The Rural Women's Assembly of Southern Africa have demanded that African governments take immediate steps to address the "clear and present danger" posed to rural communities by ... Read more »
Tradition has triumphed over law as hundreds of girls, some as young as eight years old, faced the knife in a procedure that is internationally loathed and outlawed. Read more »
This allAfrica feature looks at the effects of climate change on health as well as the link between reproductive health, climate change and sustainable development. Read more »
Women are affected by climate change especially in the area of sanitation, flooding, drought and food security and in many parts of Africa climate change threatens to unravel ... Read more »
Although at first glance male circumcision may not be the most obvious entrée to get people talking about gender equality, activists in the Western Cape in South Africa are ... Read more »
Sweet potato, one of the world's most important and versatile food crops, is consumed widely in many African countries. Farmers produce about 12 million tons of sweet potatoes ... Read more »
The 'No Sex for Fish' initiative will provide boats for women, giving them an opportunity to generate their own income without engaging in risky relationships with fishermen. Read more »
Across Africa, young women are missing out on an education. A recent study in Zimbabwe found that a third of all primary school aged-girls and 67 percent of all secondary ... Read more »
Super Falcons' coach, Eucharia Uche has said she is not perturbed about being sacked following her team's failure to grab the London 2012 Olympic Games ticket. Read more »
The head of a body regulating university education in Nigeria has said the country must return to its roots to tackle the declining quality of education, amid claims that nine out ... Read more »
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