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03.11.2022 Derick Matsengarwodzi

According to Shamiso Mupara, founder and executive director of Environmental Buddies Zimbabwe, climate change, droughts, and food shortages are having a greater toll on women than men in rural Zimbabwe, as seen in the rise of forced marriages during…

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03.11.2022 Anna Chibamu

Zimbabwe has a very high rate of sexual and gender-based violence with one in three women being affected. Harmful traditional practices, religious beliefs, and the entrenched patriarchy perpetuate the subjugation of women in all spheres of life. In…

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03.11.2022 Anna Chibamu

Spread This News … PRESIDENT of the Senate, Mabel Chinomona has urged women to seek credible and adequate information regarding diaspora jobs as human trafficking cases are on the increase. Chinomona told delegates attending the 34th Forum of Women…

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02.11.2022 Adrienne Surprenant

South Sudan marked a decade of independence in 2021, but the country remains wracked by violence. Hunger is growing, driven by conflict, natural disasters—particularly flooding—and the economic impact of COVID-19.  … As in any crisis, women and…

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02.11.2022 Tim Gaynor and Gift Friday Noah in Magwi, South Sudan

Their sons and brothers got caught up in the bush wars roiling the world’s youngest country, so the women decided to bring them home . Tired of conflicts that left villages smoking ruins, tired of rapes and assault by the marauding combatants, tired…

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02.11.2022 Deng Machol: Associated Press

In a country where the maternal mortality rate is one of the highest in the world, a small clinic dedicated to reproductive health care for more than 200,000 people is about to be shut down …   … Expectant mothers sit on the floor as they wait to…