With conservatism on the rise, the capital’s third-gender and trans people retreat from public life, erasing the identities they once fought to display.

Decades after the country introduced quotas, phantom candidacies and political deals still stifle women’s representation.

Months after an informal settlement’s demolition, the site is under development as displaced residents grapple with ...

The issue doesn’t affect Kyambogo University alone. According to a report by Human Rights Watch, in October 2019 security ...

Women who lived through Indonesia’s anti-communist terror blend art and protest to block government plans that would honor ...

Four teenage girls have invented a urine-powered generator to create safer and more access to electricity.

United by grief, they’re fighting to make the former president answer for extrajudicial killings during his campaign against ...

The short-lived sale is just the latest example in a long line of inconsistent policies, says Ithiel Mavesere, a lecturer in ...

On International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, this five-part series looks at how governments in the region struggle to rein in the bloodshed – and the many ways women fight for ...

Pupils and parents say the forced examinations – condemned by the United Nations – traumatize girls. A group of student activists is demanding the practice ends.

Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe Emily Muchabaiwa comforts her sister-in-law, Antonette Chisango, as she mourns the loss of her husband. Muchabaiwa wasn’t satisfied with her brother’s postmortem results, ...

Christians say the dormant law, first passed in the 1970s, targets their faith. Those trying to revive it say it is essential for preservation of indigenous faiths and culture.