Archive for May, 2010
Hot, humid and deathly - Writing about health in Mozambique
Posted on May 18, 2010, by Kudzai, under Gender Masala, health, human rights, women, men and more.
Guest blogger Mercedes Sayagues
The health page was laid out late at night last week. I had a headache so I went home around 7 pm to lie down. Around 9:30 the editor called: our turn for layout.
It was unbearably hot and humid. The newsroom is in the basement of an old house. The proofreader was sitting on the steps to the garden. “Catching fresh air?” I asked. (more…)
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Celebrating Resolution 1325…now for implementation
Posted on May 10, 2010, by Kudzai, under Gender Masala, human rights, politics, violence, war rape, women, men and more.
Kudzai Makombe
With the 10th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 coming up in October, the UN is under a lot of pressure to implement the resolution. (more…)
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Self Help Mayhem
Posted on May 4, 2010, by Kudzai, under Gender Masala, women, men and more.
Kudzai Makombe
As I struggled to find something interesting or at least a bit fun to write about this week while using little distractions to avoid the inevitable putting of pen to paper, something landed in my email in box that made me go “aha!”. ‘How deep is your love for you?’ the email questioned and offered to provide the answers in a one day self help seminar. Here was another opportunity at self improvement that many of us are fascinated with and possibly even addicted to at the moment.
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