Infant Feeding by South African Mothers Living with HIV: Implications for Fut…

Background: Since 2010, the World Health Organization recommends lifelong antiretroviral treatment for all women living with HIV, and exclusive breastfeeding for six-months followed by breastfeedin…

Feminism, Culture and Development in Africa

The purpose of this paper is to interrogate culture as one of the elements or backbones in our social fabric that are used to create obstacles against women‟s participation in the development o…

Factors associated with HIV/AIDS sexual risk among young women aged 15-24 yea…

The growing rate of sexual risk-taking among young people contributes significantly to the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria. This study, explores the influence of socio-demographic, H…

Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse and Associated Factors amon…

Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is recognised as an important public health and social problem, with far reaching consequences for women’s physical and emotional health and social wel…

Two Tier Development: Women in Africa

In this article, we identify African countries with a similar development level based on selected women’s development indicators. To assess the development levels, we used the following indicator…

Women's movements and feminist activism

Over the last two decades the contributions and achievements as well as failures of women’s movements and women’s activism have been well documented in manuscripts that have specifically focu…

Examining Diffusion to Understand the how of SASA!, a Violence Against Women …

Background: A growing number of complex public health interventions combine mass media with communitybased “change agents” and/or mobilisation efforts acting at multiple levels. While impact e…

Effect of HIV status on fertility intention and contraceptive use among women…

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Achieving Gender Equaity and Women's Empowerment in the Africa Common Positio…

The eradication of poverty and sustainable development cannot be achieved without a focus on social transformations that empower the most marginalized. A transformation goal on gender equality need…

Book Chapter: The Subordinate Role of Women in the Private and Public Spheres

This book attempts to show that the teaching-learning process in higher education, and religion, taught and learned through non-formal and informal education (or the hidden curriculum), and other s…