The Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede has urged the government to ban contraceptives which he claims to be killing productive women and affecting the population. Read more »
In her fight to end early marriages and ensure the protection of the girl-child, the First lady, Christine Kaseba has called for the introduction of a new law that will prosecute ... Read more »
The government denies that they have any knowledge or information on the escape of at least 63 women reportedly abducted by suspected Boko Haram militants in the north-east of the ... Read more »
At least 60 women and girls abducted by suspected Boko Haram militants in north-east Nigeria in June have escaped their captors, according to reports from witnesses and security ... Read more »
The military has arrested three females suspected of recruiting women into the terrorist group Boko Haram. Read more »
Leaders and public health experts from around the world opened a meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, to call for accelerated action to improve maternal, newborn and child ... Read more »
USAID has unveiled an action plan, Acting on the Call: Preventing Child and Maternal Deaths, to save the lives of 15 million children and nearly 600,000 women by 2020 - a milestone ... Read more »
Salwa Bougaighis, a prominent human rights lawyer, was attacked and killed by five masked men carrying guns and knives when they stormed the compound where she lived in the eastern ... Read more »
A group of women, girls and young men have been abducted in Borno by gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram, villagers and security sources have said. Read more »
A court in Sudan has ordered the release of Meriam Ibrahim who was sentenced to death for allegedly renouncing her Muslim faith and converting to Christianity. Read more »
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