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Fighting Gender-Based Violence at Grassroot05.11.2022 Kadijah Diallo
Fighting gender-based violence at the grassroots in Senegal … Dakar – Though separated by 100 km, Aitta Kébé and Maimouna Tamba are fighting for the same cause. They are both Bajenu Gox, striving to ensure that Senegalese women and girls enjoy a…
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COP 15: In Senegal, the women-led Ndoloum…05.11.2022 Amba Mpoke-Bigg,
COP 15: In Senegal, the women-led Ndoloum Vert project is fighting desertification one tree – and one baby – at a time … Panelists who took part in the session Enhancing Nature-Based Solutions to Boost Gender Equality at UNCCD COP15. From left: Haja…
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Senegal: We cannot be Second Class Citizens…05.11.2022 All Africa News
'It is time for Senegalese women to stop being treated as second-class citizens … A Senegalese feminist collective is concerned about putting laws on gender parity back into question. An election official opens a ballot box after polls close in…
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Genital Cutting of Women and Child Marriages04.11.2022 All Africa News
Female genital mutilation is a deeply entrenched practice in Senegal, usually affecting girls at a very young age. Despite ongoing … efforts, levels of FGM have stagnated for at least the last two decades. To meet SDG target 5.3 by 2030, Senegal…
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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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