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Mothers’ health is improving across Africa
11 Feb 2013In recent years, the shrill cries of a newborn baby have been bringing more shouts of joy than of anguish in maternity wards across Africa. That is because maternal deaths are decreasing on the...
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Women struggle to secure land rights
A women’s farming cooperative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Across Africa, women grow...
Women push onto Africa’s agenda
Rwandan members of parliament taking oath of office: Nearly half of the country’s legislators are...
Taking on violence against women in Africa
Kenyan women demonstrate against rape in Darfur, Sudan: Violence against women is becoming an...
Congolese women confront legacy of rape
“If there had been peace, this would not have happened to us,” says Kasoke Kabunga. Like thousands...
Woman storekeeper boosts Malawi farming
On a small farming plot not far from her grocery store, Dinnah Kapiza points at the different...
African women are ready to lead
When the young Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika was sent off to an all-girls boarding school in Zambia...
Tapping women’s entrepreneurship in Ghana
Access to credit, technology vital for breaking into manufacturing
African women battle for equality
Some progress 10 years after Beijing, but major challenges remain
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