Source: DW.com
Angola has done away with criminalizing homosexuality, removing a notorious "vices against nature" provision in its penal code. Other African nations still punish people for same-sex relationships.
Source: Al Jazeera
Female Ugandan activists have slammed a government campaign to use "curvy women" as a tourism "product", which has sparked a furore in the east African nation.
Source: allAfrica
President Julius Bio has upped the maximum punishment for rape of a minor and called on the country to address its rape "scourge." The move follows an outcry over the rape of a 5-year-old girl by her male relative.
Source: allAfrica
So far 23 member states adopted National Action Plan on WPS and Africa stands the leading continent.
Source: Daily Nation
A court ruling asserting that married women qualify to inherit properties of their fathers and should not be excluded during distribution has stirred debate between defenders of women’s and men’s rights.
Source: News Ghana
Civil Society Organisations in Good Governance promotion in Africa have urged leaders across the continent to prioritise efforts, which would increase the participation of women in governance, saying they would provide the difference critical for Africa’s transformation.
Source: Reuters
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When public protests erupted in Sudan over the rising cost of bread almost two months ago, women’s rights activist Hala Al-Karib did not hesitate to join the masses on the streets defying the security forces to voice their anger.
Source: UN News
Female genital mutilation, is “an abhorrent human rights violation” still affecting women and girls around the globe, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated in his message for the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, marked on Wednesday.
Source: News Ghana
A total of 1,357 criminals were sentenced to life sentences or many years of imprisonment in South Africa between July 1 and Dec. 31 last year for various crimes related to women and children, police said on Wednesday.
Source: Global Health Now
This is a story about my best friend’s mother and my mother’s best friend. One died from cervical cancer. One survived.
Source: Business Ghana
Ghana and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Wednesday launched the “Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future (O3)” Programme to enhance Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in the Africa.
Source: Daily Trust
Women leaders in Nigeria have urged political leaders to involve more women in their activities towards peaceful general elections.
Source: FrontPageAfrica
A local pro-democracy and women rights advocacy group working in Southeastern Liberia, National Institute for Public Opinion (NIPO), has raised alarm on the issue low turnout of women participating in politics in Liberia.
Source: Liberian Observer
Ministers tasked with gender and children’s affairs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member countries have made a common position against child marriage in the region, a release has said.
Source: This Day
Funmi Ogundare writes that despite the harsh environment of Makoko, a slum in Lagos, the Centre for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection, an advocacy group committed to girl-child education is empowering the girls through scholarships, mentorship and training to enable them succeed
Source: Tunis Afrique Press
A regional conference on documentation and strategic planning on gender in Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan will be organised by the Centre of Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR) on January 30-31.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
A ruling by Kenyan's top court that schools can ban the hijab could lead to Muslim girls - already at risk from practices such as female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage - dropping out of school, campaigners warned on Friday.
Source: LiberianObserver.com
Liberia has joined 11 West African countries to embrace the "50 Million African Women Speak (50MWS) Project", a women's economic empowerment initiative that is meant to improve the ability of women to grow and sustain their businesses.
Source: Bulawayo 24 News
Scores of women from Harare's Hopley area alleged they were raped by soldiers during the ongoing crackdown against opposition activists linked to last week's protests against fuel price hikes which turned violent, resulting in the killing of 12 people by security forces.