Category Archives: Lesotho

6 Things To Talk About Before You Get Married

July 23, 2010 – 1:30 pm

For many people marriage is a way for two people to tell the world, and one another, that they want to spend the rest of their lives together. Marriage lets you celebrate the fact that you and your partner found each other. It is also something that lets you create a family, not just for [...]

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Lerato’s Story – Men, Women & HIV and AIDS

May 20, 2010 – 1:26 pm

Lerato’s story, first published in the book  “Men, Women & HIV and AIDS,” highlights one of the reasons why girls in Southern Africa are more vulnerable to HIV infection.  Lerato is being sexually abused, and the sexual relationship is concurrent, as her abuser is also married.

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Don’t Be Like A Pumpkin

April 30, 2010 – 12:52 pm
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Monna Wa Motsamai ( The Travelling Man)

April 6, 2010 – 11:04 am

Check out “Monna Wa Motsamai – The Travelling Man”, a short film that was developed in Lesotho as part of the “Love- Stories In A Time Of HIV & AIDS” series.

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Transactional Sex, HIV and Livelihoods

April 6, 2010 – 9:22 am

HIV infection prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa accounts for almost two-thirds of HIV infections amongst the 15-24 age group globally, and of those, 75% of the infected are women and girls, reports Modern Ghana.

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Do You Have To Sleep With Someone If He/She Buys You Presents?

February 12, 2010 – 11:46 am
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Do Not Spread Yourself Like A Pumpkin

January 15, 2010 – 7:58 am

The message on this poster makes a play on the Sesotho proverb which says “men are like pumpkins, they spread themselves all over the place, and women are like cabbages, they hold themselves in one place.”

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