Africa's Quest for Food Security: What Is the Role of Urban Agriculture
"The history of urban agriculture in Africa dates to the colonial era when farming flourished in urban areas, largely to meet consumption needs of bureaucrats, settlers, and other elites. Today, ur…
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Measuring Women's Empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Exploratory and Confirma…
Background: Women’s status and empowerment influence health, nutrition, and socioeconomic status of women and their children. Despite its benefits, however, research on women’s empowerment in…
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Prevalence and Patterns of Gender-based Violence and Revictimization among Wo…
Gender-based violence is a key health risk for women globally and in South Africa. The authors analyzed data from 1,395 interviews with women attending antenatal clinics in Soweto, South Africa, b…
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The role of gender in the spread of HIV and AIDS among farmworkers in South A…
Background: Gender inequality and men’s perceived sexual and economic superiority over women are central to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The farming community in which the part…
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Gender Justice and Economic Inclusion in South Africa
Gender justice as envisaged in the South African Constitution serves as a transformative project intended to engender an inclusive society. The historical antecedent of the transformation agenda …
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A Systematic Review of Sexual and Reproductive Health Knowledge, Experiences …
Adolescent girls and young women are an overlooked group within conflict- or disaster-affected populations, and their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs are often neglected. Existing eviden…
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The African Feminist Forum Position on the New UN Entity for Gender Equality …
The African Feminist Forum Position on the New UN Entity for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment
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Reproductive Justice and the History of Prenatal Supplementation: Ethics, Bir…
In the 1980s, British researchers gave pregnant and nursing women in a rural community in The Gambia supplemental food in order to increase the size and health of their infants. While the supplemen…
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The Link between Climate Change, Gender and Development in Africa
Climate change is a threat to sustainable development in Africa. The continent is home to the world's most susceptible populations, because of the sensitivity and fragility of its natural environme…
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Keep them in School: the Importance of Education as a Protective Factor Again…
Objective To identify risk factors for HIV infection among young women aged 15–24 years reporting one lifetime partner in South Africa. Design In 2003, we conducted a nationally representative …
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