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Africa Renewal: Special Edition on Women 2012

Cover Story

African women: asserting their rights

Introduction to the Special Edition on Women

By Africa Renewal

Equality

‘Renewed energy for women’s empowerment’

Interview with head of UN Women in Southern Africa

By Africa Renewal
African women’s long walk to freedom

Some gains, but an uphill climb still looms

By L. Muthoni Wanyeki
Battling for equality on all fronts

Some progress since Beijing, but hurdles persist

By Gumisai Mutume
NEPAD embraces women’s rights

After slow start, continental initiative advances gender equity

By Itai Madamombe

Political Empowerment

African women are ready to lead

But social beliefs and attitudes hinder their quest

By Gumisai Mutume
Three women laureates

Wangari Maathai, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee

By Africa Renewal
North African women on the barricades

Activists press for freedom, dignity and rights

By Fatma Naib

Combating violence

Taking on violence against women in Africa

International norms and local activism start to alter laws, attitudes

By Mary Kimani
Security reform key to protecting women

Training, recruitment and prosecutions can reduce violence

By Ernest Harsch

Improving health

Investing in the health of Africa’s mothers

Lacking care, too many women do not survive childbirth

By Mary Kimani
In Africa, AIDS often has a woman’s face

Knowledge, power and resources needed to combat the scourge

By Kerry Cullinan
Gender violence hampers AIDS fight

Activists in Zambia counter a deadly link

By Reginald Ntomba

Economic empowerment

Does financing benefit African women?

New initiatives to track the gender impact of development funds

By Michael Fleshman
Women struggle to secure land rights

Hard fight for access and decision-making power

By Mary Kimani
Tapping women’s entrepreneurship in Ghana

Access to credit, technology vital for breaking into manufacturing

By Efam Dovi