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Guinea-Bissau: Where land rights are not…04.11.2022 Yasmina Nuny Silva
Yet there is a direct link between the protection of women’s resources and food security. … Credit: Yasmina Nuny Silva … At 9 am in Granja de Pessubé, agricultural workers, most of them women, have already been working for a couple of hours. They…
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Violence against women in the context of…04.11.2022 Iselin Åsedotter Strønen, Margareth Nangacovie
Portuguese version: Violência contra a mulher no contexto da pobreza urbana em Angola … Violence against women is widespread in Angola. This brief presents the main findings in a recent study of how violence against women is playing out in the…
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Challenges Faced by Feminism in Angola04.11.2022 Christian Aid Angola
Challenges Faced by Feminism in Angola … How feminist women are organizing the struggle for their rights and against political violence … “In the contemporary post-colonial history of Africa, Angola is known as the site of one of the most insidious…
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Promoting Women in a Male Dominated Sector04.11.2022 All Africa News
Labour market challenges in Angola … Angola, with vast oil and mineral deposits, has one of the most vibrant economies in Africa. But it had also only just emerged, in 2002, from decades of shattering civil war. The need for educated professionals…
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Women’s Tenure Rights and Land Reform in…04.11.2022 Allan Cain, Development Workshop Angola
* This article was originally published as part of the online discussion on customary law in Southern Africa … Angola is a post-war country, with weak land tenure legislation and limited local government management capacity. More than 62 percent of…
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Wome Denied their Bodily Anatomy RightsRights04.11.2022 New York: UNFPA
Nearly half of all women are denied their bodily autonomy, says new UNFPA report, My Body is My Own … Respect for bodily autonomy is a core tenet of international medical ethics. © UNFPA/George Koranteng … Violations include rape, forced…
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