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SA launches 24-hour call centre to help gender violence victims
The South Africa’s Department of Social Development has launched a pilot 24-hour call centre for victims of gender-based violence in the country. Director General of Social Development Coceko Phakade...
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Frontier Soups donates proceeds from artisan napkins to help African aids...
Frontier Soups, a producer of all natural gourmet soup mixes, is helping women and children with AIDS in Africa by donating all proceeds from the sale of hand-stitched artisan napkins to LifeStitches....
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Canadian supports UNICEF’s Birth Registration Project to ensure Africa’s...
Canadian government has committed $20 million toward United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Birth Registration Project to ensure the most vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa have a legal...
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Abduction experience: “I was forced to become one of his 27 ‘wives’“ – Evelyn...
Source: UN Women Evelyn Amony was abducted by the Ugandan rebel group known as the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) when she was only 12 years old. For nearly three decades, this rebel group has...
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Physical activity reduces risk of breast cancer
Image Credit: blueribbonnews.com A study has revealed that an hour of daily physical activity reduces the risk of breast cancer, regardless of age or weight. The study which was presented at the 2014...
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Genevieve Nnaji, Biola Alabi, others to speak at WOWe 2014 Conference
In order to stimulate the entrepreneurial spirit in women and girls, Montgomery West Africa is set to host the second edition of the Nigeria’s leading entrepreneurial event, Women of West Africa...
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Inactivity poses greater risk to women’s heart
Photo credit: FITBODYSOLDIERS.COM Physical inactivity poses a greater risk of heart disease in women over 30 than obesity, high blood pressure or smoking, say health researchers. According to a study...
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AfDB approves $109 million road project loan for Uganda with strong focus on...
Photo Credit: World Finance African Development Bank Group (AfDB) Board of Directors has approved $109 million road project loan to the Government of Uganda with strong focus on women. The loan is to...
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Africa will be home to 2 in 5 children by 2050, says UNICEF
Africa will be home to two out of five children in the world by 2050,according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) demographics report. The UNICEF Generation 2030/Africa Report projection...
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$60 million grant response: AfDB, WHO steps up efforts to curb Ebola outbreak...
President of the African Development Group (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, and the World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Director for Africa, Luis Sambo have signed on Tuesday a Memorandum of...
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African Women Now Face Increased Risks of Lupus, Scientists Weigh In Latest research now points to the fact that African women now face increased risks of being diagnosed with systemic lupus...
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African women changing the face of makeup and personal beauty
Can you do without bathing with deodorant soaps? Or applying body lotions after your baths? Can you afford not to apply perfumes, use hair extensions, or face makeup among other personal beauty...
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Nigeria and South Africa lead the beauty and makeup business in Africa
Euromonitor International, the world’s leading independent provider of strategic market research has recently indicated in its report that the business of cosmetics, beauty and personal care products...
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Mothers and newborns survive today than ever before, says UN
Photo Credit: WHO More women and their children are surviving today than ever before, according to new child and maternal mortality estimates released this week by United Nations groups led by UNICEF...
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Hands off our Girls! African First ladies take campaign against rape, early...
First Lady of The Republic of Sierra Leone, Fatima Maada Bio Africa’s first ladies, led by Sierra Leone Fatima Maada Bio have raised a passionate appeal to the world at the United Nations General...
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