Africa: Hope for Ending 'Unrelenting' Cycle of Malnutrition, Poverty

Gently laying three-month-old Benjamin on a board to measure his length, Elizabeth Mumo, 28, is grateful for the weekend clinics in a makeshift health facility, run by a retired… Read more »

Africa: 'Magnificent Strides' Against Malnutrition

The governments of the UK and Brazil, and the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), will co-host a high-level international meeting, Nutrition for Growth: Beating Hunger… Read more »

Africa: Lancet Highlights Importance of Maternal, Child Nutrition

A new Lancet series on maternal and child nutrition examines the problems associated with undernutrition and successful interventions. A similar report released by Lancet in 2008… Read more »

Africa: Bold Goals, Measurement Needed for Progress Against Poverty

With the expiration of the initiative still more than a year away, there is planning underway to move beyond the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aimed at… Read more »

Africa: 'It's the Turn of the African Woman'

Toyin Ojora-Saraki, founder and president of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, a maternal, newborn and child health and empowerment organization, has dedicated more than 20 years to… Read more »

Africa: Investing in Africa's Women

Invest and empower other women on the continent. This is the key message that came from former South African first lady and head of the Graca Machel Foundation, Graca Machel. Her… Read more »

Africa: Mastectomy Disclosure by Angelina Jolie May Help Reduce Stigma in Africa

In disclosing in the New York Times on Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy, actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie also called attention to the many women in Africa and… Read more »

Rwanda: UN Security Council Presidency an 'Eye-opener' - Foreign Minister

The government of Rwanda is completing a busy month at the helm of the United Nations Security Council, a task that rotates among members - both the five nations with permanent… Read more »

Africa: Closing the Gap - Meet Aims to End Extreme Poverty

When 17-year-old Sona Traore represented the Child Protection Network of Liberia at a civil society event organized in conjunction with a three-day United Nations meeting in this… Read more »

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 »