Mali Mali: A school distributes sanitary pads to keep young girls in school Fatoumata Z Coulibaly | May 29, 2023 It’s Monday morning, and students are filling up the schoolyard at Sido-Soninkoura School in Segou, Mali. Afoussatou Tall Koné is […]
Congo-Brazzaville Congo: Justine Koumba uses maize flour to make bread Fresnel Bongol Tsimba | May 15, 2023 It’s April, a rainy time in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo. It’s about five o’clock in the […]
Democratic Republic of Congo DRC: Women in Bukavu save time by using a mill to crush cassava leaves René Barhakaziga Bagalwa | May 1, 2023 It’s an early Saturday morning in March. In the Kasali district of Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it’s […]
Mali Mali: Men raise awareness to improve their sexual and reproductive health Cheick Bounama Coulibaly | April 3, 2023 It’s a Saturday morning in December and the weather is nice in Sanankoroba, a town about 20 kilometres from Bamako. […]
Mali Mali: Women process rice to reduce post-harvest losses Assivavi Agbogbe | March 19, 2023 Mrs. Assétou Diallo Traoré is a 56-year-old woman and mother of five children. She lives in Sévaré, in the Mopti […]
Ghana Ghana: Women work as spray painters to support their families Linda Dede Nyanya Godji | March 3, 2023 This story is part of a series called Stars in the Field, produced as part of the Young Women in […]
Côte d'Ivoire Côte d’Ivoire: Women cocoa producers lead the battle for access to land Issiaka NGuessan | March 3, 2023 The sun has risen, but the weather is cool and the air is dusty. Victoire Kouaglou, a 58-year-old grandmother of […]
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso: Issouf Ouédraogo, an example of positive masculinity Ouabouè Bakouan | March 3, 2023 It’s 8 a.m. in Dano, in the southwestern region of Burkina Faso, about 280 km from the capital, Ouagadougou. In […]
Mali Mali: Women mobilize to fight against gender-based violence Cheick Bounama Coulibaly | March 3, 2023 Aminata Traoré is a woman in her forties and a teacher in a private school in the Segou region. Today, […]
Mali Mali: Couple makes decisions about sexual consent and contraceptives Dioro Cissé | March 3, 2023 It’s the middle of Ramadan in Markala, a town 35 kilometres from Segou, Mali. The area is home to a […]