Category Archives: Women
A research carried out by a Harvard academic has found a surprising number of men feigning ejaculation, just as a lot of women are known to lie about having reached their orgasm. In his new book “Why Men Fake it: … read more »
Marishka Van Steenbergen, guardian.co.uk, UN report on ageing highlights how traditional practices have resulted in the deaths of thousands of older women Nyamizi, a 73-year-old widow from Sukumaland, Tanzania, was returning home from work one night when she was attacked … read more »
Posted in Article, Tanzania, Women
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Tagged Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Magazine, Non-governmental organization, Stop Violence Against Women, Tanzania, Traditional medicine, United Nations Population Fund, violence against women
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A male and female teacher were arrested on Monday accused of having sex with a 16-year-old high school student. The couple – Bambi Dewey, 32, and John Stalmach, 31, from Las Vegas – were both charged with solicitation of a … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, News, Relationship, Women
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Tagged Action News, Group sex, High school, IndepthAfrica, Las Vegas Review Journal, Middle school, Monday, Nevada, Teacher
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An American mother-of-two who spent $15,000 to enhance the size of her hips and bottom says she’s lucky to be alive after her ‘obsession’ could have killed her. Vanity Wonder spoke to Eamon Holmes and Ruth Langsford on This Morning … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Women
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, breaking news, Breast implant, Eamonn Holmes, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Injection (medicine), Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Ruth Langsford, Silicone, This Morning, United States, Vanity, West Africa
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“Will it hurt the baby?” Every pregnant woman asks this question at least once during their 40-week journey. Pregnancy is a time when women become especially aware of their health and lifestyle, eating habits, physical activity, and other aspects of … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Parenting, Women
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Tagged afria travel, Brooklyn, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, Laura Schlessinger, map africa, map of africa, mercurypoisoning, Morehouse School of Medicine, Motrin, news, Physical exercise, Pregnancy, South Africa, travel to africa, Tylenol
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A husband raped his bride on their wedding night after returning home from a huge party to celebrate their wedding, a court has heard. The newly-wed woman told him she did not want to have sex because she was so … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Women
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Tagged afria travel, Bideford, Bride, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, map africa, map of africa, Marriage, news, North Devon, Prince Charming, Rape, South Africa, travel to africa, wedding, West Africa, West Cornwall
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By: Phoenix Miles It’s a fallacy that your sex life should diminish with age, says US sex therapist Dr Marty Klein. His new book entitled Sexual Intelligence: What We Really Want From Sex And How To Get It, explains that … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Women
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Human sexual activity, IndepthAfrica, Klein, Marty Klein, Perception, Sex therapy, sexual dysfunction, Sexual function, Sexuality
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Vaginal injuries are as common in voluntary sex as they are in rapes, a new study indicates. The research carried out in Denmark casts doubt on the commonly held view that vaginal injuries are evidence that intercourse has been forced. … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, News, Women
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Tagged Africa news, African news, crime, Denmark, IndepthAfrica, Informed consent, Odense University Hospital, Rape, ScienceNordic, Sexual assault, University of Southern Denmark
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French scientists say they have confirmed the folklore that a glass in your hand will make you feel sexier, smarter and funnier, even when others privately think you are a turkey. Psychologists led by Laurent Begue at the Pierre-Mendes France … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Women
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Agence France-Presse, alcohol, Alcohol by volume, Alcohol intoxication, British Psychological Society, Driving under the influence, Grenoble, IndepthAfrica, Pierre Mendès-France University
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Article By: Phoenix Miles It’s no secret that women become less approachable and more emotional during PMS, but that’s not the end to the rollercoaster ride according to scientists who say that women are also more likely to have raunchier … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Women
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Alberta, Dawson, IndepthAfrica, LiveScience, Menstrual cycle, Ovulation, Premenstrual syndrome, Sexual fantasy, University of Lethbridge
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Article By: Phoenix Miles It’s one of the oldest excuses in the book for avoiding sex with your partner, but now researchers think that women who suffer from frequent headaches or migraines might in fact suffer sexual dysfunction. In a … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Women
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Headache, Human sexual activity, IndepthAfrica, Italy, libido, Research, sexual dysfunction, Sexual function, University of Pavia
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Helplessness and hope in using the law to combat violence against women Osai Ojigho It is necessary to implement legislation to address violence against women in Africa. Yet women must tread the fine line between cultural expectations and legal systems … read more »
Posted in Article, Lifestyle, News, Pan African News, Women
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, criminal code, Human rights, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, Nigeria, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, VAW, violence against women, Women, Women Rights
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The Africa UNiTE Campaign to End Violence Against Women and Girls aims to create a favorable and supportive environment for governments, in partnership with civil society experts, to be able to fulfill existing policy commitments. BACKGROUND The regional component … read more »
Posted in Article, Lifestyle, News, Pan African News, Women
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, African Union, African Union Commission, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, UN Women, United Nation, violence against women, Women, Women Rights
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Marren Akatsa-Bukachi Ending gender-based violence will mean changing cultural concepts about masculinity. This includes recognition of the importance of active engagement of men and women at all levels, whether they are policy makers, parents, spouses or young boys and girls. … read more »
Posted in Article, Lifestyle, News, Pan African News, Women
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Tagged Domestic violence, feminism, gender, Men, Non-governmental organization, People, Violence and Abuse, Women
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Black women in America may tend to be heavier than white women but they are far happier with their bodies, a study has found. A nationwide survey found that 66 per cent of overweight or obese black women had high … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Women
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Halle Berry, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kaiser Family Foundation, LA Fitness, Michelle Obama, Queen Latifah, Tyra Banks, Washington Post, White House
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A happy, healthy relationship and sex life are all very well, but when it comes to measuring a woman’s sexual desire, all scientists really need to know is how long a couple has been together. Women’s sex drives gradually ebb … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Women
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Tagged Human sexual activity, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, libido, LiveScience, Murray, Ontario, Robin Milhausen, University of Guelph
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A rising proportion of abortions worldwide are putting women’s health at risk, researchers say. The World Health Organization study suggests global abortion rates are steady, at 28 per 1,000 women a year. However, the proportion of the total carried out … read more »
Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Special Reports, Women
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Tagged Abortion, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Institute of Development Studies, Lancet, Maternal death, New York, unsafe abortion, World Health Organization
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A woman who was to be stoned to death in Iran on an adultery conviction could be hanged instead. Authorities said today they were moving ahead with plans to execute the woman but are reconsidering what punishment to carry out. … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Women
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Tagged adultery, Capital punishment, East Azarbaijan Province, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Islam, Sadeq Larijani, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, Stoning
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A mother is facing up to 80 years in jail after being accused of having sex with two of her daughter’s male teenage friends. Tessa Gay, 35, is also alleged to have played sexually charged game of ping pong with … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Miscellaneous, Odd News, Women
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Tagged Adolescence, Age of consent, crime, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Oklahoma, Plea, Police, Sexual assault, Sexuality
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November 28, 2011 by benim
Valerie realized that sex was wrecking her life right around the time her second marriage disintegrated. At 30, and employed as a human-resources administrator in Phoenix, she had serially cheated on both her husbands—often with their subordinates and co-workers—logging anonymous … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Relationship, Women
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Tagged breaking news, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, East Africa, In flagrante delicto, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Magazine, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Marriage, Nigeria, Nigeria news, North Africa, Pan African News, Sexual addiction, Sexuality, Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health, Southern Africa, Tiger Woods, Valerie, West Africa
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November 21, 2011 by benim
A ‘fake doctor’ suspected of injecting a woman’s bottom with cement, super glue and tyre sealant to give her a more ‘shapely’ rear has been arrested. Transgendered woman Oneal Ron Morris, who by his own picture appears to have undergone … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Odd News, Women
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Tagged Bamford, breaking news, East Africa, Florida, Florida Department of Health, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Magazine, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Miami Gardens Florida, New York City, Nigeria, Nigeria news, North Africa, Oneal Ron Morris, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Tampa General Hospital, West Africa, WPLG
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November 9, 2011 by benim
Around the swimming pool of the beachside resort, a herd of 30-something mums and dads bathed offspring. One supervisorial eyeball from each adult pair was locked on their waterlogged pride and joys while the other roamed freely – voyeuristic microscopes. … read more »
Posted in Children & Youth, Lifestyle, Relationship, Women
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Tagged Ashley Madison, Childbirth, Father, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Marriage, Miranda Kerr, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, parent, Southern Africa, United States, West Africa, Wife
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October 21, 2011 by benim
Being too thin is worse than being too fat when trying for a baby, women have been warned. A study found that skinny women are less likely to become pregnant than those who are overweight – including those classed as … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Women
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Tagged American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Broadcast Music Incorporated, In vitro fertilisation, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Infertility, Liverpool Women's Hospital, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Obesity, Pan African News, Sherbahn, Southern Africa, Weight Management, West Africa
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October 10, 2011 by benim
Increasing numbers of women are turning to internet sperm donors to become mothers after failing to find the man of their dreams. Scores of women in their early twenties are logging on to websites such as babydonor.com and co-parent-search.com to … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Women
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Tagged child, Embryology Authority, Fertility clinic, Human Fertilisation, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Sperm donation, United States, Warwick University, West Africa
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The stereotype suggests that it’s the husband who simply cannot bear their mother-in-law. But wives feel exactly the same, according to the latest research. One in four despises their mother-in-law and believes she is ‘controlling, interfering and bitchy’. Parental control: … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Relationship, Women
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Tagged Angela Rippon, family, Freddie, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Law, Mother, Mother-in-law, Netmums, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, parent, Southern Africa, West Africa
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September 26, 2011 by benim
Thousands more women could beat breast cancer if they were given chemotherapy at the same time as radiotherapy, British scientists claim. They have discovered patients who are given the two treatments simultaneously increase their chance of being cured by a … read more »
September 1, 2011 by benim
Women who have abortions are at risk of severe mental health problems, according to a study. The research found that those who undergo abortion face nearly double the risk of mental health difficulties compared with others and that one in … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Women
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Tagged Abortion, British Journal of Psychiatry, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Mental Health, Nadine Dorries, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Priscilla K. Coleman, Pro-choice, Pro-life, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Southern Africa, West Africa
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My granddaughter Sadie has a wry and perceptive outlook on life; particularly for a four-year-old. I was skipping along the pavement with her the other day when she paused to remark: ‘Grandma, you’re like a little child in an old … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Women
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Ageing, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Breast, California, East Africa, family, Hollywood, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jane Fonda, North Africa, Pan African News, plastic surgery, Southern Africa, surgery, West Africa
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Just a thong at twilight, when the lights and the VPL are low? Not any longer, ladies. Not any more. For the most excellent news is that there is a lingerie god, after all. And She has decreed that the … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Women
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, clothing, Donna Karan, East Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Kylie Minogue, lady gaga, Melanie Griffith, North Africa, Pan African News, Peter Stringfellow, Southern Africa, Stella McCartney, Undergarment, West Africa
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On July 9th, South Sudan will declare its independence, becoming Africa’s newest nation. The challenges it faces are many. 50 years of war and conflict have seriously undermined the capacity of institutions at all levels to provide justice. Scores of … read more »
Posted in News, North Africa, Sudan, Women
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, East Africa, Government Of South Sudan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, North Africa, Pan African News, Sexual violence, South Sudan, Southern Africa, Sudan, United Nations, West Africa, womens rights, World news
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