Women

Thousands of male and female demonstrators were back in the streets of Khartoum. The rally came as women across the world celebrate International Women's Day. Demonstrators were back in the streets of Khartoum on Tuesday. Thousands…

“I decided to freeze my eggs": this announcement of the singer Nermine Sfar, Tunisian star of social networks, triggered a debate in the country where women are calling for the liberalization of this practice outside medical indications.…

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly is advocating more welfare for women, orphans, and other vulnerable groups in the state in the 2022 budget. Chairman, House Committee on Women Affairs, Hon. Samuel Tsebe made the advocacy at…

Hundreds of women marched in Abidjan to protest violence against women and to demand punishment for rapists. Under the slogan "Orange the world", organised by the UN Women's Generation Equality, women in Ivory Coast and around the world…

It is a beautiful story and a breath of fresh air born from the imagination of a music teacher in the city of Natitingou, in the North-East of Benin. The idea of the multi-instrumentalist André Balaguemon was to launch a music school…

A group of women who were affected by the volcano eruption of Mount Nyiragongo a few months ago. Participating in capoeira classes, a traditional Afro-Brazilian practice used as a psycho-social tool to reduce trauma and also help women…

Senegalese women have taken to the streets of Dakar to march against climate change. Their objective was to promote women's participation in the climate debate and encourage people to consider their specific climate concerns as…

Sierra Leone's government has introduced a bill that would ensure that 30 percent of parliamentary seats and cabinet positions are held by women in the West African state. President Julius Maada Bio approved of the initiative this…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a grant agreement for $500,000 with Y’ello Digital Financial Services (YDFS), a fintech subsidiary of MTN Nigeria, to be used for a study into economic, religious, and social factors hampering…

Cynthia Makokha was a 17-year-old student and volleyball player, Agnes Tirop was a 25-year-old rising athletics star, who finished fourth in the 5,000m race at the Tokyo Olympics and had won two World Championship bronze medals. Both women…