Equal access to economic opportunities by both women and men contributes to better development outcomes. Globally, women enterprises comprise about a third of all enterprises and contribute signi…
This paper discusses the importance of moving towards African centered feminist theories. The paper argues that bringing feminism home to Africa will greatly impact our understanding of developme…
CONTEXT: Given that maternal morbidity and mortality from unsafe abortion persist, especially in Africa, there is a pressing need to understand the abortion decision-making process. However, littl…
Lislegaard’s “Bellona” works in different and several media, some discursive and some non-discursive, and plays in at least three perceptible temporalities: the viewer’s body, motion graphi…
This briefing highlights the opportunities that are available for women entrepreneurial leaders in a country has an imbalanced economic empowerment history with a discriminatory past. We discuss th…
We use data from Sierra Leone where a substantial education program provided increased access to education for primary-school age children but did not benefit children who were older.We exploit t…
Cervical cancer is the most frequent cancer among women aged between 15 years and 44 years in Kenya, resulting in an estimated 4,802 women being diagnosed with cervical cancer and 2,451 dying from …
This paper analyzes the construction of gender identities in two Kiswahili short stories-Wasia wa Baba (A Father‟s Counsel) by A. Kipacha and Usia wa Mama (A Mother‟s Advice) by Fatima Salama…
Present technological innovations and social organizations continue to impose risks and limitations on the efficient performance of the biosphere. Human activities have increasingly short-lived s…
Animal milk is an important contributor to women’s dietary diversity, especially among pastoral communities where access to diverse diets is limited. While there have been numerous large-scale …