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November 16, 2024
Tag: marginalised
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Reporting toolkit to understand marginalised communities being created
What could be mere cultural practices in some communities is taboo according to the laws of the country. This is especially true for the traditional practices of certain marginalised communities. A Marginalised Communities Reporting Toolkit is being created to better understand these groups and how the media can tell their stories objectively. The Ovahimba and...
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Call to reach out to marginalised learners
As parents are preparing to send their children back to school, the caretaker of marginalised learners and students at Rundu Erica Uses is still waiting for assistance from good Samaritans to send their children to school. Erica Uses, also from the marginalised community, is an unemployed mother of four who takes care of more than...
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Locals should stop exploiting marginalised communities – Gender Ministry
The Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication, and Social Welfare (MGEPESW) is calling on some locals to stop using people from marginalised communities for cheap labour. The Deputy Director of Marginalised Communities, Rebekka Namwandi, says the practice is inconsiderate and has to stop. Namibia is home to three marginalised communities: the San, Ovatue, and Ovatjimba....
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Push to prioritise housing for the marginalised
Deputy minister of urban and rural development Evelyn !Nawases-Taeyele has called on government institutions, the private sector and non-governmental organisations to pool resources to address housing needs among marginalised members of society. !Nawases-Taeyele said the population of Namibia has increased from 1,4 million at independence to 2,3 million, without updated statistics from the recently held...
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Marginalised youth urged to prioritise education
The Deputy Minister of Marginalised Communities Royal |Ui|o|oo has encouraged marginalised youth to prioritise education if they are to take up leadership positions. |Ui|o|oo was speaking at the workshop of the elected leaders of the Indigenous Marginalised Youth Organisation of Namibia (IMYON). The training is for representatives from all regions and is aimed at empowering...
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NDP donates seeds to marginalised community in Kongola – Caprivi Vision
By Staff Reporter Seen in this photo are the beneficiaries including village Headmens and NDP President Lukato Lukato, sitting in the right row THE National Democratic Party (NDP) , has donated seeds for crop farming to the previously marginalised groups of the San speaking community who reside in the western Caprivi in the Kongola and...