Quote of the week
AIDS is far more than a health crisis. It is a threat to development itself.
- Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General.
Comment of the week
One more day of delayed action is a day too late for our people…Our people are crying out for help. Let us respond while there is time.
- Festus Mogae, former Botswana President.
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BackaBuddy
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Tshabalala-Msimang, Sex Work, Vacancies…
Since her exit from the health ministry and appointment as Minister in the Presidency, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has not had the type of media attention she had probably become accustomed to during her tenure as Minister of Health. However, participating in the 53rd session of the annual UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York from 2-13 March, Tshabalala-Msimang has once again made the news – again for the wrong reasons.
As mentioned in last week’s editorial, the theme for the CSW this year is “The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS". South Africa’s National Strategic Plan on HIV and AIDS, recognised as an international best practice, sets clear prevention and treatment goals aimed at reducing the care burden. But, as Dean Peacock, co-director of Sonke Gender Justice writes in this week’s edition of NGO Pulse, Tshabalala-Msimang has, instead of using the CSW as a space to find solutions to the problems South Africa confronts, rather “used every opportunity she has had to resurrect her now thoroughly discredited positions on treatment toxicity, ‘pharmacovigilance’ and ‘alternative remedies’.” Click here to read the full article and here to read a press release issued in response to Tshabalala-Msimang’s statements.
We also publish an article by Charlotte Sutherland who writes about sex workers and their rights in the context of the impending Soccer World Cup. “The rift between the human rights paradigm, the South African Constitution, and Bill of Rights on the one hand, and the conservative religious community’s stance against sex work on the other, is growing. The complexities surrounding this will be compounded as thousands of World Cup supporters plan to descend on South Africa next year,” she writes. Click here to read the full article.
Given the importance of the question we ask in the poll, we decided to give you more time to respond. We received an interesting comment on the poll by an NGO Pulse user who proposes the fund be used only to support community based organisations who do not have access to international funding. Click here and remember to respond to the poll question if you have not yet done so.
We have been in Durban over the last two days for the SANGONeT NGO Engagement. In the absence of a full report – which we will publish next week – read what a NGO Pulse user and regular blogger had to say by clicking here.
We look forward to meeting those of you who are attending the Cape Town event tomorrow.
As always, your comments and ideas are welcome.
Editor, editor@sangonet.org.za
New Jobs, Proposals & Events
Employment Opportunities
- The Centre for Conflict Resolution invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position of Personal Assistant/Research Assistant to be based in Cape Town. The application deadline is 13 March 2009. For more information, click here.
- St Joseph’s Care and Support Trust seeks to appoint a Proposal Writer to be based in Bronkhorstspruit. The application deadline is 27 March 2009. For more information, click here.
- The Tomorrow Trust, a NGO that focuses on pioneering exit strategy and sustainability for orphaned and/or vulnerable children through education, seeks to employ a Post Secondary Coordinator to be based in Johannesburg. The application deadline is 31 March 2009. For more information, click here.
Proposals, Grants & Awards
- The University of the Witwatersrand Journalism Programme, in conjunction with the Ruth First Trust, invites entries for the Ruth First Fellowship. The submission deadline is 20 March 2009. For more information, click here.
- The submission deadline for the SADC Media Awards Competition 2009 is 31 March 2009. The awards recognise South African journalists who have covered the South African Chapter of the Southern African Development Community in 2008. For more information, click here.
- The Goethe-Institut is calling for proposals for exhibitions or events including, but not limited to film, dance, theatre, literature, music and visual arts. The submission deadline is 9 April 2009. For more information, click here.
New Events
- Inyathelo – The South African Institute for Advancement is hosting a two-day conference on Exploring Third Stream Income for South African Universities from 18-19 March 2009 in Pretoria. For more information, click here.
- Khanya-aicdd is hosting a seminar on Sustainable Livelihoods and Community-Driven Development: Empowering Communities or Promoting Livelihoods on 26 March 2009 in Johannesburg. RSVP on or before 17 March 2009. For more information, click here.
- The Congress of the South African Sociological Association (SASA) is hosting the 2009 SASA Congress from 28 June to 2 July 2009 in Johannesburg. For more information, click here.
Training
- The University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science is conducting a Certificate Programme in Social Entrepreneurship from 2 April to 12 October 2009 in Johannesburg. The application deadline is 16 March 2009. For more information, click here.
- The International NGO Training and Research Centre is conducting a five-day Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation from 20-24 April 2009 and from 14-18 September 2009 in Oxford. For more information, click here.
- The University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business invites applications for its Postgraduate Diploma in Management Practice with a focus on Corporate Social Investment. For more information, click here.
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