Source: The New Times
Access to finance is still an impediment to realising women's financial freedom, women activists have said.

Source: CNBC Africa
Women in Africa are creating opportunities for themselves and giving back to communities and that is what makes women entrepreneurs in Africa different, says Melanie Hawken, Founder of Lionesses of Africa.

Source: Angola Press
Luanda - Angolan women have not yet reached 50 percent in the decision-making bodies, as established by Southern African Development Community (SADC).

Source: The Southern Times
Every day, rural women in Zimbabwe play a critical role in ensuring agricultural productivity and food security in the country. These women, notes a policy brief produced in September by Southern Africa Parliamentary Support Trust (SAPST), titled "Gender and Food Security in Zimbabwe", also provide 70 percent of the labour in the agricultural sector.

Source: All Africa
Rwanda ranks sixth in closing gender gaps in the world, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2015.

Source: all Africa
On 18 November 2015, UNAMID Gender Advisory Unit (GAU) in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund and Darfur states Security Council Resolution (SCR) 1325 committees, organized an open day to mark the 15th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.

Source: ItNewsAfrica
The digital divide between men and women can only be overcome if all interested parties adopt a multilateral approach – one that starts with digital literacy and focuses on making tech relevant to women and girls.

Source: All Africa
The assistant director at the Women's Bureau asserted the Gambia's commitment to end violence against women and girls. This, as he said is evident by the ratification of a number of important instruments with the provision concerning violence against women and girls.

Source: All Africa
Each year, the world observes the Sixteen Days of Activism from 25 November, International Day of Violence Against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day.

Source: All Africa
Msumarini, Kenya — In this rural village in Kilifi County, on Kenya's east coast, a group of women run a thriving bakery. On a good day, they make dozens of large cakes and over 100 cupcakes.

Source: all Africa
There is nothing glamorous about sanitation. Talking about faecal sludge can be something of a conversation stopper. The initial response to mentioning World Toilet Day is often a smile.

SOURCE: The Point
Safe Hand for Girls, an organisation for the rights of girls, in collaboration with UK-based newspaper the Guardian, on Monday started a weeklong seminar geared towards ending the perennial practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

SOURCE: All Africa
Each year, the world observes the Sixteen Days of Activism from 25 November, International Day of Violence Against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day.

SOURCE: Thomson Reuters Foundation
In this rural village in Kilifi County, on Kenya's east coast, a group of women run a thriving bakery. On a good day, they make dozens of large cakes and over 100 cupcakes.

And they don't even have a kitchen oven.

SOURCE: Ventures Africa
Yesterday, Ethiopian Airlines celebrated women by dispatching its first-ever flight operated by an all-female crew. From the flight deck, crew members to senior executives on-board, all women. The on-ground flight preparations were also conducted by females.

SOURCE: All Africa
Siaka Marong, the assistant director of Women's Bureau asserted the Gambia's commitment to end violence against women and girls, which are evident by the ratification of a number of important instruments with the provision concerning violence against women and girls.

SOURCE: New Era
The senior command of the Namibian police force from all fourteen regions of the country are currently attending their annual conference underway in Lüderitz to strategise on how to address existing and emerging challenges and setbacks.

SOURCE:All Africa
Rwanda's Ambassador to the US, Mathilda Mukantabana, has stressed the need to actively involve women in development.

Mukantabana made the remarks in a key note address at a retreat of Rwandan women from the District of Colombia, Maryland and Virginia (DMV) at the Radisson Hotel in Rockville, Maryland, USA, last Saturday.

"The 2015 Rwandan Women Retreat" discussed women in leadership, empowerment, Africa's Agenda 2063, social services and the importance of faith.

SOURCE:Daily Trust
The Association for the Prevention of Infertility and Promotion of Reproductive Health and Rights (ASPIRE) has raised alarm over what it called high rate of infertility cases among Nigerian young couples.

SOURCE:All Africa
The Administrations of the Southwest and Galmudug States in Somalia have launched symposiums to discuss the process of electoral transition; and Puntland and Jubaland States also embarked on regional level consultations focusing on the proposed electoral process for next year's election on Monday (November 16).

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