Source: Zambia Daily Mail
A Swedish delegation of members of Parliament (MP) says Zambia is a role model for democracy and women’s rights in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region.
Source: South African Government News Agency
Women empowerment and gender equality are key to sustainable economic development and transformation, says Trade and Industry (dti) Minister Rob Davies.
Speaking at a Women's Day celebration on Friday, the Minister said that women must be fully incorporated into the development strategies and decision
When she was just 14 years-old, Florence Abbo found herself trapped in an abusive marriage with no way out other than death. She was forced to work on her husband’s farm under the hot sun every day from dawn till dusk.
THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) is working on a Model Law on Child Marriage, which seeks to prevent, prohibit and respond to all forms of the vice which is prevalent in Tanzania and other member countries of the regional grouping.
President Paul Kagame has said Africa's security organs must do more to hold perpetrators of Gender Based Violence (GBV) to account since it is in line with their rightful responsibility.
Source: UN Sierra Leone
The UN Country Team (UNCT) in Sierra Leone is shocked by the report that an 18-year-old girl, Hannah Bockarie, was brutally raped and murdered on 13 August 2015 at Lumley Beach, Freetown. The UNCT condemns this horrendous act in the strongest terms and it calls on the Sierra Leone Government to conduct a prompt, thorough and independent investigation into the girl's death and to bring the perpetrators of this heinous crime to justice.
Source: Open Democracy
It has been a couple of months since the last outbreak of xenophobic attacks targeting African foreign nationals occurred in South Africa. This latest attack, like the one that occurred in May 2008, resulted in many deaths and left thousands displaced as they fled from the violent attacks. The brutality attracted a
Source: New Kerala
The Security Council on Thursday turned its attention to the need to develop effective, affordable and accountable security institutions, with senior United Nations officials representing peacekeeping, development and conflict-related sexual violence outlining concrete steps to lay the foundations for rule of law, peace and sustainable development.
Source: Inter Press Service
Recognition of the indispensable role played by women in defeating apartheid was the focus of countless speeches, film showings and even fashion shows as the country paused this week for National Women’s Day, a public holiday.
Source: Inter Press Service
After years of a protracted battle against Uganda's "bride price" practice, the country's Supreme Court this week ruled that husbands can no longer demand that it be returned in the event of dissolution of a customary marriage but has stopped short of declaring the practice itself unconstitutional.
Source: The Global Observatory
August 3, the Nigerian army reported it had freed as many as 178 captives from the clutches of Boko Haram. This was the second mass liberation of the group's hostages in as many weeks—a cause for celebration for new Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, whose election platform included a firm commitment to ending
Source: Mining Global
At last week’s Women in Mining Conference in Johannesburg, Mineral Resources Minister Advocate Ngoako Ramatlhodi addressed occupational challenges faced by women in the mining industry, including safety and security, and encouraged the industry to advance women’s rights and equal participation in the economy.
Source: Foreign Policy
About three years ago while traveling in Pakistan, I met with a prominent female civil society activist who described how some women in northwest Pakistan were supporting militants by donating their most precious gold and jewelry and endorsing their sons' radicalization.
Source: Ghana Web
The Lordina Foundation, together with its partners, on Monday organized a health screening exercise for women groups in selected communities in Accra in line with the advocacy and reproductive health service delivery campaign.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Amnesty International on Tuesday accused United Nations peacekeepers of raping a 12-year-old girl and killing a boy and his father during an operation in Central African Republic's capital Bangui earlier this month.
South African women’s economic empowerment is a prerequisite for sustainable development and successful achievement of the goals outlined in the country’s National Development Plan (NDP), Brand South Africa said on Wednesday.
The Somalian government has announced a plan to ban female genital mutilation (FGM), which is practised on some 98% of girls aged between four and 11 in the east African nation. The country's minister of women and human rights said the government is trying to introduce a ban that can outlaw the practice nationwide.
THERE is still almost half a year to go to address the African Union Summit 2015 theme, the "Year of Women's Empowerment and Development towards Agenda 2063?. But as Dr Sipho Moyo, Africa executive director at the One Campaign contends, poverty is sexist and won't be dealt with unless the global injustice of gender inequality is dealt with once and for all.
Source: Sudan Vision
Combating Gender Based Violence (GBV), has been a national and international concern for a very long time.
Twenty-One years ago in the outcome document (Platform for Action) of the Fourth World Conference on Women convened in Beijing, China in 1995 said that:
Source: Daily News
National Assembly Speaker, Ms Anne Makinda, has hailed the number of initiatives carried out by the government to promote gender equality in decisions making bodies, saying the country has become a model to Africa and the world.