Women and girls rescued from Boko Haram militants in January 2018.
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Boko Haram has the highest number of women fighters in the history of terror
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa won’t have free reign when choosing his Cabinet.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has to ensure that reform of critical institutions is placed first. Everything else will be compromised if this fails.
Burnt shacks after a fire in a Mumbai slums. Adolescents are deeply affected by traumatic events in their lives.
The data suggest that boys experience as much disadvantage as girls.
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In Ethiopia, boys are more likely to go to school than girls are. Role models can change this.
Women and girls are at high risk of sexual exploitation in disaster situations.
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Women in disaster zones are frequently targeted by sexual predators who take advantage of their vulnerability.
Black women face a number of challenges in trying to become scientists.
Girls have taken off, while boy struggle with an outdated idea of manhood.
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Boys are more likely to engage in risky behaviours than girls
Millions of women in Africa spend long hours collecting water.
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Any policies and interventions around water management can only really be successful if women are included.
Speaker of Rwanda’s Chamber of Deputies Donatille Mukabalisa on international women’s day. Rwanda is a trend-setter in female representation.
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In many African states power is concentrated in the executive branch. That’s why women’s representation in cabinet matters.
The Miss Curvy contest in Uganda attracted a lot of local and international media attention.
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Uganda’s tourism ministry has launched a beauty pageant to use local women to attract tourists.
The racial nature of the campaign lies behind the poor uptake in Africa.
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The visibility of #MeToo makes it easy to overlook the very powerful campaigns against sexual violence in Africa.
A woman weaves cane sticks to produce baskets in the Maryland community in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
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Nigeria, like many emerging countries, needs to educate its women at the same rate it does its men to enhance entrepreneurship.
Mental health issues among teen girls in Kenya are often ignored.
Pregnant teens in Kenya face a number of challenges.
Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio has made fighting rape a priority.
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Sierra Leone has declared a national emergency to combat rape and sexual violence.
When girls in Kenya fall pregnant, they must often deal with stigma, fear and shame.
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Mental health care for teen mothers is not part of routine health facilities in Nairobi’s informal settlements.
More must be done to draw women into STEM careers.
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Women are drastically under-represented in the science, technology, engineering and maths fields.
Women in Ghana.
There's heavy burden for women in Ghana who don't have children.
Maria Ramos, pictured here at the 2009 World Economic Forum early in her tenure at ABSA.
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Several locally listed companies still have no female board members while most who do diversify their boards tend to appoint only one female director at a time.
Lusala a local wild yam in Zambia that supplements diets has seen a considerable rise in demand.
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Lusala, a wild yam that many in Zambia rely on for consumption and trade, is gradually taking longer to find due to deforestation.
Laws in Sierra Leone often leave young women in the lurch.
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Violence is not just a private matter between people. Regulating it is not the duty of communities or the state alone.