“Patriarchy” Being Blamed for High Prevalence Rate of Gender-Based Violence in Namibia

January 16, 2026

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Former First Lady of Namibia, Monica Geingo has attributed the high prevalence rate of gender based violence in her country to patriarchy. According to wikipedia ” patriarchy is a social system in which positions of authority are primarily held by men. The term patriarchy is used both in anthropology to describe a family or clan controlled by the father or eldest male or group…

Family’s Sole Earner Is Key Factor in GBV Case Withdrawal

December 9, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Editor’s Picks, Social Justice

A Woman in the Zambezi region has pleaded with the police to withdraw a gender-based violence (GBV) case she brought against her husband – because he is the family’s breadwinner. The Zambian woman (29), who wishes to remain anonymous, opened a case against her husband (32), who allegedly assaulted her at their home in the…

Namibian Woman Wins N$1 Million After Negligent Birth Care At Otjiwarongo Hospital

November 11, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Social Justice, Women’s Health

The government and minister of health and social services have been ordered to pay N$1 million to a woman who suffered serious injuries when she gave birth to her first child at Otjiwarongo State Hospital in February 2019. Nurses who attended to the woman while she was in labour at the hospital were negligent, and…

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…

Unsafe abortions contribute to 13% of preventable deaths

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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