Comments on: Sanitary towels to be ‘quality tested’ … what fools! http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/379 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:43:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Black Looks http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/379/comment-page-1#comment-2343 Black Looks Mon, 22 May 2006 17:50:09 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=379#comment-2343 [...] Zimbabwe’s government is reaching the limits of absurdity – This is Zimbabwe reports that sanitary towels that were donated during an international appeal are to be “quality tested” before exempting them from import duty. Meanwhile the women of Zimbabwe are left with the indignity of having to resort to newspapers and leaves…. At the moment Zimbabwean women are forced to use newspaper and toilet paper; those in the rural areas are apparently resorting to leaves and tree bark! And apparently this is leading to infections and illnesses. Has the good zimbabwean government done its duty to Zimbabwean women and quality tested all the newspaper, toilet paper, leaves and bark in the country ..? Of course not! They don’t care about women and the indignity they are having to endure. Wow, this makes me angry! [...]
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]]> By: “Dignity. Period!” campaign - BlackInformant.com http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/379/comment-page-1#comment-1541 “Dignity. Period!” campaign - BlackInformant.com Mon, 15 May 2006 07:35:27 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=379#comment-1541 [...] !!“One of our bloggers wrote a little while ago about the Zimbabwean government’s crass approach towards the crisis that Zimbabwean women are facing in terms of shortages of sanitary products in the country. This isn’t simply a story about shortages of yet another type of product. Shortages of sanitary ware go to the heart of women’s rights: it’s an issue which raises questions of whether a woman is forced to stay away from work or school; whether she is putting her health at risk by picking up infections or, if she is HIV positive, whether those infections will literally shorten her life span. In short, a lack of affordable hygienic sanitary products translates directly into issues of women’s rights as well as women’s dignity.” (read more) ! [...]
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]]> By: Sokwanele http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/379/comment-page-1#comment-870 Sokwanele Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:52:49 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=379#comment-870 Thanks for letting us know - shocking! Hope has left a reply. Anyone interested in tracking the conversation please follow the link that Owukari has provided in her comment above.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('870','Sokwanele'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('870','Sokwanele','Thanks for letting us know - shocking! Hope has left a reply. Anyone interested in tracking the conversation please follow the link that Owukari has provided in her comment above.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Thanks for letting us know – shocking! Hope has left a reply. Anyone interested in tracking the conversation please follow the link that Owukari has provided in her comment above.
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]]> By: owukori http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/379/comment-page-1#comment-867 owukori Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:00:15 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=379#comment-867 You might be interested to view the <a href="http://okrasoup.typepad.com/black_looks/2006/03/women_left_with.html#comment-15182034" rel="nofollow">Comment</a> I received on my blog on this post:<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('867','owukori'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('867','owukori','You might be interested to view the <a href=\"http:\/\/okrasoup.typepad.com\/black_looks\/2006\/03\/women_left_with.html#comment-15182034\" rel=\"nofollow\">Comment<\/a> I received on my blog on this post:'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> You might be interested to view the Comment I received on my blog on this post:
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]]> By: Black Looks http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/379/comment-page-1#comment-833 Black Looks Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:53:20 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=379#comment-833 <strong>Women left with newspapers </strong> Zimbabwe's government is reaching the limits of absurdity - This is Zimbabwe reports that sanitary towels that were donated during an international appeal are to be quality tested before exempting them from import duty. Meanwhile the women of Zimbabwe...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('833','Black Looks'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('833','Black Looks','<strong>Women left with newspapers <\/strong>\n\nZimbabwe\'s government is reaching the limits of absurdity - This is Zimbabwe reports that sanitary towels that were donated during an international appeal are to be quality tested before exempting them from import duty. Meanwhile the women of Zimbabwe...'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Women left with newspapers

Zimbabwe’s government is reaching the limits of absurdity – This is Zimbabwe reports that sanitary towels that were donated during an international appeal are to be quality tested before exempting them from import duty. Meanwhile the women of Zimbabwe…

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]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Zimbabwe: Quality of sanitary towels http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/379/comment-page-1#comment-832 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Zimbabwe: Quality of sanitary towels Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:44:26 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=379#comment-832 [...] This is Zimbabwe reports on the governments decision to “quality test” sanitary towels” that have been donated during an international appeal….”At the moment Zimbabwean women are forced to use newspaper and toilet paper; those in the rural areas are apparently resorting to leaves and tree bark! And apparently this is leading to infections and illnesses.” [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('832','Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Zimbabwe: Quality of sanitary towels'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('832','Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Zimbabwe: Quality of sanitary towels','[...] This is Zimbabwe reports on the governments decision to “quality test” sanitary towels” that have been donated during an international appeal….”At the moment Zimbabwean women are forced to use newspaper and toilet paper; those in the rural areas are apparently resorting to leaves and tree bark! And apparently this is leading to infections and illnesses.” [...]'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> [...] This is Zimbabwe reports on the governments decision to “quality test” sanitary towels” that have been donated during an international appeal….”At the moment Zimbabwean women are forced to use newspaper and toilet paper; those in the rural areas are apparently resorting to leaves and tree bark! And apparently this is leading to infections and illnesses.” [...]
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