Mama Dorothy's I-News (2)

On July 31, 2008, the first "African Women's Day" was proclaimed by signatory organisations in Benin, Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, DRCongo, Togo, Tunisia, and Zambia to ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on Women’s Rights (the “Maputo Protocol”) to harmonise national laws with international standards and take all necessary measures to fight against violence against women by tackling the general context of discrimination which encourages such violations and whi… Continue

A report in 2008 detailed a wide range of abuses occurring on a rubber plantation in Liberia owned by the Bridgestone/Firestone tire company. The report, titled “The Heavy Load: A Demand for Fundamental Changes at the Bridgestone/Firestone Rubber Plantation in Liberia” was published by Liberian-based Save My Future Foundation (SAMFU) and exposes poor living and working conditions for rubber tappers, a meager pension system, barriers to educational and health access, water and air pollution and v… Continue