Gambia MPs uphold ban on female genital mutilation
Gambia – Gambian lawmakers voted on Monday to uphold a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation, rejecting a controversial... Read more
15 Jul, 2024
Police arrest undocumented women and children hidden in bus trailer
Cape Town – Western Cape police arrested undocumented women and children found hidden in a trailer attached to a... Read more
8 Jul, 2024
UN warns of increased trafficking, sexual slavery in DRC
DRC – UN experts on Thursday sounded the alarm over increasing human trafficking for sexual exploitation, stemming from conflict and... Read more
5 Jul, 2024
‘The level of crime in SA was not as high under Zuma’ – MK supporters
Cape Town – Supporters of the Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party, particularly women, have expressed that they felt safer under... Read more
19 May, 2024
Greenland women seek justice over forced contraception
Birkerød – Henriette Berthelsen was separated from her family at 11 and forced to wear a contraceptive coil, a trauma... Read more
3 May, 2024
Why is South Africa still waiting for a female president?
Johannesburg — South Africa has one of the world’s highest rates of female parliamentary representation in the world while... Read more
30 Apr, 2024
Former Pakistan women’s cricket captain Bismah Maroof retires
Karachi – Pakistan’s most prominent woman cricketer and former captain Bismah Maroof has announced her retirement, ending a 17-year trailblasing... Read more
26 Apr, 2024
Women in tech, AI in focus as Web Summit opens in Rio
Rio De Janeiro — The future of artificial intelligence (AI), technology to fight climate change and other glimpses at... Read more
17 Apr, 2024
Boost for women-owned SMEs
Two finance giants Visa and Absa have joined hands to launch a mentorship for women-owned small businesses in Africa.... Read more
2 Apr, 2024
Community group aims to bring down HIV prevalence in SA women
Cape Town — The BroadReach Group shone a light on a group of women who have made it their... Read more
9 Mar, 2024
