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Mauritius: Children’s Act comes into full force
Port Louis, 1 February 2022: The very long awaited Children’s Act 2020 has now come into full force as from 24 January 2022. Gender Links (GL) congratulates Minister of Gender […]
Priya’s story from Safe Haven Halfway Home
“Although I sometimes feel low, I look in the mirror and remind myself not to give up.” My name is Priya and I am 20 years old. I came to […]
January 12, 2022
Themes:
Child Abuse
| Children
| Economic violence
| Education
| Gender based violence
| Gender equality
| Housing
| Human Rights
| Young Women
| Youth
Programs:
Gender Justice
GL Safe Haven Halfway Home Newsletter – March 2021
By Gender Links Mauritius The Gender Links Mauritius Safe Haven Halfway Home newsletter for March 2021 is now out. At Safe Haven Halfway Home, we welcome young women as from […]
March 22, 2021
Themes:
Child Abuse
| Emotional violence
| Gender equality
| Young Women
Programs:
Gender Justice
Tanzania: Traditional leaders play key role in ending FGM
By Anne Robi, Dar es Salaam, 3 December: Maria Mangare (not her real name) was only 13 years old when she was cut off, leaving her with a wound and […]
January 20, 2021
Themes:
Child Abuse
| Constitutional and legal rights
| Culture and Tradition
| Reproductive health
| SADC Protocol on Gender and Development
Programs:
SADC Gender Protocol & Alliance
Madagascar: Près d’un millier d’enfants victimes de viol depuis janvier
By Vonona Rakotondratsimba, Antananarivo, 27 November: La situation est alarmante. Même les plus petites ne sont pas épargnées. Face à ces actes infâmes « J’ai juste été meurtrie » déplore Mialy Rajoelina, […]
December 20, 2020
Themes:
Child Abuse
| Reproductive health
Programs:
Gender Justice
| News
| Opinion Pieces / Commentaries
Jail rapists for life, women in media urge
By Joseph Kayira Blantyre, 6 November 2020 – The Association for Women in Media (AWOME) in Malawi, has demanded that rapists should be jailed for life following increased cases of […]
November 25, 2020
Themes:
Child Abuse
| GBV
| Gender based violence
| Gender equality
| Intimate partner violence
| SADC Protocol on Gender and Development
Programs:
Advocacy
| Gender & Media
| GL Commentary Service
Three Years of Safe Haven
Three Years of Safe Haven ‘Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time’ – Ruth Bader Ginsburg Background Since its inception in September 2017, Gender Links Safe Haven […]
October 14, 2020
Themes:
Care work
| Child Abuse
| Children
| Constitutional and legal rights
| Disability
| Economic violence
| Education
| Entrepreneurship
| Gender based violence
| Health
| Housing
| Human Rights
| Intimate partner violence
| Justice system
| Poverty
| Reproductive health
| Sexual violence
| Unemployment
| Young Women
| Youth
Programs:
Gender Justice
Teen pregnancies surge in Malawi
Tamanda Matebule, Blantyre, 1 August: School closures due to COVID -19 have influenced an increase in teenage pregnancies, with 7274 teenage girls reportedly pregnant in the Mangochi district. A 16-year-old […]
August 1, 2020
Themes:
Child Abuse
| Reproductive health
Programs:
Gender and Media Diversity Centre (GMDC)
| GL Commentary Service
| News
Teen pregnancies surge in Malawi
Tamanda Matebule, Blantyre, 1 August: School closures due to COVID -19 have influenced an increase in teenage pregnancies, with 7, 274 teenage girls reportedly pregnant in the Mangochi district alone. […]
July 31, 2020
Themes:
Child Abuse
| Reproductive health
Programs:
Gender and Media Diversity Centre (GMDC)
| GL Commentary Service
| News
Girls’ vulnerable as COVID-19 drives child marriages
By Andile Tshuma, Bulawayo, 20 July: Covid-19 has upended the lives of many children and their families alike, with migratory efforts such lock downs resulting in countrywide school closures, affecting […]
July 20, 2020
Themes:
Child Abuse
| Children
| Gender equality
Programs:
Gender and Media Diversity Centre (GMDC)
| GL Commentary Service
| News
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