DEAR DIARY: They are girls not brides

I was following the First Ladies Summit on child marriage which recently took place in Lusaka closely since I had received an invitation to attend the same but could not make it due to unavoidable circumstances.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Jul

DEAR DIARY: Our girls must feel comfortable

>I read a story from Babati this week, about girls who were beneficiaries of a project that gave them access to sanitary towels. The girls expressed how they were uncomfortable in class during ‘that time of the month’.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Feb

DEAR DIARY: It’s not goodbye but see you later

>Leaving on a Jet plane is a song by John Denver, but most people will identify it with its first line All my bags are packed I’m ready to go. My mother loved this song and she hummed it every morning under the bougainvillaea tree as she took a nap. Sooner or later her demise hit us like thunder on a sunny day.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Oct

Let girls be girls, not brides

Tecla, a young Zimbabwean girl, was sold for a few cows by her father to help alleviate the family’s poverty. She was raped by her husband, became pregnant and contracted HIV/Aids. Her baby died soon after birth. Tecla was only 12 years old.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

10 May

DEAR DIARY: Get tested before marriage

>To test or not to test, that is the question. Going for an HIV test can be a very frightening experience; the flash backs about questionable encounters, the crippling self-doubt and even mistrust of your partner can run through your mind.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

05 Apr

DEAR DIARY: Is it diversity, or self-expression?

>I added a weave on my head last week, and it always amazes me how one small change on your body can make a huge difference on your looks – negative or positive. I was particularly intrigued about what the salonist had to say about the new weave in town.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Nov

DEAR DIARY: Where is the respect for women?

>It was just last week when I wrote about street harassment. I talked about two videos I had seen, one was of a male journalist in Egypt who disguised himself as a woman. He experienced physical and verbal abuse.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Apr

DEAR DIARY: Travelling is indeed enjoyable

>A job assignment saw me travel to Mbeya last week, I must say, the sheer beauty of the region was breath-taking. I love travelling upcountry. I love getting out of Dar and seeing places

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Aug

DEAR DIARY: Do not enslave yourself to beauty

>Tell me one thing ladies, what part of your body do you want to change? You know, that part you want to be bigger or smaller. You don’t have to think hard. I know that you know it. It is good to admit it to yourself that you dislike that part of your body.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Dec

DEAR DIARY: Christmas is about reaching out

>It is Christmas next week. Yaaaay. It has actually been Christmas the whole month. I was communicating with a friend who is in the US, and he would end by saying ‘Merry Christmas’.

 

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