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Domestic Violence Bill Suffers Setback In Liberia

Domestic Violence Bill Suffers Setback In Liberia

Five years after the introduction of the Domestic Violence Bill at the Legislature and despite undergoing several changes, members of House of Representatives have failed to pass it into law. The law is seeking tighter punishment for perpetrators of domestic violence and protection for victims and survivors. The closest the bill came to being passed […]

Zambian Teenage Girls Are Forbidden To Talk About Sex And Contraceptives

Zambian Teenage Girls Are Forbidden To Talk About Sex And Contraceptives

Becoming pregnant constitutes a threat to young girls’ health. That’s because they have a higher risk of maternal complications than adult women. In fact, these complications were the leading causes of death among 15 – 19 year old girls in 2016. And national data from 2012-2013 reveals that almost one third of women aged between 20 and 24 in […]

Involve More Women In Peace Keeping – UN Under-Secretary-General

Involve More Women In Peace Keeping – UN Under-Secretary-General

The United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General of Peace Operations Department, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, has urged Ghana to involve more women in critical areas of peacekeeping operations, to help deal with conflicts and its associated challenges. He said women were widely regarded as agents of peace, hence their involvement in peacekeeping processes and operations was likely to produce […]

Blantyre District Council Of Malawi Elects First Female Council Chairperson – Carol Mdala

Blantyre District Council Of Malawi Elects First Female Council Chairperson – Carol Mdala

Chilaweni Ward Councillor Carol Mdala of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has been elected as the first female Blantyre District Council chairperson. Carol Mdala, first female Blantyre District Council chairperson This follows the same development that took place in Karonga where Nyungwe Ward Councillor Ethel Mwanza, the only female councillor in the District Council was […]