The maternal mortality rate (death due to complications from pregnancy or childbirth) in Uganda is 284 per 100,000 live ...

It is the only region to have shown progress but still has the highest proportion of women not yet using mobile internet, a ...

The ESTEEM framework, developed by the World Bank and Innovations for Poverty Action, provides a culturally validated tool to ...

The report, Women lead for learning, produced by UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report, offers global data showing ...

Preeclampsia is a complication characterised by high blood pressure and organ damage, arising during the second half of ...

Prevention and treatment campaigns are not adequately targeting the particular needs of the 50+ years age group.

Millions of people across the world still lack access to basic eye care such as glasses, according to a new study led by ...

In this safe space, young women can speak freely about their emotional wellbeing and use crochet as a tool for stress relief ...

Efforts to achieve gender equality will not only help sub-Saharan Africa revive its inclusive growth engine ... offering strategies for inclusive policy responses—including in a context where women ...

As global aid falters, Tiko focuses on girl-centred health in Sub-Saharan Africa, uses technology and data to improve access ...

It is often brought on by prolonged or difficult childbirth. Most of the half million women suffering the condition live in the Global South. Many women who have a fistula experience social isolation ...

In February, independent MP Fatma Mseddi called for controls on migrant women’s birth rates, warning of the “risk” that soon Tunisians of Sub-Saharan origins could one day become MPs in Tunisia.