Articles about World Health Organization
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]
Southern Africa: Better education will help fight unsafe abortions
01 August 11 | (4) Comments
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
It is estimated that at least 5.5 million unsafe abortions occur in Africa every year and about 40% of the women die as a result of complications due to these procedures. Abortion, unless it is done for medical purposes, remains illegal in most of the region. [read more]
Roadmap to Equality, Issue 18, July 2011
20 July 11
Welcome to the 18th edition of Roadmap to Equality! tracking progress towards the implementation and ratification of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development. My name is Loveness Jambaya Nyakujarah and I am now the editor of this e-newsletter. It is good to be back as Manager of the Southern Africa Gender... [read more]
Health and HIV and AIDS
17 July 11
Having been brought up Catholic, I spent most of my adolescent years at a Zimbabwean mission school. I grew up thinking that contraceptive use before marriage and abortion were two topics those "properly brought up" girls like me would never discuss in public, let alone advocate for. At the innocent age of 13 my... [read more]
Gender facts
17 July 11
• 80% of the 50 million people around the world who are affected by violent conflicts, civil wars, disasters, and displacement are women and children.
• In 76 countries, less than half the eligible girls are enrolled in secondary school.
• Women own only 1% of the world's land.
• The two... [read more]
• In 76 countries, less than half the eligible girls are enrolled in secondary school.
• Women own only 1% of the world's land.
• The two... [read more]
Evolving men: Initial results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey
19 May 11
Regional relevance: International
The United Nations has called for engaging men and boys in gender equality for at least 15 years. The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD, Cairo) affirmed the importance of involving men in improving sexual and reproductive health, and emphasized the need to increase men’s involvement... [read more]
Africa: Let’s make FGM a part of history
15 March 11 | (1) Comment
Regional relevance: Africa
According to the United Nations Population Fund, FGM is practiced in about 28 African countries, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Tanzania. It has only been outlawed in 15 of these countries and the World Health Organization estimates that as many as 130 million girls and women have undergone... [read more]
Zimbabwe: Newborns Missing the Safety Net
02 March 11
The high cost of maternity and health care, the lack of a proper follow-up system, and a limited ability to diagnose HIV infection early in babies means many Zimbabwean children are not being caught by the safety net that the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme was intended to provide. [read more]
Militarism and violation of women’s rights
29 November 10
Regional relevance: Africa
The facts are grotesque and chilling. Violence against women, who constitute more than a half of the human population, is a pervasive and cold reality of social life in most societies. Its human and economic costs are simply staggering. If we are to redeem humanity for a better world, it is imperative that we awake... [read more]
The Global Gender Gap Index
08 November 10
The Global Gender Gap Index, introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006, is a framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender-based disparities and tracking their progress. The Index benchmarks national gender gap on economic, political, education and health based criteria, and provides country... [read more]
