Mali: Mireille Atchon Sidibé raises awareness about uterine fibroids
Mireille Atchon Sidibé is a 45-year-old woman who lives in Sebenicoro, a district in Bamako, the capital of Mali. Today, […]
Mali: Bernard Thera, former football star, raises youth awareness about sexually transmitted infections
It’s the middle of the weekend in Kalanban-Coro, a town about 20 km from Bamako, the capital of Mali. The […]
Mali: How a group of young women encourage youth to get tested for STIs
Today, in the main square of Pélengana, a commune five kilometres east of Ségou in central Mali, members of the […]
Mali: Women mobilize to fight against gender-based violence
Aminata Traoré is a woman in her forties and a teacher in a private school in the Segou region. Today, […]
Seydou Camara, runner-up for the 2022 George Atkins Communication Award
Seydou Camara says he is “a lover of the countryside,” and this farmer’s son knows agriculture well. Mr. Camara has […]
Senegal: A scruffy shrub gets new respect for contributions to soil fertility (NPR)
For years, the instructions were clear—farmers should rip out Guiera senegalensis shrubs, clearing their fields before the planting season. The […]
Mali: Couple makes decisions about sexual consent and contraceptives
It’s the middle of Ramadan in Markala, a town 35 kilometres from Segou, Mali. The area is home to a […]
Mali: Traditional beliefs restrict women farmers’ access to farmland
Zeinaba Alhouda, in her late thirties, lives with her six children in Koima, Gounzoureye, more than 1,000 kilometres from Mali’s […]
Mali: Women’s co-operative organizes to increase profits selling potatoes
It’s 9 a.m. on Friday and the December sun is barely visible. At Château market, the second largest market in […]
Mali: Women access credit through an NGO mechanism
It’s Friday afternoon and Mariame Diarra is proudly turning off the motor-powered water pump installed in her market garden in […]