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March 08, 2023
Cameroon: Women Protest High Cost of Living
Thousands of women in Cameroon took to the streets on Wednesday, International Women's Day, to protest the high cost of living. The government blames soaring food and energy prices… Read more »
March 06, 2023
Africa: Progress Won Over Decades is Vanishing Before Our Eyes - UN Chief
The United Nations secretary-general warned Monday at the start of a major women's conference that at the current pace, gender equality is projected to be 300 years away. Read more »
March 01, 2023
Somalia: Women Journalists Are Changing the Narrative
As a school kid in Mogadishu, Farhia Mohamed Kheyre spoke in an unusual way. When her teachers asked questions in class, Kheyre would answer in a newsreader's voice, she told VOA,… Read more »
February 24, 2023
Africa: U. S. First Lady Rallies for Freedom, Women's Empowerment On Historic Africa Visit
United States first lady Jill Biden on Friday ended her first visit to Namibia on a hopeful, encouraging note, stressing the power of youth in a nation where youth unemployment… Read more »
February 23, 2023
Namibia: Jill Biden Highlights Empowering Women, Children On Second Day in Namibia
U.S. first lady Jill Biden is due to speak Thursday at a state luncheon with Namibia's President Hage Geingob and first lady Monica Geingos at the Namibian presidential residence,… Read more »
February 20, 2023
Kenya: BBC Uncovers Sexual Abuse On Tea Plantations
The BBC said Monday it has uncovered evidence of sexual exploitation on Kenyan tea plantations that supply some of Britain's most popular brands. Read more »
February 16, 2023
Cameroon: Women's Protest Pushes Military to Release Detained Youths
Cameroon's military has released about 30 youths it detained as suspected rebels after a protest by several hundred women, including mothers of those detained. The women from the… Read more »
February 13, 2023
Africa: Businesswomen Call for Dialogue on Border Harassment
African women and girls are discussing the harassment and discrimination challenges they face trying to conduct cross-border business under the African Continental Free Trade… Read more »
January 17, 2023
Cameroon: Activists Push Gender Parity for Senate Elections
Activists in Cameroon are urging more women candidates to enter races for Senate seats before a January 28 deadline. Only 26 members of Cameroon's 100-member senate are women, a… Read more »
December 09, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon Rights Groups Demand Protection of Displaced Women and Children From Rights Abuses
Ahead of World Human Rights Day this Saturday (12/10), Cameroonian rights groups are protesting what they call dehumanizing treatment of women and children displaced by the… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Rights Commission Set to Probe Alleged Secret, Forced Abortion Program By Military
Nigeria's human rights commission said Friday it will probe a report that the Nigerian military has secretly run an abortion program that terminated thousands of pregnancies among… Read more »
November 29, 2022
Namibia: Ruling Party Chooses First Female Presidential Candidate
Namibia's ruling party has selected Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as the party's vice president, putting her in line to be the country's first female presidential candidate when the… Read more »
November 24, 2022
Senegal: Senegal's Women Gold Miners Carry Heavy Burden
Every few minutes, 14-month-old Awa coughs, the phlegm rising from deep within her chest. Read more »
November 21, 2022
Benin: Meet Benin's Real-Life 'Woman King'
"The Woman King" is a rare example of an African story told in the form of a Hollywood historical epic. Around the world, it has won praise for its acting, directing, and themes of… Read more »
November 17, 2022
Africa: African Women Entrepreneurs Call for Support of Africa Free Trade
African women entrepreneurs from 35 countries have called for more support from lenders and governments to help them benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area. Meeting… Read more »
November 09, 2022
Somalia: Somali-American Women Score Wins in U.S. Midterm Elections
At least seven Somali-American women won races in Tuesday's U.S. midterm elections, results show. Read more »
November 03, 2022
South Africa: Ramaphosa Says Number of Women Murdered up 50 Percent
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, at a summit on gender-based violence in the country, said murders of women jumped by 50% this year and called for action to stop the trend.… Read more »
September 20, 2022
Cameroon: Women Say They Are Under-Represented in Peace Talks
In Cameroon, hundreds of women are protesting what they say is their underrepresentation in the country's efforts at peace, despite making up more than half the population. Women… Read more »
August 12, 2022
Liberia: Liberia Reforms Discriminatory Gender Nationality Law
The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, praised Liberia for removing gender discrimination from its nationality law, granting women the same right as men to pass their nationality to their… Read more »
August 06, 2022
Kenya: Unregulated Campaign Spending Disenfranchises Youth, Women in Kenyan Politics
Candidates in Kenya's August 9 presidential election are wrapping up their campaigns after parties spent heavily in often lavish displays of wealth. Read more »
August 04, 2022
Africa: U.S. Senate Committee Holds Hearing for 3 Women Nominated to African Ambassador Posts
Three career diplomats in the U.S. Foreign Service answered questions Wednesday from senators during a hearing examining their credentials to lead U.S. diplomatic missions in… Read more »
June 20, 2022
Cameroon: Women Refugees in Cameroon Struggle to Survive
Cameroon hosts about 460,000 refugees and asylum-seekers, most of them women and children who escaped violence in the Central African Republic and Nigeria. But while they have… Read more »
May 29, 2022
Cameroon: Donors Distribute Sanitary Pads to Girls Displaced By Crisis On World Menstrual Hygiene Day
Cameroon observed World Menstrual Hygiene Day Saturday with donors and health workers distributing reusable sanitary pads to several hundred poor girls displaced by terrorism and… Read more »
May 01, 2017
Senegal: Govt to Introduce HPV Vaccine to Battle Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer is preventable, yet it remains the most common type of cancer in Africa, the World Health Organization says. WHO data show that Senegal currently has one of the… Read more »
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