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http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/c44fd2dea36c17ecd27d7902885c28a3.pdf
The volume brings together papers by African and Nordic/Scandinavian gender scholars and anthropologists, in attempts to investigate and critically discuss existing lines of thinking about sexuality in Africa, while at the same time creating space…

http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/ba99b0f670b217983c50cdb0c7fa3544.pdf
The study analyses why and how the Ovambo women in northern Namibia participated in the struggle which led to the independent Namibia. The study also examines the changes in women's lives caused by the arrival of Christianity, colonialism, the cash…

http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/a8ff87dc98410d025dc4f1240269627f.pdf
Two issues have been at the forefront of public discourse regarding commercial sex work in Namibia: HIV/AIDS and legal reform. Although there has been significant legal reform in other areas, the Combating of Immoral Practices Act (No. 21 of 1980)…

http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/f5fd9887d7fe15bc75700c46e239e69a.pdf
1. Overview: Gender and Sexuality in Namibia Suzanne LaFont ........................................................................................1 History: Colonialism, Christianity and Tradition

2. Making Tradition: A Historical Perspective on…

http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/366cdda782333b804852e82a1ccbddc8.pdf
Im 19. Jahrhundert wurden Nationalismus und Kolonialismus in allen europäischen Nationen eng verknüpft. Kolonialgegner und -befürworter stritten um die Frage, ob Kolonien dem nationalen Interesse dienten – oder nicht. Die Diskussion kreiste nicht nur…

http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/bf4211c1334cdcc00f8579314516dc51.pdf
"The starting point for this article was research conducted on the tension between cultural rights and gender equality within the Human Rights and Documentation Centre (HRDC)3 of the University of Namibia’s Faculty of Law in 2007 and 2008. The…

http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/a42793aea91b7394fcfc4587ea9aa7b3.pdf
"It was an early Sunday morning in April 1976, my heart was heavy, but in my head I could hear sounds of of early morning birds wishing me a safe journey. I was determined to leave Namibia. I silently slipped out of the homestead, walked across the…

http://namibia.leadr.msu.edu/files/original/269e53ed61ad6203e10f1513bf3f0b3f.pdf
"The Namibian customary system and its administration was severely gender imbalanced and both opponents and proponents of gender equality long believed that women’s rights and traditional rule were eternal foes. Whether or not this was the case in…
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