Hawa Aden Mohamed, the founder and director of the Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development in Puntland, north-eastern Somalia, has been declared the winner of the 2012 ... Read more »
The country's academic landscape remains male-dominated despite laws, polices and interventions to increase and develop more black women academics, writes Francis Hweshe for West ... Read more »
While women's month may be over, women's organisations continue to strive for women's right through various avenues including football and singing. Read more »
Domestic violence has been on the rise and affects more than two thirds of Ugandan women, according to the 2006 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey. The survey revealed that seven ... Read more »
Nigerian Senator David Mark has appealed to the Zimbabwean government to improve on its hospitality to Nigerians and other foreigners living in the country. Read more »
For the first time in Rwanda's history, the national beauty queen Aurore Kayibanda Umutesi is set to represent Rwanda at the highly anticipated Miss World pageant 2013. Read more »
Surveys in South Africa's major cities show a considerably higher HIV prevalence rate among sex workers than among the general population, making it imperative that South Africans ... Read more »
Breastfeeding is almost universally practiced in Guinea but health experts say, it is rarely early or exclusive. A 2011-12 health and nutrition survey showed that 18.5 percent of ... Read more »
The draft law is aimed at enforcing compliance in both the government and private sector in matters of gender main-streaming and equality. The bill is ready for public comment. Read more »
The first national estimate of the direct cost of treating post abortion complications in Ethiopia shows the country spent US$7.6 million on care in 2008. Experts estimate that ... Read more »
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