Background. Environmental contamination with heavy metals and metalloids due to industrial, smelting and mining activities have become common in large and growing cities. Kumasi is one of the mos…
This issue of the African Women's Journal explores both the individual and collective experiences of the past, aspiring or current women in power/politics. The articles speak to some of the persist…
This study picks from the realization that world over the campaign for women's participation in public life has taken several years, with some of the outcomes reflected in international human right…
Women throughout the world are particularly vulnerable to the threats posed by a changing climate. These threats to the environment puts women's livelihoods, families, health, security, rights and …
Local governance is being promoted in a number of African countries because it is believed that it provides a structural arrangement through which local people and communities can participate in …
From Slavery to Postapartheid is a pioneering study that examines historical and contemporary representations of Islam and Muslims in South Africa. With intellectual sophistication and creativity…
The vast majority of literature on the use of contraception focuses on its frequently documented connection to socioeconomic development. Thus, contraception has become a favored programmatic eleme…
Pour maintenir l'elan du fort taux de crioissance economique et s'assurer que la criossance cree des emplois et reduit la pauvrete, l'afrique a besoin de continuer a renforcer les capacites, y comp…
Background: The global prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) ranges from 0.6% up to 98%. It has many health psychological impacts including abnormalities of female sexual function. Objec…