Girl Child

UGANDA: Cook for your kids, not your spouse

By MARTHA LEAH NANGALAMA I just got off an epic phone call. Truly epic. Now, here is one of my sisters in Uganda (come on, everyone is my sister) who Read More

‘Period-shaming’ Indian college forces students to strip to underwear

Image copyright GETTY IMAGES Image caption A mural raises awareness about menstruation, which has long been a taboo in India By BBC News, Delhi India’s uncomfortable relationship with periods is Read More

‘Period-shaming’ Indian college forces students to strip to underwear

Image copyright GETTY IMAGES Image caption A mural raises awareness about menstruation, which has long been a taboo in India By BBC News, Delhi India’s uncomfortable relationship with periods is Read More

Two Men Executed in Somalia for Rape, Murder of 12-Year-Old

A Somali child stands under the solar powered lights at a refugee camp that were installed to help combat the rampant rapes that were occurring at night, in Mogadishu, Somalia,Read More

UGANDA: Daniel Nangalama was a feminist

He was a pioneer of Girl Child rights way before most Ugandans from Eastern and Northern Uganda woke up to the importance of educating girls. Not the first as there Read More

PARENTING: And baby turns 22

On November 24, 1997 when Becks was born, it was a bit shocking. My life changed forever. There had been minor issues. 1. Pat Golding kept asking me when I Read More

UGANDA: Child pregnancies hit alarming rate

By DENIS WABUYI There is a report which listed Busiu to be the community with highest number of child pregnancies, as in having girls conceiving before 18 let alone finishing Read More

TANZANIA: Arrest and Prosecute Pregnant School Girls – DED

Photo: The Citizen Tanzania (file photo). By DAILY NEWS TZ AS the government struggles to keep female students in schools, an appalling trend is unfolding in Nkasi District, Rukwa Region, where Read More

TANZANIA: Arrest and Prosecute Pregnant School Girls – DED

Photo: The Citizen Tanzania (file photo). By DAILY NEWS TZ AS the government struggles to keep female students in schools, an appalling trend is unfolding in Nkasi District, Rukwa Region, where Read More

TANZANIA: Arrest and Prosecute Pregnant School Girls – DED

Photo: The Citizen Tanzania (file photo). By DAILY NEWS TZ AS the government struggles to keep female students in schools, an appalling trend is unfolding in Nkasi District, Rukwa Region, where Read More