Seven Mozambicans are among 84 citizens of other nationalities accused of sexually violating eight women, from a group of 12 models, during the recording of a music video, on Thursday last week, in a dump of Krugersdorp mine, in the province of Gauteng, South Africa, according to local police. Among the suspects, four...
In Mozambique, the number of cases of rape and abuse of children and women by workers in small and large companies continues to grow. Last year alone, about 100 children became pregnant and were abandoned by workers in the provinces of Manica, Nampula, and Cabo Delgado. For these numbers not to increase and the...
Eletricidade de Moçambique (EDM) launched yesterday, in Maputo, the Gender Strategy 2018-2030, which calls for the establishment of a model public service company that optimizes gender equality and business and operational excellence. The goal is to achieve a 40%o representation of women in its workforce and management structures...
Two Angolan women have been arrested, accused of murdering their children in two separate cases, a total of four children killed, last week, the Luanda police said today. According to the spokesman for the Luanda provincial command, Nestor Goubel, in the first case, the woman is being charged with the crime of voluntary manslaughter by stabbing,...
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), has made available over seven million meticals to strengthen the investigation of cases of violence against children and women in Mozambique, at a time when the cases of violence against children and women in the Cabo Delgado province, which has been the scene of the conflict contro terrorism...
The ExxonMobil foundation has announced its contribution of $300,000 to the Business Women Connect (BWC) initiative for the fourth consecutive year in Mozambique. The initiative, which began in 2018, led by TechnoServe will run in Maputo while exploring opportunities to expand north within this year, reported Notícias. A...
This is a program to stimulate entrepreneurship and develop innovative businesses to solve challenges, and is promoted by Standard Bank, in partnership with the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) and IdeaLab. The head of the Small and Medium Business Segment at Standard Bank, Érica Noormahomed, explained that the bank...
The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that the first six weeks after the birth of a child are vital for mothers and babies. For the WHO the first 45 days after birth are crucial to ensure maternal and child survival. It is also at this time that the baby needs support for its development...
The risk of severe covid-19 is particularly acute in the third trimester and raises the prospect of prematurity and stillbirth. It also raises the possibility of long-term health problems. Early clinical trials of covid-19 vaccines excluded a large number of pregnant women, but also, they themselves stayed away from the trials because they were...
In total it is about 3.1 billion dollars that the United Nations and the Bill Gates Foundation will provide over the next five years so that women and girls around the world have access to family planning. The information was announced by the Family Planning 2030 partnership that brings together several civil organizations to protect...