Feminist Africa

From wigs and weaves to skin-bleaching to the clothes that we use to cover or reveal our bodies, fashion and beauty are complex structural considerations for women in Africa, and at the same time i…

Morbidity among Children Living around Clinical Waste Treatment and Disposal …

Clinical waste is ineffectively treated and disposed in Cameroon. Disposal sites have unrestricted access and are located within communities. We hypothesize that vector proliferation and exposu…

Tribute from YWCAA to AWDF

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Enhancing Women’s Political Fortunes in Ghana: Is a 50/50 Campaign Realistic?

The 50/50 Campaign as a tool for enhancing women’s political participation has gained currency in recent time. Its call for equal participation of women and men in politics and public office ha…

Awareness and practice of self breast examination among female nurses at the …

Breast cancer is the most common female malignancy linked with high levels of morbidity and mortality in developing countries due to delayed diagnosis. This research assessed the knowledge of s…

Digi-Blogging Gender Violence: Intersecting Ethnicity, Race, Migration and Gl…

Many of us, as new media researchers and feminists, have struggled with understanding the contexts that frame discourses about women of color and the place of gender studies within global digital c…

Fact Sheet: HIV&AIDS

In Africa, AIDS has a woman's face: In eastern and southern Africa, young women are more than twice as likely as young men to have acquired HIV.

Prevalence and associated factors of Plasmodium falciparum and soil transmitt…

Abstract Background: Plasmodium falciparum and soil transmitted helminth (STHs) infection are widespread in sub-Sahara Africa, where co-infection is also common. This study assessed the prevalenc…

Rationale, Design, and Characteristics of the Multimedia Family Planning Camp…

Background: Ethiopia, the second most populous country in Africa, has a total fertility rate of 4.6, a decrease from 5.5 in 2000. However, only 35.3% of women in the reproductive age group use mod…

CHARTE DES PRINCIPES FEMINISTES POUR LES FEMINISTES D' AFRIQUE

"Le Forum Féministe Africain s’est déroulé du 15 au 19 novembre 2006 à Accra au Ghana. La rencontre a réuni plus de 100 activistes féministes d’Afrique et de la Dia…