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By Yacine Djibo, Executive Director, Speak Up Africa This year’s World Health Day theme “My Health, My Right” comes at a time when the world is grappling with how to ensure everyone has the right to access quality health services. African women are grappling with this issue more than most. We need to address the […]
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As the coronavirus cuts a swathe through the entire world, leaving tens of thousands dead in its wake, many women in South Africa must endure a second virus for which there are minimal eradication efforts. Whereas the 21-day lockdown is a bold attempt to arrest the spread of the coronavirus, the period of isolation at […]
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Development efforts over the past two decades have seen millions of people freed from poverty and hunger, and inequalities reduced worldwide. This is an undoubted achievement, but is no reason for complacency. The fact is that inequality between men and women, between boys and girls, remains not only a social justice concern, but one of […]
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‘Do not let us off the hook; keep our feet to the fire’. These were the words of the UN Secretary General Mr. Antonio Guterres when he promised to personally lead the global body towards greater gender equality. As the world observes the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence today 26 November 2018, an […]
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