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After the cyclones: self-esteem workshops help lessen influence of climate shocks on child marriage in Mozambique.

HIV, Press Release, Gender-Based Violence, Education

After the cyclones: self-esteem workshops help lessen influence of climate shocks on child marriage in Mozambique.

Eastern and Southern Africa is on the front lines of climate change, disease outbreaks, and humanitarian crises, including co...

6-million young moms in Africa are not in school. They can be.

ASRHR, HIV, Young mentor mothers, HIV Prevention, Gender-Based Violence, Education

6-million young moms in Africa are not in school. They can be.

In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 6-million pregnant and parenting girls are out of school. Research shows one of the best way...

Eswatini: Where do you learn to become a man, when the man of the house is away?

ASRHR, HIV Prevention, Gender-Based Violence, Men and Boys

Eswatini: Where do you learn to become a man, when the man of the house is away?

Kwakha Indvodza (Building Men) is a local community initiative supported by the United Nations Joint Programme 2gether 4 SRH...

13 February, 2025

What Music’s #MeToo Reckoning Means for African Women

Gender-Based Violence

Op-Ed: What Music’s #MeToo Reckoning Means for African Women

A joint opinion piece by the gender technical advisors of UNAIDS and UNFPA on the pervasiveness and impact of gender-based vi...

29 January, 2025

From policy to practice: Turning the tide on gender based violence in East and Southern Africa

SRHR, HIV, Gender-Based Violence

From policy to practice: turning the tide on GBV in East and Southern Africa

A joint opinion piece by Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Directors: Ms. Anne Githuku-Shongwe, UNAIDS; Ms. Lydia Zigomo, ...

12 December, 2024