Africa: Traditional Leaders Rally to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and Keep Women and Girls Free From Harm | MyJHB.co.za: Johannesburg in the news: Africa: Traditional Leaders Rally to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and Keep Women and Girls Free From Harm: I see glimmers of hope, from enabling policies and legislation to end violence, … [Read more...] about Africa: Traditional Leaders Rally to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and Keep Women and Girls Free From Harm | MyJHB.co.za
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Lessons from Sierre Leone’s Ebola pandemic on the impact of school closures on girls | The Conversation
Lessons from Sierre Leone's Ebola pandemic on the impact of school closures on girls: Getty ImagesPolicymakers globally have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with tough measures. As a result of the risk and uncertainty caused by the virus, economic activity has contracted, hitting firms and workers whose activities rely on face-to-face contacts … [Read more...] about Lessons from Sierre Leone’s Ebola pandemic on the impact of school closures on girls | The Conversation
Phones aren’t giving girls more power in their lives after all | The Conversation
Phones aren't giving girls more power in their lives after all: Women's agency is still mired within wider structures of patriarchy and chronic poverty Nebiyu.s/Wikimedia CommonsOver the past decade mobile phones have often been credited with the potential to improve the lives of poor people in low-income countries. Phones are seen as a tool to use in contexts like health, … [Read more...] about Phones aren’t giving girls more power in their lives after all | The Conversation
SA News: Depression puts South African girls at higher risk of contracting HIV
Depression puts South African girls at higher risk of contracting HIV: Teen girls in South Africa face an extraordinary threat of HIV: By the time they reach adulthood, one in four South African girls will have contracted the virus, and most are first infected during ... Source: "South Africa" - BingNews Biofabri’s TB vaccine collaboration presses ahead with vaccine … [Read more...] about SA News: Depression puts South African girls at higher risk of contracting HIV
Tanzanian girls need support, not threats, to avoid pregnancy | The Conversation
Tanzanian girls need support, not threats, to avoid pregnancy: Arresting pregnant teenagers won't curb pregnancy rates. ShutterstockTeenage girls in Tanzania are routinely excluded from school if they become pregnant and are prevented from returning to complete their education. Yet a recent case in the Rukwa Region involving over 200 pregnant girls dropping out of school in … [Read more...] about Tanzanian girls need support, not threats, to avoid pregnancy | The Conversation
