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Zimbabwe Leads the Region With 51% Female UN Peacekeepers

October 13, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Zimbabwe has set a new regional benchmark for gender equality in peacekeeping with women now making up 51 percent of the country’s personnel deployed in United Nations missions according to the Ministry of Defence. The milestone was revealed during the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Symposium in Harare, marking the 25th anniversary of the UN…

“Girls’ Rights Cannot Wait” – West and Central Africa’s Girls Demand Action from Leaders

October 13, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Central Africa, Education, Advocacy & Careers, West Africa

To mark the International Day of the Girl, over 100 girls from West and Central Africa came together in Dakar for the West and Central Africa Girls’ Summit. Their message to presidents, policymakers, and the rest of the world is clear: “We want to be taken into account when our history is written because our…

Ghana launches HPV vaccine to protect over 2 million girls and combat cervical cancer

October 9, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Education, Advocacy & Careers, Women’s Health

Ghana’s first nationwide human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign has been launched. This was done by the Ghana Health Services, in partnership with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), the World Health Organization (WHO), and UNICEF. The five-day campaign, running from 8 to 11 October, aims to reach 2.4 million girls aged 9 to 14 years, both…

Sewit Ahderom is Next President and CEO of Mastercard Foundation

October 3, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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STEM, Women in Business

The Mastercard Foundation has found its next leader. After a lengthy global search, the organisation has announced that Sewit Ahderom, who has deep roots in Africa, will become its President and CEO on 1st January, 2026. She will lead the Mastercard Foundation, whose mission is “a world where everyone has the opportunity to learn and prosper” and…

Nigeria: Ending FGM – Schools As Safe Campaign Platforms

October 1, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Health & Wellness, Women’s Health

Oyo State Ministry of Information and Orientation, in partnership with UNICEF, is leading a push to end Female Genital Mutilation in Nigeria by 2030, rallying teachers, survivors, men, and community leaders to challenge harmful myths and protect the next generation. Funmi Ogundare reports In a modest classroom at Wisdom High School, Igueben, Benin City, Mrs.…

How water threatens girl-child education in Kano-Nigeria

October 1, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Editor’s Picks, Education Access

For decades, residents of Dutsen Bakoshi village in Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State have been battling a long-standing water crisis that has left them struggling to access clean water for daily household use, a situation that has continued to threaten the community’s economic development. Findings by Weekend Trust showed that with a population…

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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Education, Advocacy & Careers

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…

Zimbabwe Leads the Region With 51% Female UN Peacekeepers

“Girls’ Rights Cannot Wait” – West and Central Africa’s Girls Demand Action from Leaders

Ghana launches HPV vaccine to protect over 2 million girls and combat cervical cancer

Sewit Ahderom is Next President and CEO of Mastercard Foundation

Nigeria: Ending FGM – Schools As Safe Campaign Platforms

How water threatens girl-child education in Kano-Nigeria

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

Ending Period Poverty: How Pad Banks Empower Ghanaian Girls

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

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