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.
Participants trickled into the venue, most of them delayed by the rain while the organisers were busy putting finishing touches to the hall decoration.
Source: The New Times
The latest UN Women report released yesterday 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: All Africa
Seven babies are living in Arua Prison, a survey by the African Network for the Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN) has revealed.
Source: Champion Newspapers
Nigerian Women Trust Fund, an initiative of the Federal Government setup to give technical and financial support to women aspiring for various elective positions in the country irrespective of their political party affiliations has been
Source: Business Daily
Joyce Odari's semi-permanent farmhouse is at the edge of Kakamega Forest. An elderly subsistence farmer, and a mother of seven adult children, she uses wood fuel to cook but cannot imagine cutting the branches
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.
A UN investigation into serious human rights violations perpetrated in Walikale territory, North Kivu, where more than 387 people were raped between 30 July and 2 August last year, reveals continuing lack of accountability, justice and security for victims, according to a report released today.
Source: Vanguard
The two ministers, Hajiya Zainab Maina and Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi,who were sworn-in on Saturday, with their 12 other colleagues but were not assigned to any ministry, have been assigned their portfolios.
Source: The Herald
"Behind every successful man is a woman" goes the old saying. If this is true, as it seems it is, what impact have the African First ladies had on their husbands, who are generally said to have mismanaged Africa
Source: All Africa
Women leaders from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic (CAR) and Southern Sudan have visited Acholi sub-region.
Source: All Africa
The National Gender Machinery said it is working hard to guarantee better performance for women outings in future elections, especially the forthcoming Local Government Elections considered critical in laying
Source: Daily Nation
Public health minister Beth Mugo is urging for affirmative action in education to create more employment opportunities for women in the civil service.
In an open space near her home in Makoko, a crowded suburb of the sprawling city of Lagos, Latifat Agboola sits in the midst of bags of charcoal, attending to her customers. Some of them call her "the charcoal woman with the dirty job, but she sees herself as a businesswoman on the rise.
Source: All Africa
ENCISS, civil society organizations and government on Thursday held a dialogue forum on women's participation in governance at the Atlantic Hall, National Stadium Hostel in Freetown.