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Rogue principals cannot be allowed to run schools

Education Bongekile Macupe - 11 Sep 2020

We do not need rogue, prejudiced or ignorant principals to lead our schools. We need principled leaders who are empathetic and follow the laws of the country and those prescribed for the education sector.

‘Pro-family’ campaigners ignore pregnant women dying during Covid lockdowns

Africa Arya Karijo & Lydia Namubiru - 10 Sep 2020

Conservative groups are fighting efforts to expand African women’s access to healthcare. Do they care about women all the time, or only when they’re procreating?

Cameroon’s twin crises create surge in teen pregnancy

Africa Regina Sondo - 5 Sep 2020

When conflict and Covid-19 disrupt schooling and devastate the economy, girls drop out, and teen pregnancies rise

Covid-19 puts Sierra Leone’s expectant mothers at further risk

Africa Abdul S Brima - 20 Aug 2020

Almost 70% of the world’s maternal deaths happen in Africa. Now there’s coronavirus — and with poor prenatal and postnatal care on the continent, expectant mothers and children under five are even more vulnerable.

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Mental health is vital in treating infertility successfully

Opinion Renata Schoeman - 18 Aug 2020

Women with a history of depression are at greater risk, whereas antidepressant medication can negatively affect men’s fertility

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With no nutritional reserves, Covid-19 will push people over the edge

Article Kopano Matlwa Mabaso - 15 Apr 2020

With South Africa under lockdown, many South Africans are hungry — and very soon persistent hunger will dramatically increase malnutrition

Slice of life: Recycling for our lives

Article Chris Gilili - 5 Apr 2020

This lockdown will hurt my family in the stomach. We will suffer for this whole period. I don’t even know what I will do when my wife gives birth in the next two weeks

Gender-based violence is a barrier to achieving development agenda

Analysis Tlaleng Mofokeng - 26 Feb 2020

Modern development strategies often recognise the pivotal importance of enabling women to fulfill their potential and contribute effectively to their economies. Yet they fail to recognise the need for concerted action to protect women from violence

Inside Uganda’s controversial ‘pregnancy crisis centres’, where contraception is discouraged

Africa Khatondi Soita Wepukhulu & Lydia Namubiru - 24 Feb 2020

Undercover investigation shows that controversial US-linked centres are defying government policy and providing inaccurate medical information

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Slice of Life: Little feet changed my life

Article Athandiwe Saba - 13 Dec 2019

"When I became pregnant four years ago I just could not believe it. I was somewhat fearful of what people would say and how they would look at me."

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Boy or girl? US parents go too far in gender reveals

Article Sebastien Duval - 20 Nov 2019

American parents are no longer satisfied with traditional gender reveal methods

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Headaches, heartaches and pregnancy: Could this stem preeclampsia’s deadly tide?

Article Bhekisisa Team Author - 6 Nov 2019

This silent killer stalks expecting mothers around the world and is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality in South Africa

Yes, edit our genes – but do it cautiously

Article Sheetal Soni - 27 Sep 2019

We can now control our species genetic future but this power is ‘awesome and terrifying’

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Bringing home baby when your bae is HIV-positive and you’re not

Article Nelisiwe Msomi - 21 Aug 2019

Sperm washing, assisted insemination and long hospital waits — if you were lucky. This is what pregnancy when you were HIV-positive used to look like

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Proposed New Zealand abortion law to give women right to choose

Article Agency - 5 Aug 2019

The government plans to overhaul the country's current abortion laws

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The tender that keeps on giving

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