African Women

Amateur Abortion In Africa Takes Deadly Toll On Women

New York Times | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

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A handwritten ledger at the hospital tells a grim story. For the month of January, 17 of the 31 minor surgical procedures here were done to repair the...

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African Women Hit Hardest By Global Economic Crisis

Inter Press Service | Kudzai Makombe | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

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Kudzai Makombe interviews MWILA CHIGAGA, ILO Regional Senior Gender Specialist ADDIS ABABA, May 6 (IPS) - The global financial crisis is on every...

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Witch-Hunt: The Hidden War on African Women

Johann Hari | Posted 04.11.2009 | World

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Across Africa, a war is being waged on women -- but we are refusing to hear the screams. I have traveled into the secretive shadow world that mutilates millions of African women.

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"Profound Disconnect" Between African Media Coverage Of Agriculture And People's Lives: IWMF Report

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 03.27.2009 | World

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There is a "profound disconnect" between how the media covers agricultural issues in Africa and how people actually live, according to a new study by ...

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