Source: The Guardian
More than 70% of migrants travelling overland through north Africa to Europe have become victims of human trafficking, organ trafficking and exploitation along the way, according to the UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
Source: reliefweb
Goma, North Kivu: The Special Representative of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Ms Zainab Hawa Bangura has been to Heal Africa Hospital to visit cases of women of sexual violence in Goma on the 14th of October 2016.
Source: ANSAmed
ROME, OCTOBER 18 - They are ''strong'' and have actively participated in the revolution against Gaddafi. Now Libya's women are dealing with militia fighting, terrorism, the economic crisis and Islamist forces who want to reduce rights also conquered before 2011.
Source: Daily Post
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has solicited for cooperation of women organizations and other stakeholders in order to address controversial issues in the gender and Equal Opportunity Bill so as to facilitate its easy passage.
Source: Liberia News Agency
Outgoing UN Secretary General (UNSG) Ban Ki-moon has called on the world to provide the support and information needed by rural women so that they can fulfill their potential without leaving their communities.
Source: CS Monitor
When it comes to gender parity in legislatures, Africa as a region has more than doubled the percentage of women in the past 20 years, to about one quarter.
Source: News24
The reworked Traditional Courts Bill will be reintroduced to Parliament before the end of the year, the Department of Justice and Correctional Services said on Wednesday.
Source: Daily News
Women yesterday presented to the government their charter of demands concerning land ownership and management of natural resources.
Source: The Post
Amnesty International and AIDS Accountability International say the failure of the Referendum is a welcome reprieve because it contained clauses which would have undermined the rights of women.
SOURCE: Thomson Reuters Foundation
As the U.N. International Day of Rural Women on Oct. 15 spotlights the key role women play in the dynamic economies of the developing world, you may see some striking statistics and platitudes on the topic. These are meant to highlight the inequality and discrimination rural women around the world face, and inspire us to recommit to advancing their rights and agency.
Source: OHCHR News
MONROVIA / GENEVA (14 October 2016) - A UN report released today documents the high incidence of rape in Liberia as well as the widespread impunity enjoyed by perpetrators.
Source: Capital News
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Oct 14 – Is giving women a seat at the table of decision making enough?
Certainly not.
Source: Reuters
Jihadist group Boko Haram has freed 21 of more than 200 girls it kidnapped in April 2014 in the northern Nigerian town of Chibok, after mediation by Switzerland and the International Red Cross, officials said on Thursday.
Source: Standard Digital
Female Genital Mutilation has a direct correlation to early marriage, two social evil practices that stalk our society, despite the gains in the recent past.
Source: The Southern Times
ZIMBABWE’S First Lady Grace Mugabe has commended The Southern Times for encouraging and promoting discourse on the empowerment of women.
Source: BABW News
Girls are 40 percent more likely to carry out household chores than boys which can inhibit their enjoyment of childhood.
Source: The Citizen
On July 8, this year, human rights activists had a reason to celebrate after the High Court declared early marriage illegal.
Source: Daily Observer
The UNICEF Resident Representative in The Gambia has said that significant progress has been made towards gender equality in Gambia in the past 15 years.
Source: BBC
One girl under the age of 15 is married every seven seconds, according to a new report by Save the Children.
Source: The Guardian
About 20 million women and girls in Nigeria have undergone female genital mutilation, 10% of the global total, according to a comprehensive report released on Tuesday.