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16 Days: Speak up, violence has no gender

16 Days: Speak up, violence has no gender

By Akem Njang We have set aside 16 days to talk about gender-based violence. But honestly, should it ever take 16 days to say that abuse is wrong? Sixteen days […]

December 11, 2025 Themes: GBV | Human Rights Programs: 16 Days of Activism Campaigns | Gender Justice

16 Days: Beyond visibility to true inclusion

16 Days: Beyond visibility to true inclusion

What is an inclusive society without the protection of the rights and dignity of everyone? This is a question we must ask, not only today, on the International Day of […]

December 3, 2025 Themes: Disability Programs: 16 Days of Activism Campaigns | Gender Justice

16 Days: 4 Suggestions for addressing GBVF

16 Days: 4 Suggestions for addressing GBVF

While I join the global community to engage in the #16DaysofActivism against gender-based violence, I reflect on how action and solidarity can contribute to addressing global vicious cycle. The 16 […]

December 1, 2025 Themes: GBV Programs: 16 Days of Activism Campaigns | Gender Justice

Cameroon: Beyond conflicts: Picnics of power

Cameroon: Beyond conflicts: Picnics of power

By Akem Aurelia Njang As I write this, we’ve been in lockdown for over five weeks. Maybe it will end in a few days. But will things truly get better? […]

November 7, 2025 Themes: Gender based violence Programs: Gender Justice

Cameroon: Women resisting menstrual dignity backlash

Cameroon: Women resisting menstrual dignity backlash

By Nkengafack Eucharia Cameroonian adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are leading the fight for menstrual health justice and dignity (MHJD), despite global funding cuts to Sexual and Reproductive Health […]

October 28, 2025 Themes: Reproductive health Programs: Gender Justice

Africa Pride month: Rays of hope

Africa Pride month: Rays of hope

We Are the Revolution in Bloom: Rays of Hope this Africa Pride Month This Africa Pride Month, as the world marks International Lesbian Day, I write not from the margins […]

October 8, 2025 Themes: LGBTI Programs: Gender Justice

Africa: AU calls for decriminalisation of abortion

Africa: AU calls for decriminalisation of abortion

STATEMENT BY THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL SAFE ABORTION DAY Banjul, The Gambia, 28 September 2025 – On the occasion of International Safe […]

September 30, 2025 Themes: Health | Reproductive health Programs: Gender Justice

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August 26, 2025 Themes: Advertising Programs: Gender & Governance

ARFSD-11: Implementing SDGs for Africa

ARFSD-11: Implementing SDGs for Africa

With only 5 years remaining, what will the success of the implementation of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals mean for Africa? I attended the Eleventh Session of the […]

WOSSO: New approach to CSW needed

WOSSO: New approach to CSW needed

WOSSO is a consortium formed by two prominent Southern Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs), Gender Links and ARROW and a renowned UK based development firm, MannionDaniels. We share feminist values and a […]

April 9, 2025 Themes: Gender equality | Governance Programs: Gender & Governance