In the coastal town of Pemba in northern Mozambique, women and girls in colourful sarongs gather beneath the shade of mango trees to escape the mid-morning heat. Seated on woven mats, some silently ...

(Bloomberg) -- Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province has some of Africa’s biggest natural-gas reserves, but it also has one of the world’s worst female literacy rates. Only one-in-four women older than ...

Study shows that women living in the Manhiça region are breathing air with much higher concentrations of black carbon than those found in Europe. Exposure to black carbon particles is 81% higher among ...

Merck Foundation ( ), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, conducted the 7 th Edition of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative - MFFLI Summit 2025 recently. It was inaugurated by Prof. Dr.

In Mozambique, one in four women between the ages of 35 and 39 live with the HIV virus, according to a 2021 national HIV assessment report. To combat the stigma associated with HIV and AIDS, a group ...

MAPUTO, Mozambique—When Biatriz Hernesto was a child, she and her school friends longed to pick fruit in the bush behind her grandparents' house. They knew that's where the best marula fruits and ...

In July 2019, Mozambique and Cote d'Ivoire became the latest countries in sub-Saharan Africa to strengthen laws to empower girls and women. Mozambique passed a law to criminalize child marriages. Cote ...

Jumping out to a 36-10 lead at the end of the first period, the 2020 USA Basketball Women’s National Team (2-0, 16-1) controlled the game from start to finish in a 124-49 victory over Mozambique (0-2) ...

Exposure to black carbon particles is 81% higher among Mozambican women who use kerosene as the main source of energy for lighting compared to those who use electricity. This was the main finding of a ...