In this edition of AfricaGender Indaba… We hear of one woman’s struggle to address the needs of people living with disabilities, particularly women and girls, in a rural part of South Africa.
In Kenya, a social media campaign seeking justice for a teenage girl who has been lying in a mortuary for over two months following death caused by female genital mutilation is gaining momentum.
And, in Uganda, rights organisations are up in arms over Miss Curvy, a controversial new beauty contest launched by the Minister for Tourism, which aims to use “curvaceous” women as products to lure tourists to the country.