Africa responde

I loved this logo on AIDS it has such presence and impact, recently Batswana youth were rated as the best users of condoms in Africa. That makes me proud. There was a countrywide new launch of the female condom BLISS, even though there are those who still feel that changing the name won’t really solve the issue. The main reason for the low usage of the condom being the balance of power between females, and men. This is what we need to address, personally I think women are still disempowered in my country. That has to change. On the AIDS front faithfulness in relationships is still disappointingly low and abstinence virtually a rare occurrence. Poverty does contribute to the problem. People have nothing to look forward too, they feel they have nothing to lose… Imagine someone with no job prospects, or school opportunities, who lives in a two roomed house with say 5 other people, no electricity, one stand pipe outside, and one toilet outside. The options become very narrow.