Traditional herbal medicines and cosmetics remain popular in South Africa especially in rural areas where they are part of people’s culture.
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Contrary to expectations, researchers found that overall contraceptive use increased in most settings.
The average Nigerian woman or child faces a host of hindrances in accessing health services.
Women and girls are forced to spend hours each day hauling water for their households. Beyond harming both physical and mental health, this takes time away from economic activities and caregiving.
Empowerment can mean different things for different women, but access to information is key. In Mali radio is the main source of information.
Phones sometimes serve as a ‘digital leash’ to check women’s whereabouts - a growing feature of many relationships and conflicts.
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Assistant Scientist in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins University
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PhD Candidate, Environment Engineering and Science, Stanford University
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Assistant Scientist in the Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins University
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Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of Kinshasa
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Ass. Professor, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; North-West University
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Professor, North-West University
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Lecturer/ Honorary Consultant at College of Medicine, University of Ibadan
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Journalism, Radio and Communication, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
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Professor of Demography and Social Statistics., Obafemi Awolowo University
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Senior Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Durham University
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Associate Professor in Botany, University of Mpumalanga