Knowledge of Inheritance Law Secures Anastasie’s Land Rights in Ngoma District
By Elisa For many rural women in Rwanda, access to land is essential for securing livelihoods, supporting families, and building…
Unjust access to justice for women and girls
By Shobha Shukla Around the world, millions of women and girls are denied equal rights to education, employment, pay, inheritance,…
Don Bosco Gatenga TSS marks women’s day with a rise in girls’ enrollment in technical education
By Clementine Nyirangaruye Students and school leaders at Don Bosco Gatenga Technical Secondary School (TSS) on Tuesday marked International Women’s…
From 10 chickens to 600: A Rwandan farmer’s path out of poverty
By Annonciata Byukusenge When Esther Mukamurigo received 10 chickens from a government-backed support program in 2023 in Ruhango District, Rwanda,…
Diplomats highlight women’s role in literature at Rwanda’s Women Book Awards
By Annonciata Byukusenge Rwanda’s literary community gathered in Kigali to celebrate women shaping the country’s book industry during the 2026…
Lake Victoria is choking: Art and storytelling are helping it Breathe
By Delicate Sive As the drums began to echo across Dunga Hill Camp in Kisumu, Kenya, the sun was sliding…
Ending female genital mutilation/cutting is not charity but justice.
By Shobha Shukla “My journey to end female genital mutilation/cutting did not begin in an office. Instead, my journey began…
58 months left to end FGM/C and ensure menstrual health where no one is left behind
By Shobha Shukla 58 months left to #KeepThePromise and end female genital mutilation/cutting and ensure menstrual health where no one…
Women remain underrepresented in scientific organizations, new evidence shows
By Cristina Serra Women account for a growing share of the global scientific workforce (31.1% of researchers worldwide in 2022,…
Urgent need to counter anti-rights pushback and #WalkTheTalk on promises made for gender equality and the human right to health
By Shobha Leverage Universal Periodic Review to transform advocacy from moral appeals to evidence-based accountability. Even before 2026 began, we…