Eliminate barriers to educational access, increase gender parity, and equip girls with leadership skills.

Among the socio-cultural anomalies in Nigeria and many parts of Africa, female genital mutilation remains topmost, despite ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that over 230 million girls and women across 30 countries in Africa, the Middle ...

She made the remark on 12 March 2025 at a side event organised by The Gambia during the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) at the UN Headquarters in New York.

Elders, once enforcers of harmful practices like FGM, are now leading the fight against GBV through historic declarations and ...

It begins with a cut. A seemingly small incision; often celebrated as a rite of passage and a symbol of purity and tradition. However, for millions of Nigerian women and girls, that single cut marks ...

Renowned activist Jaha Dukureh was appointed Regional UN Women Ambassador for Africa in February 2018. Herself a survivor of FGM, and forced into child marriage at age 15, Ms. Dukureh will dedicate ...

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Edgworth entrepreneur Celia Gaze, 54, joined forces with former midwife Jean Anderson, 74, who has spent over a decade helping girls in rural ...