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Barriers to mental healthcare in Ghana’s Northern Region

In Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships,
by Gwyneth Dunsford May 15, 2012
Psychiatric drugs in Ghana

Mami Sandow started hearing voices when she was nine years old. “She used to roam, talking anyhow, climbing some kind of trees, ” says her brother, Fatawu Sandow. ” You asked her to stop, but she wouldn’t stop. She would just run and hit anything [and fall] down. ” Mami is 16 years old now [...]

Tagged as: mental health, Mental Illness, northern Ghana, Tamale

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How Malawi will remember late president Bingu Wa Mutharika

In IYIP Rights Media Internships, Malawi, Media Internships,
by Desiree Buitenbos May 15, 2012
Bingu Mutharika passed away after suffering cardiac arrest on April 05, 2012

The flag flies at half mast outside Malawi’s parliament building where thousands of civilians have braved long line-ups in smoldering hot sunshine to view the body of late president, Bingu Wa Mutharika, who died after suffering cardiac arrest on April 5, 2012. To an outsider, this seems like a country truly mourning the loss of [...]

Tagged as: Authoritarian, Bingu Mutharika, joyce banda, malawi, politics

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Children in Malawi run away due to lack of food

In IYIP Rights Media Internships, Malawi, Media Internships,
by Desiree Buitenbos May 15, 2012
Tikhala Chilembwe - former street kid turned aspiring doctor

Co-written with Sibongele Zgambo from Zodiak Broadcasting Station  Its 10 p.m. in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, and the nighttime vultures that characterize the city at night are out in full force. Prostitutes prey on drunk men stumbling out of dimly lit bars, while stray dogs are on the hunt for scraps leftover from the hustle and [...]

Tagged as: Childrens' Rights, Homeless, lilongwe, malawi, poverty, Street Kids

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Malawi’s fisherman more likely to catch HIV: Reports

In IYIP Rights Media Internships, Malawi, Media Internships,
by Desiree Buitenbos May 15, 2012
Malawian Fishermen

Ronald Gomo, 37, is a fisherman who would rather live alone than associate with the other fishermen who reside on the shorelines of Malawi’s Lake Chilwa. “Before, when I was living over there [with the other men], I spent all my earnings on having sex with prostitutes.”He says, “Now, that I stay here, I am [...]

Tagged as: Fishermen, healthcare, HIV/AIDS, Lake Chilwa, malawi

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SLAJ lectures Journalists on Press Freedom Day.

In Sierra Leone, Trainer,
by Andrew Ewoku May 13, 2012
SLAJ lectures Journalists on Press Freedom Day.

A snap shot extract from – the Africa Young Voices publication of May 3 2012.   Members of the Association of Journalists (SLAJ) organized a lecture to mark this year’s Press Freedom Day on fundamental Human Rights, International guarantees, lessons and challenges of practice. The lecture was supported by BBC Media Action – Sierra Leone. [...]

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The Charles Taylor verdict

In Uncategorized,
by Nina May 12, 2012

Being in Sierra Leone April 26th was a very interesting time…it was the day the verdict came down for Charles Taylor, former President of Liberia. Taylor was convicted by the UN backed Special Court on an 11 count indictment. The judges found him guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone. The crimes [...]

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Ghana’s prisons: ‘universities of crime’

In Blog, Ghana, IYIP Rights Media Internships, Media Internships,
by Jonathan Migneault May 9, 2012

Thanks to poor conditions, and a focus on punishment instead of rehabilitation, Ghana’s prisons have become “universities of crime,” says an ex-convict. “Our prisons nowadays are not for reformation but rather training people to become notorious criminals,” says the ex-con, who has just recently been released from prison and wants to remain anonymous. According to [...]

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Malawi recognizes World Malaria Day

In IYIP Rights Media Internships, Malawi, Media Internships,
by Kara Stevenson May 8, 2012

It’s April 25 and 12 year old Blessings Phiri traveled, by foot for hours from his village to sit in the waiting room of Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi. This time around, malaria has hit him hard. Blessings experiences the typical symptoms – nausea, headache, high fevers, periodic chills and sweats, muscle aches and [...]

Tagged as: Health, malaria, malawi, world malaria day

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The future of press freedom in Malawi

In IYIP Rights Media Internships, Malawi, Media Internships, Trainer,
by Karissa Gall May 7, 2012
The Daily Times newsroom.

Joyce Banda was sworn in as Malawi’s newest president on April 7 under the terms of the constitution, following two days of political uncertainty after the sudden death of the late Bingu wa Mutharika. Having won national and international recognition for championing the education and rights of underprivileged girls, Banda’s ascension to the state house [...]

Tagged as: bingu, Bingu Mutharika, Blantyre, censorship, Democratic Progressive Party, DPP, Freedom of the Press, joyce banda, malawi, Malawi Broadcasting Corporation, People's Party, Press Freedom

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World Press Freedom Day event reveals media freedom in Malawi has a new landscape

In Malawi, Media Internships,
by M Silvestri May 5, 2012

Media freedom in Malawi has been commonly deplored, but amidst the political transition that brought Malawi its first female head of state last month, Her Excellency Joyce Banda, media freedom is beginning to take an unfettered shape. The topic was denounced at a UNESCO funded event held by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) [...]

Tagged as: human rights defenders, Press Freedom

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