News Category: Africa
COVID-19 and Cervical Cancer screening disruption
The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has interrupted social and economic activity and has led to a huge wave of sickness and death. However, there are other healthcare costs as well, one of which is the interruption of scheduled screening for diseases that can be cured if diagnosed early; one such disease is cervical cancer.
Read MoreFemale Genital Cutting (FGC): Lets end it NOW
It is estimated that globally 200 million girls and women have undergone some form of Female Genital Cutting (FGC) and that 4.1 million girls* are at risk in 2020 alone. Women often bear the consequences of genital cutting for life.
Read MoreGender Based Violence Fact Sheet: South Africa
51% of women in SA say they’ve experienced GBV, with 76% of men saying they’ve perpetrated GBV at one stage in their lives (2010 Gauteng sample). A similar study revealed that one in five women report that they have experienced violence at the hands of a partner
Read MoreGender Based Violence and COVID-19: South Africa analysis
We are critically cognisant that South Africa is recognised as having one of the highest rates of inequality in the world.
Read MoreCOVID-19 vaccine: how African countries are truning to Russia, China and India
As more African countries record the second wave of coronavirus infections, and some record novel and more infectious variants, African governments are turning toward Covid-19 vaccines produced by Russia, India, and China
Read MoreCOVID-19 variant in Africa: data and facts
While COVID-19's evolution is expected, unchecked spread poses a risk. Known as 501Y.V2, it was detected through routine surveillance done by a network of laboratories in South Africa, which found the new variant in 200 samples from 50 different health facilities.
Read MoreCOVID-19 in Africa exceeds 3 million cases
AHO has said that the continent passed the milestone of 3 million confirmed cases COVID-19, including more than 72,000 deaths.
Read MoreSouth Africa rape and femicide shocking rates
We know that South Africa is ranked as the rape capital in the world; we also know that with three to nine women raped every day, this a country that is not considered safe for women. A woman is murdered every three to four hours, and half of those murders are at the hands of an intimate partner, either through femicide or partner violence.
Read MoreSouth African poor, black women are the face of health inequity
South Africa has one of the highest rates of violence inflicted on women and girls in the world. A 2014 report by KPMG takes this statistic further in pointing out that GBV and violence against women in particular “is one of the most expensive public health problems globally and has a fundamental impact on economic growth, which can span several generations”. Poor black women are the face of this health inequity.
Read MoreSouth Africa Gender-Based Violence
What does 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence mean when woman are still dying in South Africa and across the globe?
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