Slowly changing, but unmoving: The plight of FGM in The Gambia, Africa A Stop FGM – Female Genital Mutilation sign in Bakau New Town, Gambia gives a phone number to reach for those women who want talk with someone about FGM. Image: Nichol Brummer/Flickr London, UNITED KINGDOM, WESTERN EUROPE: Rainy season in upcountry rural Gambia, is green. It is a warm, inviting blend of a thousand greens; a mixture of beautiful, calm, peaceful mingling greens. As I look around and soak in the reality … [Read more...]
PTSD, The plight of FGM in The Gambia, Africa
July 26, 2014 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: AFRICA, FEATURED, RECOVERY, Uncategorized, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, acelebrationofwomen.org, Africa, African girls, African women, American Medical Association, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Female Genital Mutilation, female mutilation, FGM, girls, Guinea, KENYA, NIGER, PTSD, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, the Gambia, The plight of FGM in The Gambia, the United Nations, the World Medical Association, Togo, Uganda, UN, women., World Health Organization
BENIN, girl denied education for not being registered at birth
August 3, 2012 by Team Celebration
COTONOU, Benin, – Since January 2011, 17-year-old Irene Godonou A. has been an apprentice at a sewing programme in Agblangandan, located a half-hour’s drive from Cotonou. When she gazes up from her sewing machine, she projects an image of pride and determination. But her hard work has been undermined by one unfortunate fact: She has been unable to attend secondary school because she lacks a birth certificate. She was forced to enrol instead in the sewing class, part of a vocational … [Read more...]
PAMAC – UNDP Support Programme for Associations and NGOs – celebrating Christine Kafando!
January 29, 2011 by admin
Burkina Faso: Women help stop the spread of HIV and AIDS Women from the rural village of Gassan attend an informal discussion on HIV/AIDS. (Photo: UNDP) Burkina Faso - 27-year old Assiétou was pregnant with her third child when she discovered that she was HIV positive. “I thought it was the end of the world,” she recalls. “I immediately thought about my husband and I was very worried about his reaction. In the end, I summoned up all my courage and went to talk to him.” Assiétou’s … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AIDS - H.I.V., FEATURED, SELF CARE, WOMEN "Positive Action", WORLD ISSUES Tagged With: (Programme d’appui au monde associatif et communautaire), and NGOs, and Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, but as those delivering results, celebrating, Chirstine Kafando, disadvantaged children, empowerment of civil society, Guinéa-Conakry, HIV screening tests, NGOs, NIGER, not just as advocates, orphans, PAMAC, PAMAC model, Programme d’Appui aux organisations de la Société Civile (PASCI), Support Programme for Associations, UNDP, UNDP Support Programme for Associations
