Source: The Voice
MALAWI’S FIRST female president Joyce Banda has issued a call to arms for more women to venture into the political arena on the African continent. Read more...
Source: ICC Press Release
Statement of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, regarding the conviction of Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba: “This case has highlighted the critical need to eradicate sexual and gender-based crimes as weapons in conflict”.
Source: African Development Bank Group
The Women in Business Initiative was launched on March 21, 2016 during the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan.
Source: The Guardian
Following Senate's rejection, last week, to pass the Gender and Equal Opportunity Bill (GEOB), a coalition of civil society organisations, under the aegies of the National Coalition on Affirmative Action (NCAA), yesterday said it would represent the bill to the Senate.
Source: UN Women News
More than 35 leading media outlets commit to increase women’s representation in the newsroom and in news content.
Source: Mail & Guardian Africa
RECENTLY, South African clothing retailer Edgars had to apologise for asking nursing mother Tasneem Botha to leave because she was looking to feed and change her baby in-store. Read more...
Source: Institute for Security Studies
Today, South Africa celebrates Human Rights Day, commemorating the 1960 shooting of police upon peaceful protestors, which killed 69 people. This year, reflecting on the role of police in relation to human rights seems more relevant than ever given that the African Union (AU) dedicated 2016 to human rights, with a specific focus on the rights of women. Read more...
Source: The Guardian
The Board Chair of Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) Prof. Ropo Sekoni has said that because men and women are partners in the enterprise of life, the media needs to further popularise cross-gender issues providing details and facts of how it is affecting the country.
Source: The Point
Ministers of Gender and Women's Affairs of the ECOWAS countries pledged to work to ensure that gender is adequately addressed in the implementation of the ECOWAS Zero Hunger Initiative.
Source: Daily Trust
Since the establishment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (SCN), men alone decided the constitutionality of Nigerian laws until Wednesday, June 8, 2005 when Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar was elevated to the Supreme Court bench.
Source: Nyasa Times
Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Minister Patricia Kaliati has underscored Malawi government’s commitment towards ending child marriage which is currently at 50 percent in the country.
Source: Huffington Post
Millions of African girls are becoming wives every year. In Niger, about 75% of girls will become child brides before they turn 18. In Chad and the Central African Republic the figure is 68%.
Source: National Türk
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has said that it is currently investigating an alleged gang rape of a Somali woman by its forces in the capital Mogadishu.
Source: Times Live
South African women are taking more responsibility for their health by going for regular check-ups‚ ensuring earlier detection and minimising the staggering costs of treatment.
Source:Times Live
The shocking incident of a pregnant woman who apparently died outside a Cameroonian hospital is being investigated by the West African country's government.
Source:NewsGhana
Three former students of the Wesley Girls’ Senior High School, Cape Coast have been awarded the 2015 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) International Excellence Awards.
Source: The Guardian
Ministry of health in country off west Africa says baby was born to woman not among those being monitored for virus.
Source: New24
Several MPs yesterday took the lead in promoting the protection of the girl child against abuse by signing a pledge at Parliament Building.
Source: Metro
‘Women can’t manage this kind of work.
Sourece:BDlive
"I WAS at death’s door.