Pygmy women in tattered sarongs squatted around several ... Pygmy populations across the Congo Basin suffer "appalling socio-economic conditions and the lack of civil and land rights," according ...

Bobcats can be found throughout Canada, Mexico, and all but three U.S. states. As their natural habitats are encroached on by ...

KINSHASA, 10 Mar 2005 (IRIN) - Women are still under represented at decision-making levels in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC's) institutions, reduced to the role of house help and have even ...

The Lisungi project has empowered refugee women in Congo by providing conditional cash transfers, training, and small business grants, enabling them to start agricultural cooperatives and ...

Refugees in Igne, Republic of Congo founded an agricultural cooperative to transform small land plots into thriving farms. Credit: Lisungi / World Bank. The Lisungi project has empowered refugee women ...

Almost half of citizens - including a majority of men - say women should take a backseat to men when it comes to jobs. Since signing the Maputo Protocol in 2004, Congo-Brazzaville has sought to ...

JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE World Bank and Congo have introduced digital payments, via mobile money, to enhance transparency and security in distribution of financial aid to refugee women.

Mar. 5, 2025 — Researchers have found that women who exhibit disturbed eating behaviors and engage in low physical activity tend to have more central body fat and a ... Breakthrough Cardiac ...

Despite great strides made by the international women’s rights movement over many years, women and girls around the world are still married as children or trafficked into forced labor and sex ...

Muslims around the world have been holding prayers to mark the festival of Eid al-Fitr after the end of Ramadan. Elon Musk’s SpaceX dominates the news these days, but a host of oddballs involved ...