Zambia: Zambian Women Are Obsessed With Using Tobacco for Sex - Despite the Health Risks

They ingest snuff to self-medicate and insert it in their vaginas to increase their partner's sexual pleasure. But smokeless tobacco could compound the already steep health… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Driving Cargo Trucks in Zimbabwe Is Dangerous and Difficult. This Woman Is Doing It Anyway.

Just 5% of the nation's truck drivers are women, and the demanding job comes with challenges at home and on the road. Read more »

Uganda: Behind the Wheel With Uganda's Pioneering Women Drivers

Low pay, sexual harassment and job instability haven't stopped women from pursuing opportunities in the male-dominated public transport sector. Read more »

Zambia: Why Grants for Women-Run Businesses in Zambia Never Reach Them

The rural business owners, who often are illiterate, struggle with a national grant program's complex application process -- making them prime targets for scams. Read more »

Zimbabwe: 'I Was All Alone' - Why Some Zimbabwean Women Kill Their Babies

More than three decades after Zimbabwe created its infanticide law to spare women harsh murder sentences, advocates say the root causes have yet to be addressed. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Can Zimbabwe's First 'Open Prison' for Women Open Doors to a New Life?

The country's first minimum security prison for women focuses on rehabilitation rather than punishment. Here's why authorities and former inmates alike say it works -- but why… Read more »

Uganda: Inside Uganda's Mental Hospitals, Women Face Additional Trauma of Sexual Assault

Rape is common inside facilities, patients and others say. But accusers frequently aren't believed, and justice is rare. Read more »

Zambia: Trauma or Training? Zambians Split Over Sexual Initiation Ceremonies

Zambia's traditional counselors are rethinking the country's puberty rites, which some argue are detrimental to girls' well-being. Read more »

Africa: For Girls Escaping Sexual Abuse, Too Few Safe Spaces

Those who make it to shelters find protection, solace and hope, but a shortage of rehabilitation centers in Uganda thwarts efforts to seek justice. Read more »

Uganda: Rural Outposts Bring Resources, Hope to Women in Abusive Marriages

With domestic violence on the rise, commission opens 12 offices across Uganda aimed at rooting out human rights violations. Read more »

Africa: Forced to Flee Violence, Potter Takes Refuge in Clay

More than 1,100 people have registered as displaced in Kayna since early 2022. Many arrive with nothing, but the area's sandy clay soil gives them the opportunity to build a new… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Is Sex Consensual If She's 16?

A court order to raise the age at which a person can legally consent to intercourse aims to protect teens against sexual exploitation. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Failed By the Health System, Women Are Turning to Courts

After traumatic experiences giving birth, some women are seeking recourse and justice in Zimbabwe's courts. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Meet Kasingiri's Pioneering Motorcycle Taxi Driver

As her village's first woman in the job, Esther Katungu Kisumba confronts danger and sexism daily. Read more »