GMDC Newsletter

NAME OF ARTICLE: Xenophobic thugs: We’ll burn you alive NAME OF PUBLICATION: City Press DATE: 26 April 2015 COUNTRY:  South Africa Notwithstanding the grim proportions, researchers did find some examples […]

NAME OF ARTICLE: Where are the real LGBTI roles? NAME OF PUBLICATION: Mail and Guardian DATE: 24 April 2015 COUNTRY:  South Africa Another example of Provoking debate about popular culture […]

Maputo, 8 de Outubro: Pelo menos, 44% das mulheres que procuram as consultas de maternidade, nos hospitais moçambicanos queixam-se de complicaçÁµes relacionadas com o aborto – revelam dados estatÁ­sticos do sector da saúde materna, em Moçambique.
Paradoxalmente, esta tendência se mantêm estacionÁ¡ria nos últimos 17 anos.

Maputo, 20 Setembro – Moçambique registou na última década uma redução na ordem de 5% na taxa de utilização de contraceptivos entre as mulheres com vida sexual activa.
Com efeito, a taxa de uso de contraceptivos baixou de 17%, em 2003 para 12% em 2011.

Maputo, 13 de Setembro: A luta pela Igualdade do Género é jÁ¡ um imperativo nacional na sociedade moçambicana, como parte da campanha global na promoção dos direitos humanos, em geral e da emancipação da mulher, em particular.

Joanesburgo, 18 de setembro: O mundo estÁ¡ em polvorosa depois que a juÁ­za Thokozile Masipa ilibou Oscar Pistorius do crime de homicÁ­dio premeditado da modelo sul-africana Reeva Steenkamp, sua namorada, precisamente no dia dos namorados, 14 de Fevereiro do ano passado.

Gender Links recently took part in the think-tank workshop Gender Stereotypes: a Preliminary Mapping For the Expert Brainstorm Workshop on Gender Stereotypes. This event was hosted by BRIDGE and the Institute of Development Studies with support from SIDA, and took place in Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom from September 15th -16th, 2010. The goal of the IDS/BRIDGE workshop was to identify entry-points and promising policy responses to challenge gender stereotyping.

Gender Links is a Southern Africa NGO founded in 2001 that is committed to a region in which women and men are able to realise their full potential and participate equally in all aspects of public and private life. With its headquaters in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Satellite Offices in Mauritius and Botswana, GL locates its mission within the broader framework of strengthening democracy in the region through ensuring the equal and effective participation of all citizens, especially women whose views and voices have been systematically marginalised.

by Saeanna Chingamuka
The major highlight for the month is International Women’s Day (IWD) that is celebrated annually on the 8th of March. The theme this year is “Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures.” From April 23 to 25, Gender Links will hold the regional Third Gender Justice and Local Government Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. The regional summit will be preceded by in-country summits in Mauritius, Zambia, Madagascar, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

Regarding media work, the GMDC will host its advisory group meeting on 22 March 2012. The meeting will be convened via a teleconference. Documentation for the meeting will soon go out.

The issue of 50/50 has recently received renewed interest, with Adv Tlakula of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) speaking out on the need for a legislated quota system to effect parity in women’s participation. The Women’s Ministry, in its green paper discussions framing the development of a Gender Equality Bill, has also identified the issue.

The article on Sunday January 15th, 2012 “Woman tells of ordeal as drug-mule slave” refers. I would like to raise our concern about a crucial omission in the article, as well as highlight some additional ethical concerns.

The story presents a powerful firsthand account of a woman’s experience at the hands of drug traffickers.

It is almost a month since public hearings on Protection of Information Bill started. However, news reportage on the matter indicates that the “masses” are still concerned with the nature of the bill and are calling for an addition of “public interest clause”.

Media activists and experts argue that if signed in its current state form, the bill is subject to abuse by government authorities.