Source: NewsDay
GOVERNMENT is reportedly failing to raise about $12 000 required to bring back about 32 of the over 200 Zimbabwean women stranded in Kuwait after falling victim to human trafficking.
Source: Africanews
A report by Amnesty International has indicated that Burkina Faso has one of the world’s highest rates of forced and early marriages.
Source: News Medical
Women in sub-Saharan Africa who use modern contraceptives are more likely to be tested for HIV than those who do not, according to a study published April 25, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Katherine Center from the University of Arizona and colleagues.
Source: Bella Naija
A unique lineup of bright business minds are set to empower entrepreneurs at the Africa StartUp Cup regional summit in Accra on April 29th 2016.
StartUp Cup is a U.S. Department of State – led accelerator programme which supports growing of companies and startups that provide solutions to problems across the globe. Now in over 68 countries worldwide, Africa’s regional presence commences its maiden regional summit on April 29th at the Alisa Hotel.
Source: Business Ghana
The late termination of pregnancies displaying severe foetal anomalies is both an ethically and morally challenging dilemma. The outbreak of the mosquito born Zika virus in South America last year is a good example of this dilemma faced by under resourced countries. What started out as a question about containment and the causal relationship between the Zika virus and microcephaly, quickly escalated into an issue about access to reproductive health and women's right to abortion.
Source: The Guardian
When Nobel peace prize laureate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was elected Africa’s first female head of state in 2005, expectations were high. Throughout both her terms as president, she has talked about her firm commitment to women’s rights, coming out strongly in favour of the health and safety of women and girls.
Source: CAJ News
INCIDENTS of sexual violence are widespread in Somalia where traditional elders adjudicate sexual and gender-based violence cases, such as rape.
Source: Ventures
On the 2nd of August 1996, the entire nation of Nigeria celebrated when 26-year-old Chioma Ajunwa, made a majestic leap of 7.12m at the Olympics’ long jump final, earning Nigeria and West Africa its first gold medal after decades of competing at the Olympics.
Source: This Day
When the Women’s Aid Collective (WACOL), a non-governmental organisation that champions the rights of women, children and windows with base in Enugu State, decided to initiate and champion the campaign to stop rape which is another horrible act perpetuated against women and children, it knew that it was an initiative that was not going to be easily achieved.
Source: The Point
A Gambian local initiative called Women's Initiative Gambia (WIG) founded and run by Gambians exists to creating job alternative to women by providing technical skills to Gambia women and girls to gain self-employment to be financially independent and become self- reliance in The Gambia with a stated goal of increasing their income, and thus improving the standard of living for their families and communities, turning waste into wealth.
Source: The Guardian
The abysmal gender disparity in boards of most corporate Nigerian entities and its negative effects on businesses, yesterday, formed the kernel of discussions at a forum in Lagos, with the speakers calling for the reversal of the trend.
Source: UN Women News
On 25 April, the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund), administered by UN Women on behalf of the UN System, will kick off celebrations of its 20th year of grant-making with an Amsterdam-based event at The College Hotel.
Source: This Day
There is no doubt that there are few successful and succeeding women in the predominantly male dominated Nigerian political profession.
Source: The New Times
There is need for collaborative efforts to fight gender-based violence and conflicts in the Great Lakes region.
Source: East African Business Week
Dar es Salaam — Only 35% of Tanzanian women are in the managerial level positions according to findings made by the Association of Tanzania Employers (ATE) through its Female Future Tanzania (FFT) program.
Source: The Ethiopian Herald
Women health workers have contributed significantly to improve the awareness of the public towards health issues including vaccination.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Nobel-prize nominated Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege, who treats war rape victims, was named by TIME magazine on Thursday as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Source: The Washington Post
Mary, who is 24 but looks barely 18, has already experienced more than enough betrayal for any lifetime.
Source: New Vision
When Oyam South lawmaker Betty Amongi on Wednesday took to the floor of parliament to inform the House of yet another batch of Ugandan 'girls' in peril in a foreign country, one would have been forgiven to think that the issue would be a minor footnote in the day's proceedings.
Source: The Nation
THE United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Samantha Power has said the rescue of the Chibok girls remains a priority.