Latest items for Namibia
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-2
"In some remote villages, girls are still being initiated into womanhood by sitting in a dark room for weeks, even during school time. Their grandmothers instruct them to be submissive and to obey and serve husbands and only do what men want. A man will dance for you when you are released and that man will become your husband even if he is not your choice" (5). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-2
"In some remote villages, girls are still being initiated into womanhood by sitting in a dark room for weeks, even during school time. Their grandmothers instruct them to be submissive and to obey and serve husbands and only do what men want. A man will dance for you when you are released and that man will become your husband even if he is not your choice" (5). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"We San woman have less freedom to move around and have to ask permission from our husbands and boyfriends when we want to attend meetings in our communities" (7).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"We San woman have less freedom to move around and have to ask permission from our husbands and boyfriends when we want to attend meetings in our communities" (7).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"There are no financial institutions where we can get help if we want to start our own businesses because who will borrow money to an unemployed young San woman?" (14).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"There are no financial institutions where we can get help if we want to start our own businesses because who will borrow money to an unemployed young San woman?" (14).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"[W]omen living in rural areas cannot access the protection orders against violent partners provided for in the Combating of Domestic Violence Act, because the protection orders are issued by magistrate courts which are only in towns. Most people in Namibia do not know and understand these laws; many of our people have not changed their discriminatory attitudes, and do not see women as equal to men" (6). "We need shelters for women who are experiencing violence in our communities" (9). "You might stay on in abusive relationship if you do not have your own house because you need a place to sleep and raise your children. San young women live...more
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"[W]omen living in rural areas cannot access the protection orders against violent partners provided for in the Combating of Domestic Violence Act, because the protection orders are issued by magistrate courts which are only in towns. Most people in Namibia do not know and understand these laws; many of our people have not changed their discriminatory attitudes, and do not see women as equal to men" (6). "We need shelters for women who are experiencing violence in our communities" (9). "You might stay on in abusive relationship if you do not have your own house because you need a place to sleep and raise your children. San young women live...more
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1
"None of us San women are in the Parliament of Namibia!" (7).
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1
"None of us San women are in the Parliament of Namibia!" (7).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: LR-DATA-1
"Literacy rates of women and men in San villages are substantially below the national average. Low literacy levels among San women are associated with numerous consequences, including lower school attendance of their children, low usage of contraception, economic dependence on husbands, higher tendency towards early marriage of their children, etc" (11).
Variables: LR-DATA-1
"Literacy rates of women and men in San villages are substantially below the national average. Low literacy levels among San women are associated with numerous consequences, including lower school attendance of their children, low usage of contraception, economic dependence on husbands, higher tendency towards early marriage of their children, etc" (11).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"We have lots of problems about violence in our communities. Girls and women are raped by men and even by police" (8). "San young women live in overcrowded houses where our children are exposed to adult sexual life and adult problems because of the lack of privacy. This puts our children at risk of sexual abuse" (16). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"We have lots of problems about violence in our communities. Girls and women are raped by men and even by police" (8). "San young women live in overcrowded houses where our children are exposed to adult sexual life and adult problems because of the lack of privacy. This puts our children at risk of sexual abuse" (16). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"There is a belief that San girls are good sex providers. Men from other ethnic groups will specifically target San girls for sex and start relationships with them at an early age, only to abandon them when they become pregnant. The men thereby disown their own children and do not pay maintenance" (5). "Many San girls drop out of school because of teenage pregnancy and are not allowed to return to school after giving birth, despite the policy on learner pregnancy. Sometimes the girls are asked to move to other schools. Some teachers have sexual affairs with schoolgirls" (11). "Some of the people who distribute food aid in our communities...more
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
"There is a belief that San girls are good sex providers. Men from other ethnic groups will specifically target San girls for sex and start relationships with them at an early age, only to abandon them when they become pregnant. The men thereby disown their own children and do not pay maintenance" (5). "Many San girls drop out of school because of teenage pregnancy and are not allowed to return to school after giving birth, despite the policy on learner pregnancy. Sometimes the girls are asked to move to other schools. Some teachers have sexual affairs with schoolgirls" (11). "Some of the people who distribute food aid in our communities...more
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1
"In some remote villages, girls are still being initiated into womanhood by sitting in a dark room for weeks, even during school time. Their grandmothers instruct them to be submissive and to obey and serve husbands and only do what men want. A man will dance for you when you are released and that man will become your husband even if he is not your choice. I know a woman who was forced into early marriage by her parents. She wanted to go to school but they wanted the man to take care of them" (5). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1
"In some remote villages, girls are still being initiated into womanhood by sitting in a dark room for weeks, even during school time. Their grandmothers instruct them to be submissive and to obey and serve husbands and only do what men want. A man will dance for you when you are released and that man will become your husband even if he is not your choice. I know a woman who was forced into early marriage by her parents. She wanted to go to school but they wanted the man to take care of them" (5). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: MMR-PRACTICE-1
"Many San pregnant women do not have access to pre-natal care, and do not have assistance by trained nurses at childbirth. This leads to many mothers and babies dying during childbirth" (13).
Variables: MMR-PRACTICE-1
"Many San pregnant women do not have access to pre-natal care, and do not have assistance by trained nurses at childbirth. This leads to many mothers and babies dying during childbirth" (13).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: MULV-LAW-1
"Some of the people who distribute food aid in our communities are abusive – they push elders and pregnant women around… Young women who do not have their own homes and children are not allowed to receive food. It is no wonder that young women are becoming pregnant at such a high rate" (16). This information applies specifically to the San community (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MULV-LAW-1
"Some of the people who distribute food aid in our communities are abusive – they push elders and pregnant women around… Young women who do not have their own homes and children are not allowed to receive food. It is no wonder that young women are becoming pregnant at such a high rate" (16). This information applies specifically to the San community (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"This Alternative Report was created as a result of the long-standing activist work of the Women’s Leadership Centre. The Women’s Leadership Centre (WLC) initiated the programme: Speaking for Ourselves: Voices of San Young Women in 2013. In this programme, the WLC works with San young women living in diverse communities in Namibia. The main goal of the programme is to strengthen and support San young women to challenge marginalisation and exclusion, and to overcome discrimination and poverty. The WLC does this through building their feminist leadership, voice, visibility, cultural pride, human rights knowledge and courage so they can speak for themselves in claiming their rights as women, as indigenous peoples...more
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"This Alternative Report was created as a result of the long-standing activist work of the Women’s Leadership Centre. The Women’s Leadership Centre (WLC) initiated the programme: Speaking for Ourselves: Voices of San Young Women in 2013. In this programme, the WLC works with San young women living in diverse communities in Namibia. The main goal of the programme is to strengthen and support San young women to challenge marginalisation and exclusion, and to overcome discrimination and poverty. The WLC does this through building their feminist leadership, voice, visibility, cultural pride, human rights knowledge and courage so they can speak for themselves in claiming their rights as women, as indigenous peoples...more
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1
"[W]omen living in rural areas cannot access the protection orders against violent partners provided for in the Combating of Domestic Violence Act, because the protection orders are issued by magistrate courts which are only in towns. Most people in Namibia do not know and understand these laws" (6). "Women who are living in rural areas have problems accessing protection orders because there are no magistrate courts in our villages" (9).
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1
"[W]omen living in rural areas cannot access the protection orders against violent partners provided for in the Combating of Domestic Violence Act, because the protection orders are issued by magistrate courts which are only in towns. Most people in Namibia do not know and understand these laws" (6). "Women who are living in rural areas have problems accessing protection orders because there are no magistrate courts in our villages" (9).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"There is always domestic violence going on in our communities. We have lots of problems about violence in our communities. Girls and women are raped by men and even by police. Some are beaten regularly by their boyfriends. This makes us feel helpless and powerless" (8). "Poverty and homelessness force many San girls into abusive relationships with sugar daddies" (9). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"There is always domestic violence going on in our communities. We have lots of problems about violence in our communities. Girls and women are raped by men and even by police. Some are beaten regularly by their boyfriends. This makes us feel helpless and powerless" (8). "Poverty and homelessness force many San girls into abusive relationships with sugar daddies" (9). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"We have lots of problems about violence in our communities. Girls and women are raped by men and even by police" (8). "When we have a problem and we go to the police to give them a report they will just pretend like they are writing the report and when you come back to ask about the case they don’t know who wrote the report but you know who was writing it. They don’t take us seriously. It’s like what we say does not matter to them and that is why we don’t feel protected in our community, because our duty bearers are not protecting us but deny us access...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"We have lots of problems about violence in our communities. Girls and women are raped by men and even by police" (8). "When we have a problem and we go to the police to give them a report they will just pretend like they are writing the report and when you come back to ask about the case they don’t know who wrote the report but you know who was writing it. They don’t take us seriously. It’s like what we say does not matter to them and that is why we don’t feel protected in our community, because our duty bearers are not protecting us but deny us access...more
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"We have heard of cases where San parents, families and people from other ethnic groups are trafficking San girls for sexual and domestic labour. Other tribes are coming to our houses and take our girls, saying they want to support them with education, as we San parents cannot afford to send them to school. But instead they use the girls to look after their children. This is child labour and a form of trafficking" (9).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"We have heard of cases where San parents, families and people from other ethnic groups are trafficking San girls for sexual and domestic labour. Other tribes are coming to our houses and take our girls, saying they want to support them with education, as we San parents cannot afford to send them to school. But instead they use the girls to look after their children. This is child labour and a form of trafficking" (9).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Many men in our [San] communities think that they are superior to women. We San girls are raised to 'respect' men but men are not taught to respect us" (4). "In some remote villages, girls are still being initiated into womanhood by sitting in a dark room for weeks, even during school time. Their grandmothers instruct them to be submissive and to obey and serve husbands and only do what men want" (5). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT). "We San girls are not encouraged to make our own choices, to think for ourselves! So we become shy and unwilling to talk in meetings" (7).more
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Many men in our [San] communities think that they are superior to women. We San girls are raised to 'respect' men but men are not taught to respect us" (4). "In some remote villages, girls are still being initiated into womanhood by sitting in a dark room for weeks, even during school time. Their grandmothers instruct them to be submissive and to obey and serve husbands and only do what men want" (5). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT). "We San girls are not encouraged to make our own choices, to think for ourselves! So we become shy and unwilling to talk in meetings" (7).more
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: DLB-DATA-1
"Our husbands do not help with housework or with looking after the children" (4). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DLB-DATA-1
"Our husbands do not help with housework or with looking after the children" (4). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2
"Low literacy levels among San women are associated with numerous consequences, including lower school attendance of their children, low usage of contraception, economic dependence on husbands, higher tendency towards early marriage of their children, etc" (11). "We San young women have many babies at much younger ages than other Namibian young women. Many of us do not use contraceptives. We need family planning education for young girls and boys. In some villages there are no clinics and young women lack access to contraceptives and become pregnant" (13).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2
"Low literacy levels among San women are associated with numerous consequences, including lower school attendance of their children, low usage of contraception, economic dependence on husbands, higher tendency towards early marriage of their children, etc" (11). "We San young women have many babies at much younger ages than other Namibian young women. Many of us do not use contraceptives. We need family planning education for young girls and boys. In some villages there are no clinics and young women lack access to contraceptives and become pregnant" (13).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The nurse at the clinic will help other people before us San people, even though we were the first to come to the clinic. We San people are dying earlier than other Namibians from preventable diseases such as TB, malaria, HIV/Aids, diabetes, cervical cancer and breast cancer... At the clinic in our village, people have to pay a small fee for consultations. Many poor people cannot afford this and go without treatment. Also, ambulances do not come to our villages because we are not able to pay the drivers. Our clinic has only one room – there is no privacy and people have to be attended to on the waiting...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The nurse at the clinic will help other people before us San people, even though we were the first to come to the clinic. We San people are dying earlier than other Namibians from preventable diseases such as TB, malaria, HIV/Aids, diabetes, cervical cancer and breast cancer... At the clinic in our village, people have to pay a small fee for consultations. Many poor people cannot afford this and go without treatment. Also, ambulances do not come to our villages because we are not able to pay the drivers. Our clinic has only one room – there is no privacy and people have to be attended to on the waiting...more
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: DACH-DATA-3
"There is a belief that San girls are good sex providers. Men from other ethnic groups will specifically target San girls for sex and start relationships with them at an early age, only to abandon them when they become pregnant. The men thereby disown their own children and do not pay maintenance" (5). "San young women are homeless and are being forced into early relationships and early pregnancy" (16).
Variables: DACH-DATA-3
"There is a belief that San girls are good sex providers. Men from other ethnic groups will specifically target San girls for sex and start relationships with them at an early age, only to abandon them when they become pregnant. The men thereby disown their own children and do not pay maintenance" (5). "San young women are homeless and are being forced into early relationships and early pregnancy" (16).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: CWC-DATA-2
"[W]omen living in rural areas cannot access the protection orders against violent partners provided for in the Combating of Domestic Violence Act, because the protection orders are issued by magistrate courts which are only in towns" (6). "Women who are living in rural areas have problems accessing protection orders because there are no magistrate courts in our villages" (9).
Variables: CWC-DATA-2
"[W]omen living in rural areas cannot access the protection orders against violent partners provided for in the Combating of Domestic Violence Act, because the protection orders are issued by magistrate courts which are only in towns" (6). "Women who are living in rural areas have problems accessing protection orders because there are no magistrate courts in our villages" (9).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: CUST-PRACTICE-1
"There is a belief that San girls are good sex providers. Men from other ethnic groups will specifically target San girls for sex and start relationships with them at an early age, only to abandon them when they become pregnant. The men thereby disown their own children and do not pay maintenance" (5).
Variables: CUST-PRACTICE-1
"There is a belief that San girls are good sex providers. Men from other ethnic groups will specifically target San girls for sex and start relationships with them at an early age, only to abandon them when they become pregnant. The men thereby disown their own children and do not pay maintenance" (5).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Many San pregnant women do not have access to pre-natal care, and do not have assistance by trained nurses at childbirth. This leads to many mothers and babies dying during childbirth" (13). "Women who just gave birth use buckets because they cannot make it to the bush. It is very unsanitary and dangerous to everyone’s health including the new baby" (17). This information applies specifically to the San community (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Many San pregnant women do not have access to pre-natal care, and do not have assistance by trained nurses at childbirth. This leads to many mothers and babies dying during childbirth" (13). "Women who just gave birth use buckets because they cannot make it to the bush. It is very unsanitary and dangerous to everyone’s health including the new baby" (17). This information applies specifically to the San community (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: CONST-LAW-1
"The Constitution of Namibia states that nobody must be discriminated against on the basis of being a woman or a man, or on the basis of being from a specific tribe or ethnic group, or on the basis of being poor or rich, or on the basis of where a person lives in Namibia" (6).
Variables: CONST-LAW-1
"The Constitution of Namibia states that nobody must be discriminated against on the basis of being a woman or a man, or on the basis of being from a specific tribe or ethnic group, or on the basis of being poor or rich, or on the basis of where a person lives in Namibia" (6).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: CLCW-PRACTICE-1
"Many of our grandmothers do not have IDs and are not registered to receive the Old Age Pension. San people are hindered from accessing state services by the lack of translation provision into our own languages. We still experience stigma, discrimination and exclusion by non-San staff of state agencies and service providers when we speak our languages, ask for translation services, lack birth certificates and IDs to access the Old Age Pension and other state grant" (10). This information applies specifically to the San community (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: CLCW-PRACTICE-1
"Many of our grandmothers do not have IDs and are not registered to receive the Old Age Pension. San people are hindered from accessing state services by the lack of translation provision into our own languages. We still experience stigma, discrimination and exclusion by non-San staff of state agencies and service providers when we speak our languages, ask for translation services, lack birth certificates and IDs to access the Old Age Pension and other state grant" (10). This information applies specifically to the San community (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: CLCC-PRACTICE-1
"Many of our children don’t have birth certificates. Sometimes women have children with men from other tribes, and the men will go away and then we are unable to find those men to register our children in order to get birth certificates. Time and again we are sent away to look for the fathers of our children and that is why some children don’t go to school because they don’t have documents" (10). This information applies specifically to the San community (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: CLCC-PRACTICE-1
"Many of our children don’t have birth certificates. Sometimes women have children with men from other tribes, and the men will go away and then we are unable to find those men to register our children in order to get birth certificates. Time and again we are sent away to look for the fathers of our children and that is why some children don’t go to school because they don’t have documents" (10). This information applies specifically to the San community (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-2
"In our homes women are not allowed to make decisions, so whatever decisions men make, the women have to obey to" (4). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-2
"In our homes women are not allowed to make decisions, so whatever decisions men make, the women have to obey to" (4). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"In some of our families we still practice child marriage. Some of us are forced into child marriage by our parents for money. We are not encouraged to go to school but rather to look for someone who can take care of us. But we usually end up having to raise our children without assistance from their fathers" (8). "Low literacy levels among San women are associated with numerous consequences, including lower school attendance of their children, low usage of contraception, economic dependence on husbands, higher tendency towards early marriage of their children, etc" (11). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"In some of our families we still practice child marriage. Some of us are forced into child marriage by our parents for money. We are not encouraged to go to school but rather to look for someone who can take care of us. But we usually end up having to raise our children without assistance from their fathers" (8). "Low literacy levels among San women are associated with numerous consequences, including lower school attendance of their children, low usage of contraception, economic dependence on husbands, higher tendency towards early marriage of their children, etc" (11). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"I know a woman who was forced into early marriage by her parents. She wanted to go to school but they wanted the man to take care of them" (5). "In some of our families we still practice child marriage. Some of us are forced into child marriage by our parents for money. We are not encouraged to go to school but rather to look for someone who can take care of us. But we usually end up having to raise our children without assistance from their fathers" (8). "Other tribes are coming to our houses and take our girls, saying they want to support them with education, as we...more
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"I know a woman who was forced into early marriage by her parents. She wanted to go to school but they wanted the man to take care of them" (5). "In some of our families we still practice child marriage. Some of us are forced into child marriage by our parents for money. We are not encouraged to go to school but rather to look for someone who can take care of us. But we usually end up having to raise our children without assistance from their fathers" (8). "Other tribes are coming to our houses and take our girls, saying they want to support them with education, as we...more