Contraception helped avert more than 141 million unintended pregnancies, 29 million unsafe abortions and almost 150,000 maternal deaths last year alone.
Lack of legal frameworks in many countries continue to expose women who access the internet to different forms of violence online — from cyberstalking, unsolicited sexually explicit content, doxing to cyber-bullying, among others.
Dr Susan Kaaria, Director of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) speaks broadly on the role of female researchers and why they are the hope for the continent.
The programme targets mid-career African women in the policy field to catalyze the design and implementation of gender-responsive agricultural policies across the African continent.
