Source: VenturesAfrica
The most controversial issues in Nigeria are perhaps issues surrounding ethnicity and religion and Nigerian leaders have perfected the art of blurring the line between right or wrong by leaning towards religious sentiments or traditional ethnic culture. A good example would be the events of yesterday’s senate meeting. The Nigerian senate rejected a bill that would have granted women the same marital rights as their husbands.
Source: AllAfrica
The President of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, Hon. Justice Augustino S. L. Ramadhani, has called for an increased access of African women to the courts and justice systems to seek remedies for the enforcement of their fundamental human rights.
Source: The Guardian
The resolve of world leaders to end gender inequality will be tested at this year’s Commission on the Status of Women, the head of UN Women told delegates during the opening session on Monday.
Source: UN Women News
Remarks by UN Women Deputy Executive Director Lakshmi Puri at the CSW60 parallel event “Sustainable development through women’s organizations: the Norwegian and the Ethiopian experience”.
Source: South African Government News Agency
Pretoria — Tourism Deputy Minister Tokozile Xasa has launched the Executive Development Programme at the UNISA Graduate School of Business Leadership.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper
2016 has been a very dramatic year for women who were detained without trial or have their husbands detained without trial. The servicewomen in immigration and army are no exception.
Source: Vanguard
Abuja — A bill seeking to guarantee women equal rights with their male counterparts was, yesterday, thrown out by the Senate when it was presented for consideration during plenary.
Source: Thomson Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Uganda's constitution of 1995 is known worldwide for pioneering and gender-sensitive provisions to protect women and their rights.
Source: The Guardian
As part of efforts to empower women in small business, Diamond Bank Plc, MTN and a global non-profit organisation- the Women’s World Banking (WWB), have enlisted the Diamond Y’ello Account as a tool to deepening the financial inclusion for women in Nigeria.
Source: Thomson Reuters
Dar es Salaam — Shouting above the din of a concrete mixer, 25-year-old civil engineer Angela James says she is unfazed about being the only woman technician working at a busy construction site in the Tanzanian capital.
Source: The Guardian
A lawmaker in the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Hajiya Maryam Bagel (APC- Dass), says there is no religion or culture that prohibits women from acquiring education or participating in politics.
Source: The Point
The European Union ambassador to The Gambia has said gender equality is a basic human right and as such it forms part of the core values of the EU and many other countries including The Gambia.
Source: The Independent (Kampala)
The commission is committed to empowering women as agents of change and achieving gender equality.
Source: Algérie Presse Service
Algiers — Deputy Resident Representativeof the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Algeria Randa Aboul Hosn stressed Monday that Algeria ranks among top countries that works for the "genuine" promotion of women's rights.
Source: UN News Centre
At the opening of the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, United Nations officials today highlighted the progress made in achieving gender equality, while calling on the world to do much more to fight for women and girls' rights.
Source: Daily Trust
The Nigerian government has promised to help in the mass production of a car being developed by some woman artisans under the Lady Mechanic Initiative.
Source: Diplomat
When Fadumo Dayib announced her bid to run for President of Somalia on national TV last year, people thought she was crazy. Somalia's violent history and the life-threatening conditions that the country's politicians and activists face on a daily basis makes Dayib's choice to run for office— especially as a woman in a patriarchal culture—a brave one. "People just can't understand why I would do such a thing," Dayib says.
Source: The South African Health News Service
One pill a day will soon help keep thousands of sex workers HIV-free as South Africa is expected to announce today that it will provide antiretrovirals to thousands HIV-negative sex workers in a bid to keep them HIV free.
Source: The Guardian
Fairtrade Fortnight brings us some inspirational images of smiling farmers in Africa.
Source: Malawi24
Malawian Airlines pilot Yolanda Kaunda has become the country’s first ever female captain.