A collection of documents containing comprehensive data and analysis on family planning and maternal health reveal the importance of investing in the lives of women and children. Read more »
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of the first female Chief Justice, Justice Aloma Mukhtar, who faces a tough task of "stitching together" a battered judiciary. Read more »
Senator Morgan Famai's comments about women having to make themselves appear less attractive to curb the spread of HIV were supposed to be taken as a joke, Kwekwe MP Blessing ... Read more »
A maternal obstetric unit in Cape Town has not recorded a single maternal death from April 2011 to May this year with the help of a Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission ... Read more »
President Goodluck Jonathan formally nominated the most senior justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Alooma Mariam Mukhtar, as first female chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) and ... Read more »
A report by the International Rescue Committee concludes that the greatest threat to women comes from their intimate partners and that some women suffer cruelty with "shocking ... Read more »
Two WOZA members of the nine who were arrested on the 2nd of July for conducting a "occupy and demand the draft constitution" campaign are reported missing. Read more »
"Don't look now, but there is poison in your lipstick: In fact, there is poison in a lot of stuff you rub all over yourself every day, from shampoo to deodorant to, yes, lipstick", ... Read more »
President Goodluck Jonathan is contemplating the implementation of a birth control law that will curb the number of children families are allowed to have. Read more »
About 33.6 percent of women in Uganda are estimated to harbour cervical human papillomavirus infection - the main cause of cervical cancer - at any given time. Read more »
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