Source: Daily Nation
Women in Taita Taveta County have urged the government put measures to reduce cost of infertility treatment in the country.
Source: Daily Observer
Women aspirants in the upcoming October Presidential and Representative Elections, pushed strongly for elected posts at a one day strategic dialogue on women's political leadership held on Wednesday, January 18.
Source: Daily Monitor
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Jacob Oulanyah, has attributed the current high rate of teenage pregnancies in Acholi sub-region to older men preying on teens.
Source:Aswat Masriya
Minister of Labour Mohamed Saafan said in press statements on Thursday that the unemployment percentage among women exceeds 25%, "which is unprecedented."
Source: News24
Women gathered at Cape Town's Company's Gardens on Saturday for a "Sister March" in solidarity with those marching in Washington and cities around the world in protest of newly-elected US President Donald Trump.
Source: allAfrica
Women in Taita Taveta County have urged the government put measures to reduce cost of infertility treatment in the country.
Source: allAfrica
With only 41 per cent of countries regularly producing data on violence against women and only 13 per cent of countries having a dedicated gender statistics budget, the first-ever United Nations World Data Forum today explored ways to close these data gaps.
Fifteen year old girl Bahati (not her real name) was raped by her step brother on May 12 last year, just a day after celebrating her birth day.
Source: Foroyaa
The Senegal-Gambia-Guinea Bissau Women's Forum in collaboration with the Gender Action Team (GAT) will organize a 'Peace Tent' tomorrow Wednesday, 18th January, 2017 at the Paradise Suites Hotel from 12pm-3pm.
With only 41 per cent of countries regularly producing data on violence against women and only 13 per cent of countries having a dedicated gender statistics budget, the first-ever United Nations World Data Forum today explored ways to close these data gaps.
Source: Daily Observer
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has called on political parties in the country to increase women's participation and go beyond what was agreed to with the international community and ensure that at least 35 percent of all opportunities are given to women to enter elections race.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
When the Kenyan government announced five years ago that coal deposits had been found in the Mui Basin, a land of rolling hills and pristine forests east of Nairobi, local farmers hoped the discovery would help transform their livelihoods.
Source: HerZimbabwe
She was named one of the ten most inspiring African women under 30 by African Woman magazine; has been interviewed by Al Jazeera, BBC Africa, Voice of America, New York Times, NTV and so many others.
Source: World Policy Journal
NAIROBI, Kenya—When Bina Maseno was 23, she decided to run for Council Assembly in Nairobi City County and reached out to a few experienced female politicians for advice. She expected to hear suggestions for navigating party power dynamics or articulating campaign messages for a broader audience. But what she got was a primer in protecting herself from sexual assault by male politicians and putative voters.
Source: Premium Times
The Federal Government's advocacy on the use of contraceptive among sexually active women in Nigeria for the prevention of unwanted pregnancy and abortion is beginning to yield positive results as more women are recorded to be embracing the method.
Source: The Ethiopian Herald
Just like other developing countries and few developed nations as well as the days of yore, women in Ethiopia until recent past were pushed from the boons of social life owing to the deeply entrenched and culturally programmed positive bias or preferential treatments accorded to males.
Source: News24Wire
While South Africa came in for much criticism in Human Rights Watch's latest world report, its progressive approach to gender issues was welcomed.
Source: Daily Nation
More women are throwing their hats in the ring for political posts in western and southern Kenya, in what is expected to be one of the most competitive elections in recent history.
Source: Al Jazeera
Morocco has banned the production and sale of full-face Muslim veils apparently for security reasons, according to local media reports.
Source: Vanguard
Nkemdili Okeke (not real name) is a secondary school certificate holder who got married in 2011 at the age of 25, to a wealthy businessman in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria. Five years after marriage, she was yet to conceive. She was subjected to dehumanising treatments by her husband’s family.