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No Country Can Reach Its Full Potential If Women Are Left Behind – Nandi-Ndaitwah

September 29, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says no country can reach its full potential if women are not given an opportunity to lead. She made this known while addressing students and faculty members at the University of Pennsylvania, United States (US). The event was held under the theme ‘Democracy, Gender Equality, and Leadership in Africa: Namibia’s Vision for…

Unsafe abortions contribute to 13% of preventable deaths

September 29, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Education, Advocacy & Careers, Health & Wellness

As the world marks International Safe Abortion Day, an alarm has been raised over the staggering prevalence of unsafe abortions worldwide, urging decisive action to ensure women and girls have access to safe and legal abortion services. Gynaecologist Dr Koketso Pule, speaking on Sunday during an interview on Newsroom Afrika, highlighted the critical risks associated…

How Stigma Undermines Contraceptive Use Among Women in Sierra Leone

September 23, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Editor’s Picks, Her Story, Women’s Health

Eunice Dumbuya, a young activist in Freetown, Sierra Leone, still remembers being called promiscuous after getting a contraceptive implant a few years ago. She knew the risks of an unplanned pregnancy in her conservative country, so she made a choice. “I had to go with my aunt to the hospital for contraceptives because my mom…

UN Rights Office Aides Describe Abuses, Including Sexual Violence, in New Sudan Report

September 23, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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East Africa, Editor’s Picks, Social Justice

UN Human Rights’ representatives have outlined a new Sudan report showing the systematic violations and abuses – often ethnically motivated – including summary executions, targeting of health workers, abductions, and rife and targeted sexual violence against women and girls in the East African country. Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the Human Rights Office, said at a UN…

Guinea’s Diene Keita is the new UNFPA Executive Director

September 15, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Spotlight Series, Women in Power

Diene Keita has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres stepping into one of the most challenging roles in global health and human rights. The appointment comes at a pivotal moment for UNFPA, the UN agency responsible for sexual and reproductive health…

From vulnerability to leadership: Driving change in communities in Malawi

September 11, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Editor’s Picks, Education, Advocacy & Careers

In a modest trading centre located near the bustling city of Blantyre in southern Malawi, an extraordinary change has occurred. Chikondi* (not her real name), a former sex worker did not choose the path of sex work; rather, it was a necessity born from hardship. “I endured the struggles of being a sex worker before…

Women: Half the World, but Only a Quarter of the News

September 11, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Gender Equality

Women make up half of humanity, yet they account for only a quarter of the news, warns a new report from the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), supported by UN Women. According to the latest edition of the world’s largest and longest-running study on gender representation in the media, women appear in just 26% of…

“Women are a massive untapped resource when it comes to Intra-African Trade” Kanayo Awani, EVP of Afreximbank says

September 5, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Business & Economy, Women in Business

The Executive Vice President of Intra-African Trade and Export Development at the African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank), Mrs. Kanayo Awani, states that women are frequently excluded from economic and financial decision-making and overlooked by programs aimed at driving economic development and transformation, despite their proven ability and commitment to building successful businesses in Africa . ”…

More than 100 children between the ages of 10 and 14 give birth in South Africa’s Eastern Cape

September 4, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Women’s Health

Childline South Africa has expressed concern over the high rates of minors falling pregnant in the country. The Eastern Cape government revealed that more than 100 children between the ages of 10 and 14 have given birth between April and July this year. In the same period, close to 5,000 teenagers have also given birth.…

60% of Crimes Against South Africa’s Women Committed by Spouses

September 4, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Social Justice

Statistics South Africa’s victim crime report has revealed that 60% of crimes against women in the country are committed by spouses, friends, acquaintances and other relatives. According to a recent report analyzing assault cases reported by women in 2024/2025, the perpetrators are usually known to their victims. Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke speaking on the report said that, unlike…

No Country Can Reach Its Full Potential If Women Are Left Behind – Nandi-Ndaitwah

Unsafe abortions contribute to 13% of preventable deaths

How Stigma Undermines Contraceptive Use Among Women in Sierra Leone

Guinea’s Diene Keita is the new UNFPA Executive Director

From vulnerability to leadership: Driving change in communities in Malawi

Women: Half the World, but Only a Quarter of the News

“Women are a massive untapped resource when it comes to Intra-African Trade” Kanayo Awani, EVP of Afreximbank says

More than 100 children between the ages of 10 and 14 give birth in South Africa’s Eastern Cape

Ending Period Poverty: How Pad Banks Empower Ghanaian Girls

UNFPA, Unicef, GOL Launch School-Based Menstrual Pad Banks in Liberia

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