As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, the focus inevitably drives to the question of women empowerment**. The United Nations...

© Missouri S&T/Michael Pierce Students at Missouri University of Science and Technology in the United States test a robot they have...

A refugee nutrition center in Ethiopia. Photo by: EU / ECHO / CC BY-ND As women leaders in global health from Nigeria, South Africa, and...

In Ethiopia, women’s participation in leadership and decision-making positions are very low[1] due to persistent unequal practices and...

Thereza Joseph John; a beneficiary of AGCCI Photo: Thereza Joseph John Thereza Joseph John, 24, a third-year student at St. John's...

Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio on Thursday signed into law a law requiring all public or private organizations to reserve 30% of...

By Krisztina Tora Civil society representatives, including women and gender advocates, took over the COP 27 plenary last November 2022 at...

The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) has condemned acts of violence on and off campus, following the death of 21-year-old student...

As South Africa commemorates World Aids Day on 1 December and 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), from 25 November...

With women-led organizations receiving just 1-3% of global financing for climate adaptation, UN Women is calling for women and...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for another presidential summit on gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF). The previous...

Compiled by Dr. Lesley Ann Foster: Founder and Executive Director of Masimanyane Women's Rights International Introduction Masimanyane...

To combat a persistent pandemic that continues to impact women and girls' lives daily, Minister Nkoana-Mashabane has published the...

By Dr. Lesley Ann Foster Corporate capture has taken a stranglehold on Africa and most other countries in the South which is driving...

As aid organizations in Africa pivot their focus to alleviating hunger, some are stretched so thin that they struggle to tackle other...

As a medical student and then obstetrician-gynecologist resident at the turn of the millennium, Ethiopian Dr. Muir Kassa’s work was...

Written by: Xolelwa Pona This year marks the 66th anniversary of the great women’s march of 1956, where women marched to the Union...

Krugersdorp victim’s ordeal: ‘I closed my eyes, crying. Moments later, I was also raped, by three men’ Krugersdorp victim’s ordeal: ‘I...

Mass sexual assault of eight women has shocked the country with the president denouncing ‘horrible acts of brutality . More than 80...

A campaign called the 'Men's Month campaign', in which KZN men march against gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide has been launched...