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24.10.2022 Arnauld Chyngwa/CIFOR

Maïmouna Bouba is a refugee from the Central African Republic living in eastern Cameroon. Like 630,000 other people, she fled her home country to escape the civil war that broke out in 2012. For eight years now, she has lived in Gado-Badzéré camp…

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24.10.2022 Moki Edwin Kindzeka

Ngam, Cameroon —  … Cameroon hosts about 460,000 refugees and asylum-seekers, most of them women and children who escaped violence in the Central African Republic and Nigeria. But while they have found safety in Cameroon, women refugees are not…

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24.10.2022 All Africa News

WPHF is channeling rapid and flexible financing to women’s civil society organizations in Burundi working to enhance local women’s participation in decision-making and conflict prevention and promote their economic empowerment and recovery. Our Work…

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24.10.2022 Marleine Kubwayo

In this intergenerational series for the Generation Equality campaign, young people take the lead to shape the conversations. In this discussion, Marleine Kubwayo, a 25-year-old women's rights activist talks with Marguerite Bukuru, former Minister…

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24.10.2022 All Africa News

Burundi: A media prize to combat gender-based violence … The Association of Women Journalists in Burundi (AFJO) and several partners, including Fondation Hirondelle, have set up the Gender and Media Prize, which rewards the work of five journalists…

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24.10.2022 Voice of America: Frederic Nkundikije

  … FILE - Women hold their identity cards as they queue to cast their votes in the presidential election, in Giheta, Gitega province, Burundi Wednesday, May 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Berthier Mugiraneza) Share … WASHINGTON — As the world celebrated…