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• Child marriage a neglected problem. IRIN News, 30 August 2007. Two years ago, in the western Malian village of Korera-Kore, a 13-year-old girl was forced into marriage during her school summer holiday. She died after complications during sex on her wedding night.
• Truth hurts for children living with HIV/AIDS. IRIN News, 24 April 2007. For almost 13 years Maimouna only knew that her parents died of a “blood disease” when she was young. But three months ago she learned that disease was HIV/AIDS - and she is infected too.

• Fighting against female genital mutilation in Sub-Saharan Africa: some experiences (Mali), Latoures, A. Genre en action, 2006.
• Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives: Francophone Africa, Center for Reproductive Rights, 2000