Source: The South African
Researched by Liesl Pretorius

There is no evidence that teenage pregnancies in Africa are rising. Is the situation in South Africa any different?

Source: NATO
This is almost revolutionary!’ This was the reaction to the information that NATO is establishing a mechanism to secure sustained dialogue with civil society on its policy in pursuit of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.

Source: Destiny Connect
The Global Slavery Index has released a report that found there are 248 700 modern slaves in South Africa

South Africa ranks in the top 50 in the index, sharing the 27th place with Trinidad and Tobago. The foundation examined practices such as forced labour, human trafficking, debt bondage, child exploitation and forced marriage.

Source: Destiny Connect
The Global Slavery Index has released a report that found there are 248 700 modern slaves in South Africa.

South Africa ranks in the top 50 in the index, sharing the 27th place with Trinidad and Tobago. The foundation examined practices such as forced labour, human trafficking, debt bondage, child exploitation and forced marriage.

Source: Ecologist
Sharing and saving seed is a crucial part of traditional farming all over Africa, writes Heidi Chow. Maybe that's why governments, backed by multinational seed companies, are imposing oppressive seed laws that attack the continent's main food producers and open the way to industrial agribusiness. But Ghana's women farmers are having none of it.

Source:OkayAfrica
A team of savvy, African women entrepreneurs are leading a movement to empower women in the Diaspora to transform their ideas to profit—one business at a time. She Leads Africa (SLA) is a women’s social enterprise based in Nigeria, seeking to address challenges women on the continent face in creating, growing, and sustaining their businesses and professional services.

Source: News Deeply

Child marriage is often more harmful to the bride than the groom. Girls married young can experience a lifetime of limitations, including giving up school, being disinherited and being kept at home. They are also more likely to suffer domestic abuse and endure complications from childbirth, which can be especially damaging if they start young.

Source: Awoko

The Sierra Leone Social Marketing and Development Agency (SLaDA) together with it partners has on Thursday 26th May launched the Women Economic Empowerment Campaign on the theme ‘My Story, Your Inspiration’.

Source: WikiGender
The African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2016 produced by the OECD Development Centre, the African Development Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) focuses on Africa’s urbanisation and structural transformation. To celebrate the launch of the African Economic Outlook 2016, Wikigender (www.wikigender.org) is organising an online discussion exploring the gender dynamics of Africa’s structural transformation.

Source: News Deeply
Mercy Willie, 39, comes home from a day’s work on the rubber plantation and heads straight to the kitchen. As a widowed, single mother in Grand Bassa County, Liberia, her work is never done: After tapping latex from hundreds of trees every day, she comes home to six children hungry for dinner.

Source: The Independent

Former president of Chad Hissene Habre has been found guilty of crimes against humanity, rape and sexual slavery.

Source: The Conversation

Sexual harassment is ubiquitous in higher education institutions around the world, and a large body of research suggests that women are its main victims. This is true for students and academics, who are experiencing sexual harassment from their superiors, their peers - and their students.

Source: BBC News
In Malawi a packet of sanitary towels can cost a whole day's pay, and girls often miss school because the cotton strips they use instead are inadequate. Charlotte Ashton met a woman in Blantyre who's come up with a solution.

SOURCE: OpenDemocracy 
Menstruation and menstrual hygiene are emerging as pivotal issues for gender equality, human rights and development.

Source: IPS News

UNITED NATIONS, May 26 2016 (IPS) - The UN Population Fund (UNFPA), which has played a key role in ensuring maternal health and promoting reproductive rights of millions of women world-wide, is expected to suffer over $140 million in funding cuts by Western donors this year.

Source: All Africa 
South Sudanese women's rights activists are calling on the leaders of the Transitional Government of National Unity to include more women in the various branches of government that are to be formed. The women made the call Wednesday at the start of a two-day national conference in Juba.

Source: The Rwanda Focus
In a bid to prevent Rwandans from falling victims of human trafficking, Rwanda National Police (RNP) has strengthened its awareness campaigns in remote areas.

Source: This Day
Phase 3 Telecoms has restated its commitment to ensuring gender parity.

Source: Tanzania Daily News
The Zanzibar Revolutionary Government is reviewing all outdated laws inhibiting the fight against gender-based violence (GBV), the House of Representatives was informed here yesterday.

Source: Voice of America
South Sudanese women's rights activists are calling on the leaders of the Transitional Government of National Unity to include more women in the various branches of government that are to be formed.

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