http://www.jhr.ca/blogLiving and Working Overseas with jhrenSat, 25 Feb 2012 08:51:41 PSThttp://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4hourly1http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/3vrEDEdrqvg/IYIP Educational OfficerMalawibeauty pageantBlantyreTraditionwomen empowermentwomen rightsJosiane_BlancSat, 25 Feb 2012 08:51:40 PSThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=6813“A real African woman has to be a big, full figured, confident and responsible woman.” This is what pageant coordinator Florence Banda’s responded with when asked why she felt there is a need for a beauty contest dedicated to Malawian plus size women. According to Mrs. Banda, full figured women have been on the sideline [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/miss-real-african-beauty-pageant-a-women-empowerment-controversy/feed/0http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/miss-real-african-beauty-pageant-a-women-empowerment-controversy/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/DvdhwHRd3LI/UncategorizedJonathan MigneaultThu, 23 Feb 2012 13:27:24 PSThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=6805“This was a time bomb waiting to happen.” That’s what Dr. Philip Amoo had to say after three children died following a bacteria outbreak at Accra’s Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. Amoo is the head of Korle Bu’s public health unit and said the “time bomb” was due to overcrowding at Ghana’s largest hospital. Christiana Akyfo, [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/hospital-overcrowding-a-time-bomb-in-ghana/feed/0http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/hospital-overcrowding-a-time-bomb-in-ghana/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/n3vLsGgnlgE/GhanaTrainerLiberiaRefugeesRepatriationUNHCRDaniel KresnyakThu, 23 Feb 2012 11:08:22 PSThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=6753After more than two decades in Ghana, some Liberian refugees will soon board planes bound for home. This first step in repatriation comes after the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) reported the West African nation’s political climate has stabilized and placed a time-line on the status of Liberians abroad. In Ghana, most of [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/going-home-the-first-plane-out-of-budum-buram/feed/0http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/going-home-the-first-plane-out-of-budum-buram/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/vO181cPngNY/Educational InternshipsGhanaIYIP Educational OfficerEnvironmenthuman rightsjhrjournalismnorthern GhanaTamaleRobin McGeoughTue, 21 Feb 2012 04:23:23 PSThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=6769Choosing a pen and paper over a bow and arrow, Joseph Ziem is the Robin Hood of Ghanaian rights media. “When I see something wrong, I start to ask questions,” says Ziem. “Who is supposed to deal with this situation? Why is it like this?” A blogger, a radio host, a freelance writer – Ziem [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/tamale%e2%80%99s-rights-media-crusader-the-story-of-joseph-ziem/feed/0http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/tamale%e2%80%99s-rights-media-crusader-the-story-of-joseph-ziem/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/NkfDqM8qt8Y/GhanaTrainerAccess to Educationchieftancy rightsdestructiondevelopmentevictionland titleswater rightsDaniel KresnyakThu, 16 Feb 2012 04:20:55 PSThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=6684Clemente’s house is one of the few buildings in Joma with a roof. In fact, it’s one of the last structures still standing in the devastated area. From his front porch he can see the smashed bricks and mortar that were once the homes of his friends and neighbours. “Afterward, it looked like a tornado [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/deconstructing-joma/feed/0http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/deconstructing-joma/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/ICYzkuAhNY8/UncategorizedmalawiMental Illnessworld health organizationM SilvestriWed, 15 Feb 2012 09:26:59 PSThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=6743About half of the world’s population resides in a country where there is one psychiatrist or less to serve 200,000 people on average, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). However, in Malawi, there are only two psychiatrists and two psychologists who are registered with the Medical Council of Malawi and serving a country of [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/growing-mental-health-awareness-in-malawi-calls-for-more-trained-medical-professionals/feed/0http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/growing-mental-health-awareness-in-malawi-calls-for-more-trained-medical-professionals/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/iPcPT4mJ9as/IYIP Rights Media InternshipsMalawiMedia Internshipsdouble shiftlilongwemalawiprimary schoolsstrikestudentsteachersKara StevensonMon, 13 Feb 2012 02:48:51 PSThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=6736LILONGWE, Malawi – Primary schools in Lilongwe are over their capacity. There are not enough classrooms to seat 8,000 or more students per school, and students are forced to sit outside. In fact, schools in the area lack funding and government support. It an attempt to accommodate all students with an education while optimizing the [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/teachers-in-over-crowded-schools-on-strike-for-unpaid-%e2%80%98double-shift%e2%80%99-wages/feed/0http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/teachers-in-over-crowded-schools-on-strike-for-unpaid-%e2%80%98double-shift%e2%80%99-wages/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/Q3Fg3n3MvyM/Educational InternshipsGhanaIYIP Educational OfficerUncategorizedAfricanorthregional inequalitysouthRyan VandecasteyenSun, 12 Feb 2012 13:08:20 PSThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=6718My cab ride to Ghana’s biggest slum cost me an extra Cedi. “I don’t normally go that route, those people cause lots of problems,” my taxi driver told me. Once called “Soddom and Gomorrah”, the community of Old Fadama is situated on the banks of the Korle Lagoon in Accra, and is home to at [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/north-south-inequality-drives-migration-to-slums/feed/1http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/north-south-inequality-drives-migration-to-slums/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/nYFWEzIRe2w/GhanaTrainerUncategorizedAgriculturebio-hazardexportFoodmedical wastesewersDaniel KresnyakSat, 11 Feb 2012 06:11:25 PSThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=6675Accra’s Military Hospital No. 37, was built during the Second World War and it’s obsolescence is becoming evident. About a year ago, the pipe carrying raw medical waste from the mortuary, maternity and surgical theaters to the treatment tank was damaged. Unable to fix the line, the hospital began dumping bio-hazardous material into the city’s [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/gutter-gardens-mh-37s-toxic-run-off/feed/0http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/gutter-gardens-mh-37s-toxic-run-off/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/BsXg3sNvuBo/Educational InternshipsGhanaIYIP Educational OfficerGenderHealthhuman rightssafe sexwomen's rightsRobin McGeoughThu, 09 Feb 2012 01:47:29 PSThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=6656Flashy, kitsch and heinously dubbed – soap operas are the window of entertaining escape from the day to day in Ghana. In an episode I witnessed last week, our heroine was trapped by fate in a loveless marriage, unable to bear any children of her own. Raped by her husband and ostracized by her family, [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/a-silent-shout-marital-abuse-in-ghana/feed/0http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/02/a-silent-shout-marital-abuse-in-ghana/