For All Women and Girls: Lieutenant Colonel Getrude Ndenga on Her Role in Advancing Women’s Leadership in Peacekeeping

June 10, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Career Advice, East Africa, Gender Equality, Her Story

Lieutenant Colonel Getrude Ndenga’s path to service began long before she joined the Tanzania People’s Defence Force, growing up in the barracks of

From Isolation to Inclusion: The Story of Zénabou, a Central African Teenager Living with a Disability

June 9, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Central Africa, Her Story

Along a dusty street in Bambari, in the heart of the Central African Republic (CAR), 14-year-old Zénabou, who was born deaf and mute,

Women and Law in Southern Africa and Equality Now (WLSA)Call for Urgent Legal Reform to Support Child Marriage Survivors in Zimbabwe

June 5, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Others, Social Justice, Southern Africa

A new study commissioned by Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA) (https://WLSAZim.co.zw/), with support from Equality Now (https://apo-opa.co/4kxQG3t), has found that although

Girls and Young Women in Togo Commit to Equality and Social Change

June 3, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Education, Advocacy & Careers, Gender Equality, West Africa

The future of gender equality took shape in Sokodé during the Regional Forum for Girls and Young Women. This crucial event, organized by Youth

One death every seven minutes: The world’s worst country to give birth

June 3, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Special Features, West Africa, Women’s Health

Makuochi Okafor BBC Africa health correspondent, Lagos At the age of 24, Nafisa Salahu was in danger of becoming just another statistic in

Rebekah Awuah becomes first Ghanaian journalist appointed to jury of UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

June 2, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Editor’s Picks, Education, Advocacy & Careers, West Africa

Renowned Ghanaian journalist, communicator and documentary filmmaker Rebekah Awuah has been appointed as a jury member for the prestigious UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press

Gender Based Violence GBV prevention and life skills training to be integrated into national curricula in Somalia

May 27, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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East Africa, Education, Advocacy & Careers, Gender Equality

The Minister of Education, Culture and Higher Education of Somalia Farah Sheikh Abdulkadir has volunteered to integrate Gender Based Violence GBV prevention and life

Barbra Banda (Zambia): “Africa is my foundation”

May 26, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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East Africa, Her Story, Spotlight Series

The first player to score two consecutive hat-tricks at the Olympic Games, Barbra Banda continues to push the limits.● Just weeks away from

Maternal Deaths Surge In Sudan As Women Bear Brunt of War

May 26, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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East Africa, Politics & Governance, Social Justice, Women’s Health

Health workers at the UNFPA Tunaydbah field hospital in Sudan’s eastern Gedaraf state provided critical maternal health care as flooding worsens the refugee

Tanzania: Martha Karua deported ahead of Tundu Lissu’s trial

May 20, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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East Africa, Elections & Democracy, Politics & Governance, Social Justice, Women in Power

Karua, a lawyer who is a potential candidate for Kenya’s 2027 presidential election, said she was expelled from Tanzania on Sunday ahead of

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