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02.11.2022 All Africa News

Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon Amongi addressing the guests as UN and South African High Commission officials look on at the commemoration of Women’s Month (Photo: Edmond Mwebembezi/UN Women) UN Women joined the South African…

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02.11.2022 Congo News

In the era of the COVID-19 pandemic in which the world’s economic and health systems are compressed and try to deal with dramatic consequences for the populations, there are countries and entire continents that, in addition to the risk of contagion…

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02.11.2022 Anadolu Agency: Godfree Olukya

More than 320 women accused of witchcraft in South Kivu since June, according to a local group … KAMPALA, Uganda  … Old women in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are killed on allegations that they practice witchcraft. A 67-year-old woman…

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02.11.2022 Dana Kirkegart

Elisee, the head nurse at the health facility in the DRC, is examining a pregnant woman. UNFPA DRC/Sven Torfinn … This article contains stories of sexual assault, including toward children. Please take care when reading. The Democratic Republic of…

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02.11.2022 Hele Vesperini

Women have borne and continue to bear a disproportionate amount of the suffering caused by two decades of conflict in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Women, separated from their husbands by the conflict, end up being the…

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02.11.2022 Yao Bongoma

Yao Bongoma was the African Wildlife Foundation's Communications Officer in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In some countries around the world, women are still not equal to men in law. Yet, within these same countries, the very building blocks of…