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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

Women’s Rights

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Africa

Women in Sudan Suffer Systematic Sexual Violence

    Reuters says a Human Rights Watch report indicates that women in Sudan's South Kordofan state have been subjected to repeated rape and some have been held as sex slaves by fighters from the Rapid Support Forces and allied militias. The RSF, which has been engaged in a brutal 20-month conflict with Sudan’s army, has denied accusations of widespread abuse during the war, which has displaced over 12 million […]

todayDecember 17, 2024 11

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Namibia

GBV remains ‘societal cancer’ in Namibia

Despite various interventions and the ongoing 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign, GBV remains a major problem in Namibia and is often called a societal cancer. Gender and Human Rights Activist Charlemaine Husselmann.  

todayDecember 2, 2024 16

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Women victimised by RSF in Sudan conflict

Several women have taken their lives after being raped by paramilitary fighters during the civil war in Sudan's Gezira state. According to the BBC, the Rapid Support Forces continue their advance in the territory but RSF has denied UN accusations linking them to increased sexual violence, claiming the allegations are unsupported. The head of the UN World Food Programme, Cindy McCain visited the aid hub in Port Sudan this week […]

todayOctober 31, 2024 4

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Victory for women’s rights in Ghana as affirmative action law is passed – what must happen next

    By Josephine Jarpa Dawuni, Howard University     The passage of the Affirmative Action (Gender Equality) Bill by the country’s parliament on 9 August 2024 marked a victory for women’s rights in Ghana. The bill, which has been years in the making, is the result of several actors, allies and activists lobbying and protesting for over a decade. The bill in it its current form makes it compulsory […]

todaySeptember 4, 2024 16

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Africa’s ageing leaders: succession race in Cameroon, Congo and Equatorial Guinea could destabilise the region

    By Serge Loungou, Université Omar Bongo (UOB)   Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea is 82 and has been in power for 45 years. Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo, 79, has held on to power for 40 years. Cameroon’s Paul Biya is 91 and has been president for 42 years. Their extended tenures are largely due to a lack of constitutional limits on presidential age and terms […]

todayAugust 23, 2024 10

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Sex sells in these Zimbabwe take-out chicken ads – showing how fragile masculinity is

Mambo’s Chicken ads are the focus of a new study. Rustic/Getty Images   By Gibson Ncube, Stellenbosch University   Around the world, fast food advertising has been called out for sexualising and objectifying women’s bodies. In South Africa in 2019, for example, one fast food chain was castigated by advertising authorities for “the gratuitous use of sexualised women and sexual puns, with no product relevance”. At the same time, UK authorities […]

todayAugust 23, 2024 38

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Gender apartheid: oppression of women should be made a crime against humanity – feminist academic explains why

        By Penelope Andrews, New York Law School     Crimes against humanity are occurring with impunity around the globe; from Myanmar to Sudan, Ukraine and elsewhere. And yet, unlike international treaties for the crimes of genocide, torture, apartheid and forced disappearances, there isn’t a treaty specific to crimes against humanity. That lack is now being remedied. The International Law Commission, a UN expert body, has submitted […]

todayJuly 16, 2024 11

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Gambia MPs uphold ban on female genital mutilation

      Gambian lawmakers voted this afternoon to uphold a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation, rejecting a controversial bill seeking to overturn the law after months of heated debate and international pressure. Legislators killed the bill by voting against all the proposed amendments to the 2015 text that would have decriminalised the practice. Rights groups and the United Nations had urged MPs to reject the bill, saying it […]

todayJuly 15, 2024 18

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Solidarity and Support. Don’t Punish, with a focus on women and gender diverse people who use drugs – 26 June 2024

      Y-Fem is a registered feminist human rights organization which is focused on feminism, women’s rights and movement building to ensure women’s can assert and demand their rights in all spheres of life. Y-Fem is focused on improving intersectional and inclusive coordination amongst organizations working in the women’s rights and feminist space in Namibia as well as movement building with a focus on rural grassroots level mobilizing. “Support. […]

todayJune 26, 2024 42

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