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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.
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.
The equitable participation of women in public life is essential to building and sustaining strong, vibrant democracies.
Far too often it is still an education for some and not for everybody.
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.
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.
Women need to know what opportunities exist for them in the construction industry.
Removing funding from research-led projects puts people in highly vulnerable situations.
A gender perspective on public health is essential to human rights and safety in crisis situations.
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.
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.
The changes that society needs, such as preventing adolescent pregnancies, will not happen until researchers can use their findings to influence policy change.
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.
A firebrand activist for women’s rights, her novels espoused truths that made her hugely unpopular with the government.
Transnational feminism played a huge role in broadening gender studies in most institutions in Nigeria.
Women MPs point to a toxic environment in which a politics of insults, ridicule and rumour work against having more women in political offices.
Banks should consider and integrate women empowerment principles into their corporate social responsibility initiatives.
Though initial reactions towards abortion were negative, there were displays of understanding and empathy when discussing why women have abortions.
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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Communications Specialist, University of California, San Francisco
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Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair, University of South Africa
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Network and Research Manager: ARUA – UKRI GCRF FSNet Africa, University of Pretoria
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Research scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Professor of Communications, Howard University
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
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Policy research officer, African Population and Health Research Center
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Sociologist/Criminologist/Victimologist and Media Communication Expert, University of Ibadan
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Doctoral Researcher: Faculty of Law, North-West University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Dornsife Endowed Professor of Global Health, Drexel University
