Initially tabled in Parliament as the Marriage and Divorce Bill in December 2009, the draft sought to modernise Uganda’s marriage laws by recognising various forms of marriage, addressing marital ...

Armed conflict puts children at an increased risk of grave violations while their risk of being trafficked similarly increases, including in transitional periods, a new UN study has revealed.

At the recent Albie Awards, Michelle Obama presented the Justice for Women Award to Memory Banda, a young activist from ...

Zimbabwe is making frantic efforts to end child marriages and teenage pregnancies, which are responsible for high mortality rates in the country, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora ...

Sicelo Buthelezi and his girlfriend are expecting their first child, and their photo surfaced on social media, sparking a ...

Chairperson of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights ... Some girls are forced into child marriages. Ongoing aid obstruction and repeated attacks on healthcare facilities by the warring ...

Despite legislation and policies, the traditional, patriarchal systems across the continent hinder girls’ development ...

Prior to its enactment, Zimbabwe faced a precarious situation where, as Murenzvi poignantly notes, “from May 24, 2023 to ...

At the U.N., will President Biden and other world leaders stand up for the victims or for the countries fueling war, rape and hunger?

The world has just six years until the deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals, a set of 17 objectives adopted by the ...

According to a UN study, more than 200 albinos have been murdered in Africa over the past decade driven by the myth of ...