by Esayas Meskel | Mar 16, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Global Health
“My three-year-old daughter and I were still nestled together when we arrived at the Bahir Dar Hamlin Fistula Centre about a year back. I would spend the next three months in the centre along with my daughter. I realized then three months was quite time enough to...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Mar 6, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
International Women’s Day is this Sunday, March 8th. Check out the IPPFAR Twitter today from 9:00 GMT/12:00 CET to 10:00 GMT/13:00 CET and join the conversation on IWD 2020 – right now! This day celebrates the progress that has been made towards achieving a...
by Brussels Communications | Mar 3, 2020 | Brussels, Female Empowerment, Global Health
We spoke with Professor Francine Ntoumi ahead of International Women’s Day about her career as a parasitologist and how she’s inspiring more women and girls to pursue a career in research and innovation. You are a world-renowned researcher of Malaria. Why...
by Esayas Meskel | Mar 2, 2020 | Empower, Female Empowerment
Born in Webore, one of the rural localities in Shebel Berenta woreda (district), Ethiopia, about 18 km outside of a transit town called Bichena, 28-year-old Habtam Menberu Abebe is the second eldest of her seven siblings. Like her older sister before her, Habtam was...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Feb 17, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Global Health
“While growing up I never knew anything about family planning. I have so many children. It’s something that I have known for just three years now, and I have come to accept it. It’s important for the community since it enables one to determine the number...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Feb 10, 2020 | Empower, Female Empowerment
One in three African women experience gender-based violence against women (GVAW) in their lifetime. The findings of our State of African Women report indicate that the likelihood of experiencing violence by an intimate partner over one’s lifetime is 36.6% for African...
