Fact sheet: HIV&AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

The ranges around the estimates in this list (given in square brackets) define the boundaries within which the actual numbers lie based on the best available information for the year 2014.

Suicide attempts during Pregnancy in South Africa

Background: Research on suicide attempts during pregnancy is limited as these are considered to be rare in the perinatal period. Aim: A retrospective pilot study was undertaken to establish wha…

Are Some Women more at risk of Obstetric Fistula in Uganda? Evidence from the…

With only four years left for the Millennium Development Goal’s 2015 deadline for reducing poor maternal health outcomes, developing countries are still bearing a huge burden of maternal morb…

Bringing Gender Dimensions Back from Obscurity: Governance, Peace and Securit…

Efforts to address the gender dimensions of governance, peace and security in Africa have registered some success. At the same time, fundamental challenges remain. These challenges continue to rele…

AWDF Convening & Launch Of Southern Africa Office

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AWDF Convening & Launch of Southern Africa Office

On 7 of October 2010, the African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) convened a meeting in Johannesburg bringing together women's organisations from across Southern Africa The occasion also mark…

Feminist Organizing for Women's Human Rights in Africa: Current and Emerging …

There have been some significant gains for women in Africa over the past 15 to 20 years. Women are taking positions of leadership in increasing numbers in political, economic, legal and social fiel…

Disrupting Orthodoxies in Economic Development — An African Feminist Perspe…

In recent years, women’s economic empowerment (WEE) has been the focus of perhaps the most intensive spotlight to date within the international development global arena. The creation of the UN …

Obstacles for Women in Leadership Positions: The Case of South Africa

One of the findings of a 2007 survey done by the South African Commission on Gender Equality is that more than 30 percent of the respondents are of the opinion that women are too emotional to ha…

Host Molecular Factors and Viral Genotypes in the mother to- Child HIV-1 tran…

Maternal viral load and immune status, timing and route of delivery, viral subtype, and host genetics are known to influence the transmission, acquisition and disease progression of human immun…