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APGWA celebrates Int’l Women’s Day

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Following the celebration of International Women’s Day set aside annually on March 8, the Association for Promoting Girls and Women’s Advancement in...

Focus on disability: Cost – benefit Analysis of De-institutionalisation

Sunday, February 22, 2009

O`Neil, D. (1977), examined the costs and benefits of implementing Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. The Act prohibits discrimination...

Veteran Journalist on responsible journalism

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Cherno A Jallow, a veteran Journalist has reiterated the need for responsible Journalism which implies rights, duties and obligations. “Therefore,...

SWAZILAND: Women's equality in theory, but not in practice

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

A groundbreaking legal action in Swaziland's High Court is testing the new Constitution and its recognition of equal rights for women. King Mswati...

Goodbye President Bush and Dick team

Monday, January 19, 2009

Editor, This is the latest news of a stone thrown by an 11 year old palestinian girl, the only one left alive from 4 family members in the latest...

A More Inclusive Society is a Fairer One

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

We commend in the highest terms Mr. Muhammad Kora who spoke recently on the occasion of world disability day and asked the police to desist for...

Courage and Hope: African teachers living positively with HIV.

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Simultaneous launch in Dakar and Geneva of a book and a film recounting, in their own voices, the experiences of teachers living positively with HIV ...

Senegal: Albinos face perilous social rejection

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Saturday, November 22, 2008

While albinos in West Africa are not facing the violent attacks seen in recent weeks in other parts of the continent, people with albinism in...

HungerFREE Women Declaration: The Gambia

Picture: Women Farmers

Friday, October 24, 2008

Women small-holders and peasants hold the key to ending hunger. They grow more than 90% of The Gambia’s staple food, rice. They usually assume...

Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women

Friday, August 29, 2008

The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often...