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sexual violence against women – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com Connecting To Advance Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:09:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.talkafrique.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ta_logo22-150x92.jpg sexual violence against women – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com 32 32 Sexual Health in Africa: Study Shows Dominant Women Have Less Sex http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/sexual-health-in-africa-study-shows-dominant-women-have-sex Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:16:23 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=9889 Empowered women in control of household decisions could be losing out on sex, says a new study out of Johns Hopkins University. Published in the Journal of Sex in October, the researchers asked women about the last date of sexual intercourse as well as who had the final say on decisions ranging from healthcare to …

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]]> Rapist Women Gang Terrorizing Men in Zimbabwe http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/rapist-women-gang-terrorizing-men-in-zimbabwe Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:02:16 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=9518 Kitsepile Nyathi, allafrica Cases of men who have been sexually abused by women are common in the country and hardly a week passes without such a report being made in the media. The motives of these women are not known, but there is speculation that they may be doing this for ritual purposes. Indecently assaulting …

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]]> Molested Campus Woman, Amina, Contemplates Suicide http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/molested-fingered-legon-woman-amina-contemplates-suicide Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:31:04 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8554 The young lady who was physically molested by some students of the University of Ghana is threatening to commit suicide. Amina Haruna told Joy News’ Hannah Odame that she has been severely traumatized by the incident and could hardly see herself coming to terms with the disgrace and humiliation it has brought her, as well …

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]]> Who are The Women and Where are They? http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/african-women-sexual-violence-advocacy http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/african-women-sexual-violence-advocacy#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:11:47 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8526 This is not supposed to be an essay. I’m just kind of talking to myself about some things that cheese me off. Former Clinton Secretary of State Madeleine Albright once said “There’s a place in Hell reserved for women who don’t support other women” I mentioned in one of my earlier articles that the problems …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/african-women-sexual-violence-advocacy/feed 5 Mob Justice: If It Happens at Legon, Imagine What Goes on at Mmaa Nse Hwee http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/mob-justice-africa-ghana-tanzania http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/mob-justice-africa-ghana-tanzania#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:11:13 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8505 ][ad#GBAF-1-text] The urban dictionary defines mob justice as “When a large angry mob takes justice into their own hands. Usually ends with somebody getting hanged, torched or pitchfork’d. A common method of dispensing justice in the more rural areas of a country” Mob justice is a social and public health quandary in several communities in …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/mob-justice-africa-ghana-tanzania/feed 2 Molesters of Campus Woman Thief, Amina, to Be Dismissed, Vice Chancellor http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/molesters-of-campus-woman-thief-amina-to-be-dismissed-vice-chancellor Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:49:07 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8265 [ad#GBAF-1-text] The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana has condemned last week’s sexual onslaught on a lady who allegedly stole a laptop and mobile phones from the Mensah Sarbah Hall annex B. Some male students of the Hall molested and stripped the young lady entirely, exposing her private parts. Whilst she struggled to extricate …

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]]> Chromosome-Dependent Justice: The Pervasiveness of ‘Legal’ Violence Against African Women http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/chromosome-dependent-justice-the-pervasiveness-of-legal-violence-african-women http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/chromosome-dependent-justice-the-pervasiveness-of-legal-violence-african-women#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 01:01:55 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8229 When a person’s chromosomes determine how the law is applied to him or her in our time, Martin Luther King would probably not complain if the color of a person’s skin does the same.

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/chromosome-dependent-justice-the-pervasiveness-of-legal-violence-african-women/feed 3 What I would Talk About if I Were a Celebrity: Spousal Rape http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/spousal-rape-marital-sexual-violence-against-wome http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/spousal-rape-marital-sexual-violence-against-wome#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:52:55 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=7642 Valentine Day is about love, chocolate and kisses.  Mother’s Day is about extravagance, breakfast in bed and Women’s Fellowship service at church. International Women’s Day is about serious issues with dire consequences for millions of women in hundreds of countries. Marital or spousal rape is one.  The first celebration of International Women’s Day occurred on March …

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