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Autrage in South Africa as charges dropped…29.10.2022 By Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG: Women’s rights groups in South Africa expressed outrage Thursday and criticized police for perceived failures after charges were dropped against 14 men accused of gang-raping and robbing female members of a film crew at an abandoned…
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Zimbabwe: Teen Pregnancies fueling teenage…28.10.2022 Staff Reporter
The GOVERNMENT has been urged to provide sex education at the country's high schools to prevent teenage pregnancies. Mpilo Central Hospital medical doctor Misheck Ruwende says teenage pregnancies are one of the significant causes of death among…
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Kenya: The King of Demeaning Women: Silvanus…28.10.2022 Gender Reporter: Kamau Maichuhie
What you need to know: • On Tuesday, defending Tourism CS nominee Peninah Malonza said perhaps she had failed because she had been on her period at the time. • His remarks immediately drew fury from a section of the MPs present who castigated him…
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Create Policies That Include Women26.10.2022 The Vatican: Mamokhantso Refiloe Nkune
Create “policies that include women” in Lesotho, Catholic Social Justice Official to State … Lesotho Catholic Commission of Justice and Peace Mining and Social Justice Officer … An official of the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) in…
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Fashion's dirty secret: how sexual…26.10.2022 Annie Kelly: Human Rights in Focus
After revelations of sexual violence in Lesotho garment factories, where jeans are made for brands such as Levi’s, workers fought for better conditions. But now Covid-19 has hit the fashion industry, those gains may be lost. At one of the biggest…
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Lesotho: Has Lesotho bridged the gender gap?26.10.2022 BBC: Karen Allen
Lesotho sits like a pearl in a shell, surrounded by the land mass of South Africa. But this tiny kingdom of 1.8 million people boasts another jewel, which is perhaps astonishing given its size. Lesotho is ranked eighth in the world by the World…
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