Source: African Union (AU)
In order to popularize and create awareness, and promote the speedy signature, ratification and domestication of the AU Convention for the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, the African Union has decided to convene regional meetings.
Amid reports of women being raped during recent mass expulsions from Angola to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a senior United Nations official today called on both countries to investigate all allegations of sexual violence and take practical steps to prevent such crimes.
Source: Swazi Observer
As the Business Women Forum of Swaziland (BWFS) grows, women in the corporate sector will be engaged to advocate for fairer policies.
Source: The Huffington Post
Last week on March 8, the world celebrated International Women's Day for the 100th year. It is an occasion to salute the women of the Middle East and North Africa, along with women all over the world who are taking great risks to stand up and fight for dignity, justice and human rights for themselves and for their compatriots.
Source: Al-Masry Al-Youm
Despite their noticeable participation in pro-democracy protests that toppled the former regime and paved the way for a new era in Egypt, Egyptian women are still finding themselves relatively excluded from the current political scene.
Source: The Guardian
While Tanzania has made significant success in bringing about women equality, a lot remains to be done.
Source: Newswise
National Women and Girls AIDS Awareness Day, a nationwide observance that raises awareness and promotes action in the fight against HIV/AIDS, took place on March 10. As the nation turns its attention to this important cause, women and girls around the world continue to be affected by HIV/AIDS in high numbers.
Source: Ghana News Agency
The Member of Parliament for Agona East, Mr John Kwesi Agyabeng, has urged women associations and groups to form "think tanks" to fight for gender equality and economic empowerment.
Source: Jamaica Information Service
Message from the honourable Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica on Commonwealth Day, March 14, 2011
Source: IPS
"We have had enough of the training given to us in cooking, sewing and household works… We now have another dream: of participating actively in the development of our island at decision-making level," says Marie-Anne Laganne, a political trainer at Women In Politics.
Source: IPS
It would have been hard for a teenaged Margaret Nnananyana Nasha to imagine that she would grow up to become one of the most powerful figures in Botswana's government.
Source: IPS
When the ban on traditional birth attendants was lifted last year, pregnant women quickly appeared at Dorothy Chirwa's door in Malombe village in Mangochi, a district on the southern shores of Lake Malawi. Chirwa was among the thousands of TBAs banned from providing women with care in 2007.
Source: The Inquirer
Five women groups in Liberia have sharply condemned the deaths of the seven women who were allegedly demonstrating peacefully in the streets of Abidjan, Cote d' Ivoire on March 3, 2011 and are calling on partners to help in providing more assistance to the influx of refugees fleeing the conflict.
The violations on female activists The Egyptian Center for Women's Rights followed up the events of March the 8th on the occasion of International Women's Day in a great worry.
A seminar in celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD) was held at the University of Lagos on March 9. Jointly organised by PEN Nigeria and the university’s Department of English, the seminar featured paper presentations by Eno Ikpe, Mojisola Shodipe, Anthonia Yakubu, and Ofure Aito.
Source: African Press Organization
The Italian Cooperation is working with over 30 local authorities and hundreds of personalities from the Italian and international institutional, cultural and entertainment worlds and civil society on the campaign to promote the group candidacy of African women for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Source: UN News Center
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced five senior appointments to several United Nations offices, including two deputies to the head of the newly-created entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women.
Source: Unicef
Burkina Faso has come a long way in addressing the education needs of its children. In 2000, just 44 per cent were enrolled in primary schools. By 2010, this had increased to almost 75 per cent.
Source: Unicef
UNICEF Radio moderator Amy Costello spoke with Mary Robinson about children and schools in conflict-affected countries, and the need toprosecute those who commit human rights violations against children.
Source: UN HAbitat
Over 50 government officials gathered in Buchanan Liberia’s second largest city to assess the impact of local leadership training involving some 3000 county staff held over the past two years.