Pepetsa Fumo shares her story of working in partnership with UNDP to improve sexual and reproductive health and inclusion for transgender women and other young key populations Gender identity refers to a person’s experience of their own gender. Transgender people have a gender identity that is different from the sex…

Young key populations are young gay men and other men who have sex with men, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, people who use drugs, young people in prisons and sex workers. Due to a range of factors, including widespread stigma, discrimination and violence, power imbalances and separation from…

The province of Manica, in the central region of Mozambique, now has better conditions for storing medicines with the recently inaugurated Chimoio Intermediate Medicines and Medical Articles Warehouse. The President of Mozambique, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi officially opened the facility on 1 July 2021 within the scope of the Government’s Five-Year…

Beira — After being dysfunctional and closed for two…

Saadani Bint Abeidna is the first woman to create an automobile repair shop in Nouadhibou, the country’s economic capital, and to thrive in a sector considered exclusively for men. Saadani is only 31 years old. Married with three children, she holds a motor vehicle maintenance bachelor degree. She fulfilled vocational…

For several years, recurrent attacks in several areas of Burkina Faso have claimed many lives, both military and civilian. The Sahel region, located in the far north of the country and bordering Mali and Niger, is one of the areas where residents are bearing the brunt of insecurity. Hundreds of…

In Guinea, where women constitute over half of the population, Mariama Camara illustrates what female entrepreneurship can offer as an alternative in terms of sustainable development. In the town of Fria, 140 km from Conakry, where she practises her triple talent as a seamstress, dyer and soap producer, she is…

We met Adidjé Kerala, the very first woman at the head of the Stabilization Committee of Guitté, a locality in the conflict-hit Province of Lac, where UNDP implements a Stabilization Facility project. In a society where the recognition and enjoyment of women’s rights remains an arduous quest, she embodies the…

Ivone Gomes provides alternatives to imported products while empowering other women A few years ago, Ivone Gomes received training on creative economy where she learnt how to sew. The training course ignited her creative abilities and gave her an outlet to express herself through her creations. …