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  • Gender-based violence: A scourge to be eradicated in Mali

    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

  • Celebrating African Women’s Day – July 31st

    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

  • From DRCongo to Mali: training across borders

    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