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Aids Free World has released their report Electing to rape: Sexual terror in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe . Based on interviews with 72 survivors and witnesses, and documentation of 380 rapes, the report describes the deliberate, systematic use of rape as a campaign tactic by Zanu PF. According to their press release : The testimony demonstrates that the rape campaign waged by ZANU-PF in Zimbabwe was both widespread and systematic, with recurring patterns throughout that cannot be coincidental.

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Rape as campaign tactic in Zimbabwe’s 2008 elections

I was reading Ugandan feminist and lawyer Sylvia Tamale’s powerful response to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill last night. In a scathing assessment of this legislation, and the damage it would do to Uganda’s legal and social framework, she quotes Martin Luther King Jr., writing “Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love.” Regarding the bill, a few important points stood out for me

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Correct everything that stands against love

Over dinner on the weekend, the conversation turned to how different this year has felt from the past few. Of course, the difference is tinged with a mixture of relief and frustration. Economically, the relief of stable (even if high) prices, and goods (even when unaffordable) on the shelves has made the basic day-to-day requirements of getting by more predictable – but at the same time has made for a more expensive – and therefore even more tenuous – existence for many

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Zimbabwe is changing

From a Kubatana subscriber: Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA)’s bills are really worrying urban residents.  The rates being charged by ZESA are too far beyond resident’s earnings and too difficult to pay by the end of the month.  Can the responsible Ministry look into this issue and save the already suffering people of Zimbabwe. People are ailing to meet these bills and worse that there is no improvement in power supply in residential areas

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No power to the people

On Saturdays, we survey the best public speaking articles from throughout the public speaking blogosphere . This review features topics including: new public speaking books; analysis of a contest-winning humorous speech; eye contact and facial expression tips; the case for white space; wardrobe tips; and comics that speakers are sure to enjoy. Resources for Speakers – Public Speaking Books Check out these recently released public speaking and communications books: Leadership Communication by Deborah Barrett Confessions of a Public Speaker by Scott Berkun Say It Like Obama and WIN!: The Power of Speaking with Purpose and Vision by Shel Leanne Self-Promotion for Introverts: The Quiet Guide to Getting Ahead by Nancy Ancowitz The Communication Problem Solver: Simple Tools and Techniques for Busy Managers by Nannette Rundle Carroll In Review: Six Minutes Speaking in Church: Lectern or No Lectern?

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Public Speaking Tips: Weekend Review [2009-12-05]

Maine spectators swept to sea by wave are rescued EDGARTOWN, Mass. ? A large wave fueled by Hurricane Bill swept spectators out to sea at a Maine park Sunday as the storm-churned surf attracted onlookers and daredevils along the Eastern Seaboard. A man, a woman and a 7-year-old girl were pulled from the sea near Acadia National

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Spectators swept to sea by large wave from Hurricane Bill at Maine national park are rescued

Alphabetically America and Zimbabwe are about as distant as you can get.  However, if you recast America as USA, then the two countries become alphabetically not so distant.  Interesting to think about the result of this alphabetical spin analogously to practices of democracy.  Eight years of George W. Bush certainly made the world think that the distance is America -Zimbabwe.  With America the bastion of democracy and Zimbabwe the axis of evil.  Of late there is ample evidence that when it comes to practicing democracy to oppose health care reform, the distance is USA-Zimbabwe

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Distance and the democracy spin

Obama to talk health care conservative radio WASHINGTON ? President Barack Obama plans to discuss his push for health care overhaul Thursday when Philadelphia-based conservative radio talk show host Michael Smerconish broadcasts his program from the White House. It will the president’s first words on the subject since comments by him and others in the administration over

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Obama to take health care questions Thursday in appearance on conservative talk-radio

Clinton: Insurgents seek to intimidate Afghans WASHINGTON ? Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the latest rise in insurgent violence in Afghanistan reflects a deliberate campaign to intimidate voters ahead of Thursday’s presidential election. Clinton told reporters at the State Department on Tuesday that the Taliban hope their attacks will create an atmosphere of fear that

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Clinton says Taliban violence is aimed at intimidating Afghans ahead of Thursday?s election

Cantor: Stimulus not working as well as advertised WASHINGTON ? A member of the House Republican leadership says he doesn’t think the $787 billion economic stimulus program the Obama administration pushed through Congress earlier this year has worked as advertised. House GOP Whip Eric Cantor of Richmond said Tuesday that no one should be touting the benefits

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House GOP whip argues $787B stimulus law a disappointment, says too many still out of work

McCarville scores 19 in Liberty’s win over Mystics WASHINGTON ? Janel McCarville scored 19 points, including the victory-clinching three point play with 9.1 seconds remaining, in the New York Liberty’s 60-59 win over the Washington Mystics on Sunday. Shameka Christon scored 14 points for the Liberty (9-15), who lost their two previous meetings with the Mystics this

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McCarville scores 19, converts late 3-point play to give Liberty 60-59 win over Mystics

Howard homer carries Phillies past Braves, 3-2 ATLANTA ? Ryan Howard led off the ninth inning with a homer and the Philadelphia Phillies won their fourth straight game, beating the Atlanta Braves 3-2 Friday night in the opener of an important NL East series. Chase Utley hit a two-run shot for the Phillies and Shane Victorino put

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Howard wins it with ninth-inning homer as Phillies beat Braves 3-2 in big NL East series

The discussion around transitional justice and national healing has grown to the point that we’ve created a special index page to track the issue on Kubatana. One of the interesting documents on the subject that I’ve put up recently is the Research and Advocacy Unit ’s report Human rights violations against women and truth commissions , which looks at how women are effected by political violence and what lessons Zimbabwe can draw from truth commission processes in South Africa, Sierra Leone and Kenya. It calls for a Zimbabwean process that is open to and supportive of women victims of human rights abuses.

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Talking transitional justice

FAA: 2 employees investigated in midair collision WASHINGTON ? Authorities have removed from duty an air traffic controller who they say was talking on the phone during last week’s deadly midair collision over New York’s Hudson River, along with a supervisor who was out of the building at the time. The Federal Aviation Administration said late Thursday

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FAA brings disciplinary actions against employees in connection with mid-air collision in NYC

” Blogging innovation and marketing insights for the greater good” Blogging Innovation Home Services Case Studies News Book List About Us Videos Contact Us Blog A leading innovation and marketing blog from Braden Kelley of Business Strategy Innovation Sunday, August 02, 2009 Is Innovation Helped

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Blogging Innovation: Is Innovation Helped or Hurt by Self-Censorship? – Latest innovation articles, videos, and insights

What’s a person to do with their daily emails filled with promises of cheap Viagra, body part enlargements and drugs that come from dodgy sources? Well if these designers and artists below are anything to go by, we should be making beautiful art and designs with them. The first time I came across some good-looking spam was on the Flickr set of designer and illustrator Linzie Hunter who had the ingenious idea of taking some of the many spammy emails she received and illustrating them with her unique typography

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Designer Spam

Iran’s opposition verifies 69 deaths in unrest TEHRAN, Iran ? Iran’s opposition said Tuesday it had verified the deaths of 69 people in the two months of unrest since the disputed presidential election, confirming suspicions that the death toll was at least more than double the official figure.

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Iran?s opposition verifies 69 deaths in postelection unrest, more than double official toll

Iranian opposition puts election unrest toll at 69 TEHRAN, Iran ? Iran’s opposition said Tuesday at least 69 people have died in two months of postelection unrest based on accounts from the victims’ families, more than double the official toll released by parliament. A top aide to Mir Hossein Mousavi, the opposition leader who claims he was

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Iranian opposition says at least 69 dead in 2 months of unrest, more than double official toll

County north of NYC to market housing to nonwhites WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. ?The suburban county just north of New York City agreed Monday to create hundreds of affordable homes in heavily white communities and encourage nonwhites to move in. The agreement, reached with the help of the federal department of Housing and Urban Development, settles a $180

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County north of NYC to build affordable homes in white communities, market them to minorities

Afghan challenger blasts government security KABUL ?President Hamid Karzai’s top challenger charged Saturday that the government was failing to establish safe conditions for the Aug. 20 election, but pledged that his supporters would not protest violently if he lost. Abdullah Abdullah said Karzai’s administration, which is supposed to have primary responsibility for election security, was not protecting

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Karzai?s main challenger in Afghan elections says security insufficient