This Week On OneLove

keep-you-love-under-one-roof-imageJoin us as we talk about why men and women in Southern Africa have a tendency to have more than one sexual partner at the same time.

Also learn why having multiple concurrent partners is unhealthy in this age of HIV and AIDS, and what you can do to protect yourself from HIV.

Here are some of the things you can do on this site:

WATCH SHORT FILMS - Love - stories in time of HIV & AIDS is being broadcast on national TV in 10 countries in Southern Africa.

DOWNLOAD - free relationship books developed by the OneLove campaign. (This link offers 10 books, with more coming soon.)

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TAKE A QUIZ - Are you in a good relationship?

The Moment Of Choice

March 19, 2010 – 10:46 am

condoms

You’re in the throes of passion with the love of your life, and at the critical moment, he/she says she doesn’t have a condom but he/she’s free of sexually transmitted infections and recently tested. Read More »

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Is Polygamy Outdated? (Kubatana Discussion)

March 19, 2010 – 9:50 am

Is polygamy in 2010 still relevant, asks Kubatana, an online community of Zimbabwean activists.

Is there still polygamy today, or it has it evolved into something else? These are some questions I’m asking after attending a discussion in town yesterday. Read More »

Does Polygamy Have A Place In Modern Society?

March 18, 2010 – 12:26 pm

Share your views: tell us why you believe polygamy has/does not have a place in modern society. Read More »

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Ubuntu Institute Launches Research On Role Of Traditional Leaders In HIV Prevention

March 18, 2010 – 12:10 pm

Prince Cedza, CEO and and founder of Ubuntu Institute.

Prince Cedza, CEO and and founder of Ubuntu Institute.

The Ubuntu Institute has lauched the findings of a research which looked at the role of traditional leadership institutions in responding to HIV and AIDS using cultural approaches in Southern Africa, says The Swazi Observer. Read More »

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Polygamy Beyond Numbers

March 17, 2010 – 1:58 pm

“Could the population gender disparities be the reason people engage in polygamous unions?” asks James Chavula in an article  entitled “Polygamy Beyond Numbers,” published in The Nation. Read More »

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Would You Marry Your Man If You Found Out That He Made Someone Else Pregnant?

March 17, 2010 – 12:40 pm

Suppose your partner came to you before you are to get married and told you that he had made someone else pregnant. However, he loves you, he says, and has no intention of dumping you for the mother of his child.

What would you do? Share your views by taking the poll below and leaving a comment at the end of this post. Read More »

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Malawi To Launch “Love Stories” Series On Thursday

March 17, 2010 – 12:18 pm

Pakachere Institute for Health and Development Communication, the OneLove partner in Malwi, is to launch “Love - Stories in a time of HIV & AIDS” on Thursday at Mount Soche Hotel ,  says The BNL Times. Read More »

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Zambia Launches “When The Music Stops”

March 16, 2010 – 2:04 pm


This short film is part of the "Love-stories in a time of HIV & AIDS" series

This short film is part of the "Love-stories in a time of HIV & AIDS" series


During the Zambia launch of “Love - stories in a time of HIV & AIDS” television series at Ster-kinekor on Wednesday, Dr Mtonga said further qualitative research also indicates that having multiple concurrent partnerships (MCP) was a widespread social phenomenon in Zambia, reports The Post Newspapers Zambia . Read More »

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Burden Of AIDS Hits Zimbabwe’s Women The Hardest (AFP)

March 16, 2010 – 11:53 am

Zimbabwe’s national AIDS plan for 2010 says women and girls are particularly vulnerable to the disease, says AFP. Read More »

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