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  3. Posted

    FYI

     

    Vacancy announcement with Horn Relief for the position of Program Coordinator – Gender and Human Rights. The deadline unfortunately expired but if you know of qualified Somali candidates in the Diaspora, we are willing to receive applications until Friday 19th December 2008. So please circulate this urgently amongst your family and friends who are qualified. We have a strong interest in returning Somali professionals to work on behalf of our people!!!

     

    If you are interested send me a private message with your e-mail so that i can give you the full details.

     

    The position is located in Nairobi Kenya with 60% travel to the field( Somaliland,Puntland and South -Central)

  5. Posted

    Asalam aleykum, hope everyone is doing good....i found out this and it is natural for me to share.

     

    Extremely important read for WOMEN!

     

     

    Use of sanitary for more than 3 hours can cause cervical cancer & bacteria infection.

     

     

    FOR THOSE OF US WHO USE SANITARY NAPKINS/PADS:

     

    IF u ever wondered what were the ingredients that made popular brands so

    'free! and light and carefree', well here's the bit:

     

    The material that makes the pad so paper THIN, is cellulose gel. YEap,

    it's not even cotton!!!!!!

     

    DO NOT wear the same pad for more than 3 hours of a maximum!!! After

    this duration, the genital area is prone to bacterial action and may

    result in cervical cancer or other complications!!!!!!!!!!

     

    REMEMBER! NEVER NEVER NEVER WEAR THE SAME PAD FOR MORE THAN 3 HOURS!!!!

     

    SO yes, please pass on this message to as many women as possible and

    save lives!!!!!!!!!!

     

    If you are a woman and use pads, but especially if you use tampons, read

    this and pass it on to your friends.

    For the men receiving this email,

    please forward it to your friends, significant others, wife, sisters, mothers,

    daughters, etc.) Thanks!

     

    Check the labels of the sanitary pads or tampons that you are going to

    buy the next time and see whether you spot any of the familiar signs

    stated in this email.

     

    No wonder so many women in the world suffer from cervical cancer and

    womb tumours. Have you heard that tampon makers include asbestos in

    tampons? Why would they do this?

     

    Because asbestos makes you bleed more, if you bleed more, you're going

    to need to use more. Why isn't this against the law since asbestos is so

    dangerous? Because the powers that be, in all their wisdom (not), did

    not consider tampons as being ingested, and, therefore, didn't consider

    them illegal or dangerous.

    This month's Essence magazine has small article about this and they

    mention two manufacturers of a cotton tampon alternative. The companies

    are: Organic Essentials @1-800) 765-6491 and Terra Femme @(800)755-0212.

     

    A woman getting her Ph.D. at University of Colorado at Boulder sent the

    following: 'I am writing this because women are not being informed about

    the dangers of something most of us use: tampons. I am taking a class

    this month and I have been learning a lot about biology and women,

    including much about feminine hygiene. Recently we have learned that

    tampons are actually dangerous (for other reasons than TSS). I'll tell

    you this - after learning about this in our class, most of the females

    wound up feeling angry and upset with the tampon industry, and I for

    one, am going to do something about it To start, I want to inform

    everyone I can, and email is the fastest way that I know how

     

     

    HERE ! IS THE SCOOP:

    Tampons contain two things that are potentially harmful: Rayon (for

    absorbency), and dioxin (a chemical used in bleaching the products). The

    tampon industry is convinced that we, as women, need bleached white

    products in order to view the product as pure and clean. The problem

    here is that the dioxin, which is produced in this bleaching process,

    can lead to very harmful problems for a woman. Dioxin is potentially

    carcinogenic cancer associated and is toxic to the immune and

    reproductive systems. It has also been linked to endometriosis and lower

    sperm counts for men. For both sexes, it breaks down the immune system.

     

     

    Last September, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that

    there really is no set 'acceptable' level of exposure to dioxin given

    that it is cumulative and slow to disintegrate. The real danger comes

    from repeated contact Karen Couppert 'Pulling the Plug on the Tampon

    Industry'. I'd say using about 4-5 tampons a day, five days a month,

    for 38 menstruating years is 'repeated contact', wouldn't you? Rayon

    contributes to the danger of tampons and dioxin because it is a highly

    absorbent substance. Therefore, when fibbers from the tampons are left

    behind in the vagina (as usually occurs), it creates a breeding ground

    for the dioxin. It also stays in a lot longer than it would with just

    cotton tampons. This is also the reason why TSS (toxic shock syndrome)

    occurs.

     

    WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES?

     

    Using feminine hygiene products that aren't bleached and that are all

    cotton. Other feminine hygiene products

    (pads/napkins) contain dioxin as well, but they are not nearly as

    dangerous since they are not in direct contact with the vagina. The

    pads/napkins need to stop being bleached, but, obviously, tampons are

    the most dangerous.

     

     

    So, what can you do if you can't give up using tampons? Use tampons that

    are made from 100% cotton, and that are UNBLEACHED. Unfortunately, there

    are very few companies that make these safe tampons. They are usually

    only found in health food stores.

     

     

    Countries all over the world ( Sweden , Germany , British Columbia , etc.)

    have demanded a switch to this safer tampon, while the U.S. has decided

    to keep us in the dark about it. In 1989, activists in England mounted a

    campaign against chlorine bleaching. Six weeks and 50,000 letters later,

    the makers of sanitary products switched to oxygen bleaching (one of the

    green methods available) (MS magazine, May/June 1995).

     

    WHAT TO DO NOW:

    Tell people. Everyone. Inform them. We are being manipulated by this

    industry and the government, let's do something about it! Please write

    to the companies: Tampax(Tambrands), Playtex, O.B., Kotex. Call the 800

    numbers listed on the boxes. Let them know that we demand a safe product

    ALL COTTON UNBLEACHED TAMPONS

  11. Posted

    Hey Siphoningdilemma, dont give up yet. Am sure there is some Farax somewhere who will make you appreaciate the marriage institution and ofcourse you will get kids inshaallah and dont be scared about the biological clock if that is your worry, Lady Khadija R.A got children at an old age.Ilahey hadu qorey inat ilmo hesho wukusinayaa regardless of your age.(Dont mind my Somali, i know it is poor) Good luck!

  13. Posted

    Hey Cara, staying without Cilan was not a personal choice at the beginning. They didnot allow it in my school and then i said to maself why cant i stay like that till a very important accasion comes up

  15. Posted

    Asalam aleykm everyone;let me first formally introduce my self, am a new SOLer smile.gif

     

    I have the following decision to make. I have never applied Cilan or Heena and i promised maself that i will not till i get married but am tempted to apply now coz my graduation is approaching and i want to look nice. What do you people think, should i wait since i have reached this far or should i go ahead apply it for ma graduation???

  16. Posted

    Yeah, i agree with you. Respect has to be accorded to our somali women, apart from all the good things they do as a daughter, sister, wife and mother they have added the role of being the breadwinner to their basket of deeds. Kudos! to all women!

  18. Posted

    Huh!! no arguments??? that must be boring! I think one of you or the both of you are pretending. Anywayz mashaallah, thats good. But personally i would like some arguments positive ones ofcourse

  19. Posted

    Alhamdullilah i paid back everything immediately after ramadhan plus the six shawaal. I made it a habit for three years now. You can repay your days when everyonelse is fasting the six shawaal so you dont feel odd. Good luck n will be praying for ya all...Inshaallah

  20. Posted

    Hi folks, have bin following all the happenings in SOL for years and i have now decided to unveil ma self....toddles..the moment you have all bin waiting for...around of applause for.. the one and the only.. N'wayz folks you are all great and i enjoy this forum so much. Kudos SOL