Source: IRIN
No one can tell 64-year-old Fatoumata Kané anything new about the plants and tree bark around her town of Banamba in western Mali, but the traditional healer recently learned how to measure a child's upper arm to detect malnutrition.
Source: Plus News
The Kenyan government is taking steps to incorporate screening for cervical cancer - one of the biggest killers of women of child-bearing age - into HIV care, but health workers say low awareness means the uptake of this vital service is low.
Source: the Star
Millions of people in Africa, especially women, have no access to adequate housing, no security of tenure and are at risk of being forcefully evicted. Mass evictions characterised by police brutality
Source: the Star
Councilor Lilian Osundwa was yesterday elected the first woman mayoress of Mumias Municipal Council. She succeeds nominated councillor Rashid Omwendo who has held the seat from July 2009.
Source: Cisa News Africa
Several churches from Kapchorwa and Bukwo districts have joined hands with the Inter African Committee Uganda (IACU), a Non Government Organisation(NGO) based in Kapchorwa and Reproductive,
Source: Leadership
The dynamics of modern development weigh heavily on empowerment of the womenfolk. Gone are the days when development is measured by income alone.
Source: TrustLaw
More countries have gender equality legislation on their books than ever before but many laws are inadequate and rarely if ever enforced, the first major report by the new U.N. women's agency showed on Wednesday.
Source: Farm Radio Weekly
A woman paddling a canoe no longer arouses curiosity in eastern Rwanda. While still not a common sight, you can readily spot women wearing orange life jackets and sitting alongside men, paddling canoes and fishing on Lake Rwakibare.
Experts on Gender Equality and Democracy have unreservedly supported Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, the founder of the 31st December Women's Movement and now the increasingly popular presidential female candidate for the next 2012 elections, to raise Ghana further on the global stage for promoting democracy and women's status.
Source: The Namibian
A KEY reason for the under-performance of the agricultural sector in the developing world is women's lack of equal access to resources and opportunities they need to be productive.
Source: Daily Nation
There were not too many women involved in the main programme of events to mark the independence of South Sudan on Saturday but that does not mean women did not contribute their fair share to the hard-fought liberation of the country.
Source: IPS
When Valente Inziku's wife, Jennifer Anguko, went into labour they had decided she would go to the local referral hospital just to ensure a safe delivery.
Source: IPS
Mother of eight, Jessicah Foni, 36, hopes that independence will mean a hospital will soon be built in her village.
Source: The New Times
The latest UN Women report released on Wednesday, in New York, once again positions Rwanda as the country with the highest representation of women in politics and participation in the development of their country.
Source: FOROYYA Newspaper
GAMCOTRAP will on Saturday, 9th July 2011 celebrate "Sheroines Against FGM", Dropping of the Knife at Soma, Lower River Region, according a GAMCOTRAP press release.
Source: The Namibian
A tri-partite agreement with the Women for Development (WAD), Unam and the Ministry of Education will introduce a training and awareness creation programme towards the prevention of gender-based violence
Source: IRIN
With 100 heads of cattle, Halima Omar's family were considered fairly well off in their community in Da'ara village in Somalia's Lower Shebelle region. However, after three years of consecutive drought, the herd has been reduced to nothing and the family has been displaced.
Source: UN WOMEN
Progress of the World’s Women: In Pursuit of Justice is UN Women’s first global report. It offers a comprehensive global review of women’s rights around the world, on issues from gender-based violence to equal pay, from representation in government to post-conflict justice.
Source: IRIN
The 2011 Millennium Development Goals Report was released on 7 July with a generally upbeat assessment accompanied by some caveats. Here are some statistics:
Source: VOA News
Women from minority groups are often victims of rape and torture and are specifically targeted because of their ethnicity or religion. That's according to a report published in Britain on Wednesday.