A past anti-FGM campaign meeting in Kajiado County, Kenya.
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In Kenya, the prevalence of female genital mutilation has dropped by 24.2 percentage points where an alternative rite of passage is being tried.
South Africa wins the Women’s African Cup of Nations in Rabat as the women’s game grows.
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There was a significant shift towards African football as a business rather than football as development.
Adherence to treatment plans, particularly chemotherapy is complex.
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There are personal, environmental and structural factors that influence a patient’s ability to adhere to treatment.
Agitated women vent their anger and frustrations at a gender-based violence summit with government in November 2018.
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South Africa had one of the best national gender machineries globally. But, these were dismantled and replaced with a dysfunctional ministry for women, youth and people with disabilities.
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Education is important for girls’ future earning power and the promotion of their lifelong health and socioeconomic well-being.
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Study finds that the language used in news reports is often part of the problem, not the solution.
A young Juby Mayet in Vrededorp, Johannesburg.
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The Drum journalist was a rare woman in a male-dominated world. Her autobiography has now been published after her death.
Activists gather in front of Tel Aviv’s Embassy of Egypt to demonstrate in support of activist Alaa Abdel Fattah.
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Many people accept the Egyptian government’s restrictions on freedoms, for a variety of conflicting reasons.
Women in rural areas have limited access to the internet.
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Only a small percentage of women in rural areas have access to the Internet, so participation in online activism is limited to urban centres.
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Africans are adopting podcasting as a way of telling their own stories. In one class in Egypt, this took a feminist turn.
Activists hold placards as they call for the decriminalisation of prostitution.
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Regulating the sex work industry is the only way to protect sex workers from abuse and violence.
Women need to be involved at every level of decision-making.
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As with Ebola, it is often only when the harm is done that people working on the response realise health emergencies disproportionately harm women.
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Breast cancer is curable, provided it is detected early and treated promptly.
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South Africa’s land reform programme is designed for a socio-economic context that doesn’t exist.
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Royal women play important roles in succession disputes, such as the naming of King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu’s heir.
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This movie is absolutely worth seeing. But it’s best viewed with the awareness of its significant alterations of history.
Nigerian law forbids abortion unless a woman’s life is in danger.
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In the context of Nigeria’s restrictive abortion laws, promoting access to medication abortion drugs is a life saver.
Early marriage has a number of negative effects on the lives of girls and their own children.
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Though child marriage rates are declining globally, the practice remains worryingly common in some African countries.
Social safety is only attained when the abortion is achieved discreetly.
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Girls and young women do not search for medical safety when seeking abortion care. They prioritise “social safety” to avoid prosecution and social stigma. Can self-care be a solution?
A publicity still from The Woman King, about the “amazons” of Dahomey.
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From Lovecraft Country to Black Panther to a statue in Benin, the “amazons” of Dahomey continue to trend in global popular culture.