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17.10.2022 Mozambique: Jerry Chifamba

Africa: Govts Can Do More to Protect Many Pregnant Students And Mothers Facing Education Barriers … Mbuto Machili / UNFPA Mozambique … Nearly a third of all women in developing countries begin childbearing at age 19 and younger, and nearly half of…

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17.10.2022 Gender Links

Botswana: The constitution – Women speak out … Political parties and women’s organizations in Botswana have made a submission to the Commission of Inquiry into the Review of the Constitution. Download the full submission or read the chapters below.

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17.10.2022 Tanzania Daily News

Tanzania: UN-Women Chief Salutes Tanzania Horticultural Association's Approach to Empower Rural Women … Zanzibar — THE visiting United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Ms. Sima Sami Bahous has lauded Tanzania…

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17.10.2022 Plan International: Emmanuel Wise Jipoh &Winston W. Parley

Plan International Liberia has launched a campaign to ensure thousands of Liberian girls can learn, lead, decide and thrive for a better career, or future endeavors. The "Girls Get Equal" campaign was launched Friday, 14 October 2022 at Plan…

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17.10.2022 Paolo Jorge

This refers to the work of OMA (Organização de Mulheres Angolanas), the Organization of Angolan Women. While the material on this MPLA grouping is hard to come by in English, Paolo Jorge, former director of MLAs Department of Information and…

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17.10.2022 UN report: Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin

© UNICEF/Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin … A quarter of reported cases of conflict-related sexual violence in South Sudan are against children. 21 March 2022 Human Rights … Widespread sexual violence against women and girls in conflict is being fueled by…