Bonjour,
Welcome to this new edition of the Mondoblog newsletter.
On the menu of this newsletter:
– the problem of gang amnesty in Haiti,
– the place of women in society,
– excision and its horrors,
– the Internet shutdown in West Africa,
– learning French through podcasts.
Today’s two Mondoblog Audio return to the place of feminism in a patriarchal society and the need to consider March 8 as a day of demands and not as a day of celebration.
Good reading and good listening !
🔎 FEATURED ARTICLE
🗽 #Gangs #Haiti – Haiti has found itself in a situation of general chaos since gangs took over institutions and controlled the capital Port-au-Prince. For a return to institutional order, amnesty for members of these gangs is one option being considered. Thélyson ORÉLIEN has reservations about this solution. If the Haitian blogger recognizes the virtues of anmisty (which has proven itself in Northern Ireland with the IRA or with the ANC in South Africa), we must keep in mind that the Haitian gangs have not no ideology. And amnesty could legitimize the use of violence to gain power.
💬 WORDS OF THE BLOGGER
“The calligrapher, through his art, finds himself at the junction of these two worlds: that of the cosmos and human interiority. His ink and lines trace these invisible links. The calligrapher gets in tune [des] secret laws of nature, of the body of man (which) are an essential part of the tempo of Creation. »
Nicole HAMOUCHE, Lebanon
🌟 THE NUGGETS OF THE FORTEEN
#Women #March8 – “The place of women in societies has evolved over time, moving from a marginalized position with underexploited potential, to a growing recognition of their rights and their value in all aspects of life.” If So Alana recognizes that the words of women are listened to more today than they have ever been, the Cameroonian believes that they could be even stronger, more powerful. Particularly when we consider the cardinal role that women play in social cohesion.
🔗 A woman’s place in the kitchen?
#Excision #Responsibility – International Women’s Rights Day is an opportunity to recall a reality that is still alive: female excision remains widely practiced in several regions of the world, particularly in Africa. From Dakar, Roger MAWULOLO launches an appeal to raise awareness among populations who still practice this degrading custom for women. Which also endangers their lives and can limit their ability to procreate.
🔗 Be careful, we always excise
#Feminism #Haiti – If the #MeToo movement has managed to have a reach that transcends borders as well as social statuses, it is thanks to the Internet and social networks. It is with this example that Bra-Famn, a collective of Haitian feminists, chose to invest in digital media to mobilize women who campaign on social networks. Emilie MARCELLIN highlights four women from this network who use Facebook, Twitter and TikTok to hammer home the need to change the status of women in all societies.
🔗 These feminites who are shaking up social networks
#Internet #Outage – On March 14, several countries on the African continent experienced significant disruptions in Internet access. The identified cause being the breakage of several submarine fiber optic cables. Cameroon is one of the countries affected by this giant blackout and Ecclesiastes DEUDJUI recounts the inconvenience he experienced due to the unavailability of the network. A cut which, on the other hand, provided him with some benefits.
🔗 My weekend without Internet
#Francophonie #Podcasts – March 20 is International Francophonie Day. An opportunity given to all French speakers and Francophiles around the world to reaffirm their attachment to this common foundation that is the French language. An opportunity which the Togolese seizes Anani AGBOH to recommend three useful podcasts for learning French.
🔗 Three podcasts to improve your French
🎙️ PODCAST : MONDOBLOG AUDIO
THE Mondoblog Audio (MA) are sound clips that take blog articles from written to spoken. Every week, the Mondoblog team invites a mondoblogger to read one of its articles by recording on their phone. His blog is thus highlighted in the form of a column, halfway between an audio book and a mood post. Find all the Mondoblog Audio on the Youtube channel the RFI.
Issues related to feminism experience a certain hostility in many countries. In Senegal, for example, men believe that there is no need to talk about feminism because women would already have their place in society. An argument that Maryetou SOUMARÉ challenges, reminding us that feminism must be considered for what it is: humanism.
March 8 is not a holiday! This day was not decided to look pretty. On March 8, women should not accept gifts. Because it’s neither Valentine’s Day, nor Mother’s Day, nor Women’s Day! March 8 was created from an activist perspective. It’s a day of struggle. It is the international day of struggle for women’s rights. And Audrey KOUBODENA would like to remind you of this.
FREEZE FRAME: COMMUNITY PHOTOS
A view of the dwellings of Dari camp, Zakouma National Park. This park is a 3,000 square kilometer animal and plant sanctuary located in the southeast of Chad.
Because we are looking in the same direction, we decided to partner with Iwaria (www.iwaria.com), the free African photos service.
You can populate this image bank with your snapshots taken in Africa.