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Women in Conflict

Mothers of Congo’s lost children break silence

By UNHCR UN Refugee Agency
16 Days of Activism

VAW in Rwanda

By Robert Mbaraga and Esther Nakkazi
Women in Conflict

UN-AU decry absence of women in crucial peacebuilding activities

A high-level delegation to Nigeria and the DRC urges countries to promote gender equality

By Leon Usigbe
16 Days of Activism

Uganda: Violence against women unabated despite laws and policies

By Stephen Ssenkaaba
Empowerment

Young African women turn to coding

Training more female techies could help close the gender gap in computing

By Fatima Sene
16 Days of Activism

Nigerian women say ‘no’ to gender-based violence

By Leon Usigbe
16 Days of Activism

Violence against women spikes during heated electioneering

Some success in reducing the abuses, but obstacles to their elimination remain

By Jane Godia
16 Days of Activism

Violence against women spike during heated electioneering

Some success seen reducing the abuses but obstacles to their elimination remain

By Jane Godia
Gender

More women in politics

Still a man’s business despite notable successes

By Kwamboka Oyaro
Gender

Women’s Situation Room: Africa’s unique approach to reducing electoral violence

How an innovative real-time intervention in Kenya used women’s strengths to protect voters and help keep the peace before and after voting day

By Jane Godia