Women in Africa

Helping Women and Girls in Rwanda

Valens Ntamushobora | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Rwanda, Ysa, 25-Most-Powerful-and-Influential-Young-People-in-the-World, Ysa List, Gen: Change, Womens Rights, Women in Africa, Reproductive Rights, Women in Developing Countries, Teen News
Valens Ntamushobora

In many rural areas in Rwanda, women have been excluded from the decision-making processes affecting their lives, families and communities, and they are forced to accept prevailing social attitudes.

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"It Takes A Village" And More To Change Lives In Uganda

Helene D. Gayle | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women's Rights, Integrated Health Care, Kony 2012, Reach Out Mbuya, Global Motherhood, Uganda, Health Care, Women in Africa, Impact News
Helene D. Gayle

From the rural villages in northern Uganda to the bustling city of Kampala, poverty-fighting programs have something notable in common: they demonstrate how integrated programming can help achieve sustainable changes in the lives and women, men and their families.

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Saving Lives: One Woman at a Time

Doyin Oluwole | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Global Motherhood, Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer, International Cancer Day, Women's Health, Women in Africa, Impact News
Doyin Oluwole

International Women's Day is a perfect occasion to reflect on the evolution of global health for women -- and remember that even a tiny drop of vinegar or HPV vaccination administered to a young girl can be the catalyst to save a woman's life.

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Women Like Sirleaf and Gbowee Clear Africa's Path to Prosperity

Susan Davis | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Leymah Gbowee, Wangari Maathai, Tawakul Karman, Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize, Global Poverty, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Women in Africa, Women News
Susan Davis

The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Leyman Gbowee and Tawakul Karman speaks to the crucial role women have played in securing peace in former conflict zones.

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Africa's Forgotten Tragedy -- A Cursed Woman

Heidi Kingstone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catherine Hamlin, Fistula, Ethiopia, Hardships, Women in Africa, Women and Childbirth, World News
Heidi Kingstone

Women live in hell with a condition that has all but been eliminated in the developed world.

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Liberia's Peace Women: Tribeca 2008 Remembers What the World Overlooked in 2003

Abigail E. Disney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tribeca Film Festival, Civil War, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Africa, Liberia, Tribeca Film Festival 2008, Harvard, Women Directors, Women in Africa, Politics News
Abigail E. Disney

How was it possible that these Liberian women had accomplished such an enormous feat without having been noticed and reported on by the news outlets I had come to know and trust?

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