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Ms. Dembele Orokya, the National Director of the Promotion of Women at JHR’s roundtable Photo credit: JHR Mali In Mali, nearly 49% of women have been victims of physical and sexual violence at least once in their lifetime, according to UN Women. While gender-based violence constitutes a crime, no Malian law explicitly prohibits it. Since
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The African Union designated July 31st as the African Women’s Day after the first Pan-African Women’s Conference in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1962. The goal of the day is to celebrate and honour African women’s achievements and reflect on women’s rights. To commemorate African Women’s Day, JHR would like to celebrate and acknowledge exceptional
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By JHR’s DRC Program Manager, Prince Murhula A week in Mali for Human rights media I just spent a week in Bamako, the capital of Mali, a country in West Africa. My trip was related to the development of a curriculum on human rights media for L’Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme et Communication (ESJC) the only
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