SWAZILAND: Child Marriages Banned MBABANE, September 2012 (PlusNews) - The practice of men marrying underage girls - which has been an accepted social norm for centuries but has been linked in recent years to the spread of HIV - was recently declared illegal in Swaziland. Known in SiSwati as ‘kwendizisa’, the marriage of an adult man to an underage girl was considered a legal “grey area” prior to the promulgation of the Children’s Protection and Welfare Act of 2012. According to the … [Read more...]
SWAZILAND: The Country with the World’s Highest HIV Prevalence Rate
May 27, 2011 by
My Visit to Swaziland: The Country with the World’s Highest HIV Prevalence Rate Last week, I wrote about my attendance at the PEPFAR annual meeting in South Africa, the country that has more people living with HIV (over 5 million) than any other country in the world. After this meeting, I visited the neighboring country of Swaziland, which has the unwelcome distinction of having the highest HIV and TB prevalence rates in the world. This part of my trip had special … [Read more...]
SWAZILAND: 'A dialogue to defeat AIDS' – UN Humanitarian Affairs
October 1, 2010 by
* CLICK ON PHOTO for Geopraphical News. LUBOMBO, 29 September 2010 (PLUSNEWS) - Communities in Swaziland are coming together as never before to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic that has so deeply affected them. Government officials and bureaucrats from the capital, Mbabane, and the staff of health NGOs, received a warm welcome from the 200 community members assembled in a tent set up at the chief's residence, but this time they had come to listen rather than prescribe to the villagers. "The … [Read more...]
UN – Gender Disparities in Education urged to 'end'…
September 19, 2010 by
New UN report urges push to 'end' Gender Disparities in Education Girls learn to read in Bubel village in Orissa, India September 2010 – Girls and boys in only 85 countries will have equal access to primary and secondary education by 2015 if present trends continue, according to a new United Nations report, which calls for greater efforts to reduce gender disparities in education. The annual edition of the Global Education Digest, published by the UN Educational, Scientific and … [Read more...]
UN – Gender Disparities in Education urged to ‘end’…
September 19, 2010 by
New UN report urges push to 'end' Gender Disparities in Education Girls learn to read in Bubel village in Orissa, India September 2010 – Girls and boys in only 85 countries will have equal access to primary and secondary education by 2015 if present trends continue, according to a new United Nations report, which calls for greater efforts to reduce gender disparities in education. The annual edition of the Global Education Digest, published by the UN Educational, Scientific and … [Read more...]
