marginalized communities

29% of learners qualify for Advanced Subsidiary level in 2025

Minister of Education, Arts, and Culture, Anna Nghipondoka announcing the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary and Advanced Subsidiary Levels 2024 National Examinations results By: Envaalde Matheus The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture has announced that 12, 031 candidates, representing 29.5% of learners, have qualified to advance to the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Advanced Subsidiary level in 2025. Education Minister Anna Nghipondoka made this statement on Tuesday, 14 January 2025 while […]

14 January, 2025

Namibia

SADC Parliamentary Forum Urges Action on Human Rights

On Human Rights Day 2024, the SADC Parliamentary Forum issued a statement highlighting the urgent need for action on human rights across Southern Africa. The forum aligns with the international theme, 'Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now,' urging governments to ensure the protection of civil, political, and socio-economic rights, especially the right to health and access to essential medicines. The forum also calls for stability in the pricing […]

11 December, 2024

Namibia

EU and Legal Assistance Centre Empower San Communities with Paralegal Training

The Legal Assistance Centre, in partnership with the European Union, has successfully completed a five-day paralegal training programme for San communities. This initiative is part of the San Empowerment Project, aimed at improving access to justice and promoting legal capacity building. Silke Höfs from the EU Delegation to Namibia highlighted the project's importance in empowering marginalized communities.

26 November, 2024

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LAC Project Through EU Funding Promotes and Protects the Rights of Marginalized San Communities

VERGENOEG/GOBABIS, OMAHEKE REGION – The Legal Assistance Centre (LAC), with support from the European Union (EU), is proud to announce the commencement of a five-day field-based paralegal training programme aimed at empowering San communities across Namibia through legal capacity building and promoting community safety. This training, scheduled for November 19–23, 2024, in Gobabis and Vergenoeg in the Omaheke Region, is part of a series of interventions coordinated by LAC to […]

20 November, 2024

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Commonwealth Law Ministers leverage technology for access to justice

Justice Minister Yvonne Dausab is attending the ceremony of the Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting taking place in Zanzibar from 4 to 8 March 2024. A key focus will be on examining responsible ways to leverage technology to improve law and access to justice, especially for marginalised people, and developments in climate policy. Dausab says that the meeting agenda will also tackle electronic resources for efficient legal systems. Hosted by the […]

6 March, 2024

Africa

Oromia makes up a third of Ethiopia’s landmass and is key to its fortunes: expert unpacks its significance

By Bizuneh Yimenu, University of Birmingham Ethiopia’s largest and most populous region, Oromia, has been in the news following reports of a rise in kidnappings for ransom. The region is no stranger to war and strife. Its people have long fought against political marginalisation. But the region is more than just the site of conflict. We asked Bizuneh Yimenu, who’s researched the region for over a decade […]

19 February, 2024

Africa

Kenya’s sex workers have solutions to their problems, but international NGOs aren’t hearing them

By Lise Woensdregt, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam In Kenya, rights organisations run by sex workers have gone into numerous partnerships with international organisations over the past decade. In recent research, I set out to understand whether these relationships worked in favour of the sex workers and their organisations. My research focused on an organisation in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, that supports male sex workers. Kenya’s laws punish activities related to […]

13 February, 2024

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EU and KAS launch 15 million NAD project focusing on empowering CSOS, women, youth, and marginalized communities

The European Union (EU) and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) are delighted to announce the commencement of the project "Empowering CSOs, Women, Youth, and Marginalized Communities as Equal Partners in Democracy" (ECSO) project. This transformative initiative, co-funded by the EU and KAS, aligns with the joint commitment of the EU and Namibia to enhance the participation of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in governance and development issues. The ECSO project, spanning […]

24 January, 2024

Namibia

Government promotes education for marginalized communities

Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication, and Social Welfare deputy director of marginalized communities, Rebekka Namwandi, has encouraged learners from marginalized communities to improve their academic performance through the Namibia College of Open Learning. According to the Namibia Press Agency, only three out of 51 learners in the ministry's program for marginalized communities qualified for tertiary education in the 2023 exams. The ministry provides financial and psychosocial support to learners […]

17 January, 2024