Tag Archives: culture

Mozambican Men Are Under Cultural Pressure To Prove Their Masculinity

February 26, 2010 – 11:18 am

Mozambican men are under pressure to prove their masculinity by sleeping with as many women as they can, says Denise Namburete, director of Nweti, a health and development communication NGO in Mozambique and OneLove partner in that country.

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Support For Women In Polygamous Relationships

November 10, 2009 – 7:34 am

Check out Ana’s blog, where she gives a no-holds barred account of her polygamous marriage. The blog is called Polygamy411.

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Blog About Sex, Relationships & Multiple Concurrent Partnerships

August 4, 2009 – 10:11 am

One again the OneLove web site invites bloggers to blog about sex, relationships and multiple concurrent partnerships in the age of HIV. Your blog post can based on personal experience and your views, or the impact multiple concurrent partnerships have on the individual, couple, family or community. The article can include interviews with other people, [...]

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17 Reasons People in Southern Africa Have Multiple Concurrent Partners – Part 2

May 19, 2009 – 10:00 am

This is a second post in a series where we seek to answer the  question why people have multiple concurrent partners. These reasons were given by people during our research on multiple concurrent partnerships. To read the first post, click here.

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Crooks, a Swazi DJ, on why he has only one love

May 13, 2009 – 8:02 am

Listen to an audio tape of Crooks, a Swazi DJ, as he explains why he is faithful to his wife and she is faithful to him. Crooks is one of the role models of the OneLove Campaign in Swaziland.

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Interview with Simon Sikwese, director of Pakachere in Malawi

March 18, 2009 – 7:15 am

In Malawi there is a practice where a wife is forced to have sex with another man after her husband’s death of the death of her child as a cleansing ritual, says Simon Sikwese, a director of Pakachere, a heath and development communication NGO in Malawi. Simon was speaking to OneLove as part of a series where we interview representatives [...]

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Herero culture in Namibia allows a man to sleep with his cousin

March 9, 2009 – 8:15 am

The Herero culture has the practice of  tjiramue, where a man can sleep with his cousin when  he wants. Usually, the women who sleep with their cousins as part of the tjiramues are unable to negotiate with the man to use a condom during sex. Some of the people who took part in the research [...]

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