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Three people dressed in Ugandan traditional attires: the Kanzu robe (middle) and the Gomesi dress (left and right); and posing against a yellow background while being surrounded by red bubbles containing the words “sweet”, “akasaka”, “bad touches”, “ssenga”, “kasolo”, “ekigaasi” and symbols representing the male and female gender.
“Small animal”: How language reinforces climates of sexual violence in Uganda

Thinking back to her first intimate encounter with her husband, Jane, a mother of four…

“Tag the trees”: The disappearing Kenyan Language being saved with afforestation

A stroll through Mukogodo Forest in Laikipia County, Kenya’s largest national and dry forest reserve…

A humanised version of the female symbol being bound at the mouth and in tears, and surrounded by a maze-like structure in Uganda’s national colors.
“I endured in silence”: Deaf women in Uganda and their struggle with abusive relationships

As they navigate through marriage, Sarah and Betty, two Ugandan women who are deaf, share…

Dangerous stages: Gendered harassment in Uganda’s music industry
Can training men help tackle GBV? This Ugandan group thinks so
Can training men help tackle GBV? This Ugandan group thinks so
Uganda's "role model" men are working to end violence against women
Uganda’s “role model” men are working to end violence against women

Five years ago, Harriet Okello, 37, a resident of Kuru-Otit village, Omoro District in Northern…

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How Congolese women put an end to generations of economic abuse

In the Wafuliro culture, to which Joséphine Mahendwa belongs, it is a shame for a…

“My personal secret”: Accessing family planning beyond religious boundaries in Zimbabwe

At 15, Catherine*, a member of the Johanne Marange Apostolic Sect (JMAC), one of an…

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“It is like slavery”: Tanzanian bar waitresses speak up on sexual abuse in the industry

While working as a bar waitress in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 25-year-old Ester Steven Mashaka…

From a WhatsApp platform to physical sessions, This Nigerian initiative is helping women affected by conflict navigate their trauma
From a WhatsApp platform to physical sessions, this Nigerian initiative is helping women affected by conflict navigate their trauma

Maiduguri, Nigeria (Minority Africa) – In 2015, amid the Boko Haram insurgency, Hassana Danyerwa, the…

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