Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Agnes Odhiambo and Gauri Van Gulik – IPS – Wednesday, 22 May 2013 (originally published 19 May) NAIROBI , May 19 2013 (IPS) – Victoria J. married in 2009 at age 14, and became pregnant shortly after. “I started labour in the morning on a Friday …. The nurse kept checking and saying I would [...]
EurActiv – Tuesday, 29 January 2013 (originally published 24 Jan) The EU should support rural public education programmes in Africa, with a special focus on women, to facilitate adoption of sustainable farming practices, says Hailemariam Teklewold, a researcher at the University of Gothenburg. Hailemariam Teklewold has completed his doctorate in environmental economics at the University [...]
WNN – World News Portal The Guardian (News) Development Network / via IRIN – Monday 7 January, 2013 Activists look to the country’s traditions as a route to recognition of their contribution and a return to equality Women in Swaziland are organising to promote their rights and welfare, convinced that discriminatory laws are at odds [...]
Marc Nkwame – In2EastAfrica – Tuesday, 25 September 2012 (originally published 19 Sept) Justice Akuffo who was elected during the court’s 26th ordinary session which was preceded by the swearing-in ceremony of ACHPR judges, had previously served as the Pan-African court’s Vice President. The terms of both the President and Vice-President of the court, whose [...]
WNN World News Portal – The Guardian News – Monday 30 July, 2012 (originally published 29 July) Sterilisations on three mothers carried out at same time as caesareans, but judge rejects claim that they were targeted because they were HIV-positive In a landmark judgment for patients’ and women’s rights, the high court in Namibia on [...]
