August 07, 2025
Africa: Sexual Health Is an Extra Struggle for Women With Disabilities - Findings From 10 African Countries
Even after more than three decades of global efforts to promote inclusive sexual and reproductive health policies, many women with disabilities in Africa still face serious… Read more »
July 28, 2025
Kenya: Extreme Weather Affects Mental Health - What Vulnerable Women in Kenya Told Us
Climatic shocks and environmental changes are increasingly recognised as one of the greatest threats to human health of the 21st century. Extreme weather, such as heatwaves,… Read more »
July 24, 2025
Nigeria: Nigeria Guns for a 10th Wafcon Title - but Women's Football Has Never Been More Competitive
Whatever the outcome of the Women's African Cup of Nations (Wafcon) final on Saturday in which Nigeria faces Morocco, the days of the west African nation's sole dominance of… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Who Will Bury You? Short Stories From Zimbabwe About Women Who Refuse to Be Easily Defined
Zimbabwe-born, Canada-based Chido Muchemwa's debut short story collection, Who Will Bury You?, was published late in 2024 and immediately attracted the right kind of attention. Read more »
July 23, 2025
Malawi: Forest Loss in Malawi - How Having Women At the Table Affected Debates and Decisions About Solutions - Research
Around the world, climate change is being tackled, not just in parliaments and global summits, but also in villages and farming communities. In these local spaces, lives and… Read more »
Togo: Togo's 'Nana-Benz' - How Cheap Chinese Imports of African Fabrics Has Hurt the Famous Women Traders
The manufacturing of African print textiles has shifted to China in the 21st century. While they are widely consumed in African countries - and symbolic of the continent - the rise… Read more »
July 14, 2025
Africa: Donor-Egg Pregnancies May Come With Higher Rates of Serious Complications - Here's What You Need to Know
More women than ever are carrying babies conceived with someone else's egg - but few are told that this might carry greater health risks. Read more »
July 16, 2025
Africa: Wafcon - 3 Signs That African Women's Football Is Finally Starting to Thrive
Women's football in Africa has been through radical changes over the past few years. From small beginnings in the late 1990s, it has grown to the point that its biggest competition… Read more »
July 07, 2025
Africa: Do Women Have to Pee More Often? the Answer Is Surprisingly Complex
"Are we stopping again already?" It's a familiar complaint on family road trips and one that's often aimed at women. From sitcoms to stand-up routines, the idea that women have… Read more »
June 30, 2025
Africa: African Women Are Key to Fighting Climate Change - These Are the Green Skills They Will Need
Women are an important and often underutilised human resource in Africa. They've faced many problems historically. Limited access to land, finance, education and decision-making… Read more »
June 26, 2025
South Africa: Women Trapped With Abusers - South Africa's Covid Lockdowns Exposed Serious Protection Gaps
The unintended consequences of measures introduced to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus from 2020 to 2022 have been studied extensively. Research in South Africa shows that… Read more »
January 15, 2019
Africa: Huge Disparities in C-Sections Highlights Inequalities in Healthcare
When pregnancy or childbirth go wrong, access to Caesarean section - usually known as C-section - can be the difference between life and death for both the woman and her baby. Read more »
