Editor’s Note: A battle worth fighting
In 2003, the African Union’s Maputo Protocol set out an ambitious framework for policies that...
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Category: AIF Issue 48
Challenges and gaps, but many gains
The African Union’ s Maputo Protocol provides member states with a comprehensive policy framework...
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Women farmers join agricultural value chains
Women are the backbone of agricultural and rural economies in Africa, yet are often deprived of...
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West African boardrooms and the gender gap
Women make up almost exactly half the population of the region, but you’d never say so based on...
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Kenya’s women fight back
Female activists and politicians in Kenya say misogyny and violence against women are an all-too...
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Lionesses need historians more than fish need bicycles
The African story abounds with great women whose achievements are often reduced to prurient...
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Africa’s women in full flight
African women are world leaders when it comes to taking top jobs in the aviation industry In...
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A material difference
Entrenched family values and practices appear to play an important role in perpetuating...
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Challenging the patriarchy
Mama Rahma: profile of an African feminist Child bride at 13 and a victim of female genital...
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An appetite for hard work
In the face of soaring unemployment, women informal traders in one South African provincial...
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Battling to stay afloat
The struggle for water in Malawi’s drought-stricken eastern region has hit women the hardest,...
Read MoreWoman on a mission
How a chief in Malawi is changing hearts and minds about the damaging practice of early marriage Chief Theresa Kachindamoto’s office is decorated with certificates for awards she has received locally in Malawi and...
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