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Daily Links, 9 December 2011
09 December 11
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
Climate change, women's rights and economic empowerment [read more]
9 December 2011: 12.30 - 13.00 (SA Time) Gender and Climate Change
09 December 11
Q: What should this global fund be used for?
Q: If your locality were to be given a budget to address climate change, what activities would you fund?
Q: How much would go towards addressing women’s concerns?
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9 December 2011: 13.00 - 14.00 (SA Time) Climate change, women's rights and economic empowerment
09 December 11 | (1) Comment
Regional relevance: International
Q: What are some key economic and human rights for women in your community?
Q: Are women’s economic and human rights upheld in your community?
Q: What are some of the rights that need attention?
Q: Who is looking after these rights? What initiatives are they taking?
Q: What else can be done to respond to the... [read more]
Quote of the day_09 December 2011
09 December 11
Regional relevance: International
No matter what happens in Durban, it will be a step forward. This [fight for climate justice] is a long distance ride. Do not give up - Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Executive Secretary [read more]
English: Cyber dialogue summary for 8 December 2011, Gender and Climate Change
09 December 11
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
“Church was and will remain the pillar of educating our communities, they are respected in our communities, hence to build their capacity will have positive after effects.”- South Africa [read more]
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The pain of economic and emotional trauma
08 December 11 | (1) Comment
Regional relevance: Tanzania
I was born about forty years ago, the first born of four sisters. Like any Tanzanian, I studied in government schools, from pre-school to high school, and later I joined a college. I was among the well-educated educated women of the time, so getting married to an educated man was no problem for me. [read more]
Safe spaces needed for sports and fitness
08 December 11
Regional relevance: South Africa
Healthy mind, healthy body – the two are undoubtedly linked. Yet incidents of sexual harassment and gender violence can hold back girls and women passionate about sport and fitness, either for fun and health, or as a career. [read more]
Matatu reforms – small step that made a big difference
07 December 11
Regional relevance: Africa
In almost every country in Africa, women complain about sexual harassment in public spaces. Perhaps one of the worst spaces, and one that most women and girls can’t avoid, is on public transport. [read more]
Churches can help combat GBV
07 December 11
Regional relevance: Malawi
The church in Malawi is a respected source of information and an enforcer of a “moral code,” so it plays a pivotal role in the fight against gender-based violence (GBV). Despite Malawi being a signatory of the 2008 SADC Protocol on Gender and Development and other gender-related protocols, the arduous task of... [read more]
Africa: A gender perspective on solar energy drawbacks
07 December 11
Regional relevance: International
Even as African countries join the rest of the world in Durban, South Africa to evaluate the impact of climate change on livelihoods, there are concerns about the use of solar energy, rapidly gaining popularity in African countries, which was once heralded as an environmental solution to energy needs. [read more]
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