The concept of food sovereignty is rooted in old food traditions as well as historical struggles for autonomy for millennia, Indigenous peoples, subsistence and peasant farmers and others who had…

Rural women in Zambia lack access to affordable credit and financial services. They have less access to loans, insurance on crops, livestock and other productive resources making it difficult for…

Despite their vulnerability, rural women are not only seen as victims of climate change but also regarded as active and effective agents and promoters of adaptation and mitigation. Women have…

During the last two months RWA South Africa members used different opportunities to focus on Gender Based Violence.  Members who gathered for the The SADC countries webinar on GBV on…

The changing weather patterns mainly caused by climate change has been leading to recurring crop failures. In Zimbabwe, Ward 2 of Gwanda district is the hardest hit as it lies…

The first Manganese and 5th Luapula Mining Indaba under the theme, \'Leveraging from Manganese Production in the Energy Transition Era\', was finally held in Mansa, Luapula Province from the 5th…

Lesotho adopted SADC protocol on Gender and development which inter alia, aims to have levels of violence against women by [2015] and achieve gender equality and equity but violence against…

Every year in Namibia, hundreds of children drop out of primary school and over a quarter of these are ultimately deprived of any other education opportunity. With many out of…

GBV is a worldwide phenomenon which, contrary to all expectations, affects all social classes, all categories and all age groups. It may manifest itself in different ways, but the symptoms…