Gender
Key Correspondents report on gender and development by documenting what life is like for women facing domestic violence, some of whom are also living with HIV, TB and other health issues. Stories range from the rights of women rebuilding their lives and their health after suffering violence to mothers who have experienced and overcome stigma and abandonment after developing maternal health complications during childbirth such as fistula.
Key Correspondents also highlight the connection between human rights and health by documenting the impact violence and discrimination have on LGBT by telling individual stories of struggle and empowerment and by documenting grass roots campaigns and community action.
Women in Burundi, Rwanda and Angola to benefit from anti-haemorrhaging drug
The provision misoprotsol, a drug that can be used to both induce labour and prevent haemorrhaging, is being expanded in various low income countries in a bid to improve women’s health. US based non governmental organisation Venture Strategies Innovations (VSI) … more
Family planning in Uganda
Family planning is when or when not to have children, and the use of birth control and other techniques to implement such plans. Other aspects of family planning include prevention, sexual education, management of sexually transmitted infections, pre conception counseling … more
Women in Zim being sidelined at local authority level
Thirty two years after independence Zimbabwean women are still lagging behind when it comes to the occupation of positions in local authorities. more
African Union’s African Women Decade bearing fruit
When the African Union (AU) declared 2010-2020 as African women decade, many of us dismissed it as another cheap politicking by the African body or another money making spree by some pretenders. more
Avaaz petition Zimbabwe police to end curfews for suspected sex workers
A petition calling for police to end the curfew on Zimbabwean women suspected of being sex workers has been created by Avaaz. more
For my people perish says the lord
Christians should discuss how the church can contribute more towards addressing church members’ diverse HIV and AIDS needs and stopping maternal death, argues KC Robert Tapfumaneyi. more
Are men preventing prevention? My experience as a man at an antenatal clinic
KC James Kityo’s experience as a man at an antenatal clinic. more
Violence against women and children – what can you do?
I bowed my head, trying to hide tears from the student across from me who was diligently working on an essay. Sitting in the library, I was reminded of how common violence against women and children is; it can be easy to recite figures in place of real stories. more
