Women’s average age of marriage correlates roughly with national wealth – it is in the late twenties in rich countries like South Africa, Botswana and Tunisia, and in the late teens in Mozambique, Mali and Chad.
Mother To Child Transmission In Africa (Estimated Number Of Women Aged 15+ Living With HIV/AIDS) 2007
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV is the spread of HIV from an HIV-infected woman to her child during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding
Why African Slaves Perished in Arab World, But ‘Survived’ In The Americas And Europe
One reason is that while in Europe and the Americas, African slaves were taken to work in plantations and industries, in the Middle East they were mostly domestic labour.
Sao Tome And Principe: Population Trends
Sao Tome and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa
It Seems Money Brings Africa More Joy Than Good Sex
Some of the ‘happiest’ countries in Africa also have high FGM rates, they score badly on representation of women in politics, and female folk tend to be treated badly in these countries. A contradiction?