Gender
Mozambican mother shares her experience of extremism and discrimination
Kidnapped by al-Shabaab militants, the woman recounts the choice she faced: join their ranks or witness her family’s execution.
Economic empowerment
Tapping women’s entrepreneurship in Ghana
Access to credit, technology vital for breaking into manufacturing
Economic empowerment
Does financing benefit African women?
New initiatives to track the gender impact of development funds
Improving health
Gender violence hampers AIDS fight
Activists in Zambia counter a deadly link
Improving health
Investing in the health of Africa’s mothers
Lacking care, too many women do not survive childbirth
Combating violence
Security reform key to protecting women
Training, recruitment and prosecutions can reduce violence
Combating violence
Taking on violence against women in Africa
International norms and local activism start to alter laws, attitudes
Political Empowerment
North African women on the barricades
Activists press for freedom, dignity and rights
Political Empowerment
Three women laureates
Wangari Maathai, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee
Political Empowerment
African women are ready to lead
But social beliefs and attitudes hinder their quest
Equality
NEPAD embraces women’s rights
After slow start, continental initiative advances gender equity
Equality
Battling for equality on all fronts
Some progress since Beijing, but hurdles persist
Equality
African women’s long walk to freedom
Some gains, but an uphill climb still looms
Equality
‘Renewed energy for women’s empowerment’
Interview with head of UN Women in Southern Africa
Cover Story
African women: asserting their rights
Introduction to the Special Edition on Women
Improving health
In Africa, AIDS often has a woman’s face
Knowledge, power and resources needed to combat the scourge
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Also
Malian women create beauty — and profit
Hand-dyed fabrics win praises, capture markets
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Also
Malian women create beauty — and profit
Hand-dyed fabrics win praises, capture markets