Effect of Female Genital Mutilation on Female Sexual Function, Alexandria, Egypt

Background: The global prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) ranges from 0.6% up to 98%. It has many health psychological impacts including abnormalities of female sexual function. Objec…

Rural Inequalities and Demographic Response in Botswana: Evidence from Survey…

Differential access to agricultural assets such as land and cattle has been demonstrated to influence both social and demographic spheres of life of individuals in Botswana. The purpose of this stu…

Conceptualizing Gender: The Eurocentric Foundations of Feminist Concepts and…

In this paper, my objective is to interrogate gender and allied concepts based on African cultural experiences and epistemologies. The focus here is on the nuclear family system, which is a specif…

Systèmes maraîchers en milieux urbain et périurbain des zones Soudano-sahÃ…

Une étude a été réalisée autour des villes de Garoua et Ngaoundéré en vue de caractériser les systèmes de production dans les périmètres maraîchers existants. Les enquêtes et observ…

Female Genital Mutilation: A Tragedy for Women’s Reproductive Health

Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/FGC) constitutes a tragic health and human rights issue of girlsand women in a number of countries, mainly in Africa. The practice has serious health conseque…

Exploratory Health Assessment of Chemical Exposures at E-Waste Recycling and …

Background. Ghana is one of several West African countries receiving high volumes of used electric and electronic equipment and waste. Within the capital city of Accra, one scrapyard has been the…

The Fight for Control of African Women's Mobility in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1900-…

As in the rest of southern Africa, physical mobility was a crucial issue in the relationship between the colonial rulers and the ruled in colonial Zimbabwe (or southern Rhodesia, as it was named by…

Are Some Women more at risk of Obstetric Fistula in Uganda? Evidence from the…

With only four years left for the Millennium Development Goal’s 2015 deadline for reducing poor maternal health outcomes, developing countries are still bearing a huge burden of maternal morb…

Bringing Gender Dimensions Back from Obscurity: Governance, Peace and Securit…

Efforts to address the gender dimensions of governance, peace and security in Africa have registered some success. At the same time, fundamental challenges remain. These challenges continue to rele…

AWDF Convening & Launch Of Southern Africa Office

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