The Minister for Gender and Culture Peace Mutuuzo has warned school matrons against initiating young girls into genital elongation, a practice she says does not add value to their ... Read more »
AllAfrica spoke with Gambian activist Jaha Dukureh about her new campaign against FGM, the victories that Safe Hands For Girls celebr Read more »
After decades of conflict in the DR Congo, women and girls continue to suffer disproportionately from the crisis. In November 2019, the police's action plan against sexual violence ... Read more »
With the ongoing conflicts in Cameroon, Somalia, Nigeria, the Sahel and Mozambique, peace on the continent may seem elusive, but Nigerian-based Joy Ada Onyesoh, president of the ... Read more »
For black women married in South Africa before 1988, the husband owned all matrimonial assets and could sell them without consulting his wife - until a landmark court judgment ... Read more »
A government official, Duncan Chione from the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has said the new land law which came into effect in 2018 is still facing resistance ... Read more »
Four out of the top 10 countries with high women business owner percentages are in Africa. Information on the quality of these women-owned businesses would give an indication of ... Read more »
Human Rights Defenders Coalition has vowed to proceed with its planned demonstrations to push for the arrest of the police officers alleged to have raped women in and around ... Read more »
A bill that seeks to amend the Nigeria Police Force Act which was introduced in 1968, will expunge all forms of discrimination against female police officers, and has passed a ... Read more »
Traditional beliefs in society are perpetuating girl-child marriages, Zimbabwe Gender Commission Chief Executive Officer, Virginia Muwanigwa has said. This comes after a ZimStats ... Read more »
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