Listening and learning during a Sustainable Futures in Action meeting in Kampala, Uganda.
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Without change, the trajectory of growth and development in the world will remain consistent with that of the past 80 years.
South African women march against high levels of gender based violence in the country.
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Gender based violence should not be addressed only once it has happened, by jailing offenders. Prevention is just as important.
An experimental Ebola vaccine is being tried to contain the current outbreak in the DRC.
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There have been ten Ebola outbreaks recorded from the DRC between 1976 and 2018 from different locations. This implies that the virus is widely spread.
In 2016, about 16 million people in Kenya couldn’t afford to meet their basic needs – which include food and shelter.
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Statistics suggest that the fight against poverty is far from being won in Kenya.
Women who lead schools must deal with internal and external stresses.
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Researchers pay scant attention to women principals’ identities as leaders in relation to race, culture, ethnicity, religion, class, and sexuality.
Limited by illiteracy and workloads women are less involved in Turkana.
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Turkana women weren’t properly represented in decisions made between the oil company and community.
A female farmer in Zambia tends to her crops.
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Civil society organisations in Zambia help women get access to land.
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A market inquiry has looked into private health care costs in South Africa.
Global South-based scholars are often not part of major debates and conversations.
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The exclusion of scholars based in the global South undermines their work.
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The first global comparison of adolescents that acquired HIV as newborns highlights the challenges around treatment.
Many South African students prefer universities and neglect technical colleges.
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South Africa needs to improve efforts to increase student numbers at technical colleges.
A community health worker conducting a HIV test in a mobile clinic in a remote part of KwaZulu-Natal.
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Women and children remain the focus of HIV while men are disadvantaged in accessing testing and treatment in Africa.
More than 15 000 researchers, activists and policymakers descend on Amsterdam this week for the 22nd International Aids Conference.
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The HIV epidemic is far from over and it’s not time to disengage, says International Aids Society President Linda-Gail Bekker.
Hundreds rally against sexual violence in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Rape culture in Kenya means that women are often blamed for being victims of assault. This needs to change.
Breastfeeding has been shown to have wide ranging benefits.
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South Africa is still lagging behind when it comes to support for breastfeeding in the workplace.
Policies must be put in place to reduce the number of working children in Nigeria.
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About 15 million Nigerian children work - the highest rate in West Africa.
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The devastating impact of mine closures could be avoided with economic and scientific interventions.
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Vaccines need to be kept cold to remain effective. A lack of power in remote areas makes this difficult, reducing the reach of the life-saving pharmaceuticals.
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo (right) in the ICC courtroom during his trial in 2016.
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Sexual violence, a staple of war, has long been absent from international criminal law’s charge sheets.
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Health workers promote exclusive breastfeeding to HIV positive mothers more than they do to mothers who are negative.