An anti-FGM protester holds a placard outside the National Assembly in Banjul on 18 March 2024.
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The potential repeal of the ban on female genital mutilation poses a threat to the well-being of girls in The Gambia.
Removing cost barriers helps girls to get a secondary education.
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Free secondary educational policy in Ghana is worthwhile but struggles to keep up with quality.
Financial abuse persists when access to economic opportunities is controlled or limited by an intimate partner.
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When money is entangled with relationships, it can often become a tricky situation.
The cast of Four Daughters features both real characters and actors.
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The first Arab woman nominated for two Oscars, Kaouther Ben Hania is a visionary and a feminist.
Community based environmental groups sued the South African government over coal pollution in 2021.
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Women need legal aid to sue companies and governments over climate change damage to their communities.
An employee at an early childhood development centre prepares her charges for a nap.
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There should be a standard policy across all South African universities related to recognition of prior learning as a criterion for entrance.
Polluting cooking fuels are still preferred in parts of Africa.
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Dust and traffic pollution add to the health hazard posed by some cooking fuels.
Tsitsi Dangarembga, the author of Nervous Conditions, a Zimbabwean classic.
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It reads powerfully in the Shona language, and is one of two of her books newly translated into it.
Sex is all over the internet, and girls engage with it in many different ways. They shouldn’t be judged for it.
The late Namibian president Hage Geingob.
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Hage Geingob’s legacy as a moderniser will live on despite contradictions and unfulfilled promises.
Attempts to end the practice has faced many hurdles.
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Ending discrimination against the Osu has been difficult because identifying an Osu is relatively straightforward for Igbos.
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The judgment will also benefit spouses in Muslim marriages, which were legally recognised in a 2022 Constitutional Court judgment.
Burundi president Evariste Ndayishimiye votes in 2020.
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Any state policy looking to increase women’s representation must take into account formal and informal political practices.
Adolescents should be informed about their rights to respectful care.
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Adolescent girls are more at risk during childbirth. Stigma and abuse by healthcare workers makes them less likely to seek medical care, putting their lives further in danger.
The prophet and miracle worker has been accused of the rape, torture and abuse of some of his followers.
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World famous pastor offered ordinary Nigerians a spiritual explanation for their predicaments: economic hardship made them vulnerable to his power.
Lerato Mogoatlhe is the author of Vagabond.
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The solo journey of a queer, black woman across the continent makes fascinating reading.
Letitia Wright played Shuri who became the new Black Panther.
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Few film-makers imagined Black women as a primary audience. This has changed over time.
African trader Nelson (centre) in a photo shop in Guangzhou, China.
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She reveals a range of African experiences: from traders to martial arts champions, visa overstayers to heart surgeons.
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Anna “Kakurukaze” Mungunda became the most widely acknowledged face of the resistance to the apartheid policy of forced removal.
Henri Lopes wrote about the complexity of mixed race identity.
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Driven by social justice, he showed that all people are capable of both good and evil.