Sister Namibia back issues from May 2006:
Dear readers.
May 01, 2006 ... Welcome to our first edition of Sister Namibia magazine for 2006--again a double issue packed with lots of interesting reading. We have continued our focus on gender violence, since we are so far from solving this ongoing violation of women and girls in Namibia. In the "Letter ...
Naomi Kisting: we can change the face of the world! For Naomi Kisting, the church and her community have always been her refuge and source of spiritual sustenance. But far from being a passive member, she herself is a catalyst for critical self-reflection, empowerment and returning to the basic values of the Christian faith--love, dignity, respect and altruism.(PROFILE)
May 01, 2006; ... An active youth Born and raised in the southern town of Mariental, Naomi is the second youngest in her family, with six sisters and three brothers. Her mother was a tailor, her father a teacher, and for the young Naomi performing well in school was important. She fondly ...
Listen to the people on the Children's Status Bill.
May 01, 2006; ... The message was loud and clear, proclaimed yet again from the steps of parliament in Windhoek: Listen to the people on the Children's Status Bill! The rally on 14th March, organised by the NANGOF Gender Sector and supported by members of 31 nongovernmental organisations, ...
Dr Maria Fisch: a life for the Kavango.(Biography)
May 01, 2006; ... Twenty years of service as a mission doctor Dr Maria Fisch remembers her first call of duty at the mission hospital of Nyangana, in December 1957, as vividly as if it had only been yesterday. Sitting in the lounge of her apartment in Swakopmund just before her eightieth ...
Women's Solidarity Namibia is launched!
May 01, 2006 ... Following regional workshops on violence against women and children during 2005, women activists and members of non-governmental and community based organisations from all parts of the country travelled to Windhoek at the end of March to form a national organisation that will strengthen ...
Letter to president Hifikepunye Pohamba.(domestic violence)
May 01, 2006 ... At a meeting with the National Executive Committee of the Namibian NGO Forum (NANGOF) on 7 October 2005, you asked for suggestions to curb the appalling escalating phenomenon of violence against women and children. The NANGOF Gender Sector warmly welcomes your concern about this matter. ...
Challenging cultural practices that expose women to HIV and Aids.(GENDER VIOLENCE)(human immunodeficiency virus)(acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)
May 01, 2006; ... The Women's Leadership Centre conducted a number of writing workshops with women living with and affected by HIV and Aids in 2005, in preparation for the forthcoming second anthology of writings by Namibian women. Our discussions focused on the ways in which gender-based ...
Broken bodies--broken dreams.(violence against women)
May 01, 2006 ... Violence against girls and women is a pandemic; one that transcends the bounds of race, culture, class, religion and location. The United Nations estimates that one in three females will be beaten or raped in her lifetime. Some 25% of girls and 8% of boys around the globe have been ...
Imagine a woman ...(Imagine a Woman in Love with Herself)(Excerpt)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006; ... Imagine a woman who believes it is right and good she is a woman. A woman who honors her experience and tells her stories. Who refuses to carry the sins of others within her body and life. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Imagine a woman who believes she is good. A woman who ...
South African women make big gains in local elections: South African women have made history in the just ended local government elections, with representation up from 29 percent in 2000 to 40 percent in the 1 March polls.(WOMEN IN POLITICS)
May 01, 2006; ... The increase is largely due to the 50/50 quota of the African National Congress (ANC) that stuck to its guns despite resistance in many quarters, especially the ward seats. The party fielded 48 percent women candidates (compared to 29 percent in the case of the Democratic Alliance). Of the ...
Documenting the Indian women's movement through its posters.(Poster Women project)
May 01, 2006 ... Worldwide, the campaign poster, an immediate, often ephemeral form of art and communication--used to mark an occasion, to mobilise support, to confront opposition--has received considerable recognition both for its aesthetics and its politics. In India, however, the political ...
Naomi Kisting: ons kan die aangesig van die wereld verander!
May 01, 2006 ... Vir Naomi Kisting was die kerk en haar gemeenskap nog altyd haar toevlug en bron van geestelike voedsel. Sy is als behalwe 'n passiewe lid, sy self is 'n agent vir ernstige nadenke, bemagtiging en om terug te keer na die basiese waardes van die Christelike geloof--liefde, waardigheid, ...
Omulumenhu omuNamibia omunashisho: moule weemwedi dinini da ka pita, oikundaneki ynNamibia oya li yi hadi eelopota tadi popi kombinga yoiningwanima yomahepeko ngaashi ekwatonghonga, omahepeko omomaumbo, oo unene haa ningwa kovalumenhu.
May 01, 2006 ... Atushe otu shi shii kutya ovalumenhu ohava ekeleshi, hava kwata keenghono nohava dipaa ovakainhu nounona-omivalu otadi dulu okukala tadi yehameke. Nande ongaho, okweendulula oitwa oyo itaku eta po eemhito domalunduluko nodokukula. Oikundaneki ohai shi tale ko nohai shi fatulula ongomukalo ...
Ota i komesho a ka fike kuvakwao.(UUFIKEPAMWE NOMAHEPEKO)(South African violence)
May 01, 2006 ... Paife oku na eedula 16 noku li omuhongi wovanyashwa vakwao moZambia, omukainhu omunyasha ta hokololele Zarina Geloo onghalamwenyo yomahepeko opakuya momilele kwaavo ta diladila kutya otava ka kala ve mu hole konima yefyo lovakulunhu vaye. Ovakulunhu vange ova fya koAIDS ...
Who makes the news? Mirror on the Southern African findings of the Global Media Monitoring Project 2005.
May 01, 2006; ... Southern Africa has made significant progress towards achieving greater gender balance in the news and in newsrooms, but is still far from achieving equality by any one of the measures used in the third Global Media Monitoring Project, conducted in 2005. The study is a snapshot ...
Tunakie Uushona--Queen of Otyaka: as a child she sang and danced to the songs of legendary Owambo folk singers, such as Nanghili Nasheema. In April 2006, Tunakie Uushona will launch her debut album, Ombwila, based on the sounds of her childhood.
May 01, 2006; ... COMING HOME TO A MYTHICAL LAND Tunakie (Maria Tuna-Omukwathi Uushona) was born in exile 23 years ago in Luanda, Angola, and until she was eight years old, Namibia was only this mythical land brought to her through song and the memories and dreams of others. At independence her ...
Reaching out to the youth through Ombetja Yehinga.(COMMUNITY ACTION)
May 01, 2006 ... In 2001, a programme reaching out to young people was born in the Kunene Region of Namibia. Today, the Ombetja Yehinga Organisation is represented in three Namibian regions--Kunene, Erongo, and Khomas--and has excelled in its use of the arts to create awareness among the youth, both in and ...
We need to talk about suicide: according to the Namibia Crime Bulletin, five people--one woman and four men--took their lives by suicide over the weekend of 18/19 January 2006. They died by either shooting or hanging themselves. The eldest suicide victim was 93 years old, the youngest 17.(COUNSELLING AND ADVICE)
May 01, 2006; ... Attempted suicides and deaths by suicide are on the increase in Namibia. People who decide to take their own life come from all cultures, ages, and socioeconomic backgrounds. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The increase is, however, more marked in black communities and among ...
When I ...(COUNSELLING AND ADVICE)(Poem)
May 01, 2006; ... <Pre> When I fall, May the ground I rest my head Be soft. When I surrender May the arms I give my soul Be kind. When I sleep May the dreams That fill my nights Be full. ...
Caring for others helps me take care of myself: Louisa works as a non-professional community worker for Medicos do Mundo Portugal in Mozambique. She has worked in its home-based care programme for two years. She told her story to Ruth Ansah Ayisi.(LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS)(Interview)
May 01, 2006; ... I visit people living with HIV and Aids in Matola, a city ten kilometres away from the capital, Maputo. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Today, I am visiting one of my patients, a 51-year-old man, Fernando. He was lying down on his bed, but I help him sit on one of the wooden ...
Theron scoops top gay award: Charlize Theron has been hailed an inspiration for gay and lesbian people in America, scooping a top award in Los Angeles.(Brief article)
May 01, 2006 ... The actress was honoured with the prestigious Vanguard Award at the 17th annual media awards ceremony of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The 30-year-old, who won an Oscar in 2003 for her portrayal of lesbian serial ...
Sanitary pads for women in Zimbabwe: undeterred by the hefty duty imposed on a consignment of sanitary pads donated to Zimbabwean women hit by rocketing prices, the country's labour federation plans to import them regularly.(Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions)
May 01, 2006 ... "We are going to bring the sanitary pads in every month, otherwise it is a pointless exercise," explained Wellington Chibebe, secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). After an appeal on a South African radio station at the beginning of the year, the ...
Landmark judgement for women's property rights in Zambia.
May 01, 2006 ... A precedent setting ruling in January 2006 by a local court has given women married under customary law the right to a share of marital property in the event of a divorce or death of the husband. Previously, a woman married under customary law would not be entitled to a share of property, ...
Guide to Namibian Politics, 2d ed.(SISTER NAMIBIA RESOURCE CENTRE)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2006; ... The guide to Namibian politics aims to give an accessible overview of Namibian politics by focusing on key personalities, political parties, and the political and electoral system. The guide was first published in 2004. This second edition has been updated and revised throughout, with ...
Agenda homosexuality.(African Feminisms, vols. 2, 3)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2006 ... The idea of an 'African' homosexuality within the landscape of 'African feminisms' is crucial to our understanding of the lives and identities of gay and lesbian African women and men. Although this edition focuses on homosexuality in Africa, the authors and their voices are predominantly ...
The Screaming of the Innocent: Unity Dow is Botswana's first female High Court Judge, and has been prominent as a human rights activist. She is also the author of three published novels. Shana Whitney introduces two of them here.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2006 ... The Screaming of the Innocent was the first book I read by the author Unity Dow. I was impressed by her descriptions and her ability to keep the reader turning the pages and wanting to read more. The story takes place in Botswana and is about a girl named Neo Kakang, who goes missing. Many ...
Juggling Truths.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2006 ... Unity Dow's novel Juggling Truths is about the childhood and coming of age of Monei, skilfully told from the point of view of a confused little girl growing up into an intelligent woman who inspires others by her successes and life experiences. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Proud of Sister Namibia magazine.(Letter to the editor)
May 01, 2006 ... I am a reader of Sister Namibia and I'm very proud that my country also has its own Drum magazine, just like South Africa. Sometimes I forget to buy the magazine and even if it's not the latest one, I just read it to keep myself updated. Last year I was touched by your October issue, ...
Are men reading Sister Namibia?(Letter to the editor)
May 01, 2006 ... I recently came across your issue of March last year, where men were asked what International Women's Day meant to them. I found it quite impressive to know that there are men out there who look up to us as women and consider us as role models. I also enjoyed reading the story ...
Correction.(Correction notice)
May 01, 2006 ... In the last edition of Sister Namibia, Volume 17 # 5 & 6, we mistakenly credited the play Woza Albert to Zambian playwright Augustine Lungu (page 17). Woza Albert ...