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WOMENS RIGHTS IN AFRICA

Morocco: Stripped in a market - women under attack

Women’s rights in Morocco have come under the spotlight recently after a young woman was assaulted in a Rabat market by people she called “Salafists,” or…

Terrified to be Penetrated: Deconstructing Virginity

'In Islam, sex is forbidden for both women and men before marriage. But the male does not have a [physical] virginity to lose,' reflects Henda Afaiedh, a…

Nigeria's rape survivors: Sarah’s story, part 2

After a week of sexual abuse by her captors, Sarah Lamdi escapes with the help of a woman who worked for the militias. Yet cutting free from their kidnappers…

DR Congo: Where Giving Birth Is Deadly

In a country where family planning is limited, abortion illegal and poverty restricts maternal healthcare, it's hospitals struggle to cope with infant mortality

Nigeria's rape survivors: Sarah’s story

Violent clashes between Muslim Hausa-Fulani and the predominantly Christian Taroh ethnic groups in Wase, Nigeria, left over five thousand people dead and a…

MALI: Women's rights 'set back 50 years'

In this strongly patriarchal society, where many women need to ask permission from their husbands just to leave the house, women's groups have been pushing for…

Filmed or Not, Rape is a Vicious Crime

According to the Institute for Security Studies, South Africa has one of the highest level of child rape globally.... More than 28,000 children under the age…

Gang-rape video shocks South Africa

Seven men appeared in a South African court Thursday for gang-raping a mentally handicapped 17-year old girl and using a cell phone camera to video the act. An…

Tanzania: New draft Bill seeks to make abortion legal

A draft Bill proposing enactment of a new law on sexual and reproductive health rights has been drawn, and could stir passions, because it contains a right to…

Rights advocate Joyce Banda poised for Malawi presidency

Joyce Banda, who rose to prominence in Malawi as a relentless advocate for women's rights, now appears set to become only the second female African head of…

Kenya: The Village Where Men Now Fear to Tread

Umoja, which means "unity" in Swahili, holds a unique status in the country: it is a village populated solely by women. For more than two decades, no men have…

Moroccan teenager's death puts focus on women's rights

Morocco is under growing pressure to better protect women after a man who was allowed to marry a 16-year old girl he had allegedly raped was invited by a…

SOMALIA

Amanda Lindhout - From Hostage to Advocate

In August 2008, Freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout was kidnapped while working in war-torn Somalia and held hostage for 15 months Mel James of Safe World asked Amanda about her current work with Somali women...

Safe World Field Partners - Working at the Grassroots

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AWARE Uganda

AWARE Uganda Promoting women's empowerment. AWARE-Uganda is based in Kaabong, on the border of Sudan. A semi-desert, impoverished, warrior region, isolated,…

Bakkade Foundation Network (BAFNET)

BAFNET Empowering older people and orphans. Bakadde Foundation Network (BAFNET) is located in the Makindye Mubarak Zone, in Kampala District and operates in…

CAEPA Cameroon

CAEPA Cameroon works to enhance community health, agriculture and environmental protection within Cameroonian communities and beyond. Health is the basic…

CARITAS FORUM

Safe World Field Partner. CARITAS FORUM - Cameroon. A women's organisation empowering women and helping children orphaned by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis

Centre Ubuntu

Centre Ubuntu Helping women and children in Rwanda Centre Ubuntu is based at Bwira in western Rwanda and helps women survivors of the horrors of the 1994…

COFAPRI

COFAPRI Educating and empowering women and girls Congolese Females Action for Promoting Rights and Development (COFAPRI) is based in Bukavu in the eastern…

Empower & Care Organization (EACO)

EACO Working with the vulnerable Empower and Care Organization (EACO) is situated in the Mukono District in central Uganda. The organisation's activities are…

Hope Children's Centre

Hope Children's Centre Educating underprivileged children in Uganda Hope Children's Centre is located in Temangalo Village, a short distance out of Kampala.…

Muungano DG

MDG Enhancing poverty alleviation, food security, capacity building and education of girls. Muungano Development Gateway (MDG) is based in  Kisumu in…

Rural Development Centre (RUDEC)

Safe World Field Partner in Cameroon, Rural Development Centre (RUDEC). As with many Cameroonian communities, the Boyo Division in the north west has numerous…

SURCOD

SURCOD Safe World Field Partner in Malawi The Sustainable Rural Community Development Organisation (SURCOD) works at the forefront of advancing empowerment of…

WFAC Buea

s. Safe World Field Partner in Cameroon: Women For A Change (WFAC) Buea is a local women’s voluntary group, founded 2009 on empathy, trust and sincerity. WFAC…

Zion Youth Initiative

Safe World Field Partner - Zion Youth Initiative (ZYI) - is a Community Based Organization in Mukono District, Uganda. It was founded by a group of youths in…