Sister Namibia back issues from October 2007:
Dear readers.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Have you ever read an article in Sister Namibia and thought to yourself, I'd like to know more about that? Or have you read a poem that touched you? A story that reminded you of yourself? Something that you disagreed with or wanted to challenge, but weren't quite sure how to go about it? ...
Isabella Guriras: traditional leader focused on women's rights; Isabella Guriras serves as a traditional leader for the rural communities around Spitzkoppe, Tubusis and Okombahe in the Erongo Region. She is one of two women on her traditional council, alongside 14 men.(PROFILE)(Biography)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Learning, teaching and social work Born in the Old Location in Windhoek in 1943, Isabella attended church schools but dropped out before completing grade 8 because of lack of motivation. However, many years later her first husband, a teacher, encouraged her to go back to school ...
Rape in Namibia: four out of five people accused of rape never have to pay for their crime. Looking at it the other way around, only one out of every five people accused of rape or attempted rape will be convicted of either of these crimes.(GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE)
Oct 01, 2007; ... This is just one of the many important and sometimes surprising findings of our study Rape in Namibia, which we believe is the first comprehensive study of a particular crime in Namibia. In order to ensure a complete and accurate picture, we examined an enormous amount of ...
Gender and local government: developing a strategy for Namibia.(WOMEN IN POLITICS)
Oct 01, 2007; ... "Let gender become a central pillar of our development efforts at the local level. We will all be winners in this collective endeavour!" With this call to action Netumbo Nandi Ndaitwah, acting Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, kicked off the four-day Local Government Gender ...
Crossing the 'gay--straight' divide: the Rainbow Project (trp) held its annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Awareness Week with the theme "Straight Talk with Straight Friends: Building Bridges" in June 2007.(HUMAN RIGHTS)
Oct 01, 2007; ... At a media briefing before the launch, trp director Ian Swartz said that for the past five years the lgbti awareness weeks have focused mainly on the lgbti community and on building and shaping the lbgti human rights movement. However, in 2007, the focus would be on opening up dialogue ...
A Zulu whirlwind changes lives in Namibia: Doris is really a Mother Theresa of Dance. She is a feisty, fierce Zulu woman living in the north of Namibia and she is busy transforming lives. What she does is dance and drums, and she gets everyone else going too.(COMMUNITY ACTION)(Reprint)
Oct 01, 2007; ... The children at the school for the blind and deaf in Ongwediva greet her arrival with wild excitement. She rocks up with her drums in an old beat-up taxi, and expects her students to take their dance class very seriously. And they do. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dance is ...
Claiming our right to survive: we, women and girls of Namibia, claim our right to survive HIV and Aids by challenging poverty, oppressive cultural practices and violence.(WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ON HIV AND AIDS)
Oct 01, 2007; ... This is the title of a booklet produced by Women's Leadership Centre (WLC) that was officially launched in August by the Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Marlene Mungunda. The Minister was represented by Eline Nghiitwikwa, Director of Community and Early Childhood ...
Namibia's girls--our greatest resource.(GIRL POWER)
Oct 01, 2007; ... In the North and in the South, Namibia's girls are learning to be leaders. This past June and July, the second annual Southern and Northern Girls Conferences were held in Keetmanshoop and Ondangwa, respectively. Organised by Peace Corps Volunteers and funded by UNICEF, the goal of both ...
Rites of passage.
Oct 01, 2007; ... What responsibility do we, as individuals and as a society, have towards children who have been victims of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse? Should they be helped? Can they be helped? Is their premature loss of childhood innocence a hurt that will never be healed no matter how many ...
Isabella Guriras: tradisionele leier fokus op vroueregte; Isabella Guriras dien as tradisionele leier vir die landelike gemeenskappe rondom die Spitzkoppe, Tubusis en Okombahe in die Erongo Streek. Sy is een van twee vroue op haar tradisionele raad, saam met 14 manne.(PROFIEL)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Leer, onderrig en sosiale werk Sy is in 1943 gebore in die Ou Lokasie in Windhoek. Isabella het kerkskole bygewoon, maar het voordat sy Graad 8 voltooi het, skool verlaat weens 'n gebrek aan motivering. Tog het haar eerste eggenoot, 'n onderwyser, haar baie jare later ...
Elundululo loilonga: otali eta ongeshefa iwa moTanzania.(OINAKUWANIFWA YOVANHU VOUKASHIKE WONHUMBA)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Ovalumenhu ovo ngeno ve na okulonga oilonga ei idjuu, okuyambidida eefamili davo pashimaliwa nokufya oshisho kutya meumbo omu na oikulyaya wana omanga ovakainhu tava longo oilonga ei yanafangwa, okufila oshisho ounona nokuhafifa ovashamane vavo. Ashike moshilandopangelo shaTanzania osho ...
Missing the mark? Gender and advertising in Southern Africa.(GENDER AND MEDIA)
Oct 01, 2007; ... What on earth does the size I of a woman's bra have to do with smoking cigarettes? The question, posed by a woman in one of the focus group discussions in the recently released Gender Links study on gender and advertising in four Southern African countries, is one that could well be asked ...
Being there to care.(GENDER ROLES)
Oct 01, 2007; ... A self described GEP, or gender equity practitioner, Ngamane Karuaihe-Upi practices what he preaches. While teaching business part time at Damelin College, he also works with GEMSA Namibia (Gender and Media Southern Africa), participates in the 16 Days of Activism Campaign against Gender ...
Keeping our bones strong and healthy.(BODY AND SOUL)
Oct 01, 2007; ... During our growth from babyhood to adulthood, our bone mass increases, becoming the strongest between 25 and 35 years of age. It then starts to decline. The rate of bone loss becomes greater in women during and after menopause, due to a decrease in the hormone oestrogen. This makes older ...
Back to school: if a skydiver had not been blown off course and forced to land in the DRC informal settlement of Swakopmund in 2001, many children would have missed out on an opportunity to receive formal education.(COMMUNITY ACTION)(Democratic Resettlement Community )
Oct 01, 2007; ... When Mike Kriner landed with his parachute he was immediately surrounded by scores of children. He saw a great need for assistance and with his wife, Ivanna, decided to do something constructive. Six years later, the very successful DRC School Project and Community Centre has become a ...
5 minutes of pleasure.(COMMUNITY ACTION)(Ombetja Yehinga Organisation's play)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Ombetja Yehinga Organisation, better known as OYO, has done it again. With their latest drama 5 minutes of pleasure they have put the issue of teenage pregnancy centre stage in a riveting performance that has tugged at the emotions of teenage audiences not only in Namibia but also in the ...
Gender and Indicators: A BRIDGE Cutting Edge Pack.(SISTER NAMIBIA RESOURCE CENTRE)(Periodical review)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Gender and Indicators: A BRIDGE Cutting Edge Pack Institute of Development Studies, United Kingdom 2007 What does a world with full gender equality look like? Realising this vision requires inspiring and mobilising social change. But what would indicate we are on the ...
Gender Training Manual and Resource Guide.(SISTER NAMIBIA RESOURCE CENTRE)(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Gender Training Manual and Resource Guide Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare and Legal Assistance Centre, Windhoek, 2007 This Gender Training Manual and Resource Guide contains a broad range of training materials designed to deepen understanding and promote ...
Ensuring Sexual and Reproductive Health for People Living with HIV.(SISTER NAMIBIA RESOURCE CENTRE)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Ensuring Sexual and Reproductive Health for People Living with HIV Reproductive Health Matters, Volume 15 # 29, May 2007 Edited by Marge Berer In 2006, there were close to 40 million people living with HIV, half of them under the age of 25. People with HIV ...
The Kanga and the Kangaroo Court: Reflections of the Rape Trial of Jacob Zuma.(SISTER NAMIBIA RESOURCE CENTRE)
Oct 01, 2007 ... The Kanga and the Kangaroo Court: Reflections of the Rape Trial of Jacob Zuma By Mmatshilo Motsei Jacana Media, Auckland Park 2007 This book is inspired by the courage of a young woman who took a principled decision to lay a charge of rape against Jacob ...
A Few Days More ... The story of a young woman living with HIV in Botswana.(SISTER NAMIBIA RESOURCE CENTRE)(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A Few Days More ... The story of a young woman living with HIV in Botswana By Anna Koblanck SafAIDS, Harare 2005 It started with a rash. Then came the cough. Thereafter the constant pain in the ears, the nausea and the tiredness. When Patience was the ...
Samaria wins bronze in 1500 metres.(NEWS CLIPPINGS)(Agnes Samaria)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Agnes Samaria produced a storming run over the last lap in the women's 1500m to win her second and Namibia's third medal at the All Africa Games held in late July. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Samaria started slowly and was lying at the back of the field after the first ...
Schools headed by women do better.(NEWS CLIPPINGS)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Female intake into primary teachers colleges should be increased because pupils taught by female teachers have been found to perform better than those taught by their male counterparts, a report has recommended. It says female teachers tend to be friendlier and close to their pupils. The ...
Ugandan hubby taken to court over sex.(NEWS CLIPPINGS)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A woman recently dragged her husband to court, accusing him of ignoring her in bed. Lucy Akello said William Erimu turned his back on her every night. "It is a shame! That is why some women commit adultery. No woman wants her husband to ignore her when she wants to relax in the evening," ...
More police violence in Zimbabwe.(NEWS CLIPPINGS)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... In late July, a group of nursing mothers were ordered to put down their babies by Zimbabwean police before being beaten for hours. The six women were among 160 people rounded up at the offices of the National Constitutional Assembly, an organisation dedicated to constitutional reform, ...
Lesbian women killed in South Africa.(NEWS CLIPPINGS)(Sizakele Sigasa and Salome Masooa )(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... The South African lesbian and gay communities through the Joint Working Group (JWG) and partner organisations recently condemned the killing of Sizakele Sigasa (34) and Salome Masooa (23) from a township in Johannesburg. They were found on Sunday 8th July murdered, execution style, in a ...
Vaccine prevents cervical cancer.(NEWS CLIPPINGS)(Cervarix )(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Cervarix is a vaccine that prevents contracting of cervical cancer. Kenya recently became the third country in the world after Australia and United Arab Emirates to license the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline to market the vaccine. But the vaccine might be unaffordable to most local ...
Namibian Aids activist awarded.(NEWS CLIPPINGS)(Anita Isaacs)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Anita Isaacs of YWCA Namibia was one of 14 women from around the world to win an award at a recent summit on women and HIV/Aids. Anita was recognised for her work in Northern Namibia initiating support groups and networks of people living with HIV; advocating for increased access to ...
What's medical aid got to do with it?(OPINION)
Oct 01, 2007 ... What is this advertisement saying about women? SMS us your thoughts at 081-3594298, send us an email to sister@iafrica.com.na or write to us ...