"east-africa" Articles & Blogs:
Are West Coast Tweeters Happier Than Their East Coast Counterparts?
| A new scientific survey of Twitter suggests that West Coasters are generally happier than their East Coast compatriots. Additionally, United States users are happiest on Sunday mornings, and most despondent Thursday evenings. (We’d respectfully disagree...[Read on] |
Come out to support girls in Africa
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In early 2009, our good friends Carol Ann Gleason, Founder and Director of Stimulus Projects and NYC-based Photographer Danielle St. Laurent teamed up to launch the Geo-Girls Citizen Journalism Program at the Kibera Girls Soccer Academy in Nairobi, Kenya...[Read on] |
Somali Pirates Don't Wear Eyeliner
| Have a newsworthy cocktail hour with VF Daily’s current-events-inspired concoctions. To celebrate the rescue of abducted captain Richard Phillips, mixologist Glenn Lucci of New York City’s Louis 649 (649 East Ninth Street; 212-673-1190) create...[Read on] |
Tutu Withdraws from Peace Conference Over South Africa's Dalai Lama Snub
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The South African government claims that the Dalai Lama’s presence would be a ‘distraction’South Africa | Today 2:20 pm
South Africa may have ignited a cold war this week when it refused to grant the Dalai Lama a visa for an upcoming p...[Read on] |
World Cup Song: Shakira ‘Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)’
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We are just a few days away from the exciting beginning of the FIFA World Cup 2010 being held at South Africa and international superstar Shakira is scheduled to perform her new single, “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” during the opening ceremony ...[Read on] |
Empowering Tanzanian Women: New Women's Bank Encourages Women to Take Control of Finances
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The African country previously required numerous forms of documentation
and a high minimum deposit for women to start bank accounts. Now,
banking is a lot easierTanzania Bank for Women | Today 11:30 am
Women in Tanzania now have a whole new array of ban...[Read on] |
The Girl Effect in Africa.
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Last week was the World Economic Forum on Africa with a critical focus on the role of girls in the economic development of Africa. The World Economic Forums are a series of convenings led by a Swiss non-profit of the same name. Their platform focuses on t...[Read on] |
Advice for the New Royal Bride, H.S.H. Princess Charlene of Monaco
| By Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images.She got out! Her Serene Highness, Princess Charlene of Monaco, finally managed to board a plane and get herself to South Africa, arriving in Durban this very morning, albeit accompanied by her new husband, Prince Albert...[Read on] |
Serena inaugurates second Kenyan school
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Always a trailblazer. Always doing good things. Always going the extra miles.
Just over a year after visiting Kenya to open the Serena Williams Secondary School in Matooni, Kenya, Serena Williams returned to the country to follow up on her humanitari...[Read on] |
Sesame Street's HIV-positive muppet
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As Miriam noted the other day that it's Sesame Street's 40th anniversary, Global Voices Online brings attention to one character in particular that is making a significant impact in efforts to destigmatize HIV and AIDS in South Africa - the world's firs...[Read on] |
Interview with Sandra Laing - Real life subject of Skin
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Sandra Laing and Sophie Okonedo
Skin is the heartbreaking true story of Sandra Laing (played by Sophie Okonedo) as a woman with black skin born to white parents in apartheid S. Africa. She is a white girl who looked black. As a young girl she rea...[Read on] |
Anti-Rape Condom with "Teeth"- Why are Women Responsible for Stopping Rape?
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Look, this is great. It will probably save someone from getting raped. Or, maybe it will just throw her/his attacker into an even more intense rage, and he'll just find another way to exert power and control.
Because rape isn't about sex; it's power an...[Read on] |
Made in Dagenham trailer
| I can’t embed this trailer on the site because it is exclusive to Times of London, but I had to share because this is a really cool movie.
This trailer so reminded me of Norma Rae and the awesome strong female women who we saw regularly in the movies i...[Read on] |
Charlize Theron provides soccer opportunities to deserving kids
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Charlize Theron
I’m a huge fan of Charlize Theron so was delighted to learn that she’s a celeb who gives back. As a native of South Africa, it makes sense that her charitable efforts focus on the youth of her struggling but extraordinary country...[Read on] |
Halftime: No time to quit - South Africa, HIV and how the World Cup has hidden an epidemic.
| Jamele Hill of ESPN writes one of the most poignent pieces on the HIV crisis in South Africa. With the World Cup as the backdrop and considering the continents economic and health crises , Hill shows how the world's biggest spectacle has worked to hide th...[Read on] |
The 10 Tribeca Films We’re Most Excited About
| Retaining a flair for the eclectic that mimics its venues in the East Village, Tribeca, and Chelsea, this year’s Tribeca Film Festival doesn’t feel as dominated by several overhyped films. Instead, we’ve got a varied catalogue of interes...[Read on] |
Cavalli dresses Shakira for the World Cup
| Team jerseys will be the most popular fashion choice in South Africa over the next few weeks. Unless you're Shakira. During her opening ceremony performance at the FIFA World Cup on June 10th, the Latin beauty will be wearing an exclusive look from high-e...[Read on] |
Awards Watch: The Long List of the Foreign Language Contenders
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The Academy released the 65 titles eligible for the best foreign film. Only SEVEN of the 65 are directed by women. Guess that things aren’t so much better outside the US for women directors.
Here are the women, the countries and their films:
Hunga...[Read on] |
Tribeca Line-Up Part 2
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Yesterday, Tribeca released the films that will play in the Encounters, Discovery, Cinemania and Spotlight sections.
Here are the women directed films:
Encounters- Zero out of 14
Discovery- (3 out of 17)
brilliantlove, directed by Ashley Horner, writt...[Read on] |
How a girl picks her 2010 World Cup brackets
| Okay, I’m a game late to the party here, the opening match was this morning. But I figured I better jump on the bandwagon and put my predictions on the line… it just makes the tournament that much more fun!
Here’s are the rosters, for reference: h...[Read on] |
KICK IT UP! launches at FIFA World Cup
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Soccer (or football as it’s known around the globe) is the world’s most popular sport, and Global Girl Media is using the largest international soccer event to help young women find their voices. The non-profit org’s pilot project KICK IT UP! has ...[Read on] |
Voula Duval's "The Trophy Wife" Gets Red-Carpet Treatment
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One somewhat unusual event this Fashion Week took place Sunday at the Tribeca Grand Hotel, with the screening of Voula Duval's debut short "The Trophy Wife." "The Trophy Wife" follows an Upper East Side woman's chance meeting with a "tomboy" music p...[Read on] |
Sex and the City 2
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Over the last several days the reviews for Sex and the City 2 have been rolling in, and not surprisingly they have been scathing with a side of mean. I stopped reading them when I saw the word “leathery” describe the women’s skin.
I actually thin...[Read on] |
Does Mel Gibson Suffer from Male Menopause?
| • The Barefoot Bandit was sentenced to 18 months in jail for endangering the life of an elderly man during a string-cheese-heist gone wrong. [Gawker] • Both McDonald’s and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius are denying The Wall St...[Read on] |
Mountains and mounds
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After the Easter trip to Mississippi, I ended up first in Sarasota, FL, at the Hermitage, then home to NYC for a minute, then back to Montalvo to retrieve my car and kayak and bike, and then I drove to northeastern Wyoming, where I am spending May at an...[Read on] |
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