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Algeria:  Battered Women

Algeria: Battered Women

Cases of women abused by their Husbands and disowned by their families are prevalent in the Algerian Society in which the male sex is...
Royal Wedding article from Al Jazeera’s wedding correspondent

Royal Wedding article from Al Jazeera’s wedding correspondent

In his Confessions St Augustine describes how, when studying in Rome, he was persuaded by friends to go to the Colloseum to watch the...
The architecture of maternal death

The architecture of maternal death

The architectural design of two newly built public maternity hospitals in Malawi, which has one of the world’s highest rates of women dying in...
Namibia: Baby-dumping rates soar among school girls

Namibia: Baby-dumping rates soar among school girls

Female college students across Namibia have caused a stir by holding a mini summit to discuss infanticide and baby dumping amid reports that figures...
When a mother’s voice soothes a baby

When a mother’s voice soothes a baby

Is there really any point in mothers-to-be to talking to their unborn child during pregnancy? According to Canadian researchers, the answer to this is...
Women equality and rights still a challenge in Africa

Women equality and rights still a challenge in Africa

Seven of them were waving thin tree branches as they marched amid singing and sweat under the sweltering heat of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, until...
Miss Zimbabwe pageant, an uncomfortable political event

Miss Zimbabwe pageant, an uncomfortable political event

The prestigious Miss Tourism Zimbabwe beauty pageant was on Sunday morning (February 13) hijacked by the military and Zanu PF officials who scrambled to...
Human trafficking and sex slave rings on the rise in Southern Africa

Human trafficking and sex slave rings on the rise in Southern Africa

Human trafficking between Zimbabwe and South Africa has reached alarming proportions as an average of 7000 people per month are said to be involved....
Contraception after childbirth: Condoms, pills or contraceptive implants?

Contraception after childbirth: Condoms, pills or contraceptive implants?

Although the idea of talking about contraception just after giving birth may seem strange, experts have highlighted its importance. According to gynaecologist Katty Ardaens,...
Empowering Women: Governments must “practice what they preach”

Empowering Women: Governments must “practice what they preach”

When the former Chilean President, Michelle Bachelet, convened the first meeting of the new UN women’s rights agency, UN Women, in late January, she...
Gout – more fatal in women

Gout – more fatal in women

Often associated with overeating and the cause of extremely painful attacks, gout is also a dangerous condition. According to a Canadian study, it...
Pregnancy, cigarettes and alcohol

Pregnancy, cigarettes and alcohol

Pregnancy is a risky time when the slightest deviation from a healthy lifestyle can cause a lot of damage to the unborn child's future. Drinking...
Sex for grades in South Africa leads to death

Sex for grades in South Africa leads to death

Education officials in South African have shut down a high school following an incident involving an 18 year old female learner. The young student...
Coffee: No harm to unborn babies?

Coffee: No harm to unborn babies?

Although, for many years, coffee was believed to be harmful to unborn babies, in fact it now appears to present no danger. According to...
Fizzy soda drinks may cause gout in women

Fizzy soda drinks may cause gout in women

The consumption of drinks that are high in fructose, such as fizzy drinks and orange juice, appears to be associated with an increased risk...
Uganda: Muslim women seek the use of condom

Uganda: Muslim women seek the use of condom

Some Muslim women in western Uganda are demanding that a new HIV prevention programme for Muslims include condom promotion, going against calls by local...
Menopause: recognizing the early signs

Menopause: recognizing the early signs

Menopause marks the end of a woman’s reproductive life. The literal meaning of the term menopause is the cessation of menstruation. The clinical diagnosis,...
Egypt: From blogger to best-selling novelist

Egypt: From blogger to best-selling novelist

Egyptian author Ghada Abdel Aal never intended to become a writer or a social critic when she began her blog, “I Want to Get...
Ugandan women don’t want their breasts checked by police

Ugandan women don’t want their breasts checked by police

Women in Uganda have protested against their breasts being checked for bombs at entry points to public places. The protest comes after a directive from...
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Urinary infections: a vaccine on the horizon?

One in every two women will, at least once in their life, suffer from a urinary infection—a far from pleasant experience. And though it...
Breastfeeding: great for baby’s teeth

Breastfeeding: great for baby’s teeth

Breastfeeding has proven advantages for the teeth of feeding babies. Babies’ teeth are formed during pregnancy. This is why it is so important to eat...
Honoring the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

Honoring the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

December 17th marks the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Sex workers and their allies, clustered in intimate gatherings in cities around...
Sudan: Authorities embarrased by woman’s brutal public whipping

Sudan: Authorities embarrased by woman’s brutal public whipping

An immensely disturbing video that appeared on the internet last week has become a thorn in the side of Sudanese authorities. The video, below,...
Eating healthy for two during pregnancy

Eating healthy for two during pregnancy

If you are pregnant, it’s important to be careful about what you eat. And it’s especially important to avoid any foods that are likely...
Zimbabwe’s unwanted groups on anti gender violence day

Zimbabwe’s unwanted groups on anti gender violence day

Police blocked dozens of gays and sex workers from taking part in a belated launch procession commemorating 16 days of Activism Against Violence Against...
Sierra Leone youth call for an end to Female Genital Mutilation

Sierra Leone youth call for an end to Female Genital Mutilation

The perspective often missing in the debate regarding female genital mutilation (FGM), a harmful traditional practice involving the partial or total removal of the...
Senegalese traditional dance, sex or pornography?

Senegalese traditional dance, sex or pornography?

A new dance, known as the "Leumbeul", is attracting a growing number of Senegalese women who do not mind showing off their otherwise private...
Kate Middleton: An unlikely class warrior

Kate Middleton: An unlikely class warrior

Whilst the candor and the maturity of those two young people describing their intention to spend the rest of their lives together was surprisingly...
African women farmers, an untapped goldmine

African women farmers, an untapped goldmine

In Africa, Women grow most of the crops and perform most of the farm labor, as they do in much of the developing world,...
Uganda court says dowry for brides is legal

Uganda court says dowry for brides is legal

Uganda supreme court has ruled that bride price should stay after an appeal by MIFUMI, an NGO based in eastern Uganda. MIFUMI went to court...