Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Women now receive almost as much education as men, but this has not translated into equal numbers in jobs or parliamentary seats, a U.S. researcher who studied data from more than 150 countries said on Friday.

Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The umbrella body of Jewish organizations in South Africa is being sued for discrimination over its decision not to allow women to sing at the annual Holocaust memorial ceremony.

Source: Forbes
The classic startup accelerator model has quite a few good points. But it’s not particularly feasible for parents who can’t, say, pick up and leave their families for three months. And it’s even harder in countries where there are cultural biases about young women leaving home.

Source: South African Government (Pretoria)
Minister Pandor's speech introducing the Science and Technology budget vote

Source: BBC
A number of students have been arrested at South Africa's Rhodes University following protests that allegations of rape on campus are not taken seriously.

Source:News24
The peacekeepers motioned to the teenage girl weaving through the sprawling camp in the baking afternoon sun selling bananas from a plate atop her head.

Source: Libya Herald
A delegation of Libyan women activists participated in a seminar ‘Crisis in Libya: Libyan women for a network of dialogue and peace’, held in Italy on15-16 April 2016. The event was organised by the Italian non-profit organisation Minerva, with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

Source: UN Women
"At first, my husband was not very supportive because he said ‘politics is a big challenge, you will spend a lot of money and, as a woman you will not gain enough support because politics is for men.’

Source: The Herald
Last year many women's rights activists and the general populace celebrated the legal ban of child marriages.

Source: Daily Nation
The day of a child's birth should be a day filled with joy, but for many Kenyans, it is a day of fear.

Source: The Citizen
Dar es Salaam — Human Rights Watch has urged the government to 'immediately' amend provisions of the inheritance law, saying it violates the rights of women.

Source: Cameroon Tribune
A delegation from the Japanese football federation is currently in Cameroon to explore ways of assisting Cameroon in the domain of feminine football.

Source: United Nations Centre
Concluding her first visit to Mali, a United Nations envoy has stressed the need to make the issue of sexual violence in conflict a central consideration of the ongoing peace process in the African country.

Source: This Day
The police have traditionally been regarded as men's profession.

Source: The New Times
Prime Minister Anastase Murekezi, on Thursday, presided over an oath-taking ceremony of five prosecutors at the primary level at his office in Kimihurura.

Source: The Analyst
Monrovia — President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has assured Women Behind Wheels (WBW) of government's continued support to help empower less fortunate and street girls in various employable skills including driving, painting, hospitality and business throughout the country aimed at enhancing their proficiency, growth and sustainability of adolescent girls and young women.

Source: Malawi News Agency
Lilongwe — Journalists from the Central Region on Friday 15th April, 2016 underwent a Family Planning and Human Rights Protocol training workshop organised by the United Nations Population Agency (UNFPA) at Nkopola Lodge in Mangochi district.

Source: Reuters
When she was 15, long before she became gender adviser to Sierra Leone's president, Naasu Fofanah was raped by her church pastor.

Source: Mmegi
The Southern African Development Community (SADC), under the chairmanship of President Ian Khama, has rejected a proposal by the European and Latin American countries to include gays, sex workers and drug addicts in their master plan HIV/AIDS and the girl child resolution.

Source: Mic
Gender equality will turn women into lesbians, prostitutes and other bad things, in case you haven't heard the news.

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