School-Based Culture Mediating Teachers Job Satisfaction and Performance in Secondary Schools Mbeya Region- Tanzania

The purpose of this study was to examine school culture as it mediates teachers’ job satisfaction and performance in secondary schools in Mbeya region. The study specifically focused on examining school culture and teacher motivation; assessing motivation and teacher job satisfaction as well as to determining teacher motivation and satisfaction to student learning. Correlation research design was used to get information from 220 teachers through questionnaires and interview. The study found that school culture such as rules and regulation, social interaction and relation had a lot to do with teacher motivation. The study also found a strong relation between teacher motivation and teacher job satisfaction. Further, the study found that when teacher were motivated and in high moral, they taught well and develop good relationship with student, a situation that also encouraged students to learn better and perform. The study suggests that there is the need for all school managers to improve school culture, by ensuring that the rules and regulations that are developed are fair to make it possible for both the teachers and students to adhere and interact amicably in everyday teaching and learning process

All Sexed Up: a resposta de mulheres lésbicas negras jovens ao sexo (mais) seguro em Johannesburg, África do Sul All Sexed Up: young black lesbian women's responses to safe(r) sex in Johannesburg, South Africa

A saúde sexual de mulheres lésbicas não é um tema frequentemente discutido em nossas sociedades. As questões de saúde da mulher são classificadas sob uma única categoria abrangente e excluem algumas das preocupações específicas de mulheres lésbicas, que, em geral, não têm o mesmo comportamento em relação à saúde que as mulheres heterossexuais. Esta tendência se deve a uma série de razões, entre as quais: falta de conhecimento sobre saúde e risco sexuais lésbicos, medo de estigmatização pelos prestadores de serviço e o processo de "se assumir" (coming out) para esses profissionais, que além de desconhecido, é, algumas vezes, hostil. Além disso, a pouca pesquisa sobre lésbicas e saúde lésbica na África do Sul torna difícil para as mulheres que assim se autoclassificam saberem que questões de saúde sexual as afetam especificamente, bem como onde e de que forma lidar com certos problemas. Existe uma percepção equivocada e generalizada de que questões de sexo seguro não afetam mulheres lésbicas tanto quanto mulheres heterossexuais. O artigo apresenta as visões de um grupo de mulheres de 18 a 35 anos que se autoidentificam como lésbicas na África de Sul. Por meio de questionários autoaplicados e discussões, essas mulheres partilham suas experiências e pensamentos sobre sexo lésbico (seguro) e como elas têm-se relacionado e continuam a se relacionar sexualmente com outras mulheres no momento de HIV e Aids.<br>Lesbian women's health and sexual health is a theme not generally discussed in our societies. Women's' health issues are generally classified under one umbrella, and exclude some of the concerns specific to lesbian women. Lesbian women in general do not have the same health-seeking behaviours as heterosexual women. This is due to a number of reasons including: lack of knowledge about lesbian sexual health and sexual risk, fear of stigmatization by service providers, and the "coming out" process to unfamiliar and sometimes unsympathetic health-related service providers. Furthermore, limited research on lesbians and lesbian health in South Africa makes it difficult for lesbian women to know what sexual health issues affect them specifically, where and how to address these issues. There is a general misconception that safe sex issues do not affect lesbian women as much as they affect heterosexual women. The paper presents views of a group of young self-identified lesbian women in South Africa between the ages of 18 and 35. Through self-administered questionnaires and discussions these women share their experiences and thoughts of lesbian (safe) sex and how they have related and continue to relate sexually with other women in the time of HIV and Aids