New public TV series from South Africa: “I am Woman”
Starting on April 1, South Africa's public TV channel SABC3 has been running a weekly series
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Dan Moshenberg
Dan Moshenberg founded Women In and Beyond the Global, a open access feminist forum.
No room for ambiguity
Kenyan activists raise their voices, placards and fists over US$500 million allocated but not yet spent for anti-retroviral medications. That’s a lot of money, drugs, and lost lives.
Uganda, now you have touched the women
In October 2011, the Ugandan government sent Ingrid Turinawe to the infamous Luzira Prison--Uganda’s Guantánamo--for the treasonable act of walking to work. This week, the State, again, attacked Turinawe and other women activists for the “crime” of standing, speaking out, driving, and generally being. Big mistake.
Joyce Banda is President of Malawi
In her first order of business since being inaugurated as Malawi’s new president on Saturday, Joyce Banda fired the country’s top policeman. No reason was given for the firing, but the BBC reports that the police chief, Peter Mukhito, was in charge last year during anti-government protests over the worsening economy.
Malawians are fed up with Madonna
Malawi is fed up with Madonna and her school daze, with the singer’s refusal to consult
How to celebrate International Women’s Day
March 8, 2012. It’s International Women’s Day, and so how to celebrate? Over the weekend, The
London calling … to the faraway towns of Somalia
Talk about efficiency, how’s this for a developmental scheme. First, encourage, both directly and by 'principled
Pay young women in Malawi to prevent HIV infection?
The Guardian reports: “Cash payments help cut HIV infection rate in young women, study finds: Research
What’s wrong with abortion
The war on women’s health in the United States is a war without borders. It also extends to attempts in Africa to legalize abortion. And the US Republican party and its auxiliaries are in front.
Oprah’s expensive South African education
The talk show host started a private school for girls in South Africa. Shocker: it mostly makes things worse.
Women and rural gentrification in Ethiopia
Ethiopia forcibly relocates rural populations, often at gunpoint and never with any consultation, so the land can become “more productive.”
Remember Caster Semenya
The story of Caster Semenya was always a story of a Black African woman, and was equally always the story of a Black woman.
The Year of the Woman
2011 was the year of pro-democracy movements and they were largely pushed and pulled by women.
Dances with Samburu
The Samburu of northern Kenya are pastoralists, and they are under attack. According to Survival International,
The new sheriff
About a week ago, the International Criminal Court announced that Fatou Bensouda would succeed Luis Moreno
Angolan Independence
On Friday, November 10, 2011, Angola marked its 36th Independence Day since the proclamation of independence, November