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In the words of Zahra Namuli: “I’m happy that I have been able to change people’s perception about COVID-19”

June 11, 2020

“I am in a complicated situation. As a journalist, I take great personal risk by being out and about during the pandemic. As people confined to their homes clamor for information, I feel that it is my responsibility to help through my reporting. As the disease is still new, ministry officials and the medical teams...

Protests rock Lagos, Abuja over rising rape cases, sexual assault against women

June 8, 2020

Group of protesters on Friday stormed the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja, and police command in Lagos to protest the rising spate of rape, sexual violence, assault against women, incest in the country. Unanimously, they demanded that there should be declaration of state-of-emergency on gender-based violence in the country. The protesters who demanded justice...

President Buhari nominates Okonjo-Iweala for top position

June 8, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly approved the nomination of former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, for the position of director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The Cable reported that Iweala’s nomination was approved by the president on Thursday, June 4. The former minister of finance is a globally respected economist. Photo credits: Ted talk/Pulse.ng...

Women hit as Congo faces triple threat of coronavirus, Ebola and measles

June 8, 2020

JOHANNESBURG, June 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As the world races to stem the coronavirus, Democratic Republic of Congo is racing to also stop the spread of measles and a new outbreak of Ebola, leaving women delaying reproductive health needs, aid groups warned. Congo is also facing armed conflict, bringing with it sexual violence against...

Thinking through women’s wellbeing

June 6, 2020

Thinking through women’s wellbeing: Why do women not get the care they need? Poor women in remote areas are the least likely to receive adequate health care. This is especially true for regions with low numbers of skilled health workers, such as sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The main factors that prevent women from receiving...

Fida moves to court over implementation of gender rule

June 4, 2020

The Federation of Women Lawyers (Fida) has moved to court seeking to have the electoral agency compelled to present to Parliament a list of nominees that conforms to the gender principle. Fida has sued speakers of National Assembly and Senate as well as the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and the Attorney-General while protesting lack...

In Burkina Faso, access to gender data is complicated by conflict

June 4, 2020

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — In war-weakened Burkina Faso, several aid groups are still in the early stages of gender data collection. Attacks linked to Islamic militants, local defense forces, and the army have ravaged the once-peaceful country, making it hard for organizations to reach vulnerable populations — including some 850,000 internally displaced people — and to collect...

From where I stand: “Due to COVID-19 people were not going to the police”

June 4, 2020

“Since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Ethiopia, one-stop crisis centres and shelters haven’t been able to support survivors because of the lack of isolation rooms for newcomers and insufficient human resources and personal protective equipment. To fill this gap, a transitional shelter was opened to serve as a space where survivors could...

Covid-19 has gifted us a chance to end gender-based violence. We must take it

June 1, 2020

The pandemic is gifting us an unprecedented opportunity to take innovative action and comprehensively confront the scourge of violence against women. We have a unique window in which, as a human family, we are able to boldly address the social ills Covid-19 is unearthing, and redesign and rebuild our social fabric. In this process of...

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