CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt hosted on Monday the draw for the African qualifiers of the FIFA U-17 Women World Cup, India 2022. CAF Director of competitions Khaled Nassar conducted the draw, assisted by Egyptian footballer Nadine Ghazy. 29 teams will take part in the qualifiers which will determine CAF’s three places in the U-17global […]
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Bargny — Since her birth on Senegal’s coast, the ocean has always given Ndeye Yacine Dieng life. Her grandfather was a fisherman, and her grandmother and mother processed fish. Like generations of women, she now helps support her family in the small community of Bargny by drying, smoking, salting and fermenting the catch brought home […]
The enormity of gender-based violence (GBV) nationally and globally, cannot be gainsaid whether relying on anecdotal or scientific evidence. The rather dated information from the 2014 Kenya Demographic Health Survey shows that one third of women aged 15 to 49 have experienced one or another form of GBV. Additionally, a 2016 study by the National […]
The budding singer is working hard to release her first album, barely a year after going professional. She is about to release her pioneer album. Yet, is already dreaming big! “I have an album in the making, with 9 songs, which will soon be out,” says Glory Mbibu Njeba, 41. Also known as Glomby – […]
Geneva — The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is calling on Uganda to amend a bill to ban same-sex relations that it says would violate human rights standards and undermine public health. The bill passed by the Ugandan Parliament this past week, but not yet final, has been under development […]
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Africa: Mothers Need Not Give Birth Alone
It is difficult to think of any event that is more profoundly life-altering than childbirth – a process steeped in wonder and pain and, too often, fear. But giving birth does not have to be terrifying. Experience and evidence show that when women have a trusted companion at their side, they feel better, are more […]
Balancing work and family obligations has long been a reality for women. In the past year however, the COVID-19 pandemic has upset this delicate juggling act, reminding us just how fragile the work-life dynamic can be and how many sacrifices women must make to succeed in either sphere of our lives. Across Africa, the pandemic […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa says government has set in motion interventions to reduce the number of DNA cases at forensic laboratories, as part of efforts aimed at reducing the gender-based violence cases backlog. The President said this when he fielded oral questions in the National Assembly on Thursday. “A number of interventions have been implemented by […]
WOMEN entrepreneurs can now access funding to boost their operations after the Government has reintroduced the Women Development Fund to support the sector. The facility, which is a revolving fund, was established in 2010 but stopped some years ago after it was marred by high defaulting rate. Women Affairs, Community and Small and Medium Enterprises […]
A local organisation has embarked on an initiative to change the lives of women in rural communities through a programme targeting survivors of gender-based violence and child marriages in Manicaland. Connect (Zimbabwe Institute of Systemic Therapy), a welfare organisation providing counselling and training on social issues including marital, substance abuse, HIV and AIDS, depression, Covid-19, […]
Every time Esther Kavoi looks at her nine-month-old baby, she remembers the night of her birth. Blessing Chelangat was born on April 19, 2020 at Kanziko Health Centre in Kitui South at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. “I went into labour at around 11pm. I called a community health volunteer (CHV), who sent a […]
The Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission is following with great concern the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Palma and other districts of Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado and the impact on women and girls. The Special Envoy on Women, Peace And Security, Bineta Diop, echoes the statement of […]
About 2.6 million South Africans have lost their jobs since the pandemic hit Around 40 km outside Cape Town, Leebah Bessick wipes sweat from her forehead as she digs a pitchfork into the earth at a neighbourhood community garden. It’s an unseasonably hot day here at Blackheath Secondary School and even a shady corner of […]
At least 21 400 schoolgirls from Mashonaland West province have so far received sanitary wear and soap tablets from the Government through the Primary and Secondary Education Ministry. Government has also availed over $15,8 million to the province towards the procurement and distribution of the second batch of sanitary wear. Over 58 900 primary school […]
In June 2015, the African Union (AU) heads of State summit held in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa was significant for many reasons. Chief among those was the recognition of Zambia and its President Edgar Lungu, for the critical and heartwarming drive to end Gender Based Violence (GBV), early marriages and teenage pregnancies. Not only did […]
During the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country last year, the Lagos State Government recorded a number domestic violence among spouses, with 48 men and 378 women assaulted in 2020. Meanwhile, the state has recorded 43 men and 286 women assaults so far in 2021. The figures were disclosed by the state […]
There’s no debating the impact of poor health on Liberian women. They have one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, poor access to modern family planning methods, and endure increased levels of sexual and gender-based violence. Their children don’t fare much better; the under-fives, especially newborns, suffer needlessly from illness and death […]
The Merck Foundation and fertility experts have enjoined the media to give wider coverage to fertility issues in other to end the stigma associated with them. They gave the advice yesterday during the foundation’s virtual health media training organised on the sidelines of the 8th edition of the Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary. Senator, Dr. […]