Uncircumcised Girl Day
Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting is barbaric. Few subjects can make my face contort in horror, nor make my blood boil with anger, than FGM/C. There is no reason for it.
July 3, 2010 | Posted in Women | Read More »
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About: Matt Gibbs
Website: http://gattmibbs.blogspot.com
Profile: An aid worker by training, but a show-off by nature, Matt has been a bit of a nomad; working in Papua New Guinea, Sudan, Sweden, Kenya, a handful of Pacific Island States and Ethiopia - in addition to his native Australia - for the past six and a half years. Matt is currently penning children's books with his writing partner and deciding whether his nomadic lifestyle should be thrown in for some nesting...
Posts by Matt Gibbs:
The Smile, the Bus and the Wheelchair
Let’s face it – in a great many countries, people with different abilities still find it tricky getting up steps, crossing the road and clambering onto buses. But sometimes, unexpectedly, delight falls into our lives.
December 22, 2009 | Posted in Africa | Read More »
If only Gareth Thomas was a Footballer
Will Gareth Thomas’s ‘coming out’ story reach the eyes and ears of Ugandans? For those committed to either cause – LGBT rights or rugby – the answer is a resounding ‘yes.’
December 22, 2009 | Posted in Rugby | Read More »
Bite Me All Night
I pride myself on the fact that I am a mosquito’s last port of call. They land on stones before they land on me. I’ve been to countless malarious areas and walked away unscathed. So why – oh why – would bed bugs find me so delicious in Fiji?
November 16, 2009 | Posted in Stories and Tips | Read More »
Nights in Khartoum
While private investment booms in Khartoum, turning the largely uninteresting city into a predicted “Dubai of North Africa,” public investment is sadly lacking in Darfur. Everyone from the UN Secretary-General to the President of the United States to actors George Clooney and Mia Farrow have been calling a stop to the conflict in Darfur. And nothing changes.
November 9, 2009 | Posted in Africa | Read More »
Who will protect Kenyan men from themselves?
The feminization of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa – where young women are four times more likely to be infected than men – is being driven by violence against women and girls.
November 2, 2009 | Posted in Health | Read More »
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