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Editors Note: Written by Former Liberia Education Minister George Werner, this article reflects on Partnership Schools for Liberia (now Liberian ...

Teen mothers in Seke Rural, a constituency of Zimbabwe, are speaking out about how society stigmatises and ostracizes them. The ...

There is a popular saying in Africa that “manufacturing is only for the brave.” Recently, such sayings have been extended ...

"We are a rich country but we are poor people," said one of the internally-displaced women who found shelter in ...

In the case of a divorce in Kenya today, a female spouse is not automatically entitled to half of the ...

In dealing with past human rights abuses and upholding standards of respect for human rights, the Gambia’s transition from an ...

After I finished college, I came back home to stay with my family. In our village, I saw the need ...

Maria Auma is a successful and socially-conscious female entrepreneur. She is the founder of Blue Luxury Investments (BLI), an organization ...

LONO is an organization based in Ivory Coast providing sustainable and affordable products and services for recycling agricultural waste to ...

Goal 5 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. ...

A trip to Uganda generally begins and ends in Entebbe, where the banks of the largest lake in Africa, Lake ...

One major factor for the sustained oppression of women and girls in Nigeria today is female genital mutilation or cutting ...