The Southern Africa director for Human Rights Watch, Dewa Mavhinga, has died.
The human rights activist succumbed to COVID-19 in South Africa, according to reports.
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In some families, a young woman can ONLY ever move out of the family home when she's been married off-even if it's not voiced out. We've been programmed to sanction women unless they are taken care of/spoken for by a man.
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Itβs 1 of the most effective contraceptive methods: over 99% success rate & it lasts for 5-10 yrs.
@Pachoto2014 women who've given birth or had 2nd-trimester abortions CAN use it; one just can't get the loop inserted if they have even a minor infection or inflammation down there.
Stigma=reason why contraception usage was low amongst womxn in Zim communities.
NOW THERE ARE NO CONTRACEPTIVES ON THE MARKET AT ALL.
Womxn are @ high risk of carrying unwanted pregnancies.
The #ContraceptionCrisis=a discriminatory manifestation of a bad economy.
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@Pachoto2014 @dtmwase@OSISA@annamiti1@WagZimbabwe@amplifyfund@NancyNothando04@zimbabwewomen Good stuff.We should use contraception.But try walking into a pharmacy and ask for control and see the eyes people give you like they are not indulging also.Society judges females who buy condoms and label them as sex workers.Its really not fair
"Large studies have investigated this & there is no evidence to suggest the pill has any negative long term effect on a womanβs ability to have a baby, even if it is taken without a break for a long period of time."-bit.ly/2lW4A7u
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#ContraceptionAwareness
@Pachoto2014 People say that using pills or those injections especially when you haven't given birth, might contribute to infertility.
How far true is it though?
UD/Loop
-non-hormonal form of contraception
-comprises a minute coil that is inserted into your uterus
-makes sperm immobile but it doesn't stop yr ovaries from forming eggs each month
-copper rod also stops a fertilized egg from implanting itself to the lining
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These are the national pledges that have been made towards the community by Government, right? @znfpc@ZnfpcMatN@znfpcmidlands@MoHCCZim our strategy-where the use of Family Planning is concerned-is not working. There are no birth control pills nor depo injections on the market.
Zimbabweβs Family Planning strategy is to increase the contraceptive prevalence rate from 59% to 68% by 2020
Reduce teen pregnancies from 24% to 12%.
Young women and girls in rural areas cannot access contraception due poverty and lack of knowledge
Zimbabweβs Family Planning strategy is to increase the contraceptive prevalence rate from 59% to 68% by 2020
Reduce teen pregnancies from 24% to 12%.
Young women and girls in rural areas cannot access contraception due poverty and lack of knowledge
It means a whole LOT-& not only 4 the womxn failing 2 access Contraception but 4 the whole country!
This conversation must be targeted at every single person in our ecosystem because the #ContraceptionCrisis has reached epic proportions that endanger us ALL
#BringBackBirthControl