She was no ordinary woman. In fact she was a headmistress at a primary school in northern Uganda. Akello (not her real name) had been
Month: January 2011
Health worker crisis; can there be an ethical recruitment of international health workers
On the eve of the Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, Save the Children has launched a new report, No Child Born to Die,
Access to Justice for Survivors of Sexual Violence in Nepal report
From Isis-WICCE: For centuries, Nepalese women have been discriminated. The inherent patriarchal and feudal structures have been operating through norms, values, and social practices,
Warid Telecom must pull down Double delight sexist advert
I have for the last one month listened to the Warid advert on radios announcing giving a bonus wife to a husband designed for the holiday
Museveni’s presidential campaign lies about healthcare woes; attacks health workers
“‘How can any patient value a doctor, value a nurse when they say such things about us?” – a medical worker in Uganda. This is
South Sudanese women expect expanded rights from new state
John Garang, the revered late leader of the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement, once said that women are the “the poorest of the poor and the
