Africa’s female rising stars of business are still seen as second-class citizens
Posted on May 17, 2018 at 10:43 am
Africa is building up a glowing reputation as the global leader in female entrepreneurship. Last year, MasterCard released its celebratory Index of Women Entrepreneurs to much fanfare. Uganda and Botswana topped the list, which further pushed the new narrative that women are rising above ...
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‘I Can Finally Dream’: Tunisia Expands Protection for Battered Women Image
Posted on May 17, 2018 at 10:11 am
For women like Sihem Ben Romdhane, the options used to be fewer. Her husband of 19 years often beat her and she lodged complaints with the police, who told her they would have to jail him. So she would withdraw ...
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New masculinities: meet Uganda’s transgender men fighting sexism
Posted on May 17, 2018 at 9:50 am
Shawn, a young transgender man, was sitting in a public minibus in the Ugandan capital, when an old schoolmate boarded and started loudly calling him by his former female name, astounding other passengers in the conservative east African nation. The ...
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Urban v rural: can cities protect reproductive rights?
Posted on May 16, 2018 at 4:03 pm
Alone woman scales a brick building, turning to look at a number 8 chained to her ankle, hampering her progress. The animation appeared this month, projected on to Dublin’s Treasury building, and images quickly spread on social media under the ...
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The Economic Imperative of Protecting Women’s Health
Posted on May 16, 2018 at 11:08 am
Despite global improvements in health-care access, many governments in the Asia-Pacific region continue to overlook the importance of sexual and reproductive wellbeing. If the social and economic benefits of universal health coverage are to be realized, the needs of women ...
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Ghana: Fighting HIV/Aids – A Test Case for Ghana Beyond Aid
Posted on May 16, 2018 at 10:47 am
Since the Human Immune Virus and the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome HIV/AIDS, were first reported in the country in 1986, the fight to control and contain it has not been easy. It may be impossible to count the number of ...
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Scary stories don’t save lives, Comprehensive Sexuality Education does
Posted on May 16, 2018 at 10:31 am
This was how I learnt about sex; my mother called me into her room, she was holding a newspaper in her hand. In that paper, there was a report on the rising number of cervical cancer cases in the country and then she ...
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While Rohingya Refugees Are Being Raped, Agencies Lack Needed Funding
Posted on May 16, 2018 at 10:21 am
Rohingya women and girls have suffered unspeakable atrocities of rape and they’re still suffering, yet the United States has pulled its aid to the organizations doing the most to address the crisis. In late February, I stood on a dusty ...
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New Case Study: Unity in Diversity and The Consortium of MSM & Transgender Networks
Posted on May 14, 2018 at 4:01 pm
Download the publication here. MSMGF is proud to announce the release of “Unity in Diversity, A Case Study on the Achievements, Good Practices and Lessons Learned from the Consortium of MSM and Transgender Networks” The Consortium is an international partnership consisting of ...
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Accelerate progress—sexual and reproductive health and rights for all: report of the Guttmacher–Lancet Commission
Posted on May 9, 2018 at 3:39 pm
Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are fundamental to people’s health and survival, to economic development, and to the wellbeing of humanity. Several decades of research have shown—and continue to show—the profound and measurable benefits of investment in sexual ...
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