Washing hands frequently is a simple daily routine,but it remains a privilege and luxury for those who do not have adequate water and sanitation services. The infectious disease outbreaks including the current global COVID-19 pandemic have laid bare how safe, clean, and potable water is essential in protecting human health. On the 29th of July […]
Calling for Protection of – Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Promotion of Gender-responsiveness in the COVID-19 crisis As a community-based organization working with young men and women between the age of 16 to 35 years in Matabeleland South, we are realising that humanity is confronted with unprecedented threats of the COVID 19 pandemic […]
Johannesburg, 31 August: Gender Links and UN Women are calling for young women entrepreneurs between ages 20 and 30 from South Africa ,to share their voices through a competitive challenge on how they can best be supported by private sector and other key stakeholders/partners. Globally to-date there are 5000, companies that have signed on to Women […]
Zimbabwe, like many other countries has been holding elections since pre- and post-independence. This to some extent demonstrate the commitment to prove that the nation is keen to conform to the principles of democracy and good governance. The tenets of a democracy provides that election should ensure the rights of citizens to willingly and fully […]
Pact has a long history of helping communities in Eswatini overcome health challenges. For years, we’ve worked to reduce HIV infections, most recently through the USAID-funded Insika ya Kusasa program. The program offers tailored support for children and adolescents affected by HIV, including case management and home visits. When the Covid-19 pandemic began, Pact had […]
NON-governmental organisations under the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition banner yesterday reacted angrily to the proposed amendment of the Private Voluntary Organisations Act, describing the move as an attempt to muzzle their operations, but vowed to resist the government machinations. Cabinet on Tuesday approved the amendments of laws governing operations of PVOs to make it a […]
More than 3,400 women in Jubaland and South West State of Somalia will benefit from the comprehensive project aimed to build their resilience, self-reliance and leadership skills, The Leadership, Empowerment, Access, and Protection (LEAP) project was launched on Monday by UN Women Somalia and Jubaland’s Ministry of Gender, Family Affairs and Human Rights. Funded by […]
Response to violence against women and girls (VAWG) remains extremely inadequate and barriers to reporting such assaults often make it hard for victims to seek legal redress. Therefore, when a programme like the Spotlight initiative addresses VAWG in Nigeria, it is important to highlight their work, writes Anthonia Obokoh for Nigeria Health Watch. Spotlight Initiative in Nigeria […]
Pridegirl is a 19-year-old double orphan who lives with her grandmother, Mawan Ncube. Now wheelchair bound, Pridegirl could not walk since the age of five, she had been referred for physiotherapy sessions at Plumtree District hospital with no change, after her parents passed on when she was an infant, her grandmother took over caring for […]
Equipped with a hospital bed, refrigerator, and tables for consultations, a taxi has been converted into a mobile clinic in Zimbabwe’s Goromonzi district, 40 kilometres east of the capital, Harare. Using a wind turbine and solar panels to maintain the vaccine cold chain, the mobile clinic – formally named as ‘ZimbosAbantu Healthcare On Wheels’ – […]