I recently visited the Ibhabhathane Community Centre, the only pre-school available in Rieebeck East, a small farm village with a population of about 700 people. Needless to say, providing good quality education (much less early childhood development) is a challenge. But a small group of dedicated women are making a…
Framed by the United Nations global initiative to provide equal access to education for girls by 2015, the documentary film, To Educate a Girl, takes a ground-up and visually stunning view of that effort through the eyes of girls in Nepal and Uganda, two countries emerging from conflict and struggling…
Homosexuality may be outlawed in Kenya but there is a long tradition among some communities of women marrying each other. In recent news stories, twelve Kenyans girls are suspended for “lesbianism†while older women are allowed to marry, and even inherit property from their deceased spouses. This presents quite a…