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The most important piece in the gender equality puzzle?

Klaus Holzapfel — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:11:59 +0000

Today I went to a panel on the Status of Women and Girls around the World. Experts Judith Morisson, Judithe Registre and Merle Lefkoff spoke at the 64th Conference of World Affairs (CWA) in Boulder. All three panelists agreed that women’s rights have taken a huge step forward over the last 15 years on a [...]

Demographics of Brazil

Klaus Holzapfel — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:04:37 +0000

This is a guest post by Elaine Hirsch. Her interests range from education to technology to public policy. She is currently working as a writer for various education-related sites. As part of the BRIC countries, Brazil was one of the countries which was designated as a developing country becoming a major global power in the 21st [...]

Child Prostitution Carries Far-Reaching Effects for Victims

Klaus Holzapfel — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:43:06 +0000

This is a guest post by Allison Gamble. She has been a curious student of psychology since high school. She brings her understanding of the mind to work in the weird world of internet marketing. The global problem of sexual exploitation of children stems from multiple causes and generates numerous subsidiary issues. Two major aspects [...]

Tunisia and Egypt – time to dream a little

Klaus Holzapfel — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:39:28 +0000

In order to create change in our world we must have visions, be optimists and believe in the seemingly impossible. Creating peace and democracy in the Middle East has been a riddle that has stymied many of the brightest thinkers of our times. We deal with dictatorships that ignore basic human rights since it’s in [...]

Where We’re Heading at Ubuntu Now

Dave Taylor — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 01:48:17 +0000

It’s been a fabulous 2010 for Ubuntu Now, thanks to supporters like yourself and, of course, thanks to a great FIFA World Cup in South Africa. As you might expect, we did indeed shut down so we could focus on the Round of Sixteen, the Quarterfinals, Semi-Final and the final showdown between Spain and the [...]

What happened to the South Africa Project?

Dave Taylor — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:54:14 +0000

Long-time supporters might be wondering why in the last few months we’ve changed our focus from being the South Africa Project to the broader topic of rape prevention and equality throughout the world. Have we given up on South Africa? Most assuredly not! In fact, our involvement and commitment to helping the situation out – [...]

Guilty as charged!

Neritia Van Zyl — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:17:18 +0000

On behalf of all the women of South Africa, especially those who have been directly affected by gender based violence: a big applause to everyone at Sonke Gender Justice Network – we salute you! There are few things in life as beautiful and awe inspiring as a group of courageous men standing up for the [...]

STOP 2010 Human trafficking in South Africa

Billi Du Preez — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:25:37 +0000

There is still so much human trafficking happening around the world, that it is absolutely incredible that people know so little about it. Sex Tourism is when tourists, mostly men, engage in sex-trafficking by purposely traveling to known sex destinations (usually under-developed and poor nations), seeking anonymity in pornography or prostitution, or engaging in pederasty [...]

Ubuntu Now and South Africa Project T-Shirts now available at much lower rates

Amanda McManus — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:49:21 +0000

We’ve had merchandise available online for quite some time but the prices, including S/H, were pretty prohibitive. Fortunately we found a new provider that lets us sell shirts at much lower rates. A regular T-Shirt will now sell for $12.99 plus $5 S/H. That’s a full $11 less than with our former provider. We have [...]

Ubuntu Now welcomes Carbona as first corporate sponsor

Amanda McManus — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:59:36 +0000

We are proud to announce long-established household cleaning brand Carbona as our first corporate sponsor. As part of their “Carbona Cares” program, Carbona has donated $10,000 to Ubuntu Now. The funds will be used to sponsor both a full-time community mobilizer and a clinic help desk worker in South Africa over a 10 month period. [...]