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Domestic Violence Legislation in Palestine

This article was written by Rami Naim from the United Nations University (UNU-GEST) as part of the Wikigender University Programme.           “Violence against women is perpetrated when legislation, law enforcement and judicial systems condone or do not recognize domestic violence as a crime” (UNICEF Innocent Research Centre , 2000). Legal System […]

Supporting rural women’s access to agricultural finance in Nigeria

This article was written by Kevin Ekechukwu Ogbajie from the United Nations University (UNU-GEST) as part of the Wikigender University Programme.             Agriculture in Nigeria is characterized by low production with most farmers living below the poverty line (Mtsor and Idisi, 2014). Rural women face additional challenges that increase their […]

Women‘s participation in transitional Justice in Northern Uganda

This article was written by Harriet Adong from the United Nations University (UNU-GEST) as part of the Wikigender University Programme.           An Overview of Transitional Justice The  United  Nations (UN) defines   transitional  justice  as  “the  full  range  of   processes  and  mechanisms  associated  with  a  society’s  attempt  to  come   to  terms  with  […]

The negative impacts of teenage child bearing in Malawi

This article was written by Grace Takomana from the United Nations University (UNU-GEST) as part of the Wikigender University Programme.             Statistics show that rates of teenage child bearing in Malawi has remained high for the past 24 years. From the years 1992 to 2004, the percent of girls between the […]

The impact of droughts on adolescent girls in Mozambique

This article was written by Filipe Mate from the United Nations University (UNU-GEST) as part of the Wikigender University Programme.         Overview of droughts in Mozambique in 2016 Extreme weather events are likely to pose the greatest climate change threat in Africa. In Mozambique, these events would most likely be droughts, floods […]

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