Tag Archives: Religious leaders

Support from religious leaders important to OneLove Campaign

May 12, 2009 – 8:33 am

Support from religious leaders is important to the OneLove campaign, says the regional partners of the campaign. Religious leaders and institutions have strong, long-term and non-superficial relationships with their communities and engender commitment and trust perhaps to a greater extent than political institutions, says Denise Namburete, director of Nweti, a health and development communication NGO [...]

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The church has a duty to protect Zambians from harm

April 14, 2009 – 11:54 am

  Zambia was declared a Christian nation and this gives religious leaders a more formal duty to protect Zambians from general harm, says Grace Sinyangwe, director of Kwatu, a health and development communication NGO in Zambia. This includes harm from, HIV infection,  divorce and reduced financial circumstances which  result from multiple concurrent partnerships,  she says. [...]

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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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Tanzania first to launch OneLove country campaign

January 16, 2009 – 2:29 pm

Tanzania was the first country to out the OneLove regional campaign. The campaign was launched by Femina HIP and its partners on the 9 October at the Mnazi Mmoja Grounds in Dar es Salaam. Speaking at the event, Dr. Fatma Mrisho, Chairperson of Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) in the Prime Minister’s Office explained that [...]

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