Africa At A Glance

HEADLINES Kenya’s Ruth Chepntegetich smashes world record in Chicago        Kenya’s Ruth shattered the women’s marathon world record in Chicago  as she completed the course in 2:09:56, becoming the first ever woman to break the 2:10 barrier, Her Victory shaved almost two minutes off the previous world record of 2:11:53, which was set…

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2024 World Mental Health Day: The Women in Journalism angle

Photo Credit: Unsplash Every October 10,  is set aside to commemorate ‘World Mental Health Day’, raising global awareness about mental health complexities and risks. Journalists,  especially the  women are particularly more  vulnerable , this is according to a Medical report which says about twice as many women as men experience depression . Women are nearly…

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AWiM Announces UNESCO As Partner For Its 8th Annual Conference

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release 11  October, 2024. AWiM is delighted to announce the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, (UNESCO) as Partner for its 8th annual conference from ’5 – 6’ December, 2024, in the Senegalese Capital of Dakar. UNESCO would be joining Article 19 Senegal, the country host as one of the…

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Africa At A Glance

  HEADLINES Creating an African with high survival rate in Breast Cancer  October is breast cancer awareness month and it has been established by a research that. Every year breast cancer claims more than 650,000 lives worldwide. However, Survival rates have been recorded to be as high as 90% in high income countries. In sub-Saharan…

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Facts or Myths: Common Childbirth Myths Checked and Verified

Childbirth is an important stage in pregnancy, and labour is its most crucial aspect. To prepare for this life–changing event, women typically undergo medical and nesting preparations to ensure they are equipped before, during, and after delivery.According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, during labour, the uterus contracts continuously and with increasing force, facilitating cervical dilation and…

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Bridging the Gender Gap in Media Development- Webinar featuring media Experts, Journalists and Women Professionals.

  The Pan African webinar is a professional collaborative initiative featuring African women in the Media, Journalist for human right( JHRnews) and AWiM’s  ‘Source her program’ to address the Gender Gap in Media representation of women journalists, experts and professionals. Introduction of the Webinar Winfred Syombua, a representative of JHR opened the sessions by identifying that…

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Raising The Alarm: Untold Story of Sexual Exploitation in Plateau IDP Camps 

                             IDP camp in Bungha, Mangu LGA.  Photo Credit: Marie-Therese Nanlon  At about 5 pm on the eve of Christmas in 2023, Liatu,  a 40-year-old mother of five from the Tahore community, Bokkos local government area of Plateau State, North-central Nigeria, was…

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How Poverty Induced By Inflation, Hike In Fuel Price Escalate GBV In Akwa Ibom 

   Photo Credit: Annie Spratt on unsplash.com  Uduak Eyo, 37, breaks into sobs intermittently as she describes the pain and torture her husband put her through when she lost her job at an eatery. ‘The last eight months have been hell’ she says. ‘’He is constantly reminding me of how he made a mistake by getting…

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African Women in Media’s ‘Reporting Violence Against Women and Girls’ project,’ supported by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism

Anticipate these well researched investigative reports by female Journalists participating in African Women in Media’s ‘Reporting Violence Against Women and Girls’ project,’ supported by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism Anticipate!!! CAN OF WORMS: EXPOSING PERSISTENT ABUSE OF GIRLS WITH DISABILITIES IN OWO – Olufisoye Adenitan FAMILY PLANNING RIGHTS: INVESTIGATING OBSTACLES TO ACCESSING CONTRACEPTIVE…

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AFRICA AT A GLANCE

        HEADLINES   Congolese Prison Rape Scandal: 268 Women Victimised A devastating report reveals the widespread rape and sexual violence at Kinshasa’s Makala prison, has sparked urgent calls for improved protection and living conditions for women and girls in Congolese prisons. Human Rights Watch Life Sentences for Gang Rape in Liberia Two men,…

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