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, […]
Videos on gender inequality and social norms
Gender-based violence is one of the many symptoms of gender inequality. This series of videos from the United Nations Population […]
Talking about sexualized and gender-based violence (SGBV)
Our Script of the week covers some of the same ground as this edition’s Farmer story from Mali, and is […]
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 […]
Uganda: Including people with disabilities in farmer trainings increases family incomes (IPS)
Lawrence Akena enters a shed to set his goats free to graze alongside two brown zebu cattle. The 32-year-old recently […]
How to talk about disability and persons with disabilities in your programs
As of 2011, between 60-80 million people in Africa were living with disabilities. Most live in poverty and are excluded […]
Ghana: Kankani Fauzia breaks barriers by pursuing her career in a male-dominated, non-traditional field
This story is part of a series called Stars in the Field, produced as part of the Young Women in […]
Mali: Sexual consent and contraceptives complicate couple’s life
It’s the middle of Ramadan in Markala, a town 35 kilometres from Segou, Mali. The area is home to a […]
Sexual consent
Like this edition’s Farmer story from Mali on sexual consent and contraceptives, our Script of the week also focuses on […]
Ghana: Women farmers benefit from trainings that target women only
The sun is shining brightly, with a few clouds and a cool morning breeze. Azara Seidu is busy weeding her […]