In Western Sahara, too, while traditional gender roles have freed women to push for independence, those norms also often mean that they do not pursue careers. Advertisement “It’s about the ...

This essay, then, looks at why African men are attracted to non-African women. I have used white women to denote all non-African women from the US, Latin America, Europe and elsewhere.

Fatma Maulud is a Saharawi from the Western Sahara. Like most Saharawis she is a Muslim. But unlike most Muslim women, Fatma has been divorced twice and is now on her third husband. Divorce is not ...

We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, where activists are shining a light on Morocco’s brutal occupation of ...

Morocco has occupied Western Sahara since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community.

What’s more, in sub-Sahara Africa, the lack of integration of women into their economies has a severe financial impact across the region, with a combined 95 billion US dollars in lost ...

Women make up 50 per cent of Africa’s population and drive 70 per cent of consumer spend. This demographic represents the continent’s largest growth opportunity, and yet there remains very ...

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Sub-Saharan Africa ranks sixth in terms of the global gender gap, with a current score of 68% according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). In its latest Global Gender Gap Report 2025, released ...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the push for independence in Western Sahara, Africa’s last “non-self-governing territory.” The Polisario Front—the formerly armed nationalist group ...

Fatma Maulud is a Saharawi from the Western Sahara. Like most Saharawis she is a Muslim. But unlike most Muslim women, Fatma has been divorced twice and is now on her third husband. Divorce is not ...