Source: The Guardian
Violence against women is not recognised in MDG3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women, but it remains a major obstacle for development.
Source: The New Times
The School of Finance and Banking (SFB) in partnership with the Michigan University's William Davidson Institute, yesterday awarded 60 women with certificates after they completed
Source: The New Times
The Gender Monitoring office (GMO) will develop a program to assess the implementation of gender equality from the grassroots to the national level.
Source: The Daily Observer
Amie Joof-Njie, the deputy permanent secretary (DPS) at the Office of the Vice President, has said that the development of the National Nutrition Policy 2010-2020 and the enactment of the Women's Act 2010
Source: IRIN
Poorly-regulated, privately-run training schools in Senegal are churning out midwives who do not have a solid grasp of birthing or ante- and post-natal care, causing women and babies to die needlessly,
Source: UN News Centre
The United Nations today urged African countries to empower the continent's youth through schooling and jobs, stressing that the foundation for peace and development lay in giving young people opportunities
Source: UN News Centre
Mr. Ban told a high-level forum on women and democracy, held in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, that it was time for "faster and wider progress" in promoting the participation of women at all levels of society.
Source:IRIN
South Africa has been identified as a major human-trafficking destination for victims from within the country, the region and beyond, yet there is no legislation that specifically criminalises human trafficking and protects victims.
Source: the New Times
First Lady Jeannette Kagame said that Rwandan women play a critical role in the country's healing and reconstruction process.
Source: the New Times
Members of the Nyagatare Vision Cooperative and the area's Muslim women cooperative, Tuesday completed a week-long training workshop in entrepreneurship.
Source: IPS Africa
When the monthly contraceptive injection that Bernadette Asiimwe, a mother of four, got from government health centres in western Uganda was out of stock for weeks she fell pregnant with her fifth child.
Source: IRIN
Urban farming in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is providing a livelihood for thousands of city dwellers, with vegetables bringing in good money for small growers
Source: IRIN
Chadian families are facing worsening food insecurity, becoming more indebted, and selling off personal possessions as they try to cope with the loss of remittances from relatives who have returned home from Libya.
Source: IRIN
Poorly-regulated, privately-run training schools in Senegal are churning out midwives who do not have a solid grasp of birthing or ante- and post-natal care, causing women and babies to die needlessly, according to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA).
Source: Plus News
In theory, it should go something like this: pregnant woman tests HIV-positive as part of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) services at her antenatal clinic
Source: Plus News
At Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital (PMMH) in Umlazi, the largest township outside the South African port city of Durban, using midwives to provide maternity services has positively impacted maternal care in the area
Source: Open Democracy
Is gender equality advocate's emphasis on women as agents of change helping to legitimize a neo-liberal vision of government, and working against women's engagement in promoting food security and peacebuilding
Rape continues to be the most frequently reported serious crime in Liberia. A new multipronged approach is underway to reduce sexual and gender-based violence.
Source: UN News Centre
A top-ranking United Nations official in Africa has called for a mobilization of the continent's youth for sustainable development,
Source: We Informers
Children living with HIV/Aids have petitioned the minister of health Dr. Christine Ondoa to give priority to prevention of HIV transmission from mother to child.