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Spurred by the impetus of the #MeToo movement, South Africa’s is the latest film and TV industry to introduce intimacy protocols to guide how intimate scenes are conceived and executed.
Zimbabwean stand-up comedian Munya Guramatunhu.
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Despite the challenges of being a female comedian, the women who do choose to perform feel emboldened to speak out in ways that can resist sexism.
What happens in early years matter for a child’s lifetime.
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The early years are when a child is most vulnerable, but it is also the time when effective interventions can deliver the biggest returns.
Kenya’s Chief Justice-designate Martha Koome responds to questions during her job interview.
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Justice Martha Koome’s ascendance to the role of Chief Justice raises hope and expectations among many for a better world for women and children.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in the Nigerian Senate in 2015. There are very few women representatives.
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The equitable participation of women in public life is essential to building and sustaining strong, vibrant democracies.
Students take their test outside due to their overcrowded class room in Kisumu, Kenya.
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Far too often it is still an education for some and not for everybody.
Nawal El Saadawi in 2015.
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Her 1975 novel demonstrated a far more radical feminism than was common in Africa and the Arab world – a precursor of the #MenAreTrash anger of today.
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Women breadwinners believed that their role was viewed as threatening to men, who are traditionally breadwinners.
Despite the country’s political response to violence against women and girls, school-going girls struggle with male violence in and out of school.
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Pupils who are victimised at school tend to perform poorly academically, are regularly absent from school, suffer psychological trauma and may eventually drop out of school.
Gender discrimination and dominance of male culture top the list of constraints that women face in entering the construction industry.
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Women need to know what opportunities exist for them in the construction industry.
Human rights defenders speaking out for women march through an informal settlement in Nairobi.
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Removing funding from research-led projects puts people in highly vulnerable situations.
Women and girls face increased violence during public health crises.
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A gender perspective on public health is essential to human rights and safety in crisis situations.
Nawal El Saadawi protesting at Tahrir Square, Egypt, 2011.
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She believed that writing is an act of speaking the truth, an act of courage, that must serve the people and not those in power.
El Saadawi protesting on her 80th birthday.
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To understand her contribution to public debate, it’s important to see her in the context of the historical moment that made her work possible, necessary and provocative.
Scientists and advocates around the world are in support of evidence-based, science-informed public policies.
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The changes that society needs, such as preventing adolescent pregnancies, will not happen until researchers can use their findings to influence policy change.
Grants were found to help improve the health, including mental health, of women.
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Findings show that income transfer programmes must operate in deliberate coordination with ancillary social service institutions to deliver the maximum benefits for women’s empowerment.
Nawal El Saadawi at home in 2015.
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A firebrand activist for women’s rights, her novels espoused truths that made her hugely unpopular with the government.
Some Nigerian women protest violence against women in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Transnational feminism played a huge role in broadening gender studies in most institutions in Nigeria.
Members of Ghana’s parliament during a break from electing a new leader of parliament. Only 14% of parliamentarians are women.
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Women MPs point to a toxic environment in which a politics of insults, ridicule and rumour work against having more women in political offices.
Bank buildings rise above the business district of Lagos. Banks must effectively communicate the impact of their engagement with women.
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Banks should consider and integrate women empowerment principles into their corporate social responsibility initiatives.