03 October 2024
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At just 11 years old, Refiloe (a pseudonym for her protection) gave birth to a baby through caesarean section, in a remote health facility in Lesotho. As an orphan raised by her…
Read story26 September 2024
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"When people asked me where I was going, I told them I didn’t know. I had no home, I had nothing." These haunting words come from a survivor of gender-based violence (GBV) in…
Read story10 September 2024
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Imagine having to navigate through your village, whenever you feel a slight dampness in your private parts, searching for an adult woman—someone you trust enough to turn your back…
Read story03 September 2024
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Every morning Rantahli Mosae dons his gray blanket, typically worn by herdboys in Lesotho, to stave off the biting cold. Wearing a balaclava hat and his rubber boots, he sets off…
Read story27 August 2024
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For some women in Lesotho, the decision to have children, or when to have them, is no longer a question of fate but a choice they can actively make. At the heart of this…
Read story09 April 2024
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She left her home at Motsekuoa in the Quthing district at the crack of dawn when her labour pains started. But due to the intense contractions and labour pains, she had to take…
Read story09 April 2024
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Young people in their diversity who converged in Maseru, Lesotho for a Youth Dialogue on the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) have called for…
Read story01 March 2024
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Health is life. Life is health. This was the general consensus of most speakers at the start of the Network of African Parliamentary Committees of Health (NEAPACOH two-day…
Read story23 February 2024
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The high rate of maternal deaths in Lesotho (566/100 000 livebirths) featured highly when UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund Representative to Lesotho Mr Innocent…
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