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.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is stepping up efforts to combat rape in a bid to shake off the label of being the "rape capital of the world", the presidential adviser on sexual violence said on Thursday.
Source: Haaretz
Members of the African tribe believe that if girls are not circumcised, they won't be able to marry or have children.
Source: BBC
Africa's human rights court has ordered Ethiopia to pay $150,000 (£100,000) compensation to a rape victim for failing to protect her rights.
Source: Star Africa
The new U.S. Consul-General in Lagos, Mr. John Bray, on Tuesday called on Nigerian women to begin to consider playing active roles in eliminating barriers against women’s inclusion and empowerment.
Source: AllAfrica
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) joins the global community to commemorate the 2016 International Women's Day (IWD) today March 8th 2016. Since the declaration of the decade of women in 1975, the United Nations has set aside March 8 every year to reflect on and celebrate women's socio-economic, cultural and political achievements. This year's theme: "Pledge for Parity," is particularly relevant as it once again calls attention to women's political advancement and progress in leadership and decision-making processes.
Source: University World News
Nothing was more fitting than identifying young and women scientists from Africa as the potential ‘next Einstein’ at the Global Gathering 2016 of the Next Einstein Forum. The forum in Senegal of 800 people from more than 100 countries is the first of a series that will showcase Africa’s top emerging scientists and connect them across the continent and the world.