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Food security in Niger is a woman’s issue too: Famine and food crises are amongst some of the critical challenges the African continent faces. The New Age article,“Hunger in Niger reaches epidemic proportions” (6/02/2012, p. 16) recognizes that it is imperative to look at food security in conjunction with the impact it has on the livelihoods of women and children. The article is one to be GLAD about because it steered against the norm of showing images of emaciated children, and instead provided a detailed and contextual analysis of the day-to-day effects that food insecurity has on people, in particular women.
Tweet; Read more | Posted: 5 April 2012 | Resources - Get Mad/Glad | Categories: Gender, Children, The New Age

City Press shows that there is life after botched circumcisions: Botched circumcisions are a prevalent and worrisome issue in South Africa. The City Press gets a GLAD for not only highlighting the seriousness of this matter, but also for providing steps that can be taken by the victims to remedy their situation, in so doing offering them hope.
Tweet; Read more | Posted: 28 March 2012 | Resources - Get Mad/Glad | Categories: Gender, Children, City Press

Teenage pregnancy is more than a teenage issue, the M&G reveals: Rates of teenage pregnancy in South Africa are among the highest in the world, yet the reasons for this problem are often misunderstood and riddled with myths and stereotypes about teenage girls. However, the Mail & Guardian, health section (04/10/2011, p1) article ‘Teenage moms learn the hard way’ by Katherine Child points to deep underlying social problems. The article reveals that teenage pregnancy results from a complex set of varied and interrelated factors, largely associated with the social conditions under which children grow up. The article also unearths and debunks myths surrounding contraceptives and child grants being blamed for high rates of teenage pregnancy in South Africa. For these and other reasons discussed below, the article deserves a Glad¹.
Tweet; Read more | Posted: 27 January 2012 | Resources - Get Mad/Glad | Categories: Gender, Children, Mail & Guardian

Dismal reporting on “back to school”: Sowetan’s “back to school” coverage identified under-age drinkers and girls accused of spending more time “titivating” themselves than studying, earning the newspaper its second MAD of 2011.
Tweet; Read more | Posted: 24 January 2011 | Resources - Get Mad/Glad | Categories: Gender, Children, Sowetan

Saturday Star’s readers informed about trafficking: The article published by Saturday Star, “2010 spurs human trafficking fear” (03/04/2010 p. 8) is one to be glad about. This article exposed common locations of human trafficking in South Africa and how children will be affected by this crime. It also explained human trafficking and its implications to the reader.
Tweet; Read more | Posted: 18 May 2010 | Resources - Get Mad/Glad | Categories: Gender, Children

City Press features female prisoners’ children: “Liberating babies from jail”, City Press (25/04/2010, p. 27) is one to be glad about. This article, written by Chris Makhaye took a positive angle on children who live with their mothers in prison and how they should be liberated, as the headline suggests.
Tweet; Read more | Posted: 12 May 2010 | Resources - Get Mad/Glad | Categories: Gender, Children

The Times praises child hero: The front-page article “Girl, 11, saves friends from deadly blaze” published in The Times (10/02/2010) is about an 11 year-old girl who saved a number of fellow orphans from a blazing building. The story by Teneshia Naidoo is one to be glad of.
Tweet; Read more | Posted: 23 February 2010 | Resources - Get Mad/Glad | Categories: Gender, Children

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