Source: The Zimbabwean
Zimbabwe joined the AU Campaign to end child marriages in mid-2015. The Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Gender and Community Development with support from UNICEF, UNWOMEN, UNFPA, the Child Rights and Women’s Rights Coalitions has been working on a National Action Plan to End Child Marriages and its related communication for development activities.
Source: allAfrica
Luanda — The Secretary of State for Fisheries, Maria Antónia Nelumba, guaranteed on Monday in Luanda that the Angolan government is working for the women's empowerment in maritime and fisheries sectors.
Source: The Guardian
The authors of a new report forecasting that it could take 170 years to eradicate the disparity in pay and employment opportunities for men and women have called for urgent action to close the gender equality gap.
Source: Daily News
East African Community (EAC)'s citizens encountering violent crimes in foreign countries will get support from their country embassies, thanks to EAC Anti-Trafficking in Persons Bill, 2016.
Source: Daily Trust
The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, said the Senate is working on the Agricultural Credit Scheme and the Development Bank bill to help provide funds for entrepreneurs.
Source: Daily Observer
The Women NGO Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL) has commissioned a study on violence against women in three of Liberia's 15 counties.
Source: The New Times
Lack of proper records of teenage pregnancy remains a challenge despite efforts to curb the vice by both government and civil society organisations.
Source: The Guardian
Though sexual violence and harassment are rife in Tunisia, it is seen as a beacon on women’s rights. A draft law could bring reality into line with appearance.
SOURCE :allAfrica
The Suez Criminal Court released on Wednesday the mother of 17-year old Mayar Mousa who died during an Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) operation in May.
Source: The Guardian
Under the scorching afternoon sun, at a village in a sugar-cane growing region of western Kenya, 60-year old Mary Namukholi carefully places bunches of green bananas beside an old bicycle outside her home.
Source: allAfrica
No fewer than 94,141 pregnant women are said to be HIV/AIDS positive in Zamfara.
Source: bizcommunity
Maritime industry professionals across Africa gathered in Durban on 18 October 2016 at Durban International Convention Centre to recognise, reward, and celebrate the winners of the 2016 Women in Transport Awards as part of the annual Transport Evolution Forum - African Ports Evolution and African Rail Evolution.
Source: News Deeply
With their husbands fighting in the civil war or struggling to find work, the South Sudanese women staying in Uganda’s refugee camps often find themselves responsible for supporting their families on their own.
Source: African Business Magazine
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will hold its sixty-fifth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 24 October to 18 November, during which it will review reports presented by Canada, Burundi, Bhutan, Belarus, Argentina, Switzerland, Honduras, Armenia, Bangladesh, Estonia, and the Netherlands on how they implement the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Source: The Monitor
Ms Zamzam Dahir Mohamoud was on Sunday elected the first woman member of Somalia's Upper House.
Source: Daily Trust
A survey conducted by Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has revealed that in Nigeria 1 in 13 women dies during pregnancy or child birth and that in every 10 minutes one woman dies from conditions associated with childbirth.
Source: Daily Observer
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s constitutionally dictated absence at the upcoming 2017 presidential election will not be missed, gender-wise, as the first female aspirant has emerged saying that she has the requisite credentials and is prepared to lead the country.
Source: The Observer
Schools in the Sabiny sub-region are championing a cultural behavioral change to eradicate the female genital mutilation (FGM) practice.
Source: The New Times
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Bangura, said that the world can end Gender Based Violence and child abuse if countries adopted a multi-sectorial approach, including south-south cooperation.
Source: allAfrica
Rural women in Ghana say despite their key role in the agricultural sector, they have been sidelined in the implantation of certain government policies.