Africa: Kangaroo Care Boosts the Odds for Preterm Infants

In one world, Tabitha Wanjiku is shimmying under cars, tweaking transmissions and rewiring brake lights on her way to certification as a mechanic. In another, the soft-spoken,… Read more »

Africa: Supporting Women in Agriculture for a 'Prosperous' Africa

The African Union (AU) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, but instead of looking back, the current chair, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, seems intent on casting her vision… Read more »

Africa: Celebrating the AU's First Female Leader

When the chair of the African Union (AU), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma walked into the 21st bi-annual Gender is my Agenda Campaign (GIMAC) meeting on Tuesday she was given a reception, I… Read more »

Nigeria: Ondo State Governor Determined to Turn Tide on Maternal Health

One in five Nigerian children will die before reaching his or her fifth birthday, according to Save the Children. Their mothers are also suffering - the country accounted for 14… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Bring Women into DRC Peace Talks - Diop

It's a country the size of all of western Europe, with enormous mineral riches that enable the artifacts of modern life, from mobile phones and tablets to circuit boards and solar… Read more »

Africa: Scaling Up Impact for Women

Melanne Verveer likes numbers. As the first U.S. ambassador-at-large for Global Women's Issues, Verveer is a veritable encyclopedia of studies, facts and figures related to… Read more »

Africa: Using Family Planning as a 'Liberating Force'

Nearly 20 years ago, 179 countries came together and made a commitment to provide sexual and reproductive health care, including family planning, to their people. The… Read more »

Africa: The Women Who Grow Africa's Food Need a Voice

When Dr. Ruth Khasaya Oniang'o, a professor of food science and nutrition, shared advice from her mother at the September 2012 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), it really… Read more »

South Africa: Church Elects Woman Bishop

A South African woman has been elected as the second female Anglican bishop in Africa. Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »