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Emma Touny Waundjua Tuhepha (born 11 December 1974) is a Namibian HIV/AIDS activist. [1] In 1996, she was the first Namibian woman to state publicly that she was HIV-positive. [2]
She was Minister of Regional and Local Government and Housing from March 21, 1990, to September 12, 1996, at which point she became Minister of Health and Social Services, [4] serving in that position until becoming Deputy-Prime Minister of Namibia on 21 March 2005.
Veronica de Klerk, women's rights activist; John Kwedhi, trade unionist; Blythe Loutit, founder of Save the Rhino Trust; Anna Mungunda (1932–1959), anti-apartheid activists, national hero; Rosa Namises, politician and women's rights activist, former member of parliament; Phil ya Nangoloh, human rights activist; Dimbulukeni Nauyoma, youth activist
Sister Namibia's main office houses a library with over 2,000 books on a vast array of topics, including women's rights, sexuality, gender, and violence. [26] The main goals of the resource center are to keep it maintained with books and documents on gender and women's issues, including the women's movement of Namibia.
The Federation of Feminist Women's Health Centres originated in Los Angeles, and subsequent member clinics opened throughout California, Tallahassee, Florida, Atlanta, and Georgia. Women's health movement historian Sandra Morgen notes, "Until the National Black Women's Health Project... in the 1980s, the FFWHC was the only multiple-site group ...
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Namibian This category exists only as a container for other categories of Namibian women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
Northside Hospital Atlanta (originally Northside Hospital; sometimes Northside Atlanta) is a hospital serving the metro Atlanta area located in the "Pill Hill" neighborhood in Sandy Springs, Georgia. Opened in 1970, the hospital is the flagship and original location of the Northside Hospital System ; as of 2023 [update] , it has 621 beds and ...
The women's health movement grew out of social movements of the 1960s, including the New Left, the Civil Rights Movement, and dissatisfaction with the delivery of women's health care. Members of the women's health movement saw health care as a highly politicized issue and wanted to challenge the racism, classism, and sexism they saw in ...