Source: All Africa
A report released by the Gender Monitoring Office, shows that women massively participated in the just concluded local elections.
Source: All Africa
At least 254 former Sabiny female genital surgeons in three districts of Kapchorwa, Kween and Bukwo have received grinding machines to start up a new way of life other than depending on mutilating women.
Source: All Africa
Kenyan women have a huge task ahead if they are to achieve the basic one-third representation in the next government.
Source: ICC
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has requested ICC judges for authorization to open an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Côte d'Ivoire since 28 November 2010.
Source: UN News Centre
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged societies to ease the hardship that widows endure when their husbands die by respecting their rights
Source: All Africa
A gender-sensitive political organization, "Network of Women Politicians" has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to improve on the number of Northern women in the proposed cabinet
Source: All Africa
President Ellen Johnson has been awarded the 2011 African Gender Award at a ceremony held Saturday night in the Senegalese capital, Dakar,
The Minister of Justice, Tharcisse Karugarama has said that violence against women and girls in African countries is an enormous challenge that rests in the hands of regional security organs.
First Lady Michelle Obama urged young Africans on Wednesday to fight for women's rights and battle the stigma of AIDS, using her husband's "yes, we can" campaign slogan to motivate youth across the continent.
What once was a quartet of entities dealing with women’s issues is now one and the pressure is on Michelle Bachelet, former president of Chile and newly minted United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of the new UN Women to make the case for “The Future of UN Women.”
Last Friday's recommendation to give the incumbent U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon another five-year term drew the international community's attention to another opaque, non- democratic process that is the hallmark of the 15-member Security Council's decision-making.
As an estimated 3.7 million dollars continues to sit idle in the Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) kitty, the very women the fund was meant to benefit have complained about the difficult requirements that need to be met in order to access the money.
Without a college education and against the backdrop of limited job opportunities, it was not easy for Salome Wairimu to find employment.
The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva has elected the first woman ever to serve as its President.
Source: All Africa
Most women still find it difficult to negotiate safe sex with their partners. The problem is even more prevalent among women who are economically dependent on men.
Source: All Africa
As part of their efforts towards protecting the human rights of women and girls in the Gambia and URR in particular, over one hundred and seventeen communities in the region have on the 12th of June 2011 pledged to abandon the cultural and traditional practices of FGC
Source: UN News Centre
Up to 3.6 million deaths could be avoided each year in 58 developing countries if midwifery services are upgraded, according to a report released today by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and partners.
Delegates from across the continent on Friday opened the fifth pan-African gender conference in Dakar, Senegal.
Below are some facts on women in South Sudan which is set to become the world’s newest country on July 9.
Source: All Africa
Some sectors like agriculture, education and health where women actively participate gained and we are happy. However, it must be noted that our women don't take part in commercial agriculture where benefits are very positive; most of them are into subsistence farming.