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Special Edition on Women 2012

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Resources on women

6 Sep 2012

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NEPAD embraces women’s rights

5 Sep 2012

NEPAD acknowledges that women play the predominant role in food production.Photograph: UN Photo /...

Battling for equality on all fronts

5 Sep 2012

Classroom in Liberia: Half of all African countries have made moderate improvements in reducing...

African women’s long walk to freedom

5 Sep 2012

Across Africa, women’s movements are now putting more emphasis on decision-making power.Photograph...

‘Renewed energy for women’s empowerment’

5 Sep 2012

“Women’s political representation is absolutely important,” says Nomcebo Manzini, head of UN Women...

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African women: asserting their rights

5 Sep 2012

Women are staking their claim to participate fully in their continent’s promising future

In Africa, AIDS often has a woman’s face

5 Sep 2012

Testing a patient at an HIV clinic in Soweto, South Africa.Photograph: Africa Media Online / South...