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SOUTH AFRICA: Gender Loses Out in Basic Education Crisis By Ann Hellman CAPE TOWN - With the 15th-year review of the 1995 Beijing World Conference on Women taking place at the ongoing Commission on the Status of Women in New York, South African teachers and education experts say they fear that a special focus on the advancement of girls is getting lost amidst the growing levels of poverty in the country. MORE >>
EDUCATION-TANZANIA: Pregnant Teens Forced Out of School By Arnaud Bébien DAR-ES-SALAAM - Pregnancy is the leading cause of dropouts for school girls in Tanzania. And a national law forbidding young mothers to return to school after giving birth did not make it any easier for them to continue their education. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE: Informal Sector Lures University Graduates By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO - From the rickety old buses that miraculously make long cross-border journeys to the frustrating red tape at the border post, from fending off sexual advances from bus crews and customs officials to losing goods worth thousands of dollars, 28-year-old Irene Moyo has seen it all. MORE >>
SWAZILAND: Long-distance Learning Certificate for Caregivers By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE - Every Tuesday you will find 70-year-old Precious Dlamini under a tree, weighing children and babies from her local community as she monitors their health and nutrition. MORE >>
MALAWI: Free Education At What Price By Claire Ngozo LILONGWE - He fishes by night and sells his catch by day. He's the breadwinner for his family of six. Maliko Malombe is nine years old. MORE >>
SWAZILAND: Dating in a Time of HIV By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE - Jabulile Dlamini* is sweet sixteen and has never been kissed. And she is not expecting to be kissed any time soon or to even receive any gifts this Valentine’s Day. MORE >>
SWAZILAND: Dreams of Free Education Deferred By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE - Ten-year-old Tembuso Magagula sat outside her classroom with her shoulders hunched against the cold today, tears streaming from her eyes. Her long-awaited first day of school had turned into a nightmare. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE: Training Teachers to Cope with HIV-positive Students By Vusumuzi Sifile HARARE - Eleven-year-old Memory’s grandmother wanted her to drop out of school because she is not going to live long enough to complete her studies. And the ridicule and stigma Memory endures at school because of her HIV status does not make her education seem worthwhile. Especially since this ridicule comes from her teacher. MORE >>
MALAWI: Women Fight Harmful Cultural Practices By Lameck Masina BLANTYRE - An experience which Belita Simpokolwe went through in December last year remains deeply etched in her memory. "Sometimes I fail to concentrate in class when these things come back to my mind," laments 13-year-old Simpokolwe, a grade six pupil at Kawale Primary School, in the northern Malawi district of Chitipa. MORE >>
CLIMATE CHANGE: Commonwealth Champions Adaption Fund By Peter Richards PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - South African President Jacob Zuma admits that before to coming to Trinidad for the bi-annual Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), he met with its secretary general, Kamalesh Sharma, to discuss the relevance of the grouping in today's evolving global power structure. MORE >>
Q&A: 'You Have To Be Educated To Be A Leader' Eunice Wanjiru interviews DEMITIRI MUKANDASHIMIYE, nurse, Nyamata Health Centre BUGESERA DISTRICT, Rwanda - Traffic flowing in and out of her office, each interruption addressed with effortless calm, the nurse in charge of Hospitalisation and Immunisation at Nyamata Health Center in Bugesera District, is a confident woman in her element. MORE >>
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AED - Academy for Educational Development
Education Africa
Association for the Development of Education in Africa
Portal Education Africa
