Daily Links, 7 December 2011

Date: December 7, 2011

TODAY’S CYBER DIALOGUE FROM 12.30 to 14.00 SA TIME
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7 December 2011: 12.30 – 13.00 (SA Time) Gender and Climate Change

Q: What disasters have occurred to cause people to leave your locality/area/ community (in large… Read more


7 December 2011: 13.00 – 14.00 (SA Time) Xenophobia, human security and migration

Q: What do you understand security/ safety to mean? Q: What makes you feel insecure and unsafe… Read more

LIVE FROM DURBAN À“ GENDER AND CLIMATE CHANGE

SIXTEEN DAYS OF ACTIVISM ON GENDER VIOLENCE

“I” STORIES – FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS

		One village tells Africa’s climate story

		As part of a team implementing a project on climate change adaption in the Lake Kyoga plains in… Read more


		Women demand inclusion in efforts to save forests

		The lives of women and forests are closely intertwined. Women use trees for wood fuel, as a… Read more


		Sauver les vies des mères et pères lors de catastrophes naturelles

		Les catastrophes naturelles Á travers le monde, de même que le dernier tremblement de terre au… Read more

		Migrants face indifference and harassment

		Every once in while, xenophobia against men and women from other African countries living in… Read more


		Too tired for school

		When she was orphaned at 7 years, Margarida Tomas* quickly changed roles from a child into a…Read more


		Things fall apart: climate change eroding gender progress?

		Climate change at face value may seem to have nothing to do with gender based violence. But there… Read more

		Public hospitals, my nightmare!

		I was sitting in an old bench at a public hospital in Hillbrow for almost 4 hours. It was almost…Read more


		Abandoned with my children in a foreign land

		It has been four years since my husband abandoned me in this country without any source of income… Read more


		Plus d’hommes battus qu’on ne le croit

		« Pour la majorité de Mauriciens, le problème d’hommes battus est purement fictif. Si,…Read more

QUOTE OF THE DAY

It is important to form linkages with communities in climate change discussions to harness their innovative and creative responses in overcoming their dispossession and powerlesssness over their lives and livelihoods – Wahu Kaara, Kenya. –

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CYBER DIALOGUE SUMMARIES

English: Cyber dialogue summary for 6 December 2011, Gender and Climate Change

– The minister of environment and tourism/(ministry of environment). – Academics,… Read more


English: Cyber dialogue summary for 6 December 2011, The role of men and boys

– In most cases they are the perpetrators. – Women are also perpetrators of violence its just…Read more


French: Cyber dialogue summary for 6 December 2011

Les participants sont tous d’avis que les hommes ne sont pas les seuls auteurs de la violence….Read more