Media Watch

Tag: “women”

Poverty among causes of baby dumping

Every week South Africans read stories of people who were abandoned as children making a desperate plea to be reunited with their parents on the hugely popular reality show Khumbul'Ekhaya.
Continue reading | 21 May 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: children orphaned by aids, the new age, women

Dalrymple was pioneer in field of Aids communication

Former University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) academic and a pioneer in the field of theatre and Aids communication, Professor Lynn Dalrymple, 71, has died after suffering kidney failure.
Continue reading | 8 May 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: hiv awareness, the new age, women

Local prof gets Lifetime award for HIV research

Dr Gita Ramjee, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (UKZN) alumnus and head of Aids Research at the South African Medical Research Council (MRC), has received the Lifetime Achievement award at the 2012 International Microbicide conference in Sydney, Australia. The award was presented to Ramjee and Dr Lut Van Damme from FHI 360 in North Carolina, US
Continue reading | 8 May 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: research, the new age, women

No one can truly be free until all women are really free

Two weeks ago, we witnessed an incident that has violated our national psyche, which was reported across the world. The incident has forced some introspection among South Africans and people abroad about the state of the national psyche.
Continue reading | 7 May 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: hiv prevention, rape, sowetan, women

IN THE NEWS: Support for virgin girls project

Traditional healer and activist Thuthukile Kabini from Belfast village in KwaMhlanga has received support from the provincial department of social development for her initiative to promote virginity and abstinence among women under 21.
Continue reading | 14 March 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: abstinence, hiv education, the new age, women

IN THE NEWS: 1519 negligent maternal deaths in 3 years

A critical shortage of doctors and nurses trained to deal with childbirth emergencies,, and others who ignore standard treatment protocols, meant that 1519 women died needlessly.
Continue reading | 11 March 2012 | 0 Comments | Tags: city press, deaths, women

Female condoms: More power to you

The Bigfoot of HIV prevention is back. The female condom is in the spotlight again, but its lack of popularity raises awkward questions around what the government is doing to protect women from HIV while MMC campaigns receive the lions-share of the prevention attention.
Continue reading | 1 September 2011 | 0 Comments | Tags: circumcision, condoms, female condom, female initiated hiv prevention, hiv prevention, microbicide gels, midwives aids alliance, mmc services, negotiating condom use, sa women's hiv prvention summit, the star, the times, transactional sex, women

The Sowetan promises a bang but delivers a whimper

The Sowetan has once again attempted to suck us in with an outrageous headline, followed by an article which is almost completely unrelated to it.
Continue reading | 30 June 2011 | 0 Comments | Tags: aaron motsoaledi, gender inequality, hiv prevalence, men, women