Knowledge is power.Where can you go to read the UN's State of the World Populations Report for 2006, learn how to fight off an attacker, examine the role of women in politics and decision making, understand your rights, study the impact of tobacco on women's health Women's Health Definition Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. , and get lost in a great story? With an extensive multimedia collection, the Sister Namibia Resource Centre houses a wealth of information on everything from where to get a safe abortion in South Africa Abortion in South Africa was legal for very limited reasons until 1997, when the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (Act 92 of 1996) was passed, providing abortion on demand for a variety of cases. to the voices of the Zimbabwean Women's Movement women's movement: see feminism; woman suffrage. women's movement Diverse social movement, largely based in the U.S., seeking equal rights and opportunities for women in their economic activities, personal lives, and politics. . Our reference section includes books by renowned authors on topics such as Feminist Theory Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, or philosophical, ground. It encompasses work done in a broad variety of disciplines, prominently including the approaches to women's roles and lives and feminist politics in anthropology and sociology, economics, , Women in Politics & Decision Making, Human Rights, Violence against Women, Labour & Employment, Self-Defense, Religion and Spirituality, LGBTI LGBTI Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Intersex issues, Women and Media, and Health. We also have a collection of materials on Namibia including books, reports, legal documents, and studies by NGOs, the United Nations, government ministries, and independent scholars. Here you will find information on many topics including education, social welfare, maintenance and divorce, women and agriculture, and the impact of population on the environment. There are also reports from the Ministry of Health on HIV/Aids, sexual rights and teen pregnancy. Other resources in the centre include curriculum guides and life skills guides, collections of newsletters from other feminist organisations around the globe, back copies and current issues of international and national magazines featuring articles relevant to women, and an entire library of documentaries, short films and full length features. Of course, we also have back copies of Sister Namibia--all the way back to the first issue published in 1989! In the mood for a good book? The resource centre has a modest collection of literature by authors from around the world: novels, short stories and poetry. You can find work by many women writers. We also have a section in our library dedicated to lesbian literature Lesbian literature includes works by lesbian authors, as well as lesbian-themed works by heterosexual authors. Even works by lesbian writers that do not deal with lesbian themes are still often considered lesbian literature. . Sister Namibia Resource Centre is a circulating library cir·cu·lat·ing library n. See lending library. Noun 1. circulating library - library that provides books for use outside the building lending library with the majority of materials available to lend. Come and browse our shelves. We're sure you'll find information that is relevant to you. The resource centre is located at 163 Nelson Mandela Avenue in the Eros section of Windhoek. We are open Monday--Friday from 8:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 16:30. Call Ndeshi Uushona at tel 230618 if you are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. something specific to make sure it's there when you come in. Many thanks again to Book Aid International for the generous donation of Oxfam Publications we received in 2005, some of which we introduce on these pages. |
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