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The articles below are the most recent additions to the Gender category of Africa InfoServ. To read the article, click on its title. To see more Gender articles or to search a particular topic, click on Africa Archive.

Articles marked with a magnifying glass ( Longer, analytical article. ) are longer, more analytical pieces.

1. Namibia: I am the owner of this farm: Two women resettlement farmers
Author: Erika von Wietersheim Date Written: 1 December 2008
Primary Category: Gender Document Origin: Sister Namibia Vol 19 # 5 & 6
Secondary Category: Economic Justice Source URL:
Key Words: Namibia, farm, women, resettlement farmers,

Summary & Comment: Through resettlement women enjoy planning their own lives - accepting the challenges and the risks of farming on their own. Almost 30% of resettled farmers in Namibia are women, and most of them are single. Here are the stories of two of the 1,500 beneficiaries resettled with their families since independence on farms bought by government from whit . . . [expand]
2. Longer, analytical article. C A Republic: “Our daughters have no future”
Author: IRIN, Bangui Date Written: 15 May 2008
Primary Category: Gender Document Origin: IRIN News
Secondary Category: Central Region Source URL: http://www.irinnews.org/
Key Words: CAR, women, daughters, inheritance, OFCA, violence,

Summary & Comment: More than 15 percent of the women in conflict-ravaged northern CAR are experience some form of gender-based violence. “The government must do something to prevent our children from getting into marriage too early. We want to put an end to the violence and harmful practices done to women and young girls.” The Ndele association in a remote town in no . . . [expand]
3. Longer, analytical article. D R Congo: Women left for dead—and the man who’s saving them
Author: Eve Ensler Date Written: 13 May 2008
Primary Category: Gender Document Origin: Glamour via AWID
Secondary Category: Southern Region Source URL: http://www.glamour.com/news/
Key Words: Democratic Republic of Congo, Gender, Violence Against Women, Rape, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

Summary & Comment: This is a vivid, voyeuristic narration of a journey to the heart of human cruelty. In this depiction of the egregious sexual violence against women in the Bukavu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the man who works tirelessly to help the survivors, one cannot help but feel the outrage called for by the author. AA
4. Longer, analytical article. Is the political terrain too rough for women in Africa?
Author: Akinyi Janet, Editor Date Written: 13 May 2008
Primary Category: Gender Document Origin: The African Executive
Secondary Category: Africa General Source URL: http://www.africanexecutive.com
Key Words: women, politics, rough,

Summary & Comment: There is a need to promote the increased participation of women as active agents and beneficiaries of the development process,. That would improve the quality of life for all citizens. In the recent years, some African women have made significant electoral gains in the levels of decision-making. But women have been stigmatised by society, and ther . . . [expand]
5. Women’s representation in the Lower House of Parliament
Author: EISA Date Written: 1 May 2008
Primary Category: Gender Document Origin: EISA
Secondary Category: Southern Region Source URL: http://www.eisa.org.za
Key Words: Women’s representation, Lower House, democracy, elections, governance,

Summary & Comment: The proportion of women in the lower house of parliaments of the fifteen Southern African countries has increased over past elections - except in the Seychelles. DN
6. Uganda: New Special Rapporteur on situation of human rights defenders 1 May
Author: United Nations Date Written: 30 April 2008
Primary Category: Gender Document Origin: United Nations Office at Geneva
Secondary Category: Africa General Source URL: http://www.unog.ch
Key Words: Uganda, Human Rights Defenders, Special Rapporteurs, United Nations

Summary & Comment: The recently appointed UN Special Rapporteur for human rights defenders began her tenure on 1 May 2008. Her extensive human rights and UN experience will be a boon to her new responsibilities on behalf of human rights defenders around the world. The continued appointment of women to prestigious positions within the UN system is an indication of its . . . [expand]
7. Longer, analytical article. South Africa: Women, AIDS, and violence
Author: edited by William Minter Date Written: 28 April 2008
Primary Category: Gender Document Origin: AfricaFocus Bulletin
Secondary Category: AIDS and Health Source URL: http://www.africafocus.org
Key Words: South Africa, women, HIVAIDS, violence,

Summary & Comment: This and another issue of AfricaFocus Bulletin provides brief excerpts from the 124 page Amnesty International report’s overview and the section on violence against women. The overview has a useful, concise survey of the development of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa including the debates about government policy and the active role of civil socie . . . [expand]

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