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SOUTH AFRICA: Gender Loses Out in Basic Education Crisis By Ann Hellman CAPE TOWN - With the 15th-year review of the 1995 Beijing World Conference on Women taking place at the ongoing Commission on the Status of Women in New York, South African teachers and education experts say they fear that a special focus on the advancement of girls is getting lost amidst the growing levels of poverty in the country. MORE >>
TANZANIA: Weather Changes Turn Farming into Gamble with Nature By Denis Gathanju DAR-ES-SALAAM - Changes in weather patterns have turned agriculture into a gamble with nature for Tanzanian farmers. Prolonged droughts and floods have made the lives of small-scale farmers, who don’t have access to irrigation, extremely difficult. MORE >>
NAMIBIA: Female Hip-Hop Artists Challenge Stereotypes By Servaas van den Bosch WINDHOEK - African hip-hop prides itself on a more positive portrayal of women, but traditional cultural attitudes towards women still dominate the industry, say Namibian female rappers. MORE >>
HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: More Funds Needed for HIV Prevention and Treatment By Kristin Palitza CAPE TOWN - Decreasing or levelling HIV funding will destabilise developing countries’ health systems, a group of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) warned. They demand that governments worldwide own up to their promise of achieving universal access to HIV treatment. MORE >>
HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Five Years to Children Born Free of HIV By Marshall Patsanza JOHANNESBURG - A world where all children are born free of HIV infection is possible in only five years if donors continue to fund global efforts to combat the virus. MORE >>
SOUTH AFRICA: Community Fears World Cup Will Cause Homelessness By Ann Hellman CAPE TOWN - While South African parliamentarians attended a swanky pre-International Women’s Day celebration at Cape Town’s International Convention Centre, a group of destitute women in decaying Kewtown, just seven miles away, worried about looming homelessness. MORE >>
HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Prescription Drug Abuse on the Increase By Zukiswa Zimela JOHANNESBURG - Twenty-two-year-old Sara Allen* uses prescription medication to get high. MORE >>
RIGHTS-SWAZILAND: Property Rights At Last for Women By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE - A recent court ruling has finally given Swazi women the right to own and administer property in their own names. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE: Constitution in the Limelight By Vusumuzi Sifile HARARE - A new play, Waiting for Constitution has generated great interest among politicians and civil society groups anxious to get consultations over drafting a new constitution under way. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE: Informal Sector Lures University Graduates By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO - From the rickety old buses that miraculously make long cross-border journeys to the frustrating red tape at the border post, from fending off sexual advances from bus crews and customs officials to losing goods worth thousands of dollars, 28-year-old Irene Moyo has seen it all. MORE >>
MALAWI: Extra Money Allocated for Drought Relief By Charles Mpaka BLANTYRE - Maize farmer Anita Yunus has lived near the Mulanje Mountain in southern Malawi for over 30 years. And she does not remember there ever being a drought in the area. MORE >>
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