GBV shutdown planned ahead of G20 summit in Johannesburg

November 10, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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South Africans are being urged to join a national shutdown on 21 November to protest against gender-based violence and femicide. The shutdown is led by the activist group Women for Change, and is planned just one day before world leaders gather in Johannesburg for the G20 Leaders Summit. As part of the protest, women are…

Pregnant Women Struggle at Mahuta Health Clinic in Kaduna State

November 10, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Women’s Health

For many pregnant women in Mahuta Community in Kaduna State of Nigeria , assessing health care is a daily nightmare.With just one overstretched health clinic serving more than 20,000 people, the chances of safe delivery are often left to chance, leaving families anxious and vulnerable. Mahuta, a farming and trading community in Giwa Local Government…

Windhoek+25: Africa Reaffirms Commitment to Women, Peace and Security

November 6, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Gender Equality

On the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, leaders, peacebuilders, civil society, and youth from across Africa gathered in Windhoek to honor the legacy and chart the future of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda. Hosted in the country that presided over the Security Council when Resolution 1325 was adopted…

Fistula care in provides healing for Somali women

November 6, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Editor’s Picks, Women’s Health

When Faisa Idow went into labour with her first child, she sensed something was terribly wrong. The 23-year-old from a rural village in Somalia’s Bay region endured several agonising days of obstructed labour before being taken to a nearby town for an emergency caesarean section. After the delivery, Faisa noticed an unusual injury that caused her to constantly leak…

Eritrea calls for end to Female Genital Mutilation

November 3, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Gender Equality, Social Justice, Women’s Health

Nineteen administrative areas in the Molqui sub-zone of Eritrea have officially declared an end to female genital mutilation (FGM). According to UNICEF, Female genital mutilation (FGM) refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. As of 2024, it…

Pregnant Women Struggle at Mahuta Health Clinic in Kaduna State

Windhoek+25: Africa Reaffirms Commitment to Women, Peace and Security

Fistula care in provides healing for Somali women

Ending Period Poverty: How Pad Banks Empower Ghanaian Girls

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

From family farm to climate tech: How one Kenyan woman is helping farmers outsmart drought

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