Articles about United Nations
Regional: SADC Organ on politics defence and security cooperation- Expert group meeting
31 August 11
A group of experts reviewed and refined draft strategies and frameworks initially drafted in a broader based meeting in March 2011. The group comprised of representatives of SADC member states, senior security sector personnel, national gender machineries, SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security executives, and... [read more]
Nyaradzai Gumbodzvanda
31 August 11
Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda is the Secretary General of the World Young Women's Christian Association (World YWCA), a global network of women and young women leading social and economic change in 125 countries. She is a trained human rights lawyer with extensive experience in conflict resolution and mediation. For some... [read more]
Zambia: Youths don’t want to inherit a depleted Africa
30 August 11 | (1) Comment
Regional relevance: Zambia
Little is currently being done by government and other stakeholders to ensure that Africa’s youth play an active role in mitigating the effects of climate change. One thing is for sure: if they are not involved in coming up with solutions, today’s youth will inherit a depleted Africa. [read more]
South Africa: Sex, drugs and women’s rights
17 August 11 | (2) Comments
Regional relevance: South Africa
Drug and alcohol abuse is escalating internationally with recent evidence showing that substance abuse is on the rise outside of the western industrialised world, and not only among marginalised groups. [read more]
Women's Day: Overcoming a different apartheid
08 August 11
Regional relevance: South Africa
It is an image that has become the symbol of youth resistance to political oppression. A young man, Mbuyisa Makhubo, runs through the streets of Soweto cradling the limp body of a boy, Hector Pieterson, clad in school uniform, blood oozing from his mouth. The boy’s sister, Antoinette Sithole, runs along with the... [read more]
Africa Information and Media Summit: 17-19 September 2011
05 August 11
To mark the 20th year of the Windhoek Declaration, the Windhoek +20 Campaign on Access to Information in Africa is convening the Pan African Conference on Access to Information (PACAI). The conference will run from 17 to 19 September 2011 in Cape Town. The objectives of this meeting include; exchanging knowledge and... [read more]
628 jeunes plaident pour un monde sans violence.
02 August 11
Regional relevance: Mauritius
Les débats de la conférence de Model United Nations 2011 sont clos depuis vendredi. Durant trois jours, 628 jeunes venant de 16 établissements secondaires de l’ile, représentant 157 pays de l’organisation de Nations Unies dans un exercice de simulation, ont débattu des thèmes qui touchent le monde dans son... [read more]
Africa: There is a role for SADC women in South Sudan
28 July 11
Regional relevance: Africa
After decades of marginalisation, South Sudanese women may soon be able to lead a normal life now that their country has gained independence and ended years of conflict with North Sudan. [read more]
Mozambique: Girls absent from schools
17 July 11
Teresa Chivale is a 37-year-old mother of five girls who lives in Maputo's Zimpeto suburb and works in a local market selling vegetables to supplement her family's income. Her husband works from their home as a tailor and barely earns US$10 a day. [read more]
Ensuring women's rights to Access to Information (ATI)
09 July 11
The release of the draft Model Law on Access to Information for AU Member States for public comments provides an opportunity for gender dimensions of ATI to be explored before it is adopted in October 2011. While this is a positive development to ensure improved accessibility of information as well as increased... [read more]
