"When my husband is under too much stress, he takes it out on me," said Maharo Soarolahy, a 34-year-old Madagascan villager. But in patriarchal Madagascar, the problem is entrenched and seems bound to ...

UNHCR welcomes a recent amendment to the nationality law in Madagascar, which gives men and women equal rights to pass on nationality to children. The new law also helps spouses and children to retain ...

The region of East Africa comprises countries such as Kenya, Somalia, Eritrea, Mauritius, Djibouti, Réunion, Mayotte, Seychelles, South Sudan, and Madagascar. Women’s issues remain a serious concern ...

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Women’s History Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and conservation. My passion for nature began early, ...