Ghana Ghana: Gladys Oduro defies the odds by taking male-dominated technical and vocational courses Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei | May 15, 2022 This story is part of a series called Stars in the Field, produced as part of the Young Women in […]
Senegal Senegal: Survivor of early, forced marriage says tradition needs to change Fatou Ndiaye | May 2, 2022 Today, Ndeye Coumba Baldé, looks like other young women. You wouldn’t know it to look at her, but this 30-year-old […]
Child marriage in West and Central Africa admin | May 2, 2022 This resource from UNICEF provides data and analysis on child marriages in West and Central Africa. Child marriage is still […]
Let’s talk about it: A young couple plans pregnancy and childbirth admin | May 2, 2022 In one of this edition’s Farmer stories from Senegal, we meet a woman who was forced into marriage at a […]
Ghana Ghana: How one young woman overcame prejudice to excel in tile installation Linda Dede Nyanya Godji | April 18, 2022 This story is part of a series called Stars in the Field, produced as part of the Young Women in […]
Mali Mali: Traditional beliefs restrict women farmers’ access to farmland Aly Ibrahim Maiga | April 18, 2022 Zeinaba Alhouda, in her late thirties, lives with her six children in Koima, Gounzoureye, more than 1,000 kilometres from Mali’s […]
The impact of conflict on food security and rural livelihoods admin | April 18, 2022 This booklet from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations explores the linkages between conflict and food security. […]
Backgrounder: Gender inequalities in land rights in Africa admin | April 18, 2022 This edition’s story from Mali focuses on women who are fighting for equitable access to land. Our Script of the […]
Unpaid care work: Your daily load and why it matters admin | April 4, 2022 This interactive tool from UN Women explores the burden of unpaid care work. Unpaid care work includes caretaking and domestic […]
Women, COVID-19, and the care economy admin | April 4, 2022 This policy brief from UN Women discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the care economy. Since the pandemic, there has […]