When computer technology made electronic communication possible, the “new media” emerged: email, chat rooms, blogs, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and so much more. It looked, perhaps, like a fresh new public space in which to represent women in new ways. But it has turned out to be just like old, conventional media. It emphasises gender norms […]
New media is misrepresenting women in Africa: what feminists can do Read More »
Married off at 13, Maureen lost her education and her health. Her plight is common in a country racked by economic turmoil. The end of Maureen’s days at a primary school in north-eastern Zimbabwe marked the beginning of her life as a wife. At 13, the brightest student in her class in Mudzi, Mashonaland, she was married
‘My dreams were destroyed’: poverty costs child brides dear in Zimbabwe Read More »
Women’s and adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health is related to multiple human rights, including the right to life, the right to be free from torture, the right to health, the right to privacy, the right to education, and the prohibition of discrimination. Violation of SRHR is a violation of all other human rights. SRHR includes
