Senegal women protest rising femicide cases, demand stronger Government action
Women and girls in Dakar, Senegal, staged a protest on Sunday, July 12, demanding urgent Government action to address rising cases of femicide following a […]
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Mozambique Records Over 18,000 Gender-Based Violence Cases in 2025
Mozambique recorded 18,365 cases of gender-based violence in 2025, with 79.9 per cent of victims being women and girls, underscoring the disproportionate impact on vulnerable […]
Ramaphosa Declares Gender-Based Violence a National Disaster, Calls for Urgent Action
President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his weekly newsletter, on 8 December 2025, highlighted South Africa’s persistently high levels of violence against women and children, describing gender-based […]
Cape Verde extends HPV vaccination to boys
Now, “to enable gender equality and equity and prevent HPV-caused cancers in boys, the Ministry of Health will extend vaccination to boys aged 10 to […]
Guinea-Bissau: 90% of journalists in private sector earn poorly and with no employment contracts
The president of the Association of Professional Women of the Media of Guinea-Bissau, Paula Melo, considered today “worrying” the situation of media professionals in the […]