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Nigeria: You Are Not Alone – How Women Find Strength After Childbirth

May 13, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Editor’s Picks, Health & Wellness, Special Features, West Africa, Women’s Health

Midwives in Sudan work to ensure that every childbirth is safe (file photo). Womi sat on the edge of the hospital bed, her

One in Four Female Genital Mutilation Cases Now Carried Out By Health Workers

May 9, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Editor’s Picks, Education, Advocacy & Careers, Health & Wellness, Social Justice

A blade used to perform female genital mutilation. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is becoming less common worldwide, but when it does occur, it

WOMEN CRUSH ON FORSHESAFRICA.ORG

May 9, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Editor’s Picks

Forshesafrica seeks to focus its lens on women making strives in all areas in the professional field. Women are breaking boundaries and rubbing

Pregnancy trial to prevent anaemia launched

May 9, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Editor’s Picks, Fitness & Nutrition, Health & Wellness, Women’s Health

Researchers are hoping a new treatment for pregnant women could help reduce the risk of stillbirth. Figures from a trial being led by

African women at higher risk of pre-eclampsia – a dangerous pregnancy complication

May 8, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Editor’s Picks, Health & Wellness, Women’s Health

Research indicates that pre-eclampsia has a genetic basis. African women are at greater risk than other population groups. Nurse checking a pregnant woman

In Kenya, girls are sold into marriage to stave off starvation from drought

May 8, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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East Africa, Education, Advocacy & Careers, Food, Regional News, Women’s Health

Women take donkeys laden with jerry cans to a community water point in Kambinye, Kenya [Fredrik Lerneryd/Oxfam]

Kenya faces surge in gender-based violence: over 7,000 cases in a year

May 1, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Gender Equality, Social Justice, Women’s Health

A protester shouts as she holds a placard during a march against the rising cases of femicide, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya. Kenya is

Understanding PCOS: The Silent Epidemic Affecting Women Worldwide

April 17, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Others

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal condition that is characterized by the dysfunction in the hormones that regulate the menstrual cycle affecting