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High-fertility rates and rising numbers of women of reproductive age mean that given current trends, over the next 35 years nearly 2 billion babies will be born in Africa, the continent’s population will double in size, and its under-18 population…

A collective voice of 35 African women leaders from 15 African countries, AWLN supports the efforts of African women to improve reproductive health and access to comprehensive family planning.

This report presents the first attempt to quantify the incidence of abortion in Rwanda, by using a methodology that builds on the only accessible data on the subject—the number of women who seek care at health facilities for abortionrelated…

This new study, undertaken in three sub-counties in Western Kenya, documents the emotional as well as the financial costs of maternal mortality to households in poor remote communities and explores the impact of these costs on family well-being.

A six year programme - April 2013 to September 2018 - that aims to transform a generation of South Sudanese girls by increasing access to quality education.

This study explores the agendas, strategies and influence of Christian fundamentalist actors in HIV and AIDS responses in the African region, drawing on interviews with African and international HIV and AIDS and women’s rights activists as well as…

An international network on gender and sustainable energy, founded in 1996. Working in Africa and Asia through and with regional and national gender and energy networks, ENERGIA contends that projects, programs and policies that explicitly address…

Explains how low-income women and the very poor in Rwanda are generally excluded from the process of economic development due to lack of resources and services. This report analyzes the economic opportunities available to these groups.

An international development organization working to improve the health and well-being of women and children.

This series of briefs entitled The crisis’ impact on women’s rights, published by the , includes sub-regional perspectives on the impacts seen to date of the current crisis on women and women’s rights as well as those likely to come. These…