On February 6, 2014, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed the Anti- Pornography Act (APA) into law. This single stroke of the presidential pen signalled a redeployment of women’s bodies …
Children are considered one of the most vulnerable members of society. As such, they often fall victim of crimes, exploitation and abuses. Although most children are considered vulnerable, child…
Immunisation has been an important strategy for disease prevention globally. Despite proven successes in other settings, child immunisation has continued to be problematic in developing countri…
In this article, I use feminist political ecology to reframe displacement with the intention of revealing its multiscalar, micropolitical, and differentiated dimensions. Rebecca Elmhirst writes, …
Poverty is one of the most challenging socio-economic problems in South Africa. Though poverty rates have been substantially reduced in the post-apartheid period, many South Africans remain poor.…
A discussion of food security without paying attention to seed security is, therefore, incomplete. the decision on the type of seed to conserve falls upon the woman who knows what characteristics o…
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 …
Mental health has become a national health priority in the West; however, it is still an overlooked issue in most African countries. Sixty-four percent of African countries do not have any mental …
This is the third in a series of three African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) primers. It offer a review of the major debates on women, governance, peace, and security in Africa, also offer a set …
Although in recent time, a few works are appearing on the publishing scene on women's experiences in politics, education, workplace, economy and education, these focus largely of the broad experien…