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Demand for Contraceptive Access in Senegal

05.11.2022 Dr. Ilene Speizer

Women in urban Senegal seek less biased contraceptive access … Promote Healthy People, Healthy Planet and Improve Care for All, Faculty News, Global News, Maternal and Child Health News, Maternal and Child Health Research … New UNC research has…

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GEF CEO visits women-led community forest…

05.11.2022 All Africa News

Photo credit: SGP …   … As a former environment minister from Costa Rica, a country more than half covered in trees, Carlos Manuel Rodriguez knows well the vital role forests can play in community life. That is what stood out for the Global…

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Senegal: Empowering women to end violence

05.11.2022 All African News

My name’s Awa Siré Touré. I’m 59 and I live in Ziguinchor, Senegal. I’ve been disabled for 20 years. With help from Humanity & Inclusion, I fight for the empowerment of women with disabilities. I’ve been aware of disability issues since I was…

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Fighting Gender-Based Violence at Grassroot

05.11.2022 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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