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News 30.11.2023

To Be Gay and African Should Not Be a Crime

By: George Reginald Freeman Published by: Pacific Standard In my home country of Sierra Leone, homosexuality is punishable…

News 30.11.2023

LGBTQI Rights in Cameroon: UAF-Africa Grantee Feature

Urgent Action Fund- Africa recently supported an organization working on LGBTQI rights in Cameroon pursue…

News 30.11.2023

Awake to the challenge: African women’s leadership at Beijing+20

Author: Ndana Bofu-Tawamba Published on: OpenDemocracy The world has changed significantly for women’s rights and gender equality…

News 30.11.2023

Media and Communications Significant for women in Post-2015 agenda

Author: Jane Godia Published by: AWCFS African women gathered at the Harvard Law School for Round Table…

News 30.11.2023

UAF-Africa provides IKHTYAR with an urgent grant towards appeal processes

In the last four years and following the revolution of January 25, 2011, Egypt has…

News 30.11.2023

Women, you are the fulcrum of good governance in Africa

Author: Mercy Njoroge Published by: People Daily Have you ever watched the documentary film Pray the Devil…

News 30.11.2023

Tell us your Beijing story

Lest You Forget The 1995 World Conference on Women was magic, a rupture, watershed, revolutionary and a…

News 30.11.2023

Africa Woman’s Key Role in Governance no Longer Disputable

Author: Mercy Njoroge Published by: People Daily What do you get when you put 30 African…

News 30.11.2023

Egypt State control detention False imprisonment Incarceration Protest Law Revolution WHRDs

Published by: Women Living Under Muslim Laws I find myself helpless, but to repeat the sentence…

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