Ivory Coast: Stamping out female genital mutilation
Female genital mutilation is still an issue in rural areas of Ivory Coast. Though it has been banned decades ago, girls still die and suffer from the practice.…
Kenya to include intersex category during next month’s census
Kenya will include intersex category, along with 'male' and 'female', in the section on gender in her next month's census. Intersex is a term that describes people who are born with a…
Meet Safia, a female activist seeking change in Algeria
Meet Safia, a female activist seeking change in Algeria.…
Dr. Nesochi Okeke-Igbokwe speaks on common signs of autism in male and female child
Nigeria records more than 100,000 cases of autism annually. As the globe marks World Autism Month, internal medicine physician Dr Nesochi Okeke-Igbokwe takes us into the world of autism, and explains why…
Size and networking matter for female founders
Female business founders are still the exception to the rule in Europe's business landscape. Only 15.6% of the continent's startup founders are women. But there are enough examples that things are changing.…
German gender pay gap unchanged at 21 percent
Women in Germany are still paid 21 percent less compared to men in terms of average gross hourly earnings. To highlight upcoming "Equal Pay Day," female Berlin commuters are being offered gender-discount…
Will Nigeria ever have a female president?
The withdrawal of Oby Ezekwesili, a former Nigerian minister from the presidential race, has pushed farther any quest for a female Nigerian president.…
Sea is the limit for Spain’s first blind female surfer
Carmen Lopez has been training hard to become Spain’s first blind female athlete to enter the World Adaptive Surfing Championship in La Jolla, California, on Wednesday.…
Nigeria’s First Female Navy Admiral
Meet Nigeria's highest ranking female naval officer- Rear admiral Itunu Hotonu. Hutonu is Nigeria's first female Rear admiral and one of the first female architects in the Nigerian Navy. The 59 year-old…
A victim of female genital mutilation speaks out
According to the women's rights organization Terres des Femmes, as many as 65,000 women living in Germany have been subjected to female genital mutilation. One affected woman who has joined the growing…
How I make money in Lagos as a female Keke NAPEP driver – Mother
She effectively competes with men who are famous for driving in Nigeria.…