On 23 April 2018 Girl Child Empowerment conducted a community dialogue meeting in Masthebe community in Bulawayo. The activity was cemented with the passion of lifting the banner for young girls and women towards participating in 2018 national elections.
One hundred Moroccan intellectuals have signed a petitiondemanding that the country’s sexist inheritance rule be repealed. I am among the signatories. This rule, ta'sib, is enshrined in the Moroccan family code, a document that outlines laws and rules related to family matters. It is, overall, a fairly progressive document – but not when it comes to inheritance.
A coalition of human rights groups has condemned as unconstitutional the Tanzanian president’s comments that pregnant girls should be banned from school.
Three decades into a global campaign to end the cultural practice of female genital mutilation and cutting worldwide, the desired change is yet to be achieved.
Free meals programme has fed nearly seven million pupils in about 40,000 schools and changed the nature of education.
Lilongwe — Over 50 000 women farmers from six districts of the country stand to be equipped with skills to help them withstand adverse effects of climate change once the five year US$ 13.3 million Gender Climate and Agriculture Support Programme (GCCASP) under NEPAD Agency rolls into operation.
Keren — The National Union of Eritrean Women branch in the Anseba region is exerting effort on raising the awareness of women and strengthening organizational capacity as well as promoting their economic status, the head of the branch Ms. Amna Hassen indicated.
Lilongwe — Girls Empowerment Network (GENET) has supplied materials for sewing sanitary pads in its ongoing project called 'Happy health and safe project' which is currently running in the area of Traditional Authority Mavwere in Mchinji.
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The emancipation of women in Africa is likely to be a long-term idealistic struggle, as patriarchy eats deep within Africa's social systems.
Abuja — The White Ribbon Alliance in collaboration with partners has launched the "What Women Want" campaign aimed at hearing directly from women and girls across Nigeria about how they define quality maternal and reproductive healthcare.
A new study in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) found that treating women subsistence farmers with just a single dose of a cheap deworming medication significantly improved their physical stamina for the grueling agriculture work needed for their family's survival.
MORONI, Comoros – As a midwife, Hadjira Oumouri, 49, spent years advocating for the health and rights of women. Today, she is the second-ever woman Member of Parliament in the Comoros, and currently the only female MP.
Of the 70 elected Senators, 22 of them are women as compared to 2013 polls where female Senators occupied 17 seats.
A lot has been said about prostitution in both local and international media. The practice has been linked to human trafficking and modern-day slavery, to patriarchy, abuse, and exploitation of women, to crimes and social vices in the communities.
International leaders are convening at United Nations Headquarters, New York, to discuss the critical issue of migration and human mobility, a megatrend that is reshaping the global landscape.
The Lagos State Government wednesday said plans had been firmed up to convene a security summit where a comprehensive strategy and homegrown solutions would be developed by critical stakeholders to myriads of security challenges confronting the state such as cultism, drug abuse, gender-based crimes, arms proliferation, among others.
myPlan, an app that provides a personalised safety plan, connecting women in abusive relationships to local helplines, shelters and counsellors without being "judged or stigmatised", will be available in some African countries next year.
Ado Ekiti — Ekiti State Office of the Public Defender has handled no fewer than 400 cases of gender-based violence since its creation in 2015. The Executive Secretary in Office of the Public Defender, Mrs. Taiwo
The Seychelles' capital Victoria has been chosen to host the African forum for the emancipation of women leadership in Africa in a decision made at a three-day event that took place in the island nation recently.
The government has expressed disappointment with its track record of transforming the country after a World Bank report showed that inequality has deepened since the dawn of democracy, with the country being the most unequal society.