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Rising Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones, UN warns

August 27, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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The UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten says the crisis of conflict-related sexual violence is worsening. She further emphasized the need to support survivors in conflict zones, where services are increasingly inaccessible. Pramila Patten,made these revelations when she presented the Secretary-General’s annual report to Security Council members during a debate on…

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 pregnancies that occur every year, 90,000 end in abortion. Out of these, 8 in 10 abortions end in complications or death. These aren’t just numbers. They are people, and their deaths are preventable. Just…

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 more involved in household chores. “The Prophet himself says a man who does not help support his wife and children is not a good Muslim,” the 53-year-old said, as he described bathing…

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 5 which aims at attaining gender equality and empowering women and girls. But the approach to development in Africa has always been ad hoc, and I think we have been pitting some…

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 the first such case since the country stopped short of reversing a ban on the practice last year. The West African nation banned female genital cutting in 2015, but the country was…

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 Ghana. Delivering her address at the maiden Ghana Wind Summit, the class 4 pupil of the Mary Mother of Good Counsel School revealed that plastic waste has become a nuisance and its…

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 experienced sexual violence. In Eastern Province, these figures can be worsened by cultural norms, poverty and limited access to justice and support services. And due to these alarming statistics the United Nations and…

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 siblings, she also became a mother of two before reaching 20. Now 21, the Rwandan has found stability through cycling and is gearing up for the UCI Road World Championships in her…

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 a Women’s Day rally in Secunda on 9 August 2025, Malema told party supporters that “Any man who doesn’t give women money is an irresponsible man.” He said black women, in particular,…

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. She made this known during a meeting with Israel’s Vice-Foreign Minister, Sharren Haskel-Harpaz, on Monday in Abuja at the Nigeria–Israel round of political consultations. Ojukwu-Odumegwu said the talks covered areas of mutual…

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

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

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

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

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

How cycling is providing hope to Rwanda’s female riders

Ending Period Poverty: How Pad Banks Empower Ghanaian Girls

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

From family farm to climate tech: How one Kenyan woman is helping farmers outsmart drought

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