Child Marriage Monitoring Mechanism
On AfricaGender Indaba this week we focus on the launch of the Child Marriage Monitoring Mechanism. This is a platform that is useful in generating relevant analyses, making data accessible and promoting data use. The initiative brings together international and regional organisations as well as c…
Focus on efforts to end female genital mutilation
On Africa Gender Indaba this week, we focus on efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM), an age-old practice in Africa and several parts of the world that has been declared a human rights violation of women and girls as it poses threats to their health and development. In recent years there …
Focus on East, Southern Africa’s sexual and reproductive health
On Africa Gender Indaba this week, will focus on the launch of Consent to Access, a campaign aimed to address the sexual and reproductive health needs and rights of young people in East and Southern Africa. It aims to achieve this through advocacy for improved laws, policies and practices on age of…
Changing men’s attitude on healthcare
Changing men’s attitude on healthcare In this edition of AfricaGender Indaba, we profile Seyetfu Majaha, a project whose mission is to change men’s attitudes and practices around seeking healthcare, particularly HIV testing and treatment, in eSwatini. We speak with the Project Co-Ordinator, Thok…
Talking FGM health care and challenging negative masculinities
In this week’s edition of the show, Khopotso Bodibe discusses research focusing on how male migrant men who live in OECD countries and who are married to or related to women who have undergone female genital mutilation can help them access health care services. He speaks with Nottingham University …
Covid-19 stimulus packages in Zimbabwe
In this edition of AfricaGender Indaba, Khopotso Bodibe focuses on stimulus packages aimed at alleviating the impact of Covid-19 on citizens in Zimbabwe from a gendered lens, while raising critical recommendations going forward. Discussions will look at how these stimulus packages helped address – …
Men's poor relationship with seeking health care
HIV and AIDS have brought into sharp focus men’s poor relationship with seeking health care services, for both prevention and treatment purposes. Poor health-seeking attitudes and behaviours often result in men not accessing health care, which in turn causes higher morbidity and mortality. Kgopot…
Africa Gender Indaba
A weekly 40 (forty) minute and an hour long weekend gender-based programme that engages men and boys across the African continent to create the change necessary for men, women, young people and children to enjoy equitable, healthy and happy relationships. The Programme also contributes to the devel…
Africa Gender Indaba
A weekly 40 (forty) minute and an hour long weekend gender-based programme that engages men and boys across the African continent to create the change necessary for men, women, young people and children to enjoy equitable, healthy and happy relationships. The Programme also contributes to the devel…
Africa Gender Indaba
A weekly 40 (forty) minute and an hour long weekend gender-based programme that engages men and boys across the African continent to create the change necessary for men, women, young people and children to enjoy equitable, healthy and happy relationships. The Programme also contributes to the devel…