In 2017, 1.1 million women were living in Lesotho, making up 51.48% of the population. 33% of women are under 15 years of age, 61.4% are between 15 and...

Lesotho (/lɪˈsuːtuː/ lih-SOO-too, Sotho pronunciation: [lɪˈsʊːtʰʊ]), formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, formerly known as Basutoland, is a landlocked country...

HIV/AIDS in Lesotho constitutes a very serious threat to Basotho and to Lesotho's economic development. Since its initial detection in 1986, HIV/AIDS...

In Lesotho, abortion is illegal unless the pregnancy poses a risk to life or health. In 2010, Lesotho listed grounds for legal abortion in its penal code...

1970s, only 36.1% of women over age 39 in Lesotho had worked in South Africa. Lesotho women did not work in mines. In the 1980s, Lesotho received aid to help...

The South African intervention in Lesotho, codenamed Operation Boleas, was a military invasion launched by the Southern African Development Community (SADC)...

This article concerns systems of transport in Lesotho. As a landlocked country, Lesotho has no seaports or harbours, but does have road, air transport...

Education in Lesotho has undergone reforms in recent years, [when?] meaning that primary education is now free, universal, and compulsory. [citation needed]...

Demographics of Lesotho describe the condition and overview of Lesotho's people, residents of which are called Basotho in the plural and Mosotho in the singular...

Goldwidows: Women in Lesotho 1991, is a 1991 Canadian-German documentary film co-directed by Don Edkins, Ute Holl, Mike Schlomer, Malibusong Matsoso and...

This article list the monarchs (Marena) of Lesotho (also known as Basutoland until 1966). In Sotho language, Marena is the plural of the common noun Kings...

Christianity is the dominant religion in Lesotho, with Protestantism and Catholicism being its main denominations. The 2022 United States Department of...

bonds between the women, but with the stipulation that the relationships not be reduced to Western understandings of lesbian." As Lesotho became more modernized...

The Lesotho women's national football team, also known affectionately as Mehalalitoe ("The Beautiful Flowers"), represents Lesotho in international women's...

The Lesotho Women's Super League is the highest level of league competition for women's football in Lesotho. It is the women's equivalent of the men's...

Lesotho is a Southern African nation surrounded entirely by South Africa. The largest ethnic group is the Basotho. The Basotho culture is immersed in...

term for socially acceptable, long-term relationships between Basotho women in Lesotho. Motsoalle can be translated from Sesotho loosely as "a very special...

to Women in Leadership. Retrieved 4 January 2016. "Orbituary of the Late Queen Mother Her Majesty, 'Mamohato Bereng Seeiso". Government of Lesotho. Archived...

Lesotho's Human development index value for 2018 was 0.518—which put the country in the low human development category—positioning it at 164 out of 189...

regions of Lesotho and South Africa. The ancestors of the Sotho people are believed to have originated from Northeast Africa, and migrated south in the fifth...

qualifier. The participating teams in Division 2 were the Under-19 women's teams from Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and Sierra Leone...

The Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) is the governing body of association football in Lesotho, a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It was formed...

transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in Lesotho face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents. Lesotho does not recognise same-sex marriages...

The day commemorates the 1956 march of approximately 20,000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to petition against the country's pass laws that required...

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history of people living in the area now known as Lesotho (/ləˈsuːtuː, -ˈsoʊtoʊ/) goes back as many as 400 years. Present Lesotho (then called Basotholand)...

first king of Lesotho. He was the first son of Mokhachane, a minor chief of the Bamokoteli lineage, a branch of the Koena (crocodile) clan. In his youth,...

Private Hospital in Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. The current laws governing the Line of succession to the Lesothan throne bar women from succeeding...

poor prison conditions, and the abuse of women and children. Lesotho became independent from the United Kingdom in 1966. The period until 1998 saw a series...

Private Hospital in Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. Women are prohibited under law from ruling in Lesotho, so neither 'Maseeiso nor her older sister Senate...