legal Assistance Centre was joined by 17 other organisations representing women and children in Namibia in making representations on the Children's Status Bill to the Parliamentary Committee on Human Resources assigned by the National Assembly to assess the bill. ...
One person, one marriage!(marriage law reform)
Jun 01, 2005 ... The Law Reform and Development Commission has developed a proposal for a new law on the recognition of customary marriages. This proposal was the result of consultation with many traditional leaders and with organisations such as the Legal Assistance Centre, the Law Society of Namibia and ...
Free at last.(GENDER VIOLENCE)
Jun 01, 2005; ... For the past two months my children and I have gone to bed knowing that we are safe. We've slept peacefully, without fear of the possibility of being woken up to fists and harsh words, of being chased into the street and locked out of the house in the middle of the night. My children and I ...
Women's Solidarity Namibia launched.(GENDER VIOLENCE)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2005; ... On International Women's Day, former MP Rosa Namises launched Women's Solidarity Namibia with scores of women from Katutura township in Windhoek. The event was heralded by a march against violence and the handing over of a petition to the then deputy speaker of parliament, who came to ...
Living with schizophrenia takes courage.(Maria Amweelo)
Jun 01, 2005; ... At 25, Maria Amweelo has experienced immeasurable confusion and pain, compounded by mental illness, and yet she goes on, she continues to dream, to hope that one day her life story will tell the tale of a victorious woman who made it against all odds. ********** "I ...
Reflections on my time at Sister....(PERSONAL TESTIMONIES)
Jun 01, 2005; ... One year ago, I barely knew where Namibia was. "Is that in South America or South Africa?" my housemates asked me when my friend came home with a flyer on internships in Namibia. The internship office at my university was right next to my Public Relations classroom, and I was constantly ...
Beijing minus 7 plus 3: Everjoice Win outlines the struggle by women worldwide to keep the Beijing Platform for Action alive.(WOMEN'S RIGHTS)
Jun 01, 2005; ... The first group of women I ran into were wearing green military uniforms. They were all in their late teens, chests out, shoulders back, with the kind of arrogance only youth exudes. Their young shoulders were weighed down by badges and medals. Is this the new face of the women's movement? ...
Coalition of African Lesbians.(WOMEN'S RIGHTS)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2005 ... The Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL) was officially launched in Windhoek in March 2005, in the presence of coalition members from Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Sadly, Sierra Leone was absent following the brutal murder of ...
Young women learn to lead.(CHILDREN'S RIGHTS)(Leadership Achievement Empowerment and Development Camp)(Reprint)
Jun 01, 2005; ... When Junior Achievement Namibia informed me of the news that I was to be one of four girls to attend a Leadership Achievement Empowerment and Development (LEAD) Camp in Lagos, Nigeria, the first thing that came into my mind was "what am I going to buy in that country," as I thought of the ...
Uitani: the country's coolest children's radio programme is launched on KCR 106.2 FM.(CHILDREN'S RIGHTS)(KCR and Childline)
Jun 01, 2005; ... About 350 children, performing artists and parents turned the Katutura Community Radio premises into a hive of activity, laughter and colour on 5 March 2005 for the launch of the most exciting, informative and innovative children's radio programme in the history of Namibia--Uitani. ...
Desert Textures ... five seasons.(exhibition of photographs by Amy Schoeman)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2005 ... An exhibition of photographs by Amy Schoeman entitled Desert Textures was shown at the Galerie Rapmund in Swakopmund in April. The work on display featured fifteen single black & white images from the photographer's Desert Textures Portfolio portraying the graphic and ephemeral qualities ...
Women arrested and abused at prayer vigil in Zimbabwe.(Women of Zimbabwe Arise)
Jun 01, 2005 ... Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), on Election Day 31 March 2005, organised a prayer vigil at Africa Unity Square in Harare. Over 1000 WOZA members from Bulawayo, Harare and rural representatives were en route. Riot police descended on the women (20 of whom had babies strapped to their ...
Testimony of a member of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA): I left Bulawayo after voting to go to Harare to pray for peace and for the elections not to be stolen. Nobody forced me to travel but my empty stomach forced me to join other WOZA women.(ZIMBABWE)(Women of Zimbabwe Arise)
Jun 01, 2005 ... When we arrived in Harare it was very late because the bus carrying us had to queue for fuel in Gweru. As we neared Africa Unity Square, some women told us that many women had already been arrested and that we should go away. Our leader took us to the railway station waiting room for ...
Yvonne Vera.(Obituary)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Jun 01, 2005; ... Yvonne Vera, one of Africa's pre-eminent writers, died on 9 April, aged 40. While her work seems to be little known in Namibia, it has been included in feminist and African studies curricula at universities across the world. Despite her short writing career Vera received many awards for ...
The Stone Virgins.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jun 01, 2005 ... The Stone Virgins is a novel in which the action moves between the dry sands of Kezi, the tumbling secretive rocks of Gulati and the bustling streets of Bulawayo. With language at once delicate and sensuous, Yvonne Vera evokes the passion that people feel for their country as they seek to ...
An extract from The Stone Virgins.(ZIMBABWE)(Excerpt)
Jun 01, 2005; ... They stay in their camouflage and pull out cigarettes and smoke while standing under the marula tree. They hold their faces up and seem amused either by the sky or by passers-by: their mothers. They walk leisurely to Thandabantu Store; slowly, as though they have a lifetime, to place one ...
Windows of hope for our children; I was enthusiastic about the "Window of Hope" programme from the start but very soon I asked myself: if we want to form behaviour, what kind of behavior DO we want to form? And in which way will it be different from before?
Jun 01, 2005; ... Therefore, before starting the Window of Hope project with my colleagues from the Ministry of Education, UNICEF and a working group of teachers, school counselors and NGO representatives, I felt the need to get thoroughly acquainted with this disease called AIDS. I read articles and books, ...
We survived! Women's voices in Barbara Becker's book Speaking out: "there is no place where we can go and talk about all this ... So we leave it and we keep bad things inside us, but it is not good. Better speak out, especially when I can talk to a woman like you. Then I can talk.".
Jun 01, 2005; ... Speaking out is Ida Jimmy!Ha-Eiros. She is talking to Barabara Becker, author of Speaking out--Namibians share their perspectives on Independence, a collection of biographical stories of Namibian women and men about their involvement in the liberation struggle and their experiences after ...
NAPPA: evolving with the youth.(COMMUNITY ACTION)(Namibia Planned Parenthood Association)
Jun 01, 2005 ... The Namibia Planned Parenthood Association last month embarked on a vigorous campaign explaining sexual and reproductive rights to young people around Namibia. "We think that young people need this information for them to take action and take care of themselves," said Petrina Mwetulindila, ...
Akina Mama wa Afrika: Akina Mama wa Afrika is an international development organisation for African women, based in the UK with an Africa regional office in Kampala, Uganda.(AFRICA ACTION)
Jun 01, 2005 ... In Swahili, Akina Mama wa Afrika means 'solidarity among African women', signifying African sisterhood. The organisation was founded in 1985 by women from different parts of Africa resident in the United Kingdom, to create space for African women to organise and build links with each other ...
Graca calls for tradition review: former South African first lady Graca Machel has called on women in southern Africa to tackle traditional practices that may contribute to the spread of HIV/AIDS.(NEWS CLIPPINGS)
Jun 01, 2005 ... Addressing delegates from the region at a gender equality conference in Ezulwini, just outside Swaziland's capital, Mbabane, Machel highlighted the impact of the virus on women. "We are the ones who are most affected by AIDS: of the people infected with HIV, 58 percent are women; of the ...
Only 20 women elected in Zimbabwe.(NEWS CLIPPINGS)(parliamentary elections)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2005 ... Women's participation in political decision-making is an integral component of the governance process. The just ended Parliamentary election in Zimbabwe saw 20 women making it into Parliament. This is an increase by 7 from the last Parliament, which had 13 elected women representatives ....
Saudi clerics rule against forced marriage: Saudi clerics took an unprecedented stand Tuesday against forcing women into marriage, saying that fathers who try to force their daughters to marry should be jailed until they change their minds.(NEWS CLIPPINGS)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2005 ... The board of top clerics ruled that coercing women into marriage is "a major injustice" and "un-Islamic," said a statement issued by the kingdom's mufti, Sheik Abdul-Aziz bin Al al-Sheik, who has ministerial rank. "Fathers who insist on making their daughters marry those they do not desire ...
Kelly Holmes in Namibia.(NEWS CLIPPINGS)
Jun 01, 2005 ... British double Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes was in Namibia in April to conduct training camps for disadvantaged children. She worked with her Namibian training partner, top athlete Agnes ...
New gender and ICT policy website helps women.(GenderIT.org for information and communications technology)(Association for Progressive Communications Women's Networking Support Programme)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2005 ... Gender and technology activists, the APC WNSP, have launched GenderIT.org, a new information and communications technology (ICT) policy portal for women and policy-makers. ICT policy is not just about legislation or infrastructure and operators. Good ICT policy can promote ...
Workshops needed in the North.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
Jun 01, 2005 ... I would like to say that your magazine is very informative, interesting and attractive. Keep on publishing your magazine, I really like it. I used to give Sister Namibia to my classmates, my friends and my roommates at school to read, and they said it was a very good and interesting ...
On powerful women.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
Jun 01, 2005 ... Greetings--and thanks for the lead article on Beata Shihepo in March--you are right, WHAT A WOMAN! As for Joe Madisia's painting, I love it for many reasons. It is beautifully designed--you are drawn to the woman's body, but equally so to the detail of her hair, the tortoise ...
Painting as an expression of freedom: Doreen Kaulinge had her first exhibition of abstract art at the Franco Namibian Cultural Centre Cafe during April, showing paintings in acrylic on cardboard, paper and canvas.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2005; ... She told Sister Namibia that she started drawing in her diary as a hobby about 10 years ago. The hobby grew into a passion that took up most of her spare time. She has never taken art classes and says she just draws what she feels. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Born in ...