Lome, Togo. The female wing of a civil rights group is urging women in Togo to stage a week-long sex strike to demand the resignation of the country’s president. Women are being asked to start withholding sex from their husbands or partners as of Monday, said Isabelle Ameganvi, leader of the women’s wing of the […]
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My Visit: One Year of S. Sudan Independence
Juba, South Sudan. Twelve months ago, to the date, I landed in South Sudan not knowing much about the country’s history. Throughout my journey, I was given the honor of getting to know the South Sudanese people and understand the hardship they had to endure. During the civil war, the northern Sudanese invaded South Sudanese […]
Nigeria: Sex Workers Advocate for Decriminalization
Lagos, Nigeria. Patricia Okana, who is in her early 30s, is a commercial sex worker. “It is just like every other thing you do,” she says. “There are challenges, but I thank God it puts food on my table.” Okana, a widow, says that poverty is the main catalyst driving women into commercial sex work […]
Ex-Child Soldier Now Leads Training Centre for Ex-Combatants
Edited by Jim Luce. Bujumbura, Burundi. What I am about to describe are only a minimum number of events and life experiences that have obliged me to make the decisions I have in consideration of our common humanity. May each one of you who read this message find an auspicious opportunity to change your own […]
Kenya Focuses AIDS Efforts on Children, Others Marginalized
Nairobi, Kenya. She is an HIV-positive AIDS orphan turned teen mother. Her story is sadly familiar here. But in Kenya, a new focus on HIV prevention and care for orphans, children and marginalized populations may have an impact on young people like Munyao. Munyao was born in the Mathare slums of Nairobi. In Mathare, there […]
