Source: rfi
Negotiators at international climate talks in Marrakesh on Tuesday adopted a new treaty recognising the role of grassroots women in the fight against global warming. Local actors argue African women have more concerns than just climate change.
Source: New Era
The mayor of eThekwini Municipality in Durban, South Africa, Zandile Gumede, has called on South Africans to rally behind a female candidate for the 2019 general election.
Source: allAfrica
The Association of Women Journalists-AFJO has organized this 15 November a workshop to sensitize women in general not to be afraid to provide political information, push media officials to encourage female journalists to work on political issues and urge civil society leaders to advocate for gender mainstream in the media.
Source: allAfrica
In the fifteen years since the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, we have seen a tremendous enthusiasm among civil society at all levels in raising awareness, engaging in advocacy and building capacity for its meaningful implementation. It is my pleasure to write the foreword to this publication which is a meaningful endeavour to move the agenda forward on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the adoption of this groundbreaking resolution.
Source: allAfrica
Maputo — Mozambique is making efforts to eradicate, by 2030, deaths among women, children and adolescents that are caused by preventable illnesses, a target that is in line with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Source: The Guardian
President-elect Donald Trump sent conflicting messages about his hopes for the supreme court on Sunday, saying he will appoint justices who will send abortion rights “back to the states” but conceding he was “fine” with marriage equality “because it was already settled”.
Source: This Day
A group of young Nigerian women have canvassed for a stronger gender and equal opportunities Bill to enshrine gender equality and eliminate gender based discrimination in Nigeria.
Source: Daily Observer
A women's advocacy group, Hope for Women and Girls Incorporated (HFWNC), recently launched its girls'educational empowerment project to enhance girls' education.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Rural women are hugely knowledgeable about climate change - but that expertise isn't making it into the negotiations.
Source: Daily News
Women and Sport Botswana (WASBO) has finally signed the Brighton Plus Helsinki 2014 Declaration on Women and Sport.
Source: News Deeply
Sisters Sarah, 16, and Jane, 17, sat with their arms linked under one of the few trees in the austere landscape surrounding Nyumanzi Refugee Transit Center. They were among 38,000 South Sudanese – most of them women and children – who had fled to neighboring Uganda during the escalation of violence in July. They were in school in Kerepi, Eastern Equatoria State, when armed men attacked their school. “They [were] shooting people; many people died. They even shot our watchman,” Jane said. “We were playing [in the football field] and then they started to shoot. We ran to the bush. We escaped from there. At night. We reached Nimule after two days.”
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
People displaced by war across the world are at heightened risk of human trafficking due to gaps in the United Nations' response, campaigners said on Monday, calling for the creation of a new U.N. office to fight modern slavery.
Source: News Deeply
Before Jamila joined the Superwoman Network in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, she felt powerless and alone in her struggle to cope with years of violence from the two closest men in her life.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Girls in conflict-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are joining armed groups because they cannot afford to go to school, while former girl soldiers struggle to return to class amid stigma from their communities, a charity said on Monday.
Source: News Deeply
There are myriad complex reasons why South Africa has such high rates of gender-based violence. High unemployment rates and poverty have left many men feeling frustrated and powerless, while the nation’s recent past – the armed struggle against apartheid – led to a normalization of violence.
Source: allAfrica
Tarime — Members of child protection teams are undergoing special training aimed at strengthening child protection measures in Tarime District, Mara Region.
Source: The Guardian
Liberia’s president has said Hillary Clinton’s defeat was a missed opportunity for women around the world, as fears grew that Donald Trump’s victory in the US election would damage women’s lives and political hopes far beyond America’s borders.
Source: The Star Kenya
November 2014 will remain etched in the minds of thousands of women and for the most gruesome of reasons.
Source: allAfrica
Some women in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Thursday decried discrimination in Nigeria against women marrying younger men, while seeing nothing wrong in men having much younger wives.
Source: Ghana Business News
The fifth African Union High Level Dialogue on Human Rights is set for November 23 to November 26 at Arusah, United Republic of Tanzania to take stock and reflect on its achievements in the search of a better life for all segments.