Prevalence of sexual harassment in newsrooms across Guinea-Bissau harmful to media women's mental and physical well-being. This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 24 February 2023.

Guinea-Bissau faces one of the highest maternal and child mortality rates globally. The health sector is challenged by a shortage of qualified professionals, medications, and equipment, rendering ...

On Sunday, several hundred women protesters in Guinea-Bissau attacked a Chinese-run zircon mining site near the northwest border with Senegal. The protestors set the facilities and equipment on fire ...

On June 6, the Parliament of Guinea Bissau passed a bill that forbids female genital mutilation [pt], known as “fanado”. For journalist and blogger Helena Gouveia [pt] “although the law alone is ...

NEW BEDFORD — The name of Amilcar Cabral, one of Africa’s foremost anti-colonial leaders who was assassinated in 1973 in Conakry, Guinea, is forever synonymous with the liberation movement of Cabo ...

The team departed Banjul on Friday morning. Coach Joseph Jabang and his Young Queens touched down with focus written all over ...

WOMEN AND TRADE IN THE GUINEA BISSAU REGION : THE ROLE OF AFRICAN AND LUSOAFRICAN WOMEN IN TRADE NETWORKS FROM THE EARLY 16TH TO THE MID 19TH CENTURY ...

Guinea-Bissau has the highest natural wealth per capita in West Africa yet continues to have high poverty and inequality rates. Fragility and political instability, weak human capital base and a ...

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Edimilson Silva wears tight jeans, sparkly jewelry and sometimes lipstick - outfits that in neighboring countries could get him harassed, jailed or ...