The White Ribbon Alliance has launched the "What Women Want" campaign in Nigeria. At the launch in Abuja, the alliance's national co-ordinator, Tonte Ibraye, said: "The campaign ... Read more »
A new study in the Democratic Republic of Congo found that treating women subsistence farmers with just a single dose of a cheap deworming medication, significantly improved their ... Read more »
In Sudan, where a women's national football team remains a distant dream, Salma al-Majidi knew the only way to take part in her beloved sport was to coach - and that the players ... Read more »
The Malawi Human Rights Commission has expressed fears that the 10% cut to their budget will adversly affect most of its activities in safeguarding and promoting human rights in ... Read more »
The debate around sex work has intensified in both local and international media. It has been linked to human trafficking and modern-day slavery, abuse, and the exploitation of ... Read more »
Johannesburg Pride, the largest LGBTIQ+ pride parade and festival on the African continent, has called for a retraction from AfriForum after the lobby group made a comparison ... Read more »
For most young girls in Africa, menstruation is a monthy crisis. Menstruation can be managed with the appropriate sanitary items, but adolescent school-going girls suffer from a ... Read more »
Trustco Group Holdings has received backlash for an online advert that depicts American transgender and reality TV personality Caitlyn Jenner wearing a lingerie top and standing ... Read more »
It is baffling that the concepts of 'culture' and 'our morals' is being used as a reason to not have sex education in schools because the continent has a proud history of having ... Read more »
A growing number of men raised by physically abusive or emotionally absent fathers are making the decision to be deliberately present in their children's lives, writes Lineo ... Read more »
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