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  • Rising Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones, UN warns

    Rising Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones, UN warns

    August 27, 2025

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    Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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    Social Justice, Women’s Health

    The UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten says the crisis of conflict-related sexual violence is worsening. She further emphasized

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  • Sierra Leone: A Real Commitment to Women’s Lives – Pass the Safe Motherhood Bill

    Sierra Leone: A Real Commitment to Women’s Lives – Pass the Safe Motherhood Bill

    August 27, 2025

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    Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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    Education, Advocacy & Careers, Women’s Health

    By Kaata Minah At least 29,000 women and girls globally die every year from complications from unsafe abortion. In Sierra Leone, out of the 150,000 unintended

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  • Senegal’s ‘schools for husbands’ aim to shift gender roles and keep mothers from dying

    Senegal’s ‘schools for husbands’ aim to shift gender roles and keep mothers from dying

    August 21, 2025

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    Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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    Education, Advocacy & Careers, Women’s Health

     On a recent evening in Senegal’s capital of Dakar, an imam named Ibrahima Diane explained to a group of men why they should be

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  • United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed hits on Africa’s role in achieving SDG 5

    United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed hits on Africa’s role in achieving SDG 5

    August 21, 2025

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    Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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    Gender Equality

    United Nations Deputy General Amina J. Mohammed says Africa is trying to make strides that are necessary to achieving Sustainable Development Goal SDG

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  • 3 women in Gambia are charged in the death of one-month-old in female genital mutilation case

    3 women in Gambia are charged in the death of one-month-old in female genital mutilation case

    August 20, 2025

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    Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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    Editor’s Picks, Social Justice

     Three women were charged in Gambia over the death of a one-month-old girl who had undergone female genital mutilation, the police said, in

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  • Young Ghanaian girl calls for plastic waste education at 2025 Ghana Wind Summit

    Young Ghanaian girl calls for plastic waste education at 2025 Ghana Wind Summit

    August 14, 2025

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    Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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    Education, Advocacy & Careers

    Host of Ghana’s first-ever Wind Summit, Nana Akua Dokyiwaa Karikari, has expressed the need for increased plastic waste education and its management in

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  • Working Together to End Gender-Based Violence in Eastern Province, Zambia

    Working Together to End Gender-Based Violence in Eastern Province, Zambia

    August 14, 2025

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    Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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    Education, Advocacy & Careers

    According to the 2018 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS), nearly 47 per cent of Zambian women aged 15-49 have experienced physical violence, and one in three have

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  • How cycling is providing hope to Rwanda’s female riders

    How cycling is providing hope to Rwanda’s female riders

    August 14, 2025

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    Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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    Career Advice, Fitness & Nutrition, Her Story

    Olivia Maniragena has been racing through life, dealing with a lot at a young age. Orphaned at 14 and responsible for raising three

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  • Malema says men who don’t give women money as payback for ill treatment are ‘irresponsible

    Malema says men who don’t give women money as payback for ill treatment are ‘irresponsible

    August 13, 2025

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    Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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    Health & Wellness, Social Justice

    By Dylan Bettencourt Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said men must give women money as payback for being badly treated. Speaking at

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  • Nigeria is deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Bianca Ojukwu-Odumegwu, says

    Nigeria is deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Bianca Ojukwu-Odumegwu, says

    August 13, 2025

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    Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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    Politics & Governance, Social Justice

    By Favour Ulebor, Abuja Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu-Odumegwu, says Nigeria is deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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