What Women Want for Africa Beyond 2015

African women from all walks of life have made substantive contributions to the preparation of the post-2015 development agenda. A lot remains to be done, however, and we want to make sure to go fo…

Feminist Africa 19 Pan - Africanism and Feminism

Africa's lack of progress on what might be better referred to as "Minimal Development Goals", reveals the unpalatable scenario of an African continent characterized by the extreme social injustices…

African Male Writers’ Presentation of Women in African Literature

This article analyses the presentation of women characters by male writers such as Okot p‟Bitek, Ngugi wa Thiongo and Francis Imbuga. It will look at the woman question both as a historical and…

African Women Do Not Look Good in Wigs: Gender, Beauty Rituals and Cultural I…

“Nebuchadnezzar lived in the bush and his nails became so long that they looked like claws of cats, following a punishment from God for his disobedience,” runs a May 1964 letter to ‘Women�…

Intimate Partner Violence, Health Behaviours, and Chronic Physical Illness am…

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Exploring Ideational Metafunction in Helon Habila’s Oil on Water: A Re-eval…

This article aims at applying some of the principles guiding Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) to Helon Habila’s Oil On Water (2011). One of the major principles of Systemic Linguistics is that t…

Biblical Moral Inquest into Tradition of Suspicion of Treachery on African Wo…

The 16 days which South Africa dedicates to the fight against the abuse of women and children every December is a reminder of the effects of gender inequalities in this country. Even though this …

Factors associated with HIV sero-status in young rural South African women: c…

Background This paper aims to describe factors associated with HIV sero-status in young, rural South African women and the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV. Methods A to…

African women’s struggles in a gender perspective

Women’s movements and associations flourished throughout Africa from the 1980s under major socio-economic and political transformations such as the democratisation of political regimes, the liber…

Use of Effective Family Planning Methods and Frequency of Sex among HIV-infec…

Background: Frequency of sex, contraceptive use and HIV infection are key determinants of fertility. Use of an effective family planning (EFP) method (injectable, oral, intra-uterine contraceptive …