Central African Republic (CAR) lawmakers chose their capital’s mayor, Catherine Samba-Panza, to become the country’s first female president - Africa’s third female head of state in the post-colonial era - and to pull the country out of months of sectarian bloodshed. Women in CAR have struggled from a lack of maternal healthcare facilities, female genital mutilation (FGM), domestic abuse and accusations of witchcraft. Life expectancy for women is 48 - one of the lowest in the world! Find out how things currently stand for the struggling country’s 2.3 million women living in CAR.
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 23:10:39 +0000
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