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Sexualisation of Rwandan girls: An Abomination

Published date: 
25 Sep 2008

On September 10, an article in Uganda's news website, New Vision depicted women of Rwanda being imported in exchange for oil.  In this article, Grace Kwinjeh, a senior reporter of Rwanda's The New Times newspaper expresses her thougts on the cartoon and also questions the editor's ethical conduct. 

Gay Film Festival Tackles Bitter Issues

Published date: 
25 Sep 2008
 The South African Out in Africa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival ended last Sunday in Johannesburg with the Cape Town festival running until 21 September.

African Study Looks at Safety of Antiretroviral Therapy during Pregnancy

Published date: 
25 Sep 2008
A research conducted in the Cote d'Ivoire revealed that a combination ARV therapy significantly reduces the risk of women with advanced HIV disease having an HIV-infected baby.

Women Fight to Put Violence on Global Agenda

Published date: 
25 Sep 2008
Joyce and Tanya are two women of different ages, nationalities, cultures, and religions. They are both victims of what Inés Alberdi calls a missing goal, gender based violence.

Women MPs to the Fore in Healing of Rwanda

Published date: 
25 Sep 2008

Rwanda is on course to become the first country in the world where women MPs outnumber men. The small central African country, known for one of the worst genocides of modern times, is now comparatively stable and the elections passed off peacefully.

Gender Training Community of Practice

Published date: 
25 Sep 2008

Gender training as a concrete mechanism for building capacity for gender mainstreaming, and a way to make development cooperation more inclusive and responsive, has been implemented, since the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995.

4 Pregnant Teenagers Crucified in Sweden

Published date: 
25 Sep 2008
Four sculptured teenagers created by Danish Jens Galschiot will be crucified on 4 metre high crosses of copper at the European Social forum in Malmo, Sweden.

50/50 Bill Draft Bill Seminar (Date Changed)

Date of event: 
8 October 2008

Heritage Event

Date of event: 
26 September 2008

Zimbabwean Women Have Had ‘‘More Trauma'' After Independence

Published date: 
22 Sep 2008
Zimbabwean women have experienced higher levels of trauma, including violence and lack of food, after the country's independence from Britain in 1980 than before.