THE CULTURE BEAT : The ‘downside’ of women empowerment

Stories of abuse and rape are so common that a lot of women still find abuse from a partner to be a normal thing. However, women empowerment has had a huge role not just in support of abused women but in making sure that their stories are heard and that justice is served.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

Dewji Blog

23 Jul

Here comes Women’s empowerment show, successful women in the spotligh

Educate, Empower and Inspire is a women’s empowerment show. The aim of this show is to put successful women in the spotlight and get a glimpse as to how they are making a difference to our society and how they can inspire others to do the same.

My first guest was Dr. Trish Scanlan who runs the paediatric oncology department at Muhimbili hospital. Since her involvement in 2008, along with her dedicated team of Tanzanian doctors and nurses, the short term survival rates of children with...

 

9 years ago

Vijimambo

AFRICAN WOMEN FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT, INC

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Dec

THE CULTURE BEAT : The phenomenon of hermaphrodites

In sociology 101 I remember encountering the whole idea of intersex/hermaphroditism in human beings. That was just an aspect in the spectrum of topics related to gender and sexuality in our societies that has fascinated me since that day.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Oct

THE CULTURE BEAT : We need to give in the name of honesty

A group of young men in New York conducted a social experiment on how giving the society is in the face of an honest beggar that states what he needs the money for versus a beggar that is with a sick child.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Oct

THE CULTURE BEAT : Is education our way out of poverty as a nation?

I recently read a tweet of someone lamenting about the high cost of education.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Nov

THE CULTURE BEAT : Having children should be a personal choice

The word “family” means different things to different people. The initial definition of family only catered for the conventional idea of families: mother, father and children.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Dec

THE CULTURE BEAT: It’s alright to be alone during festive season

>It has been rumoured that suicide rates increase during the festive season. At least that’s what someone on Facebook (and lots of internet speculators) said.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

03 Nov

THE CULTURE BEAT : Here’s how we can tackle poverty in Africa

In 2013, the World Bank Group announced two goals that would guide its development work worldwide. The first is the eradication of chronic poverty. More formally, it is the target of bringing the number of extremely poor people, defined as those living on less than 1.25 ppp-adjusted dollars a day, to less than 3pc of the world population by 2030.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Aug

CULTURE BEAT: Job opportunities in Mtwara, a fallacy?

>There has been a lot of talk about job creation and opportunities to “better” locals economic lives with the discovery of minerals, oil and gas.

 

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