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Sex workers violated
East African governments have come under scathing criticism by three human rights groups for allegedly abetting the violation of commercial sex workers in the...
Water strategy formulation should involve women
A Senegalese official, Mrs Anta Seck, on Wednesday urged African states to give greater responsibility to women in formulating strategies for access to drinking...
Queen Elizabeth II to welcome the French President and his wife
Most state visits are dry, boring affairs that generate little public interest. Fashion experts and gossip columnists stay away.Nicolas Sarkozy will try to...
African Development Bank’s progress on women’s issues
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The African Development Bank (AfDB)-> Group has made tremendous progress on gender issues over the last three years and enhanced the status of women...
Women risk more Cerebral vascular accidents
Eight times out of ten, cerebral vascular accidents (also known as CVAs by
doctors) are due to the presence of obstructions in the cerebral and...
Katoucha assassinated ?
Crime or accident? Katoucha’s father and sister are not ruling out a criminal intent behind her death. To help clarify circumstances relating to Katoucha’s...
Mozambique’s clandestine abortions
Back-street abortions are well on the way to becoming a chronic health problem in Mozambique, and urgent measures are needed to reduce the number...
Egypt: First woman “maazun” causes stir in islamic world
The appointment of Egypt's first female that is authorised to conduct Muslim weddings has sparked a debate over the role of women in Islamic...
Katoucha is really dead
“She fell into the seine river and drowned right on the spot... her body bore no suspicious marks", indicated sources close to the police...
African gender crusaders seek more from parliamentarians
African women rights activists meeting here Wednesday ahead of the African Union (AU) heads of state summit have called for enhanced access to higher...
Niger : Where childhood ends on the marriage bed
Fifteen-year-old Hadjo Garbo’s child-like features belie a history more tragic and life-altering than many adults four times her age will have experienced.
Two years ago...
Philip D. Harvey : King of porn , Master of charity
DKT International, an NGO, made itself known, yet again, by virtue of the coffee flavoured condoms they are marketing in Ethiopia. The man behind...
For the African woman’s emancipation through Safem arts and crafts
The fifth edition of the international exhibition of arts and crafts for women (Safem) takes place in the artisans village of of Wadata, Niamey,...
Sierra Leone : The war is over but violence against women continues
Raped, tortured and used as slaves during the civil war, the maltreatment of women continues in Sierra Leone. Despite some latest changes, neither the...