Mali: A school distributes sanitary pads to keep young girls in school
It’s Monday morning, and students are filling up the schoolyard at Sido-Soninkoura School in Segou, Mali. Afoussatou Tall Koné is […]
Congo: Justine Koumba uses maize flour to make bread
It’s April, a rainy time in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo. It’s about five o’clock in the […]
DRC: Women in Bukavu save time by using a mill to crush cassava leaves
It’s an early Saturday morning in March. In the Kasali district of Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it’s […]
Mali: Men raise awareness to improve their sexual and reproductive health
It’s a Saturday morning in December and the weather is nice in Sanankoroba, a town about 20 kilometres from Bamako. […]
Mali: Women process rice to reduce post-harvest losses
Mrs. Assétou Diallo Traoré is a 56-year-old woman and mother of five children. She lives in Sévaré, in the Mopti […]
Ghana: Women work as spray painters to support their families
This story is part of a series called Stars in the Field, produced as part of the Young Women in […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Women cocoa producers lead the battle for access to land
The sun has risen, but the weather is cool and the air is dusty. Victoire Kouaglou, a 58-year-old grandmother of […]
Burkina Faso: Issouf Ouédraogo, an example of positive masculinity
It’s 8 a.m. in Dano, in the southwestern region of Burkina Faso, about 280 km from the capital, Ouagadougou. In […]
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, […]
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 […]