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"Visolela Rosalinda "Rosa" Namises (born 1958), nicknamed the "Rosa Luxemburg of Namibia", is a Namibian politician, human-rights activist and reigning chief of the /Khomanin people https://www.namibian.com.na/177603/archive- read/Khomanin-group-elects-Namises--as-chief. She is a former Member of Parliament and founding member and former secretary-general of the Namibian Congress of Democrats (CoD). A prominent voice on gender issues, human-rights violations, and violence against women and children in Namibia, she is the director of Woman Solidarity Namibia and works at the Dolam Residential Child Care centre, a day-care centre for vulnerable children. Early life and education Namises was born on 20 April 1958 as one of nine children to an Angolan father and Damara mother in the Old Location of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. She grew up with her father until she was 15 years old and attended the Augustineum Secondary School in Windhoek. After graduating she worked first as a cleaner, then as a nursing assistant, and in parallel she completed her matric through a correspondence course with Sukses College. Her political activism first landed her in jail and then led her into exile, conditions that forced her to discontinue her education. Only in 1990 when Namibia became independent did she continue to study. She obtained a Diploma in Adult and Basic Education from UNISA and a Diploma in Gender Development and Planning from the University of London. She further holds a Diploma in Women in Management, has had some paralegal education, and acquired counselling and facilitation skills. Political career In the early 1980s Namises joined the then-illegal SWAPO party. She organised meetings, acquired new members, and distributed promotional material. She was caught and spent two months in solitary confinement but soon returned to her activist's activities. In 1985 she lost her job in the hospital after having been seen holding hands in public with a white doctor, violating apartheid legislation on racial segregation. She was also jailed a second time for her political activities, this time for 14 months. Once released she was offered a job by the Catholic Church as community development officer. In the same year Ben Ulenga was released from Robben Island prison. Namises and Ulenga met and became a couple soon thereafter. When she was pregnant with their second child in 1987 but they still refused to marry each other, Namises was fired. She also abandoned her Catholic faith at that time, and for that reason. Namises then went into exile and worked in Europe and America. She only returned after the Independence of Namibia in 1990. Not long thereafter several past human rights violations by SWAPO were uncovered. When the party subsequently erected a wall of silence instead of reappraising what had happened, Namises ceased her SWAPO membership in 1992. When the Congress of Democrats (CoD) was founded in 1999, Namises was one of its founding members. In the subsequent parliamentary elections, the CoD gained seven seats, and Namises as secretary- general became a Member of Parliament for the 3rd National Assembly. When the CoD only gained five seats in the next elections in 2004, Namises was one of the politicians not to return to parliament. However, after the party expelled Nora Schimming-Chase in 2009, Namises took her seat for the remainder of the legislative period. Activism As Namises went in and out of politics, she spent the time in between as an activist and lobbyist. Her first formal role was her work at the Legal Assistance Centre in the early 1990s, a job she took after quitting SWAPO. She helped to discover and fight human rights violations there, a step she described as "revenge". She is the director of Woman Solidarity Namibia, an organisation fighting violence against women and children. Namises is also the founder and main operator of Dolam Residential Child Care, a day-care facility for vulnerable children. There are 21 children at the centre. In the media * Rosa und Uria, a German film about Rosa Namises and Uria Kariere's lives at the eve of Namibian independence * Portrait einer beeindruckenden Frau [Portrait of an impressive woman], by Dora Borer References External links * The Dolam Children's Home Trust official site 1958 births People from Windhoek Congress of Democrats politicians Living people Members of the National Assembly (Namibia) Namibian nurses University of South Africa alumni Alumni of the University of London Augustineum Secondary School alumni South West African anti-apartheid activists Violence against women in Namibia Children's rights activists Violence against women Women's rights activists Feminism and history Namibian people of Angolan descent 20th-century women politicians 21st-century women politicians Women members of the National Assembly (Namibia) "
"Tanrui is a village located extreme west of Ukhrul district, Manipur. The village is connected by an inter village road and is about 45 kilometers from the district headquarters. Tanrui is flanked by Tuinem in the east, Zingshong in the north Senapati district in the west and Sinakeithei in the south. The inhabitants talk Tanrui dialect which belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family. Population According to 2011 census, Tanrui has 202 households with the total of 1007 people of which 508 are male and 499 are female. Of the total population, 144 were in the age group of 0–6 years. The average sex ratio of the village is 982 female to 1000 male which is lower than the state average 985. The literacy rate of the village stands at 85.63% which is higher than the state average 76.94%. Male literacy rate stands at 89.75% while female literacy rate was 81.37%. People and Occupation Agriculture is the main occupation of the settlers. The main crops grown in the village are rice, corn, and pulses of many varieties. Tanrui is well known in Ukhrul district for potato and chilli cultivation. The village also is home to various flora and fauna. Majority of the inhabitants are Christians. References Villages in Ukhrul district "