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Charity begins at home for African women and women of African descent.

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• Subject: The Oppression of Women and its Negative impact on the Independence Movement
• From: ForAfricanWomen@xxxxxxx
• Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 23:48:16 EST
• Full-name: ForAfricanWomen

African Women's Charity Organization
is organizing an educational seminar on
The Oppression of Women (Sexual Abuse, Promiscuity, HIV/AIDS, Polygamy) and its Negative Impact on the African Independence Movement

Saturday July 9, 2005 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm  Free
Downtown Oakland Public Main Library
West Auditorium
125 14th Street Oakland, CA 94612
      
President Sekou Toure of Guinea states that, "The women, constitute the base of society. If today, all the men in Guinea, all the men in Africa, and all the men in the world, were to disappear, then the Guinean and African society and mankind would however continue to live, because there would still be women carrying in them germs that would come to replace all the men who had disappeared. But let all the women of Guinea, all the women in Africa and all the women in the world disappear, and at most, in a century, the whole of mankind would disappear! This is a first reality."
Phone    415 789-7360 ForAfricanWomen@xxxxxxx P.O. Box 23074  Oakland, CA  94623-0074

The African Women's Charity Organization is a part of the African Independence Movement and the oppression of women is one of the biggest obstacles to this movement. We know that it is of utmost importance for us to have a very frank discussion on "The Oppression of Women (Sexual Abuse, Promiscuity, HIV/AIDS, Polygamy) and its Negative impact on the African Independence Movement.
HIV/AIDS is rising faster among African women than any other sector of society. For those of us who love Africa and African people, it is a topic that must be confronted without sentimentality. A manifestation of the oppression of women is the fact that oftentimes women are powerless inside their relationships to the point that they feel that they cannot say "no" to sex with their partners even if they know that their partners are being promiscuous.
Another important factor that is not being discussed enough is the fact that a lot of men are what is called on the down low (men having secret sexual relations with other men outside of the relationship with his woman). In addition many women are practicing unsafe sex not wanting to believe that the men that they are with are having sex with other people.
We must have an on-going discussion and education about this very important subject matter in order to confront the problem of the oppression of women.


African Women's Charity Organization
Building African Women's & Youth Movements and Forming International Sisterhood
P.O. Box 23074  Oakland, CA  94623-0074        Phone: (415) 789-7360
Email:  ForAfricanWomen@xxxxxxx
Website:  http://hometown.aol.com/forafricanwomen/myhomepage/index.html

Charity begins at home for African women and women of African descent.
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