By Dr. Jemimah Njuki A man and a woman are heading to a flood plain in Zambia. They part ways upon arrival: he disappears on a boat to go fishing, and she makes her way to collect firewood to fry fish by the roadside. He will earn much higher wages…
President Cyril Ramaphosa took to the airwaves Thursday evening to deliver another message on South Africa’s escalating violence over migrants, which has claimed at least 10 lives and led to the arrest of more than 400 people. It’s also started to spread to other nations, with Nigeria reporting attacks on…
They say the camera doesn’t lie, and young activists in Mozambique are using photography to speak the truth and make the streets of Maputo safer for themselves, especially women and girls in their communities. Using a program called Photovoice – an empowerment technique used across the world – students are…
On International Women’s Day, Lucy Asuagbor – the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa based in The Gambia – called on Africans to “press for progress” in achieving gender equality. Asuagbor, speaking on behalf of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, praised the continent’s success…
Guinea’s new constitution recognizes the principle of legal equality for men and women, and Sierra Leone has recently moved discriminatory language against women from its own. Algeria passed legislation against domestic violence in 2015. Mali and Madagascar have launched campaigns to end child marriage, and a 2013 law passed in…
A report on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in early 2015 caught my attention. Being sensitive to gender issues, I was amazed that I had missed the gender dimension of this public health crisis. An alert from a global group that co-ordinates humanitarian action put the crisis in context:…
Head of Education and Human Resources Programs at American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).