September 07, 2012
Kenya: Ngilu Pursues Presidency on Pro-Poor Platform
Kenya's water and irrigation minister, Charity Kaluki Ngilu announced her bid for the presidency this week as leader of the National Rainbow Coalition. She calls it the "party of… Read more »
September 05, 2012
South Africa: When Sex Is Work
Linda is a small, soft-spoken woman. She takes out her passport and in a matter-of-fact voice explains, "This thing reminds me of my journey, from the time my husband died." Read more »
August 30, 2012
Africa: Pumps, Policies and Private Investment
As World Water Week draws to a close, a new report highlights the promise of small-scale irrigation schemes. "Water for Wealth and Food Security" touts simple interventions, such… Read more »
July 27, 2012
South Africa: HIV+ Mothers and Their Babies Thrive on Treatment
At 9 a.m. each morning and 9 p.m. each evening, in her shack on the outskirts of Cape Town, Nomsa* diligently takes the antiretroviral medication that makes her … Read more »
July 23, 2012
Africa: U.S. Commits to Greater Support for HIV-Positive Pregnant Women
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced Monday that the administration of Barack Obama is committed to "an Aids-free generation" and will spend an additional U.S.$80… Read more »
Africa: Beyond Contraceptive Controversy - Melinda Gates Bets on Pro-Life Policies
Melinda Gates wants you to know this: if women in poor countries can get the contraceptives they want, millions of lives will be saved. Read more »
July 13, 2012
Africa: Contraception Innovations Can 'Save Millions'
The Summit on Family Planning drew policy makers, donors and health professionals to London on 11 July to discuss how to provide access to contraceptives to more of the world's… Read more »
July 11, 2012
Ethiopia: 'Choosing Our Future' - Health Minister's Speech to Family Planning Summit
Following is the text of the address by Ethiopia's Minister of Health Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to delegates at the London Summit on Family Planning: Read more »
Senegal: Health Minister Says Family Planning a National Priority
Following is the text of the address by Senegal's Minister of Health Dr Awa Marie Coll-Seck to the Family Planning Summit: Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Pledges to Supply More Contraceptives
Following is an address to the Global Family Planning Summit by Dr Muhammad Ali Pate, the Minister of State for Health of Nigeria. Read more »
July 10, 2012
Africa: London Summit Aims to Save Lives With Family Planning
A summit aimed at halving the number of women in developing countries without access to contraception opens in London on Wednesday, and African women stand to benefit the most… Read more »
July 06, 2012
South Africa: Clinic Shows How to Cut Maternal Deaths
In a country where deaths from pregnancy and childbirth have been rising - more than four-fold in a decade, according to reports - not a single maternal death was recorded at a… Read more »
June 14, 2012
Mali: Making Mothers Matter
It's a typical weekday morning at the Luxembourg Mother-Child hospital in the capital, Bamako. Around 20 patients are there for appointments - shy teenagers sit alongside more… Read more »
May 31, 2012
Kenya: Vaccine Could Reduce Cervical Cancer Deaths
At age 22, all Martha Achieng' Ooko really craved was freedom and a place to call her own. She was working hard as a beautician, giving manicures and pedicures in the western… Read more »
Kenya: Lack of Screening, Vaccines for Cervical Cancer Costs Lives
At age 22, all Martha Achieng' Ooko really craved was freedom and a place to call her own. She was working hard as a beautician, giving manicures and pedicures in the western… Read more »
May 15, 2012
Africa: Empower Women for Food Security, Says UN
Ensuring the full equality of women and girls will make a significant contribution to reducing hunger and malnutrition in Africa according to a new report released by the United… Read more »
May 08, 2012
Congo-Kinshasa: Where Giving Birth Is Deadly
Her limbs flaccid, her eyes wide with fear and pain, Théthé's cries seem oddly detached from her body, as if part of her isn't lying on a brown vinyl mattress, slick… Read more »
April 05, 2012
Africa: Kickstarting Entrepreneurship and Progress
KickStart, a non-proft that promotes technology and entrepreneurism in Africa, was among those honoured at the first Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls held… Read more »
Africa: Are Maternal Deaths a 'Right to Life' Issue?
Picture yourself in a room with 30 other women - knowing that one of you will die during pregnancy or childbirth. That's not a concept for a macabre TV show - unless it's reality… Read more »
April 03, 2012
Kenya: Slum Midwives Bridge Labour Gap
To the casual visitor, the dusty, dimly lit room may not look much like a birthing center. But many women consider their babies lucky to enter the world in this mud-walled space in… Read more »
March 14, 2012
Africa: Feeding the Planet by Leveling the Plowing Field for Women
In 1900, there were a mere 1.6 billion people on our planet. Today, there are seven billion and by 2050 we will be nine billion. One would expect that with such rapid population… Read more »
March 12, 2012
Africa: Women Scientists Face Tough Choices
Rufaro Madakadze, a horticultural scientist with the Alliance for a Green Revolution (AGRA), was visiting a student recently in northern Ethiopia to discuss her acceptance into an… Read more »
March 08, 2012
South Sudan: Striving for Equity in Health for Women
Today, March 8, marks International Women's Day, a day in which to both note the tremendous strides women have made globally over the past 100 years, as well as acknowledge the… Read more »
February 23, 2012
Africa: Farmers Shape Global Future Say World Leaders
Expanding the yield of smallscale agriculture is vital – not only to feed those in need, but to ensure global stability and preserve the environment. Read more »
February 17, 2012
Africa: Women Filmmakers Tell Their Stories
Documentary filmmaking holds a special place in the history of African women's cinema. In 1972, Senegalese filmmaker Safi Faye became the first sub-Saharan African woman to make a… Read more »