A district court has acquitted 24 women accused of wearing "indecent clothes" at a party in southern Khartoum and fined the party's sponsor for holding a public party without the ... Read more »
Two entrepreneurs decided to combine business and entrepreneurship training with clothing to create a venture that could help tackle joblessness among mothers. Read more »
A report by Médecins Sans Frontières has found that despite the high prevalence of sexual violence, there is insufficient access to clinical forensic services for ... Read more »
In 2016, Uganda banned its nationals from working in Oman but a growing number of Ugandans are returning home with from the Gulf country with tales of abuse by employers. A ... Read more »
The #NotOurLeaders campaign has been launched in an effort to expose politicians who have failed to receive significant sanctions from their organisations despite being accused of ... Read more »
The campaign focuses on trying gender-based violence and child abuse cases pending before courts, identifying teen mothers who have not yet reported their cases to the police and ... Read more »
Jimeh Saleh, who heads BBC's Hausa Service, has lauded the achievements of Hausa language female writers in Nigeria. Read more »
Addressing a wide range of issues in a rare radio interview, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said Liberians will miss her for her resolve to get the country's broken system and ... Read more »
What #MeToo has shown clearly is that everyone has a part to play in changing our society for the better. We must speak out against harassment and violence in our homes, ... Read more »
Exposure to gruesome acts of sexual violence make women and children in conflict-affected areas some of the most vulnerable groups of people in the world. It is all the more ... Read more »
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