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Africa: Africa Demands Sexual, Reproductive Rights Action, Not Promises, at Women Deliver 2026
allAfrica, 2 December 2025
Sexual and reproductive health is a fundamental human right and a cornerstone of development, shaping the dignity, choices, and futures of women and girls everywhere. International… Read more »
Forging a Unified African Voice for Women Deliver 2026
Several countries in Africa are expanding services and challenging long-held stigmas about sexual and reproductive health and rights, but young people now face a convergence of challenges. Conflict, climate shocks, shrinking civic space, and rising anti-rights movements are undermining bodily autonomy and access to care. Cuts in funding from international donors are also making vulnerabilities worse, especially in countries with poorly funded health systems.
Without urgent action, decades of hard-won gains risk being reversed, deepening the marginalisation of women, girls, youth, and gender-diverse communities across the continent, writes allAfrica's Melody Chironda from African Regional Convening Towards Women Deliver 2026 in Nairobi.
Diana Kirigo, Lilian Mbuthi, and Apio Winfred shared their lived realities navigating the challenges of a shrinking civic space during the African Regional Convening Towards Women Deliver 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Africa: Women's Voices Rise to Drive Sexual and Reproductive Rights Leadership
allAfrica, 2 December 2025
Africa's fight for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and gender equality has never been more urgent, as hard-won gains are increasingly threatened by shrinking civic… Read more »
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Africa: 'It's Not a Funding Crisis, It's a Justice Crisis' - Shrinking Global Aid Threatens Women's Rights'
allAfrica, 26 November 2025
The world is facing increasing inequalities, crises, and needs, which are undermining the support available to millions of people. Global experts have warned that funding gaps and… Read more »
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Africa: Even in Shrinking Civic Spaces, African Women Resist and Thrive
allAfrica, 25 November 2025
At a time of growing backlash against women's rights, the civic space in which African women live, organise, and advocate is steadily shrinking. Across the continent, women's… Read more »
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Africa: Africa Unites to Forge a Powerful Voice for Women Deliver 2026
allAfrica, 24 November 2025
In Africa, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are undergoing a quiet but powerful transformation. Many countries are changing their policies. They are expanding… Read more »
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Rights groups have deplored the rising pattern of gender-based violence in South Sudan. Researcher at Human Rights Watch, Nyagoah Tut Pur, wrote that generations of conflict, widespread access to arms, and patriarchal customs have turned women's and girls' bodies into battlegrounds, "used as spoils of war or bargaining chips in intercommunal disputes".
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Since the outbreak of war in North Darfur in April 2023, civilians have faced targeted attacks, including rape, torture, and killings, as they attempt to flee besieged areas like El Fasher and Zamzam camp.
In April 2025, an assault on Zamzam triggered the displacement of around 380,000 people to Tawila, where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) saw a surge in victims seeking care for
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South African women's rights groups have called for nationwide protests demanding that gender-based violence (GBV) be declared a national disaster, as attacks on women remained widespread. The movement began online and culminated in a "G20 Women's Shutdown", with supporters, including celebrities and ordinary citizens, turning
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