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Six months after the US Supreme Court’s decision to affirm Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which limits, and in some cases eradicates, access to safe abortion services, the impact is being felt globally.

The grant falls under the African Union’s Agenda 2063 Aspiration 6 (African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of Children).

Without the active participation of women, the goals of equality, development and peace can’t be achieved.

Aisha has fled violence twice since her house was reduced to ashes during a massive attack in 2018 on her village in Macomia, northern Mozambique, by an armed group locally called Al-Shabab or Mashababos. She sought refuge in another town, where two years later an alleged Al-Shabab fighter beheaded her 14-year-old son in front of her, prompting her to flee by boat to the provincial capital, Pemba. Aisha, whose full name I am not using for her protection, knows her son’s killer, and she says sh...

MONROVIA – The visiting United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Africa on Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage Jaha Dukureh has underscored the need for women and girls across the African continent, including Liberia to be adequately empowered

Rwanda and Ethiopia lead from the front in promoting women’s reproductive rights

Download logoDespite numerous efforts by member states and stakeholders to eradicate all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls in

UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for Africa on female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage, Jaha Dukureh, will visit Liberia from 19 to 27 November

Download logoBoth men and women are victims, survivors and perpetrators of violence. However, statistics shows that overwhelmingly, violence and

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