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RIGHTS-SWAZILAND: Maidens' Chastity Vows, a Year Later
SWAZILAND, Oct 4 (IPS) û The vow of Swaziland's maidens
to adhere to age-old chastity rules after these had been in
abeyance for years made international headlines a year ago.
EDUCATION-ZIMBABWE:
The Girl Child's Struggle for Equal Opportunity
HARARE, Dec 23 (IPS) - Loveness Phelimon, 24, dropped out
of school soon after finishing her primary school in Harare,
the capital of Zimbabwe.
RIGHTS-SWAZILAND:
Parents Refuse Medical Treatment on Religious Grounds
MBABANE, Oct 25 (IPS) - A clash of values -- parental, religious,
child's rights and society's responsibilities -- is playing
out this week after parents of a three year-old boy refused
their child medical treatment on religious grounds.
POLITICS-KENYA:
Christian, Muslim Clerics Commemorate Sep 11
NAIROBI, Sep 11 (IPS) - Both Christian and Muslim clerics
Wednesday spoke to the hundreds gathered in Nairobi's Consolata
Shrine to commemorate the terrorist attacks on the United
States one year ago.
RIGHTS-SWAZILAND:
Traditionalists, Reformists Lock Horns over Abortion
MBABANE, Aug 16 (IPS) û Traditionalists who hold sway
over public opinion in Swaziland, the last African nation
to be ruled by a hereditary monarch, reject abortion as a
woman's right over her body.
RIGHTS-SWAZILAND:
Church Advices Girls about Sexual Abuse and AIDS
MBABANE, Aug 2 (IPS) û Churches in Swaziland are going
beyond their traditional functions as places of religious
and social congregation to assist young women.
AFRICA
Women Inseparable from the Art they Create Each Day
New York, Dec 28 (IPS) - The photograph shows the bright
primary colours of a southern African Ndebele mural done in
the traditional earth-based paints that must be renewed after
the rains.
POLITICS-SOUTH
AFRICA: ANC to Attract More Women Into its Leadership Ranks
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 13 (IPS) - The ruling African National
Congress (ANC) has mooted an unprecedented change in its constitution
to attract more women into its leadership ranks.
HEALTH-SENEGAL:
The Number of Women Living with HIV/AIDS On the Rise
DAKAR, Dec 11 (IPS) - Recognised for its effective HIV/AIDS
programme, Senegal's accomplishments may suffer defeat due
to the growing number of women coming down with the disease.
POLITICS-BENIN:
Women Eye Mayor's Office
COTONOU, Dec 9 (IPS) - In Benin's first municipal and council
elections scheduled for Dec 15, eight percent of the candidates
vying for the 1,119 council seats will be women. These elections
are part of the government's decentralisation plan.
POLITICS-DR
CONGO: Women Vie for Top Posts
KINSHASA, Nov 29 (IPS) - Catherine Nzuzi wa Mbombo has set
her sights on one of the four vice-presidency posts reserved
for Congo's civilian opposition.
RIGHTS-ZAMBIA:
Men Feel Female Condoms Threaten Patriarchy
LUSAKA, Oct 24 (IPS) û Sonile Zulu is very comfortable
using the female condom 'Femidom' as it is popularly known.
RIGHTS-KENYA:
Women Go Public about HIV status and Emerge as Leaders
NAIROBI, Oct 21 (IPS) - Caroline Sande was 30 years old when
she found out she was HIV-positive. In 1999, when she went
public about her status, her husband walked out, leaving her
to raise their two children on her own.
DEVELOPMENT:
Women Produce Most of the Tea Grown in Kenya
LIMURU, Kenya, Oct 16 (IPS) û Women produce most of
the tea grown in Kenya, yet their contribution to the industry,
which is the country's leading foreign currency earner, has
always been ''downplayed'', laments an expert.
HEALTH-KENYA:
Gov't Offers Free Drugs to Women Living with HIV/AIDS
NAIROBI, Aug 17 (IPS) - Kenya's government is now offering
free drugs to all HIV positive women when they give birth
to protect their babies from the virus.
HEALTH-SWAZILAND:
Chastity Rules for Unmarried Women Yield Mixed Results
MBABANE, Jun 7 (IPS) - Swaziland's return to tradition to
curb HIV/AIDS with the revival of chastity rules for girls
and single women eight months ago has drawn praise and brickbats
in a country where one in three people are infected with the
virus.
HEALTH-SOUTH
AFRICA: Anti-AIDS Drugs for Pregnant Mothers, Babies
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 28 (IPS) - Pressure is growing on government
to extend anti-AIDS drug treatment to the most vulnerable
- pregnant mothers and newborn babies.
HEALTH-TOGO:
Women Join the Fight against AIDS
LOME, Feb 13 (IPS) - More and more Togolese women are stepping
out from the sidelines in this patriarchal society, to join
the fight against social ills like Acquired Immuno Deficiency
Syndrome (AIDS).
HEALTH-LIBERIA:
Traditionalists Stick to Female Circumcision
MONROVIA, Feb 11 (IPS) - ''I will definitely send my three
daughters to the secret society for circumcision when the
war ceases in Northern Lofa County,'' says David Johnson,
a die-hard traditionalist.
HEALTH-TOGO:
Vaccination Campaign 'Fails' as Women Stay Away
LOME, Feb 11 (IPS) - Togo's latest vaccination campaign has
''failed'' to achieve its target because health officials
never bothered to enlist the support of women, a government
official says.
HEALTH-SOUTH
AFRICA: Glimmer of Hope for HIV-Positive Women
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 5 (IPS) - A glimmer of hope has emerged
for HIV- positive pregnant women and babies born with the
virus.
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