SWEDD+ first ladies to lead regional fight against GBV in The Gambia
06 april 2026 - 17:48:11Banjul, Gambia (PANA)-The First Ladies of SWEDD+ countries will meet in Banjul from 8 -10 April for a high-level forum [...] Full text...
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Justice on the move: Mobile courts offer hope for communities in South Sudan (By UN News)
02 march 2026 - 07:43:57Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Travelling more than 200 kilometres from Yambio, the capital of Western Equatoria State in southwestern South [...] Full text...
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At the heart of change: Spotlight Initiative highlights breakthroughs in tackling gender-based violence
11 january 2026 - 11:47:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When it comes to protecting women and girls from gender-based violence, change happens when they are [...] Full text...
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Women demonstrate against gender-based violence committed by men
30 november 2025 - 15:55:21New York, US (PANA) - For three years, thousands of angry messages poured into American actress Azie Tesfai’s phone from [...] Full text...
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Defending truth-tellers, from war zones to the digital frontline
02 november 2025 - 07:43:10New York, US (PANA) - Journalists risk their lives every day to bring facts to light, yet most attacks against [...] Full text...
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The missing half: The urgent need for more women’s representation in the media
05 september 2025 - 20:30:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Women make up half of the world’s population but receive only 26 percent of media coverage, [...] Full text...
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Gaza Strip: Humanitarians warn of worsening famine conditions, attacks on civilians
01 august 2025 - 17:27:11Gaza, Gazza City (PANA) - Famine conditions are tightening their grip on the Gaza Strip, as the latest UN humanitarian [...] Full text...
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AU celebrates African Women's Day; Darfur gives a different version (By Mohamed Osman Adam)
01 august 2025 - 12:59:45Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Africa is celebrating Women's Day, but the occasion couldn’t be more tragic for Sudanese women.They [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: US funding cut leaves rape victims without care
18 july 2025 - 07:03:28Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As sexual violence has increased this year in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the [...] Full text...
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World Bank report highlights gender dynamics and opportunities in Botswana
15 july 2025 - 07:37:13Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The World Bank on Tuesday released a comprehensive report, “Trends and Opportunities to Advance Gender Equality [...] Full text...
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Empowering Kenyan women key to unlocking inclusive growth: World Bank Blog By Precious Zikhali, Naomi Mathenge and Shubha Chakravarty
08 may 2025 - 10:58:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA - As women, we have witnessed firsthand that women in Kenya are engines of economic growth. We [...] Full text...
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Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN report finds
23 april 2025 - 05:11:55New York, US (PANA) - Without urgent action, climate change could be linked to one in every ten cases of [...] Full text...
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'Children as young as one reported among survivors of rape during Sudan’s violent conflict' - UNICEF
04 march 2025 - 08:41:33New York, US (PANA) - Armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children, including infants as young as one, amid [...] Full text...
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UN launches $6 billion Sudan appeal, as famine takes hold
17 february 2025 - 18:52:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than one in two people in war-torn Sudan have too little to eat, famine “is [...] Full text...
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Transforming girls’ education in Northern Nigeria: the role of traditional leaders: World Bank Blog By Aisha Garba Mohammed, Senior Education Specialist
07 february 2025 - 07:23:05Kano, Nigeria (PANA) - In northern Nigeria, where traditional customs have long shaped societal structures, a quiet revolution is unfolding [...] Full text...
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Ceasefire puts life into Gaza humanitarian situation
23 january 2025 - 14:25:45Gaza, Palestine (PANA) - A surge of supplies has entered Gaza since the beginning of the ceasefire, enabling an increase [...] Full text...
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Gaza crisis: Lack of fuel threatens critical humanitarian services
15 january 2025 - 08:26:25Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Critical water, sanitation and hygiene facilities and activities are at risk of grinding to a [...] Full text...
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Female circumcision remains deeply rooted in Kenyan culture
11 december 2024 - 12:01:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The circumcision of women remains a common traditional and religious practice in Kenya and continues to [...] Full text...
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Millions of women and girls forced to flee face high risk of gender-based violence: UNHCR
30 november 2024 - 07:18:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 60 million women and girls worldwide who are forcibly displaced or stateless face high [...] Full text...
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UN: Number of Sudanese people at risk of GBV tripled
27 november 2024 - 14:13:21Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN representative to the Sudan has underlined that the UN and its partners stand [...] Full text...
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One in three women experiences gender-based violence
16 november 2024 - 07:01:36New York, US (PANA) - Every year, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) campaign led by UN [...] Full text...
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UN strongly condemns ‘tragic death’ of Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei
05 september 2024 - 20:28:45New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations has mourned the loss of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who died [...] Full text...
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Schools ‘bombed-out’ in latest Gaza escalation, says UNRWA chief
10 july 2024 - 14:47:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid reports of intensified heavy shelling in north, central and southern Gaza, the head of the [...] Full text...
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Examples to accelerate gender equality in Africa abound: We could apply them to Somalia: World Bank Blog By Helena Hwang, Cansu Birce Gokalp, Verena Phipps and Tanya D'Lima
10 may 2024 - 08:09:53Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - In Somalia, the challenges to gender equality are complex and daunting. Only 28% of women over [...] Full text...
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Breaking the Cycle: Ending Gender Based Violence and Empowering Women in Sierra Leone: World Bank Blog
11 march 2024 - 13:01:09Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) --In Sierra Leone, women and girls experience a lifecycle of Gender Based Violence (GBV). From childhood [...] Full text...
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UN 'strongly' condemns Boko Haram’s abduction of over 200 IDPs In Nigeria's Borno State
07 march 2024 - 07:34:07Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Nations on Wednesday “strongly” condemned Boko Haram terrorists’ abduction of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), [...] Full text...
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Celebrate both: the road already travelled and the one ahead to empower women and girls in Togo: World Bank Blog By Miriam Muller and Jozefien Van Damme
22 february 2024 - 12:03:01Lomé, Togo (PANA) - It’s important to celebrate – there are reasons to celebrate. We should take this positive energy [...] Full text...
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Displaced women and girls in cities: World Bank Blog (By Sandra Joireman, Swati Sachdeva and Victoria Stanley)
21 february 2024 - 17:14:34Bangui, CAR (PANA) – One hundred and fourteen million people are forcibly displaced from their homes across the world, with [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian crisis escalates in eastern DR Congo due to fresh clashes, flooding
20 february 2024 - 14:47:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The humanitarian crisis in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reached critical levels as [...] Full text...
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A woman has to earn everything in life - Unveiling the challenges faced by Luanda's young women: World Bank Blog By Ana Luiza Machado, Miriam Muller and Liliana Sousa
11 december 2023 - 06:44:18Luanda, Angola (PANA) - A statement by a young woman in Luanda, Angola echoes an experience faced by countless others: [...] Full text...
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Can financial incentives protect female sex workers from gender-based violence? Lessons learned from a randomised trial of a lottery intervention in Tanzania: World Bank Blog By Rebecca Hémono, Marianna Balampama, Damien de Walque and William H. Dow
09 december 2023 - 10:12:56Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Gender-based violence (GBV) is a pervasive global health crisis; one in three women worldwide [...] Full text...
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Five ways to leverage women and girls’ potential in Mozambique: World Bank Blog By Hiska Reyes and Stephanie Kuttner
08 december 2023 - 10:20:13Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Mozambique has made significant progress towards gender equality, but critical challenges remain. It has strong laws in [...] Full text...
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Step up investment to end violence against women and girls: UN deputy chief
23 november 2023 - 06:30:44New York, US (PANA) - UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed has called for greater investment in preventing violence against women [...] Full text...
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Horn of Africa: Over 7 million children under the age of 5 remain malnourished
23 may 2023 - 05:53:56Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Children in the Horn of Africa are living through an unprecedented large-scale crisis of hunger, displacement, [...] Full text...
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UNICEF raises alarm over ‘sickening’ levels of sexual violence in eastern DR Congo
18 may 2023 - 19:01:04Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is calling for an urgent increase in funding to help tackle an [...] Full text...
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Botswana makes significant strides toward equal treatment of women under the law
31 march 2023 - 08:24:07Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Gender equality and women’s empowerment in Botswana has progressed over the past 20 years as the [...] Full text...
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Horn of Africa faces most severe drought in more than two generations – UNICEF
23 december 2022 - 05:46:30Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The number of children suffering from dire drought conditions across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia has more [...] Full text...
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World Bank supports Ethiopians affected by conflict
13 april 2022 - 22:30:14Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a US$300 million International Development Association (IDA) grant for the [...] Full text...
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Cyclone Batsirai leaves at least 10 dead, thousands displaced in Madagascar
08 february 2022 - 05:32:46Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Batsirai wrought havoc across Madagascar over the weekend, the second deadly storm to batter [...] Full text...
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Association launches campaign to promote women's right, fight GBV
06 december 2021 - 19:38:31Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A women's association, called "Musodev", has launched an awareness campaign for the promotion of women's rights [...] Full text...
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Violence against refugee women surged in 2020: UNHCR
26 november 2021 - 05:09:10New York, US (PANA) - One in five refugee or internally displaced women have faced sexual violence, and the situation [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls for halt to violence against women
25 november 2021 - 04:47:15New York, US (PANA) - In a virtual event to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against [...] Full text...
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Botswana citizens climb Mount Kilimanjaro for Gender-based Violence awareness
08 october 2021 - 11:35:59Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) tourism outfit Cresta Marakanelo Limited (CML) has applauded a group of citizen [...] Full text...
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USAID launches 5-year programme against Gender-Based Violence in two Nigerian States
03 august 2021 - 19:04:20Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Tuesday launched a four-year programme that is aimed [...] Full text...
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Domestic violence, forced marriage, have risen in Sudan: UN-backed study
20 july 2021 - 05:41:24Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Deteriorating economic conditions since 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic have fuelled an increase in domestic violence and forced marriage in Sudan, a UN-backed study [...] Full text...
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Gambia VP says domestic violence still a problem
13 july 2021 - 10:06:07Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian Vice President Dr Isatou Touray has expressed concern about rights violations against women and girls, [...] Full text...
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UNHCR says more than 500,000 displaced in Mozambique’s conflict-torn north
18 december 2020 - 11:16:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has expressed deep concern over the rising number of civilians displaced [...] Full text...
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UNHCR makes supplementary COVID-19 appeal to meet exceptional refugee needs in 2021
18 december 2020 - 10:58:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Friday released its supplementary appeal for 2021 Covid response seeking [...] Full text...
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UNFPA says 54 million women, youth face staggering humanitarian challenges
08 december 2020 - 05:47:07New York, US (PANA) - As COVID-19 continues to disproportionately impact women and girls hit by multiple humanitarian crises, the [...] Full text...
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South Sudan urged to address barriers to girl-child education
15 september 2020 - 17:12:17Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The government and other education actors in South Sudan should intensify the fight against sexual [...] Full text...
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Over 1,200 children in Zambia abused in second quarter of 2020
25 august 2020 - 09:58:54Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia Police have revealed that 1,256 children were abused countrywide during the second quarter of 2020, [...] Full text...
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EU pledges €500m assistance to Nigeria, 7 other countries, to fight rape and other Gender Based Violence
15 july 2020 - 18:50:12Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The European Union (EU) on Wednesday pledged €500 million to assist Nigeria and seven other countries [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s ministry of women and children launches helpline to fight gender-based violence
01 july 2020 - 21:13:07Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, in partnership with Paradise Foundation and United Nations [...] Full text...
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Gambia: UNFPA calls for urgent, accelerated action to stop FGM, child marriage
30 june 2020 - 16:55:18Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - At least 19 harmful practices, ranging from breast ironing to virginity testing, are considered human rights [...] Full text...
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UNFPA seeks $683 million appeal to deliver reproductive health services, where they’re most needed
12 february 2020 - 07:30:11New York, US (PANA) - With more than half of all maternal deaths occurring in countries affected by humanitarian crises and fragility, the [...] Full text...
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Botswana First Lady, police campaign against GBV
10 february 2020 - 16:11:51Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana’s law enforcement agency has collaborated with the country’s First Lady to advocate against gender based [...] Full text...
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Lives of traumatized, displaced women in Sudan's West Darfur under threat
15 january 2020 - 20:14:28Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Ongoing instability in Sudan’s West Darfur region has left the lives, health and safety of thousands [...] Full text...
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Botswana man murders two-year-old child
07 january 2020 - 15:27:55Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - A man has appeared before the Lobatse court for an unusual gender based violence (GBV) case, [...] Full text...
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U.S. Embassy donates towards gender-based violence fight in Botswana
20 december 2019 - 11:52:03Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The US Ambassador to Botswana, Craig Cloud, has presented money and gifts to the Botswana Gender-Based [...] Full text...
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Mauritius plans observatory for gender-based violence
10 december 2019 - 13:48:34Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will soon set up an observatory for gender-based violence (GBV) to address issues related to [...] Full text...
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Botswana Police Service teams up with women in media to fight gender-based violence
25 november 2019 - 21:37:16Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Police Services (BPS) have joined forces with Women in Media in a fight against [...] Full text...
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3,320 people arrested over rape allegations in Rwanda
20 november 2019 - 21:55:12Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least 3,320 people were arrested and charged for raping young girls and other sexual assault-related [...] Full text...
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Incidents linked to GBV in Mali rose by 57 pct between January, August
24 october 2019 - 22:31:00Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Incidents linked to gender-based violence (GBV) recorded in Mali between January and August 2019 rose by [...] Full text...
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Botswana initiates nationwide mobile referral system for gender based violence
20 september 2019 - 14:33:55Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's Department of Gender Affairs will soon roll out a mobile referral system for gender based [...] Full text...
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CAR citizens ‘need our help now’: UN’s deputy relief chief
05 september 2019 - 07:30:39Bangui, CAR (PANA) - Spikes of violence in previously unaffected areas of the Central African Republic (CAR) have prompted new [...] Full text...
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U.S. marathoner, Khadevis Robinson, visits Zimbabwe to raise awareness on gender-based violence
09 july 2019 - 16:13:47Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United States Embassy in Zimbabwe is hosting American Olympian marathoner, Khadevis Robinson, in the southern [...] Full text...
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1st-ever crises conference on Gender-Based Violence holds in Oslo
26 may 2019 - 10:32:53Oslo, Norway (PANA) - One-in-three girls or women will experience physical or sexual violence in her lifetime, and “the risk [...] Full text...
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Gambian Vice President calls for collective effort to end gender-based violence
28 november 2018 - 19:56:39Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambian Vice President and Minister of Women Affairs Ousainou Darboe has called for collective effort to [...] Full text...
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World Bank project tackles gender-based violence in DRC by focusing on prevention
30 august 2018 - 19:54:48Washington, US (PANA) - The World Bank announced Thursday it is committing US$100 million in International Development Association (IDA) financing [...] Full text...
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NGO prepares Gambian peacekeepers on gender-based violence
28 february 2018 - 12:03:12Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A Gambian army battalion set to leave for Darfur, Sudan, on a peacekeeping mission, kicked off [...] Full text...
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More than 1 billion women lack legal protection against domestic sexual violence – WB study
01 february 2018 - 19:06:27Washington, US (PANA) - More than one billion women lack legal protection against domestic sexual violence, says a new research [...] Full text...
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Zambia Minister advocates for law on spousal rape
18 december 2017 - 09:48:08Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s Minister of Higher Education Prof. Nkanda Luo has called for laws to address rape in [...] Full text...
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Sweden, 4 UN agencies to boost health of women in East, Southern Africa
01 december 2017 - 11:13:19Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - As the World marks World AIDS Day on Friday, the Government of Sweden, together with the [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: WB, SVRI call for proposals for innovations to prevent gender-based violence
01 august 2017 - 17:56:25Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) -The World Bank Group and Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) on Tuesday announced a new [...] Full text...
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Zambia: NGOs urge President Lungu to discipline senior advisor Kaizar Zulu
16 march 2017 - 15:27:06Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Non-Governmental Organisations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has joined hands with those demanding that Zambian President Edgar [...] Full text...
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US: US supports UN agencies with US$20 million for refugee, migration response
28 march 2016 - 15:41:01New York, US (PANA) - The US on Monday announced an additional US$20 million to support efforts by the Office [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Women groups in Zambia condemn President Lungu’s pardon to sex offender
17 july 2015 - 16:52:33Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – A group of civil society organisations in Zambia on Friday said it was disappointed by [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Encouraging responsible media reporting of Gender-Based Violence
09 april 2014 - 18:36:22Réduit, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare Ministry on Wednesday organized a capacity-building programme to [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Pres. Sata seeks tougher battle against gender based violence
10 march 2014 - 14:24:18Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambian President Michael Sata has said there is need for the country’s criminal justice system to [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Media report cholera outbreak, 'good husband campaign'
01 march 2014 - 12:07:21Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The outbreak of cholera in Mpulungu, northern Zambia, and the “Good Husband campaign” launched this week [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritians to march against gender-based violence
13 february 2014 - 08:34:27Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare Minister Mireille Martin announced Thursday that a protest [...] Full text...
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UNAMID celebrates 16 days of Activism against Gender Violence
06 december 2013 - 10:04:25Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - More than 500 women, men and school girls participated in an event in Al Fashir, North [...] Full text...
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Museveni, traditionalists differ on female circumcision
14 july 2009 - 15:15:00Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- While the Ugandan leader, Yoweri Museveni, criticized F emale Genital Mutilation (FGM) as ‘interference’ with God’s [...] Full text...
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Men to be involved in the fight against gender-based violence
07 march 2009 - 19:37:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) – The United Nations -believes men have essential ro les to play in ending violence against [...] Full text...
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