African Women

Amateur Abortion In Africa Takes Deadly Toll On Women

New York Times | Posted 07.03.2009 | World


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...

African Women Hit Hardest By Global Economic Crisis

Inter Press Service | Kudzai Makombe | Posted 06.06.2009 | World


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

Witch-Hunt: The Hidden War on African Women

Johann Hari | Posted 04.11.2009 | World


Johann Hari

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.

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

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 03.27.2009 | World


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 ...