Childhood in an Evolving World – A Goodwill Message delivered at National Orientation Agency (NOA) Children’s Day Event

Origins  May 27th is a day dedicated to recognise and celebrate children, this begun in the year 1964 and has been consistent in our dear Nation to date. The primary focus of children’s day I centered  on the wellbeing and education of our children  While this theme today organised by the National Orientation Agency is themed[…]

Addressing Child Domestic Abuse- Who is culpable?

Domestic violence is perpetrated by any gender. These roles are ‘performed’ in any gender identity or category however data still strongly indicates men over women intimate partner violence as the mainstreamed social problems. Violence also covers in-laws abuse, staff abuse, sexual assault and harassment, trafficking and solicitation, pimping, verbal abuse of which emerging data is positing women as victims as well as perpetrators. 

The Power in Em-POWER-ment- The Nexus Between Language, Meaning and Application

EmPOWERment has embedded meaning in varying contexts. The word in itself can mean the positioning for a positive and progressive possibility. It can mean enabling either a person, economy or environment, to achieve objectives that seemed unattainable. Empowerment is being used as a language and terminology for the re-positioning towards an ideal, somewhat better and more profitable outcome. While this language and meaning can be nuanced, there is no denying the fact that empowerment and empowering is binary focussed.