Part of my personal reference documents are kept in the boot of my car. These references are in the form of notes and materials from the workshops that I have attended in recent times. Over the weekend whilst I was cleaning the car, I decided to go through the documents to refresh my thoughts on certain topics. It was in the process of doing this that I came across some of the notes I took during the 2nd African Feminist Forum (AFF) held in Uganda last year.
These notes were from the session “reconciling personal values and beliefs”. The essence of the session was basically to look at how personal values and beliefs influence the work of feminists fighting for equality and justice for all African Women.
A number of participants shared their experiences at this session. One person for instance mentioned an incident in which she was approached by a journalist who wanted to know if she was willing to do some research on the rights of lesbians in her country. According to this person, because of her own personal values and beliefs she quickly said no. Later upon reflecting on the issue she realized that she definitely could have handled it better.
At this session, the statistics of the millions of women who die every year in Africa from unsafe abortions was also presented. There is a huge difference between the numbers of women dying from abortions in countries where it is legal as compared to the countries where abortion is still illegal. As frightening as the statistics are and continue to be, some women are unable to be involved in what is needed to make abortion safe because of religious and moral reasons.
In his book the “Audacity of Hope” Barack Obama wrote and I quote “he believes that only a few women made a decision to terminate a pregnancy casually; that any pregnant woman felt the full force of the moral issues involved and wrestled with her conscience when making the heart wrenching decision. A ban on abortion would force women to seek unsafe abortions as they had once done in America and as they continue to do in countries that persecute abortion doctors and the women who seek their services” end of quote. This was in response to a man who approached him to say he disagreed with his views on abortion
I agree with Obama when he concludes by saying that we need to find ways of reducing the number of women having abortions.
It is extremely unfortunate for any woman to lose her life or develop a life threatening disease from an unsafe abortion. The issue on abortion has to be looked at dispassionately so as to ensure that women in the prime of their lives do not die prematurely.
I recall at the same AFF during one of the sessions I had a chat with a Sister sitting by me who thought that gay people needed counseling to reform. In her view if we continued to entertain gay people the population would decrease to a point where the human race may go into extinction. I immediately responded that I did not believe that day will ever come.
She then asked me what my own thoughts on gay rights were. I remember telling her that I believe we should learn to be tolerant of other people’s sexual preferences. She then asked me what I would do if I ever found out my child was gay. My response which still continues to be my worry is that I am afraid of how society may discriminate, label, ridicule and in some cases even abuse that child because he or she is different. I told her about the true life story of a 17 year old boy who was lynched to death by his peers because he dressed and acted like a girl. The mother of this boy never imagined that her community would be so intolerant to that extent but that is exactly what happened. I concluded by saying that it is for this reason that I want to play my role to ensure that every individual’s human rights are respected at all times.
In the words of John F Kennedy “if we cannot now end our differences at least we can help make the world safe for diversity”. Are you playing your part to make the world safe for diversity?
Gertrude Bibi Annoh-Quarshie
Finance Manager
AWDF
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Sisterhood in Weight Loss
Joining the AWDF Slimmers Club is the second best thing that has happened to me this year (the first being a deeper understanding of the Love of God).
In early May I got a mail from a colleague Nana, inviting interested sisters to sign on and join a slimmers club. I was not too keen but curious. I did not give my commitment but found myself at the first meeting on May 18, 2009. After being introduced to the concept I decided to give it a try and here I am today barely four weeks later feeling so proud of myself.
There is so much discipline in my life. I have stopped craving especially late at night. I have full control of my sweet tongue and have not had a coke, ice cream or chocolate in about two weeks, which is quite a feat for me. I do not have to park haphazardly to get something that I am craving badly for, which means I am also saving.
The best part is I have inspired my 11 year old daughter to become disciplined about her eating habits (she has the tendency to be overweight). She has become so committed to the slimmers concept and is presently keeping a log of the type of food she eats every day. She has become so empowered and has been explaining to her friends at school why she no longer joins them for their daily routine of buying and consuming fried yam and chicken after school or why she no longer takes drinks and biscuits to schools like her twin sister. She now takes only her lunch and good old plain water. She is committed to eating enough fruits to make up for all nutrients and fighting her cravings. She has become so knowledgeable that she is saving calories for a funfair she plans to attend this weekend.
I never thought my daughter or I could work on our weight, but barely a month after signing on to the slimmers club I feel a sense of accomplishment, I feel so fulfilled and I feel hip. Thanks sisters for creating the environment for me to find that inner power that has enabled me so far to stick to the plan.
The slimmers club seeks to provide the environment for members to lose or maintain a healthy weight. Joining the slimmers club involves attending weekly meetings, where we monitor our progress towards our individual and collective objectives. The meetings also serve as a support system for members. We share our thoughts, experiences; have nagging questions answered as well as share tips on how to stay on course.
Beatrice Boakye-Yiadom
Acting Grants Manager
In early May I got a mail from a colleague Nana, inviting interested sisters to sign on and join a slimmers club. I was not too keen but curious. I did not give my commitment but found myself at the first meeting on May 18, 2009. After being introduced to the concept I decided to give it a try and here I am today barely four weeks later feeling so proud of myself.
There is so much discipline in my life. I have stopped craving especially late at night. I have full control of my sweet tongue and have not had a coke, ice cream or chocolate in about two weeks, which is quite a feat for me. I do not have to park haphazardly to get something that I am craving badly for, which means I am also saving.
The best part is I have inspired my 11 year old daughter to become disciplined about her eating habits (she has the tendency to be overweight). She has become so committed to the slimmers concept and is presently keeping a log of the type of food she eats every day. She has become so empowered and has been explaining to her friends at school why she no longer joins them for their daily routine of buying and consuming fried yam and chicken after school or why she no longer takes drinks and biscuits to schools like her twin sister. She now takes only her lunch and good old plain water. She is committed to eating enough fruits to make up for all nutrients and fighting her cravings. She has become so knowledgeable that she is saving calories for a funfair she plans to attend this weekend.
I never thought my daughter or I could work on our weight, but barely a month after signing on to the slimmers club I feel a sense of accomplishment, I feel so fulfilled and I feel hip. Thanks sisters for creating the environment for me to find that inner power that has enabled me so far to stick to the plan.
The slimmers club seeks to provide the environment for members to lose or maintain a healthy weight. Joining the slimmers club involves attending weekly meetings, where we monitor our progress towards our individual and collective objectives. The meetings also serve as a support system for members. We share our thoughts, experiences; have nagging questions answered as well as share tips on how to stay on course.
Beatrice Boakye-Yiadom
Acting Grants Manager
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Grantee Focus: WILDAF petitions President Mills
Bernice Sam, National Coordinator of WILDAF Ghana shared with AWDF this update on WILDAF's efforts to secure representation of women in decision-making positions in Ghana
Accra, May 28, - Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF) Ghana on Thursday petitioned President John Evans Atta Mills to constitute Affirmative Action Policy Committee by the end of 2009 and take steps to implement its recommendations. It also urged the Government to take steps to achieve the campaign promise of 40 per cent representation of women in decision-making positions by 2012.
Addressing a press conference in Accra to highlight the reasons for petitioning President Mills, Ms Bernice Sam, National Programmes Coordinator of WILDAF, said the suggestion was one the ways that the Government could use to redeem the promise.
"On the 2010 District Assembly Elections and appointments, we call on Government to develop a policy that half of the 30 per cent quota for appointees will be women. Additionally there should be concrete measures - public awareness; capacity building and support for campaigns - to encourage and support women, who contest the District Assembly Elections," Ms Sam said.
She said figures on nominated and appointed women into public and political offices were worrying, adding that out of 75 Ministers and Deputy Ministers only 15, representing 20 per cent were women. "Three out of a total of 25-Member Council of State are women; on a 10-member Economic Advisory Council, none is a women; Police Council has only one woman out of 11 and out of 170 nominated Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives only 11 are women. Two out of that have lost. One awaits her fate in Shama District," she said. Ms Sam said the reminder became necessary because some where in February this year, WILDAF met the Government and presented a directory with lists of qualified women, who were in top positions and whose rich potentials could be tapped for national development.
Earlier, the group comprising women groups from Dansoman; Abokobi; Korle-Gonno; Kpobiman, among other areas, had planned a peaceful march to the Castle, Osu, to present the petition to President Mills but later had to postpone it because they claimed some media houses were branding their action as politically motivated.
"WILDAF is not a political party and would not be influenced by any political party but would continue to fight the cause of Ghanaian women," Ms Sam said.
They carried placards some of which read; "We know Politics"; "You promised us 40 per cent - What happened"; "Don't pay lip service to 40 per cent"; "Democracy is about equity" and "What happened to Acting IGP's appointment?" However, they sent a six-member delegation to present their petition to the Deputy Chief of Staff, Valerie Sawyer, who promised to deliver the petition to President Mills who is currently touring the Upper East Region. The Minister of Women and Children's Affair, Ms Sena Akua Dansua; Minister of Information, Ms Zita Okaikoe; the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mrs Betty Moulds Iddrisu and some other women in government were present, when the petition was handed over, Ms Sam said.
Accra, May 28, - Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF) Ghana on Thursday petitioned President John Evans Atta Mills to constitute Affirmative Action Policy Committee by the end of 2009 and take steps to implement its recommendations. It also urged the Government to take steps to achieve the campaign promise of 40 per cent representation of women in decision-making positions by 2012.
Addressing a press conference in Accra to highlight the reasons for petitioning President Mills, Ms Bernice Sam, National Programmes Coordinator of WILDAF, said the suggestion was one the ways that the Government could use to redeem the promise.
"On the 2010 District Assembly Elections and appointments, we call on Government to develop a policy that half of the 30 per cent quota for appointees will be women. Additionally there should be concrete measures - public awareness; capacity building and support for campaigns - to encourage and support women, who contest the District Assembly Elections," Ms Sam said.
She said figures on nominated and appointed women into public and political offices were worrying, adding that out of 75 Ministers and Deputy Ministers only 15, representing 20 per cent were women. "Three out of a total of 25-Member Council of State are women; on a 10-member Economic Advisory Council, none is a women; Police Council has only one woman out of 11 and out of 170 nominated Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives only 11 are women. Two out of that have lost. One awaits her fate in Shama District," she said. Ms Sam said the reminder became necessary because some where in February this year, WILDAF met the Government and presented a directory with lists of qualified women, who were in top positions and whose rich potentials could be tapped for national development.
Earlier, the group comprising women groups from Dansoman; Abokobi; Korle-Gonno; Kpobiman, among other areas, had planned a peaceful march to the Castle, Osu, to present the petition to President Mills but later had to postpone it because they claimed some media houses were branding their action as politically motivated.
"WILDAF is not a political party and would not be influenced by any political party but would continue to fight the cause of Ghanaian women," Ms Sam said.
They carried placards some of which read; "We know Politics"; "You promised us 40 per cent - What happened"; "Don't pay lip service to 40 per cent"; "Democracy is about equity" and "What happened to Acting IGP's appointment?" However, they sent a six-member delegation to present their petition to the Deputy Chief of Staff, Valerie Sawyer, who promised to deliver the petition to President Mills who is currently touring the Upper East Region. The Minister of Women and Children's Affair, Ms Sena Akua Dansua; Minister of Information, Ms Zita Okaikoe; the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mrs Betty Moulds Iddrisu and some other women in government were present, when the petition was handed over, Ms Sam said.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The Girl Whose Eyes Cry out for Help
The issue of child labour and for that matter the exploitation of the female child especially, sometimes appeara as tall tales or gives you the bandwagon effect of shouting with the crowd “this is bad it must be stopped!”, but having a personal encounter is another ball game altogether.
Somewhere in the middle of last year I went home from work at about 6.40pm to find a girl about 8 years peddling oranges in front of the main gate to our apartment. So I asked who she was and why she was sitting there at that hour of the evening. My two ten year olds quickly retorted “Mummy she is our friend and we buy oranges from her every evening” so as courtesy would have it I asked how she was doing and went in doors. I came home a few days later and there was the same girl sitting comfortably at her usual spot with a few oranges on her tray, her eyes calling out at me for help as if to say “please do not drive me away”. Reading in between the lines the children say to me “Mummy won’t you have oranges?” “No” I said “Mummy please buy the rest of her oranges” I thought twice about it and asked them to have it and pay for it.
Later that evening, I started questioning my girls and got to know a few things about their latest fancy. I sensed that even as children they could feel the girl’s lack of love and basic desires. So at our next encounter I sat with them and started chit chatting. I offered to go and see her parents and officially ask for permission for her to come over and play at her leisure but she vehemently said NO and that she would be beaten to pulp if her mother found out she comes to play with my girls.
So I started thinking? What do you do if you come home and found a young girl with eyes crying out for love and help but very reluctant or better still restrained from getting help? How does one offer to help without being too intrusive and how does one make her good intentions known without raising people’s suspicions?
Well I have not found answers to those questions yet but it has moved me into a process of critically examining the situation of the girl child. For example I have started taking very serious note of the child labour situation in the country. I have been taking keen interest in the number of young girls selling ice water at the Nima junction in the evenings sometimes as late as 8.30pm weaving in between vehicles with some of them being as young as 7 years. One wonders when they would have time to rest and glance at their books if they are in school and if they have books at all. One wonders the diverse types of violations they have to suffer just to make ends meet. One wonders what type of policies are available to protect these girls and if the people we have queued up to vote for (sometimes for hours) even have these young girls on their web designed radar screens, screens which are often too complex for mere humans such as myself to understand.
The children of today have their childhood stolen away by a complex mirage of things. Do not think only about deprivation, even in rich homes the television for example has stolen not only the childhoods of children but the children themselves away from their families. Careers of parents have deprived children from enjoying their childhoods etc. So you see, it is a complex web of issues that needs to be thought about fast and hard.
Anyway while you are still pondering I also have some serious strategizing to do about that 8 year old girl whose eyes continue to cry out to me for help even though presently I am at my wits ends as to how to offer that support
Beatrice Boakye-Yiadom
Acting Grants Manager
Somewhere in the middle of last year I went home from work at about 6.40pm to find a girl about 8 years peddling oranges in front of the main gate to our apartment. So I asked who she was and why she was sitting there at that hour of the evening. My two ten year olds quickly retorted “Mummy she is our friend and we buy oranges from her every evening” so as courtesy would have it I asked how she was doing and went in doors. I came home a few days later and there was the same girl sitting comfortably at her usual spot with a few oranges on her tray, her eyes calling out at me for help as if to say “please do not drive me away”. Reading in between the lines the children say to me “Mummy won’t you have oranges?” “No” I said “Mummy please buy the rest of her oranges” I thought twice about it and asked them to have it and pay for it.
Later that evening, I started questioning my girls and got to know a few things about their latest fancy. I sensed that even as children they could feel the girl’s lack of love and basic desires. So at our next encounter I sat with them and started chit chatting. I offered to go and see her parents and officially ask for permission for her to come over and play at her leisure but she vehemently said NO and that she would be beaten to pulp if her mother found out she comes to play with my girls.
So I started thinking? What do you do if you come home and found a young girl with eyes crying out for love and help but very reluctant or better still restrained from getting help? How does one offer to help without being too intrusive and how does one make her good intentions known without raising people’s suspicions?
Well I have not found answers to those questions yet but it has moved me into a process of critically examining the situation of the girl child. For example I have started taking very serious note of the child labour situation in the country. I have been taking keen interest in the number of young girls selling ice water at the Nima junction in the evenings sometimes as late as 8.30pm weaving in between vehicles with some of them being as young as 7 years. One wonders when they would have time to rest and glance at their books if they are in school and if they have books at all. One wonders the diverse types of violations they have to suffer just to make ends meet. One wonders what type of policies are available to protect these girls and if the people we have queued up to vote for (sometimes for hours) even have these young girls on their web designed radar screens, screens which are often too complex for mere humans such as myself to understand.
The children of today have their childhood stolen away by a complex mirage of things. Do not think only about deprivation, even in rich homes the television for example has stolen not only the childhoods of children but the children themselves away from their families. Careers of parents have deprived children from enjoying their childhoods etc. So you see, it is a complex web of issues that needs to be thought about fast and hard.
Anyway while you are still pondering I also have some serious strategizing to do about that 8 year old girl whose eyes continue to cry out to me for help even though presently I am at my wits ends as to how to offer that support
Beatrice Boakye-Yiadom
Acting Grants Manager
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
CERTIFICATE COURSE IN RESOURCE MOBILIZATION FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
September 7 – October 2, 2009
• Are you an Executive Director or manager of a non-profit organization
• Are you working in the NGO sector?
• Is your organization’s sustainability threatened by shrinking donor support?
• Are you in charge of fundraising and resource mobilisation in your
organization
• Do want to enhance your skills in fundraising?
• Are you a trainer or consultant in fundraising and resource mobilisation for
the non-profit sector?
If your answer to any or all of the above questions is yes, then this 20 days course organised jointly by GIMPA, the Resource Alliance (UK) and the African Women’s Development Foundation (AWDF) Ghana is definitely a must!
The Certificate in Resources Mobilization for Non-Profits course will equip you with critical knowledge and skills which when applied in everyday work situations will result in a significant increase in the effectiveness of your fundraising.
Come and learn from the experience of fundraising experts and donor agents. This is your organization’s ticket to financial sustainability.
Course content
The courses content address critical issues including the following:
• Role and relationships of state, business and voluntary sector
• Public policy environment within which non-profits operate
• Main sources of non-profit funding and support
• Donor prospecting and research; donor motivations and trends in giving
• Ethics, accountability and transparency
• Effective Communications and resource mobilisation
• Strategic planning, financial planning
• Resource Mobilisation Techniques (Diaspora Fundraising, Fundraising events,
Payroll Giving, Corporate Fundraising)
• Managing self (self-awareness, time management, stress management) and
others (suppliers, volunteers, staff)
Target Audience
• People working in resource mobilisation in the non-profit sector. They may
be involved full-time or part-time in mobilising resources and may be paid
or volunteers
• Trainers or consultants in fundraising and resource mobilisation for the non-
profit sector
• Officials with responsibility for fundraising in public Institutions
Cost
Tuition fee: US$ 1.500
Accommodation: Air Conditioned room - $18.4 per night
Executive Room - $42 per night (includes dinner)
Meals: Lunch $5, Dinner $5
Entry Requirement
• Applicants with first degree or its equivalent are preferred though
completion of other certificate and diploma courses may be sufficient.
• Applicant must know how to use email and word processing and simple
spreadsheet software.
• Applicant must have a minimum of one year’s experience in mobilising
resources.
Assessment and Evaluation
• A combination of continuous assessment, exams and project presentation at
the end of the course are used to assess students for the award of
certificate.
• Participants must be regular in class for at least 90% of the course
duration to qualify for the award of certificate.
For further information about the course, please contact:
The Assistant Registrar, Business Support & Executive Programs
GIMPA, P. O. Box AH 50, Achimota – Ghana
Tel: 021-42161 or 401681-3 Ext. 1082, 1076. Email: bsep@gimpa.edu.gh
Application forms are available on GIMPA’s website: www.gimpa.edu.gh or the Cash Office, GIMPA
AWDFGrant
AWDF has put in place a small bursary to sponsor qualified grantees to attend this course. Applying Grantees should be ready to share, priority will be given to applicants who will explicitly state this in their application.
How to apply for the AWDF Grant (important)
Individuals applying should submit the following documents
• Name of organisation
• Address
• Telephone and Fax number
• Contact person's name and title
• Application letter
• Applicant’s CV
• A one page personal statement explaining why you should be considered.
• A signed recommendation letter from applicant’s organisation
Important information
The process for selecting qualified applicant will be highly competitive and will adhere strictly to the entry requirements. No application will be reviewed without a signed recommendation letter from applicant’s organisation’s head. Please send both hard and soft copies of your application documents to the following address. Soft copies should be email to awdf@awdf.org
There will be cost sharing where necessary and selected applicants will be notified.
The Grants Administrator
78 Ambassadorial Enclaves
East Legon, Accra, Ghana
PMB CT89 Cantonments
Accra, Ghana
Tel/Fax: 00233 21 782502
Tel: 00233 21 780476/7
Email: awdf@awdf.org
Please note that the deadline for receiving all applications is August 7, 2009
• Are you an Executive Director or manager of a non-profit organization
• Are you working in the NGO sector?
• Is your organization’s sustainability threatened by shrinking donor support?
• Are you in charge of fundraising and resource mobilisation in your
organization
• Do want to enhance your skills in fundraising?
• Are you a trainer or consultant in fundraising and resource mobilisation for
the non-profit sector?
If your answer to any or all of the above questions is yes, then this 20 days course organised jointly by GIMPA, the Resource Alliance (UK) and the African Women’s Development Foundation (AWDF) Ghana is definitely a must!
The Certificate in Resources Mobilization for Non-Profits course will equip you with critical knowledge and skills which when applied in everyday work situations will result in a significant increase in the effectiveness of your fundraising.
Come and learn from the experience of fundraising experts and donor agents. This is your organization’s ticket to financial sustainability.
Course content
The courses content address critical issues including the following:
• Role and relationships of state, business and voluntary sector
• Public policy environment within which non-profits operate
• Main sources of non-profit funding and support
• Donor prospecting and research; donor motivations and trends in giving
• Ethics, accountability and transparency
• Effective Communications and resource mobilisation
• Strategic planning, financial planning
• Resource Mobilisation Techniques (Diaspora Fundraising, Fundraising events,
Payroll Giving, Corporate Fundraising)
• Managing self (self-awareness, time management, stress management) and
others (suppliers, volunteers, staff)
Target Audience
• People working in resource mobilisation in the non-profit sector. They may
be involved full-time or part-time in mobilising resources and may be paid
or volunteers
• Trainers or consultants in fundraising and resource mobilisation for the non-
profit sector
• Officials with responsibility for fundraising in public Institutions
Cost
Tuition fee: US$ 1.500
Accommodation: Air Conditioned room - $18.4 per night
Executive Room - $42 per night (includes dinner)
Meals: Lunch $5, Dinner $5
Entry Requirement
• Applicants with first degree or its equivalent are preferred though
completion of other certificate and diploma courses may be sufficient.
• Applicant must know how to use email and word processing and simple
spreadsheet software.
• Applicant must have a minimum of one year’s experience in mobilising
resources.
Assessment and Evaluation
• A combination of continuous assessment, exams and project presentation at
the end of the course are used to assess students for the award of
certificate.
• Participants must be regular in class for at least 90% of the course
duration to qualify for the award of certificate.
For further information about the course, please contact:
The Assistant Registrar, Business Support & Executive Programs
GIMPA, P. O. Box AH 50, Achimota – Ghana
Tel: 021-42161 or 401681-3 Ext. 1082, 1076. Email: bsep@gimpa.edu.gh
Application forms are available on GIMPA’s website: www.gimpa.edu.gh or the Cash Office, GIMPA
AWDFGrant
AWDF has put in place a small bursary to sponsor qualified grantees to attend this course. Applying Grantees should be ready to share, priority will be given to applicants who will explicitly state this in their application.
How to apply for the AWDF Grant (important)
Individuals applying should submit the following documents
• Name of organisation
• Address
• Telephone and Fax number
• Contact person's name and title
• Application letter
• Applicant’s CV
• A one page personal statement explaining why you should be considered.
• A signed recommendation letter from applicant’s organisation
Important information
The process for selecting qualified applicant will be highly competitive and will adhere strictly to the entry requirements. No application will be reviewed without a signed recommendation letter from applicant’s organisation’s head. Please send both hard and soft copies of your application documents to the following address. Soft copies should be email to awdf@awdf.org
There will be cost sharing where necessary and selected applicants will be notified.
The Grants Administrator
78 Ambassadorial Enclaves
East Legon, Accra, Ghana
PMB CT89 Cantonments
Accra, Ghana
Tel/Fax: 00233 21 782502
Tel: 00233 21 780476/7
Email: awdf@awdf.org
Please note that the deadline for receiving all applications is August 7, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
MAN THREATENS WOMEN ACTIVISTS WITH LAW SUIT FOR SEX BOYCOTT
This is an update to the blog I posted on women’s rights activists calling on women to go on a seven- day sex boycott (girlcott?), posted on Aril 30. I know blogger has been acting up lately and is still deciding whether or not to accept or reject comments, so I want to assume that’s the reason for the silence.
This morning it was reported that a Kenyan man is threatening to sue the G10 for ‘inciting’ his wife to deny him sex for seven days, which has caused him great distress and anguish and inability to release his tension, which led to his inability to concentrate at work etc, etc.
According to him he was accustomed to having sex with his wife three times daily. (No it is not Panadol we are talking about here). Anyway, some people think that it is the guy who should be sued for turning his wife into a sex machine, while others think he should seek medical help. A few people even thing that activists should check on the wife, he has probably given her a black eye…..
Roselynn Musa
Information & Documentation Officer
This morning it was reported that a Kenyan man is threatening to sue the G10 for ‘inciting’ his wife to deny him sex for seven days, which has caused him great distress and anguish and inability to release his tension, which led to his inability to concentrate at work etc, etc.
According to him he was accustomed to having sex with his wife three times daily. (No it is not Panadol we are talking about here). Anyway, some people think that it is the guy who should be sued for turning his wife into a sex machine, while others think he should seek medical help. A few people even thing that activists should check on the wife, he has probably given her a black eye…..
Roselynn Musa
Information & Documentation Officer
“Onamdaade” Graduate
On the 25th day of November 2008, Rose Buabeng, affectionately called Auntie Rose, declared herself team leader of the "Onamdaade" fun club or should I rather say "wahala" club???????(Ref.25/11/08 blog)
Barely six months later, there has been a massive elevation from "Onamdaade" to "Owo daade", Auntie Rose has "released" a fairly new Toyota Corolla saloon car and as it stands now is struggling to perfect her driving techniques. SSSsssshhhh rumor has it that, she is actually better than a vibrant member of the "Owodaade" club… but who am I (an "Onamdadian") to judge?
Anyway with the sudden transition of Auntie Rose to her new status ,the enviable position of team leader of Onamdaade club has been left vacant. Now the BIG question on every ones lips is “Who becomes the next leader…” is it Mama Afi or Mohammed aka Ohufo??????
Decision date is 29th May and venue is the kitchen, delegates will be drawn from all the departments and the whole electoral process is open to all.
Esi Sackey(self appointed secretary )
Volunteer, Grants Dept.
Barely six months later, there has been a massive elevation from "Onamdaade" to "Owo daade", Auntie Rose has "released" a fairly new Toyota Corolla saloon car and as it stands now is struggling to perfect her driving techniques. SSSsssshhhh rumor has it that, she is actually better than a vibrant member of the "Owodaade" club… but who am I (an "Onamdadian") to judge?
Anyway with the sudden transition of Auntie Rose to her new status ,the enviable position of team leader of Onamdaade club has been left vacant. Now the BIG question on every ones lips is “Who becomes the next leader…” is it Mama Afi or Mohammed aka Ohufo??????
Decision date is 29th May and venue is the kitchen, delegates will be drawn from all the departments and the whole electoral process is open to all.
Esi Sackey(self appointed secretary )
Volunteer, Grants Dept.
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