In this edition:
Men speak out to reject violence against women
At mid-morning on 8 March, a men?s drumming circle began the call to action for a day-long programme, devised by the University of KwaZulu-Natal?s Student Services Division, observing International Women?s Day 2006 and mobilising against gender violence and the widespread abuse of women.
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In their shoes
OUR VOICES, OUR FUTURE / IZWI LETHU, IKUSASA LETHU
Be it drama, poetry, music, art-making or diverse traditional craft methods, the importance of the cultural arts in successful HIV/AIDS training, awareness and intervention programmes has been proven.? We also know that, because all human beings use many different artistic ways of expressing their experiences, knowledge, love, memories, hopes and fears, the cultural arts serve as excellent channels for all social communications.
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Campaign News
The Bus Campaign to End Gender-based Violence
On 8 March, International Women?s Day, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, in partnership with NGOs around South Africa, launched a bus campaign to raise awareness on the ground about domestic and sexual violence against women and children.? The bus travelled through communities in the country?s nine provinces, stopping to hold community information sessions and distribute pamphlets to hundreds of residents, and ending on 10 April at Parliament in Cape Town.
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Supporting pregnant women through HIV
To ensure and protect good health so that we can fulfill our potential in life, all of us need guidance, understanding and practical help in making wise choices to care for and strengthen our bodies every day.?
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Demanding justice, being heard
On 24 March 2006, two of HIVAN?s researchers joined a frontline protest at the Durban High Court as part of the national One-in-Nine Campaign, in honour of our courageous daughters, sisters and mothers who endure the physical, emotional and mental agony of rape, either in silence or in the cold glare of court proceedings.
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The Valley Trust Provides ARVS
There is hope for AIDS patients living in the Valley of a Thousand Hills, as an anti-retroviral drug programme gets underway at The Valley Trust.? The programme will provide free ARV drugs to local residents, and is headed by Dr Stephen Carpenter.?
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WOW! - Women of Wentworth do wonders
The Wentworth Organisation of Women (WOW) is a non-profit CBO formed in 1993 to assist the disadvantaged people of Austerville-Wentworth in KZN province.?
One of the group?s main aims is to provide early childhood development for the children of unemployed mothers who could not afford to send them to nursery school. Patricia Dove, a co-founder of the WOW group, and her colleagues held the classes in the open environment of a park, until a steel container was donated to them, in which the morning nursery school and afternoon care centre could operate.?
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Coming closer ? and leading from the ground
Efforts to foster a caring and inclusive nation as a public response to South Africa?s social crises were furthered during the past few months, and the source of hope for the future is seen as existing within every ordinary person.? Two high-level speakers shared their thoughts on these matters at open gatherings in Durban:
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The printed version of HIVAN's Community Newsletter, Sondela, is printed by Human Scale Printers - (031) 912 2910/11. Layout Artist: Thula Ngcobo
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