Although women produce 80 percent of Cameroon's food needs, they own just two percent of the land, according to a 2011 statistics from the Cameroon Gender Equality Network. Read more »
Over 19 young girls have been allegedly raped and many others molested at the designated resettlement camps established for flood victims in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. Read more »
For many women in the disaster-prone southern district of Nsanje, resilience is essential to cope in times of disaster and to survive the cyclical flooding, writes Mabvuto Banda ... Read more »
Dozens of students who have been staging a sit-in for the past few days protesting against attacks on female students in their dorms by security forces, have been arrested. Read more »
The attorney general has petitioned the Supreme Court on the interpretation of the one-third gender rule and the presidential elections. Read more »
More than 40 HIV-posItive women, who were allegedly coerced into sterilization procedures, are taking their case to court to demand justice and compensation. Read more »
The Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs says government has concluded plans to assist widows to fund their marriages in order to reduce the burden they face. Read more »
Nigeria has resumed flights to Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage, ending a diplomatic row over the detention of hundreds of female pilgrims for arriving unaccompanied by ... Read more »
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria should take blame for not advising the federal government properly on the law prohibiting female pilgrims from travelling to Saudi Arabia ... Read more »
Despite high-level diplomatic talks with their Nigerian counterparts, Saudi authorities has deported more female pilgrims. Read more »
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