Source: All Africa
The Independent Commission on Human Rights (INHCR) says the frequency of rape is alarming and must be tackled by the state in prosecuting the perpetrators. Releasing the Commission's 2014 report, its chairperson, Cllr. Gladys Johnson said the frequency of rape, including gang rape, has become increasingly alarming.
Source: All Africa
Most parents and circumcisers in West Pokot do not know about the anti-FGM law, activist Domtilah Chesang has said.
Source: CNBC Africa
Cross-border trade in Sub-Saharan Africa is dominated by women traders who engage in informal trade because they lack market information but their economic potential can be elevated through skills training and education.
Source: All Africa
Minister of National Solidarity, Family and Women Affairs Mounia Meslem Si Amer, highlighted Tuesday in New York efforts made by Algeria for the promotion of women's rights at all levels of society, the ministry said Wednesday in a statement.
Source: All Africa
The Executive Director for the United Nations Population Fund or UNFPA, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, says the success of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which calls on the world to leave no one behind will be measured by how well collective actions are exerted to building a world in which girls have no limits on their future aspirations, no matter where they are born.
Source: All Africa
Women have been challenged to engage in peace and security building activities to ensure peace and harmony in society.
Source: All Africa
CHIEF Mulolo of the Chewa people in Chadiza district, Eastern Province, has warned people in his chiefdom to stop initiating schoolgirls in traditional dance troupes because the practice is contributing to the high school dropout rate.
Source: All Africa
A landmark United Nations resolution that 15 years ago promised to bolster the rights of women in peace efforts has brought some welcome progress - but far too little to be judged a success overall, says Oxfam.
Source: All Africa
In observance of the International Day of the Girl Child, under the national theme 'Ensuring quality education for girls empowerment,' former Miss Liberia Patrice Juah has warned elderly (old) men commonly known in the Liberian setting as "Godfathers" to stop the sexual exploitation and abuse of young girls.
Source: All Africa
Asiya Hamed spent much of her life performing female genital mutilation (FGM) on girls in her community. She cannot remember how many girls she has cut, but she knows what the consequences have been.
Source: All Africa
Last Saturday, Ugandan police attempted - yet again - to stop opposition activists and candidates from speaking to potential voters. Television cameras filmed as police arrested a female activist in Rukungiri, western Uganda, stripping her naked, before tossing her into a police truck.
Source: AllAfrica
Chief Justice Francis S. Korkpor has said that Liberia has only one court that handles cases of rape and gender-based violence in the country.
Source: Desmoinesregister
As we gather to celebrate World Food Day and look out on a bountiful harvest in the breadbasket of Iowa, my continent of Africa is suffering its worst drought in a generation.
Source: Un Women
This week, UN Women marks three UN observances that reflect women's key role in development, beginning with International Day for Rural Women on 15 October, World Food Day on 16 October and International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October.
Source: News Nation
The UN Security Council has favoured doubling the number of women in peacekeeping operations over the next five years as it emphasised the need for peacekeeping missions to take into account gender considerations and the rights of women.
Source: The Namibian
THE recent killing of sisters Jacqueline and Cecilia Kauseua is an extreme example of how women are treated in "a community dominated by male power and sexism."
Source: International Bussiness Time
Women are the cornerstone of the rural economy, especially in the developing world. They bear the greatest responsibility for food production, producing more than half of all food in the world and growing 80-90% of the food in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet despite this, women are all too often left out of consultations that directly impact their lives, such as decisions on policies, development interventions or education programmes.
SOURCE: Daily Mail
Breast ironing - the brutal flattening of a young girl's developing chest to 'protect her from rape and sexual harassment' - now affects 3.8 million women around the world, according to a UN report.
SOURCE: UN WOMEN
More than 77 per cent of women in Mali live in rural areas, according to the 4th general population and housing census (RGPH 2009). Although they have very little control over resources, including land and credit, they represent 49 per cent of the active farming population and are behind 70 per cent of food production.
To address factors that hinder women's economic and social development, UN Women and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), launched an initiative entitled "Support for the Economic Independence of Women in Rural Mali Facing Food Insecurity and Climate Change". In 13 pilot units across three regions of Mali (Koulikoro, Ségou and Mopti) and around Bamako, women received training and solar- and gas-powered equipment allowing them to produce and market local products.
SOURCE: CNN
Singing and dancing as she performs in a school assembly, Younis looks for all the world like a typical Kenyan teenager, with a beaming smile and a grey and maroon uniform.
There's little outward clue to the trauma she's already been through in her 13 short years. When she was just nine years old, Younis's parents arranged for her to marry a man old enough to be her grandfather, in accordance with local Samburu tradition.