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Showing posts with label liberty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label liberty. Show all posts

Thursday, January 17, 2019

Opelope Foreign Press (only thanks to the foreign press, ...)

Stories from our backyard, but sometimes it takes a foreigner to report them:


The Indian village where child sexual exploitation is the norm - Girls in Sagar Gram, which lies next to a highway, are groomed for this life virtually from birth. 

reported by - Michael Safi


What would make a woman go back to Boko Haram? 

reporter-Azadeh Moaveni
Zahra and Amina say that when they were with the militants, life was harsh and uncertain, but they had enough to eat. As voluntary wives of fighters, they were protected from sexual predation. They attended religion classes, the first formal schooling many had ever received, and their children went to school, learning literacy and religion. There were courts where women could report abusive husbands. In contrast, in their now emancipated lives in the camp, they often go hungry. There is little chance to work to buy more food, and shortages have contributed to sexual exploitation by the security forces who guard them. “Most Boko Haram women regret coming here, because life is just so hard,” says Amina.
Full story HERE


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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Take your Power Like a Lion



Kiss My Fat A** - Tyra Banks


Shut Up - R Kelly

Get Your Attitude Up. 
Believe In Yourself. 
#Leo Season

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Friday, September 8, 2017

#woman #culture

Photo by Stephanie Sinclair @stephsinclairpix // Josephine Kulea was 9 years old, every other week, one of her classmates would stop coming to school. One by one they were first circumcised and then married off to men more than 30 to 40 years older than them, many of whom were already married to other women. Kulea was somewhat fortunate. Though she was circumcised in preparation for marriage, she had the support of her mother, who championed her education and resisted family pressure to marry her off at a young age. Kulea has since helped create the @SamburuGirlsFoundation, which rescues girls escaping traditional practices, such as child marriage and female circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation / cutting (FGM/C). “[Our work] is very difficult, because there is no political will or support,” said Kulea, noting that even though the law supports her efforts, the very traditional community adamantly resists any change in these rituals. Earlier this year, Kenya became the 19th country to join the African Union's Campaign to End Child Marriage, which aims to speed up change across Africa by encouraging governments to develop strategies to raise awareness of child marriage and address it’s harmful repercussions. Since then, the effort has attracted a burgeoning roster of child advocates, from government officials and religious authorities to traditional leaders and former child brides—all committed to serving as champions of change in Africa. . This image is part of a 175-image exhibition titled “Too Young to Wed,” which is the inaugural exhibition at the new L’Arche du Photojournalisme, atop at the prestigious Grand Arche de la Defense in Puteaux, Paris. Many of the images were made #onassignment for @natgeo. The show, which opened June 1 and runs through Sept. 24, is complete with educational information about the dangers of #childmarriage and the efforts underway around the world to end the practice – including our work at our nonprofit organization of the same name, @TooYoungToWed. @letoitdelagrandearche #samburugirlsfoundation #girls #letgirlslearn #girlseducation #kenya #paris #africanchampionsforchange
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Photograph by David Chancellor @chancellordavid -- Prior to attending Imuget le nkarna (celebration of 10 years as a warrior) Samburu moran (warriors) wash by the edge of a dam before applying red ochre to their bodies. The Samburu are know as the ‘butterfly people’ by other warrior tribes, because of the bright colours they dress in and their flamboyant body adornments. They live in the northern highlands of Kenya. The Samburu have an ancient connection to elephant, they require elephant dung to marry and consider them sacred. Any Samburu that kills an elephant brings ‘alanna’ a curse upon his family. Across Africa growing populations and deepening poverty have intensified the battle between man and animals for the same land and environmental resources. Increasingly, animals are pushed into smaller pockets of wilderness, their migration routes closed off, and their water supplies damned and irrigated for crops. Illegal poaching and hunting has decimated their numbers. At the same time, rural farmers have learned to mistrust wildlife, killing those animals who have encroached further onto their land. If wildlife conservation is to succeed, it is imperative to find a way for man and animal to coexist in suitable harmony --From work and projects documenting community conservation #withbutterfliesandwarriors --To see more of my work and projects follow me @chancellordavid and here @natgeo #withbutterfliesandwarriors #communityconservation #nopoaching #forrangers #kenya #samburu #rhino #elephant @francescamaffeogallery @hellokiosk @kinetic_six
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Thursday, September 29, 2016

Freedom DEBATE: Choose life or _ ?

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death - P. Henry
Scream.  Sketch by Tosin Otitoju
How about you?   
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Friday, July 8, 2016

Is this Rwanda?

Everybody remembers the horrible genocide of the nineties.
Then Rwanda became an African miracle -
the little nation that could
turn that terrible past into a modern economy
following the leadership of one young-and-slender-like-Obama president.
I've only heard lovely things about the country.
So where is the shit?  
a society that cannot speak is like a body that cannot feel pain 
Because everybody shits.

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Did you know? The Nigerian Constitution + rights and freedoms

The 1999 constitution restored democratic rule to Nigeria [yet again], and remains in force today.
www.nigeria-law.org/ConstitutionOfTheFederalRepublicOfNigeria.htm

The Nigerian ideal, as expressed is the Constitution, is really wonderful:
14.2(a)  sovereignty belongs to the people
14.2(b)  the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government:
17.1  The State social order is founded on ideals of Freedom, Equality and Justice.
for example.  More rights here. 

On the other hand, the reality is that too many are unsafe, poor, and even oppressed. 
Furthermore, the document as drafted is not gender-neutral, it is not gender blind, it mentions marriage and 'woman', and uses 'he' when I presume it means me, you, and others who may not be male. 
See Sections 26 - 29 for instance. 
Citizenship can be gained by marrying a Nigerian male but not by marrying a Nigerian female?  Why?  I reject this asymmetry. 

What do you love / dislike about the Constitution of Nigeria? 

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Nigeria...the movie

Politics and society, live, on NEWSBUKA
http://disabilityhorizons.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/news-round-up-e1316003104297.jpg

Good news or bad, we the people will click
http://iseeindia.com/2013/03/13/why-good-news-effect-of-good-news-on-readers/
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Saturday, October 11, 2014

APRM: assessing policy and practice, process and performance in African government.

Member Countries: aprm-au.org
 ...Accordingly, we the participating Heads of State and Government of the member states of the African Union have agreed to work together in policy and action in pursuit of the following objectives:-
• Democracy and Good Political Governance 
• Economic and Corporate Governance 
• Socio-Economic Development 
• African Peer Review Mechanism (Revised APRM questionnaire 2012)
- Durban SA, 2002 (Full pdf of Declaration)

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

Women As Lovers

http://nhbiblog.wordpress.com/2014/08/20/why-should-my-body-count-matter-to-my-man-by-sugabelly-nhbi-review-s5w3/
It's an ugly term, body count, a bit like the aftermath of a fierce battle or natural disaster.  Still, a very intelligent essay.
More such essays at #NHBi and NHBiBlog.

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