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With a female majority in parliament, women at all levels of government and equal literacy rates for boys and girls, Rwanda looks to be a model of equality.
Severe overcrowding, poor sanitation, a lack of resources and brutal violence continue to blight prisons across the continent.
A project that helps pregnant women contact healthcare providers using mobile phones is trying to improve Kenya’s maternal mortality rates.
Women are suffering at the hands of police, state security services and repressive laws.
In spite of new findings, the government continues to deliberate on the best plan of action.
Liberia faces a difficult task in ending the widespread cultural tradition of FGC.
The growing trend of skin-lightening in parts of Africa reflects lasting colonial legacies of African subjugation and self-denial.
Institutions that fail to support victims and laws that protect perpetrators contribute to widespread domestic violence.
Will educational reform headed by a Salafi MP divide Egyptian society along gender and class?
As exemplified by Sierra Leone and Rwanda, African women's movements have made significant steps but have far to go.
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