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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 skills training into national curricula, targeting girls’ empowerment at the school level. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF, the term gender-based violence (GBV) is used to describe any harmful act…

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 the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations 2024, the Zambian captain reflects on her deep connection with Africa.● In this exclusive interview with CAFonline.com, the 2024 African Women’s Player of the Year shares…

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 crisis caused by conflict (file photo). More than one million pregnant women in the country now lack access to basic services such as antenatal care, safe delivery, and postpartum care, according to the…

‘Bombs, Bodies, Broken Promises’ UN Women Chief Demands Action for Conflict-Affected Women

May 26, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Editor’s Picks, Social Justice, Women’s Health

Moses Sawasawa/WFP By Melody Chironda Too often, women are seen as indirect victims. But they are direct targets of bombs and missiles. Sima Bahous spoke at the UN Headquarters high-level open debate on “Protection of civilians in armed conflict”, where she urged global leaders to put the safety and rights of women and girls at the heart…

Africa: ‘A Silent Crisis’ – Obstetric Fibrosis Affects 500,000 Women, Yet It’s Fully Treatable

May 26, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Education, Advocacy & Careers, Women’s Health

Sayon Idovic Loua/ UNFPA Guinea In the operating theatre of the Regional Hospital Labé, Dr. Kindi Diallo and his team perform surgery on a woman living with obstetric fistula. Five days – that is how long it took Dah, a 14-year-old prospective mother from Côte d’Ivoire, to give birth. The child was stillborn and she…

INTERVIEW: Dr Natalia Kanem Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

May 22, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Education, Advocacy & Careers, Gender Equality, Health & Wellness, Her Story, Others, Social Justice, Special Features, Women’s Health

The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Dr. Natalia Kanem has revealed that her outfit together with the United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF) in a Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation, has developed strategies to end this harmful practice and provide care for women and girls living with its consequences. UNICEF/Holt Fatima, 7,…

Rwanda and Kenya Changemakers Among Nine Recipients of 2025 Cartier Women’s Initiative Impact Awards

May 21, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Lifestyle & Inspiration, Women in Business

Rwanda’s Yvette Ishimwe and Kenya-based Caitlin Dolkart are among this year’s nine Cartier Women’s Initiative 2025 Impact Awardees. They will be celebrated next month at the Women’s Pavilion during Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan. The Impact Awards are dedicated to former Cartier Women’s Initiative Fellows who have achieved extraordinary impact over the years. The 2025 nine impact awardees were…

British tourist arrested in Namibia over nude photos of children

May 21, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Editor’s Picks, Health & Wellness, Social Justice

A British national has been arrested in Namibia for allegedly sexually molesting minors and taking nude photographs of them. Douglas Robert Brook is also accused of touching the children’s private parts while on a holiday in central Namibia. Police said the suspect targeted young boys and girls from the indigenous San community in the central…

Zambians protest over heinous child rape reports

May 21, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Health & Wellness, Social Justice, Top Stories, Women’s Health

A protest march has been held in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, against a recent spate of reports of men raping children. Over the last two months, Zambians have been shocked by several cases of child rape, some of which resulted in death. Among the most horrific reports was that of a father allegedly raping his seven-year-old…

Young Senegalese women market agribusiness on YouTube

May 20, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Business & Economy, Women in Business

A group of young women in Senegal have successfully launched an agribusiness by combining their new skills in filmmaking and farming, using social media to market their produce online. YouTube is not the first place you would expect to find a young farmer like Anta, but she and her four friends are now making a…

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