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Health extension workers in Ethiopia have had a measurable impact on interconnected challenges such as child marriage, teenage pregnancy, and school dropout.
When women have opportunities, a country’s economic productivity and development is enhanced.
After 24 years of democracy, women still struggle for political relevance in Nigeria - limited by poverty, corruption and other factors.
In democratic contexts, getting women into work empowers them. In autocracies like Ethiopia’s, this doesn’t hold. We found out why.
Creating opportunities to meaningfully engage women in governance and decision-making is necessary to achieve gender equality in small-scale fisheries.
The provision of better health services and social grants has aided rural women’s progress in South Africa, but there are still tremendous needs to be met.
Globally, experts are beginning to recognise that focusing on one aspect of food overlooks the trade-offs or sacrifices people make.
The Communist Party draws most of the members from South Africa’s mainly young, unemployed people, a group that keeps growing.
Early in the pandemic, countries had to address several questions as the virus spread and lockdowns became inevitable.
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.
Empowerment can mean different things for different women, but access to information is key. In Mali radio is the main source of information.
A new study explores how feelings of relative poverty can negatively affect gender dynamics among households.
When women have to spend hours getting water for their families, it comes at the expense of their incomes and their other contributions to their communities.
Scholars say a ‘critical mass’ of representation is necessary to overcome ‘token’ status. That’s exactly what we saw at the Democratic debate in Atlanta.
Women in countries such as India, Pakistan and others have long organized campaigns against sexual violence – many of which have resulted in stronger laws in these countries.
Opening up positions of political power to women will lead to effective and better implemented development policies.
Women-owned small business in Tanzania stay away from formal loans because of their negative beliefs about loans.
The share of board seats held by women varies dramatically across the country, from none in Alaska to close to half in New Mexico. A few key policies may make all the difference.
“Gritty,” “authentic” are words of praise often used for TV director David Simon: No less so with The Deuce, his new series about the rise of the porn industry in New York City in the 1970s.
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Deputy Dean for Research and Post-Graduate Studies, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Social Geography, Newcastle University
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Senior research fellow, University of Ibadan
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor, Women's Studies, University of Calgary
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Researcher, Unit for Religion and Development Research, Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Journalism, Radio and Communication, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Network and Research Manager: ARUA – UKRI GCRF FSNet Africa, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Psychology, University of Windsor
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PhD Candidate, RMIT University
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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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Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University
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Director, Master of Business Administration (MBA); Co-Director, Better Consumption Lab, Deakin University, Deakin University
