Genital mutilation, or as amended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), genital modification, is common in Southern and East Africa. Dark recounts of how some churches have ... Read more »
The pilot project reduced the school dropout rate for adolescent girls after the Covid-19 pandemic, through complementary social protection and Water and Sanitary Health (WASH) ... Read more »
Sierra Leone has passed a law requiring public and private entities to reserve 30 percent of their jobs for women in a bid to tackle gender imbalances in a male-dominated society. ... Read more »
Five suspects have been arraigned in court for the murder of Edwin Chiloba, Juma Majanga of Voice of America reports. The LGBTQI+ activist was found Read more »
Women in Kenya's Laikipia North sub county are taking action against an invasive cactus that has been killing their livestock and making their land difficult to cultivate. ... Read more »
Namibia's finance ministry has said they will not exempt tampons from sales tax because they are considered to be luxury items. During a radio interview, the ministry spokesperson ... Read more »
In Kenya, girls are mostly subjected to 'the cut' - the removal of parts of the external female genital organs for non-medical reasons, during the school holidays. They Read more »
The Marina Project is a vast memorial and tourist complex under construction in Ouidah, a coastal town in the Republic of Benin in West Africa. The country ... Read more »
Cécile Bibiane Ndjebet is a veteran Cameroonian activist who was recently named a Champion of the Earth - the UN's highest environmental honour. Ndjebet is an ... Read more »
A slowdown in the progress made during the past decade against maternal and infant mortality, is projected in the African region, Read more »
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