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English - Written by Thembeka Duma and Lokile Molefe

• Women and peace-building: the case of Mabedlane Women
• The women’s march 50 years later… challenges for young women
• South African medical association unhappy about new health tariffs
• Should I celebrate Nairobi+21? Being a woman in the age of HIV and AIDS in Lesotho
• Same old challenges – life after 21 years after the United Nations Decade for Women
• Political power and decision-making in the aftermath of Nairobi: the case of Mauritius
• Looking back and ahead: The media and the struggle for the gender equality after the Nairobi UN women’s conference
• "If we don’t tell our own stories, nobody will"
• Challenging patriarchal structures: Wangari Maathai and the Green Belt Movement in Kenya
• Africa Environment Youth Network Conference: increasing young women’s participation in environmental activism

Zulu - Translated by Ncamisile Zwana

• Umbhikisho wabesimame weminyaka engamashumi angu 50 uphonsa inselelo kwintsha yesimame
• Abezepolitiki nokuthathwa kwezinqumo ngemva kwengqungquthela yase Nairobi kwelase Mauritias
• Abesimame emkhankasweni wokulethwa kokuthula emphakathini abawakhele
• Abe South African Medical Association bathi abahambisani namanani amasha asetsheniswa kulomkhakha
• Uma singazikhulumeli thina akekho omunye ozosikhulumela
• Ukuphonsa inselelo kwizinkoleloze ezigcwele emphakathini
• Ukuba ngowesimame waselesuthu esikhathini sokuhlasela kwe HIV kanye ne AIDS
• Abezokusakaza emkhankasweni wokuqinisekisa ukulingana ngokobulili
• Azikaguquki izinselelo ezicindezela abesimame nangemva kwengqungquthela yenhlangano yamazwe omhlaba

Sotho - Translated by Dinea Oliphant

• Seboka sa batjha ba Afrika ka tsa tlaho (Africa Environment Youth Network Conference): karolo ya basetsana ditabeng tsa tlhaho
• Na ke be motlotlo ka nairobi? Ke mosadi ya pehelang mehleng ya bohlko ba hiv le aids naheng ya lesotho
• Mokga wa africa borwa wa tsa bopheleo (sa medical association) ha e ya thabela ho nyollwa ha kgafo ho tsa bophelo
• Matla a dipolotiki le ho nkwa ha diqeto ka mora Nairobi: taba ya Mauritius
• Ho sheba moo o tswang le pele: Tsa diphatlalatso le mathata a ho lekana ka bong ka mora mmoka wa basadi Nairobi
• Ho phephetsa matla a matsohong a banna: Wangari Maathai le sehlopha sa Green Belt sa Kenya (Green Belt Movement - GBM)
• “Ha re sa phete pale tsa rona, ha ho motho ya tla di pheta”
• Diphephetso tse tshwanang le tsa kgale – bophelo ka mora dilemo tse 21 tsa mengwahaya basadi ya kopanao ya matjhaba (United Nations Decade for Women)
• Dilemo tse 50 kamora mokoloko wa boipelaetso wa basadi kgahlanong le bukana tsa boitsebiso tsa mmuso wa kgenthollo... diphephetso tse tobileng basetsana
• Basadi ba aha kgotso: Taba ya basadi ba Mabedlane Xhosa - Translated by Nosimphiwe Jikijela
• AbaseTyhini nokudalwa koxolo: imeko yabaseTyhini baseMabedlane
• Imiceli – mngeni isafana – ubomi emva kwama21 eminyaka yenkqubo yezizwe ezimanyeneyo yamakhosikazi
• Inkomfa yolutsha yokusingqongileyo: Ukonyusa izinga lokuthabatha inxaxheba kolutsha lwaseTyhini kwiinkqubo zokusingqongileyo
• Amandla ezopolitiko nokuthatyathwa kwezigqibo emva kwenkomfa yaseNairobi: Imeko yaseMauritius
• “Xa singawabalisi amabali ethu, akekho oya kwenza njalo”
• Ndingavuyisana na nenairobi? Ukuba ngobhinqileyo kwithuba likagawulayo nentsholongwane yakhe elesotho
• Intshukumo yababhinqileyo kwiminyaka engama50 eyadlulayo….imiceli-mngeni ejongene nababhinqileyo abasebatsha
• Iqumrhu lezonyango eMzantsi Afrika alonwabanga ngemeko yamaxabiso amayeza
• Ukujonga emva naphambili: abeendaba nomzabalazo wokulingana ngokwesini emva kwenkomfa yababhinqileyo eNairobi
• Ecela umngeni kulawulo lwamadoda: uWangari nequmru elijongene nohlaza ekhenya

 French - Coming Soon