In a remote part of West Africa, centuries-old superstitions continue to condemn women accused of witchcraft to exile. A landmark bill offers hope — but can justice overcome belief?

A two-day expert meeting on regional consultation on the political participation and leadership of women and youth in West Africa has been opened in Accra.The meeting, scheduled for February 17 and 18 ...

DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From crowded cities to far-flung villages, women with unwanted pregnancies across West Africa are resorting to clandestine and unsafe abortions - driven by shame, ...

Carleton University has empowered West African women scholars under its Carleton QES West Africa Scholarship Programme. The Scholarship Programme is made available to West African women in the final ...

FREETOWN/ MONROVIA, Nov 30 (UNHCR) - Barely emerging from years of civil conflict, two countries in West Africa are waging a new war - a battle to eradicate all forms of violence against women. Last ...

By Ben BRAKO(koBENa BRAKO)The prevailing assumption in modern gender discourse is that African women were historically marginal, subordinated, or politically irrelevant until their supposed ...

Merck Foundation (https://www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic armof Merck KGaA Germany announced the winners of ‘Merck Foundation More Than a Mother’ Africa Media Recognition Awards 2020 .