In the coastal town of Pemba in northern Mozambique, women and girls in colourful sarongs gather beneath the shade of mango trees to escape the mid-morning heat. Seated on woven mats, some silently ...

Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, conducted the 7 th Edition of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative - MFFLI Summit 2025 recently. It was ...

(Bloomberg) -- Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province has some of Africa’s biggest natural-gas reserves, but it also has one of the world’s worst female literacy rates. Only one-in-four women older than ...

Exposure to black carbon particles is 81% higher among Mozambican women who use kerosene as the main source of energy for lighting compared to those who use electricity. This was the main finding of a ...

Amid the challenges faced by conflict-affected communities in Mozambique, women have emerged as strategic agents of change. Rabeca Gerente Almeida Thomas, 51, is one such transformative example. A ...

Maputo — Mozambican President Daniel Chapo has reaffirmed that gender equity and the promotion of economic opportunities for women remain top priorities of his government. According to Chapo, who was ...

MAPUTO, Mozambique—When Biatriz Hernesto was a child, she and her school friends longed to pick fruit in the bush behind her grandparents' house. They knew that's where the best marula fruits and ...

In July 2019, Mozambique and Cote d'Ivoire became the latest countries in sub-Saharan Africa to strengthen laws to empower girls and women. Mozambique passed a law to criminalize child marriages. Cote ...

Study shows that women living in the Manhiça region are breathing air with much higher concentrations of black carbon than those found in Europe. Exposure to black carbon particles is 81% higher among ...