Most studies in social sciences have been gender blind, and this blindness hinders attempts to understand the causal mechanisms that create and maintain social patterning in outcomes. It is importa…
Background: Female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C, herein FGM) is a widespread and harmful practice. The Government developed a national campaign in Sudan, called Saleema, to change social n…
Education is an important tool for the development of human potential. Organizations and individuals interested in development consider knowledge, skills and attitudes, obtained through formal, non…
From American Idol style talent competitions to Chinese Vogue, the recent influx of digital culture in urban China has irrevocably changed the country’s social landscape. By 2000, Chinese urbanit…
This study builds on previous interventions by the Population Council and the Zambia Police Service to mitigate unintended pregnancy and HIV among survivors of sexual violence by involving trained …
Gender represents a confounding social construction within the multiple-layering of relative disenfranchisement in the Sub-Saharan context of poverty. Class and race play a significant role in the …
"Women's funds and nonprofit organizations are doing important work in reproductive health, rights and justice (RH/ RR/RJ). To fulfill their missions, they need to make an effective case to funders…
Agriculture continues to loom large in the development possibilities in Africa. The availability of resources, particularly, human resources, is only a necessary condition to the development of the…
Tsetse flies are vectors of blood parasite of the genus Trypanosoma, which causes African trypanosomiasis to both human beings and animals. Large losses due to nagana have been reported; and this i…
Despite the abundance of agricultural resources, sub-Saharan Africa remains the world's most food insecure region. There are many critical factors responsible for food insecurity in this region. Th…