The UN has urged an investigation into reports of rape after refugees were expelled from Angola and forced to return to the DRC recently. Read more »
Nigeria's Super Falcons dominated Mali at the African Women's Championship resulting in a 5-0 victory. Read more »
Tanzania's Twiga Stars battled bravely but lost 2-1 to hosts South Africa's Banyana Banyana in the opening match of the African Women's Championship finals. Read more »
In order to tackle the rate of maternal and infant deaths, the authorities in Sierra Leone have opted to include paramount chiefs who command high respect in their areas. Read more »
Women in the Sudanese region of Darfur have been raped with impunity since the start of the conflict in 2003. Now a campaign to reform the rape law is gaining momentum in the ... Read more »
Hundreds of thousands of women suffer fistula in solitude and shame, and the United Nations Population Fund estimates that more than two million women live with it in the ... Read more »
While in Malawi civil society is driving an effort to get female candidates into office, regardless of their political party, there still remain obstacles. Read more »
Despite the critical role women play in subsistence agriculture, African customary laws still prevent them from owning land. Read more »
During his visit, a senior UN official will hear from a panel of rape survivors in the eastern province of South Kivu. Read more »
A leading United Nations official in the fight against sexual violence during conflict began a week-long visit to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) today to coordinate a response ... Read more »
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