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Keeping women down

Violence against women is used to keep them out of public life

South Africa

ANC gets away with minor dents

The ANC remains the strongest party in the parliamentary elections in South Africa, but must now deliver results

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Ending the taboo

Award-winning Netflix documentary helps to break the stigma around menstruation

Menstrual health

Sanitary products still too expensive

Kenya has scrapped the tax on menstrual products, but they are still too expensive for rural women

Summer Special

Fashion exhibition stirs controversy

Controversial exhibition on Muslim fashion in Frankfurt

Natural disasters

Dangerous signs of climate change

Cyclones are becoming more frequent in Zimbabwe, due to climate change

Urbanisation

Poverty causes depression, depression causes poverty

In cities, social stress and environmental hardships can contribute to mental illness

Escaping poverty

Bank transfers from Parmalat

A dairy co-operative in Zambia’s Copperbelt helps women escape poverty

Long-term impacts of strife

A traumatised nation

So far, Cambodia’s health system is ill-equipped to deal with mental-health issues

Traditional healers

Respect the local context

In Cambodia, a civil-society organisation is promoting mental-health care at the local level

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