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Economic empowerment
Tapping women’s entrepreneurship in Ghana
Access to credit, technology vital for breaking into manufacturing
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Economic empowerment
Women struggle to secure land rights
Hard fight for access and decision-making power -
Economic empowerment
Does financing benefit African women?
New initiatives to track the gender impact of development funds -
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Improving health
Investing in the health of Africa’s mothers
Lacking care, too many women do not survive childbirth -
Combating violence
Security reform key to protecting women
Training, recruitment and prosecutions can reduce violence -
Combating violence
Taking on violence against women in Africa
International norms and local activism start to alter laws, attitudes -
Political Empowerment
North African women on the barricades
Activists press for freedom, dignity and rights -
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Political Empowerment
African women are ready to lead
But social beliefs and attitudes hinder their quest -
Equality
NEPAD embraces women’s rights
After slow start, continental initiative advances gender equity -
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Equality
‘Renewed energy for women’s empowerment’
Interview with head of UN Women in Southern Africa
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Improving health
In Africa, AIDS often has a woman’s face
Knowledge, power and resources needed to combat the scourge -
Women’s empowerment
‘Renewed energy for women's empowerment’
Interview with head of UN Women in Southern Africa -
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