Women’sNet, the Internet- based women’s communications and advocacy initiative of SANGONeT and the Commission of Gender Equality is recruiting an intern. Our internship programme provides an opportunity for South African women to develop their information communications and technology (ICT) skills and gain valuable work experience for a nine-month period.
Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane is consulting with governments in Southern Africa, organised labour and non-governmental organisations about declaring a state of emergency over the HIV/AIDS pandemic, SAPA reported.
The death rate among young South African women is more than three times higher than it was 15 years ago, said the Medical Research Council(MRC) in their report on the impact of HIV/AIDS on adult deaths in the country.
The South African Gender Based Violence and Health Initiative (SAGBVHI)plans to host an annual conference on gender based violence and health in April 2002. Set to become an annual event, the conference will attempt to raise awareness about intersection between gender based violence and health and to find creative ways of building a violent free society. A call for papers will be issued in November 2001.
