SOURCE: Concord
The United Nations children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that menstrual health and hygiene management is still out of reach, particularly among the poorest, ethnic groups, refugees, and people with disabilities in sub-Saharan Africa.
SOURCE: VOA
Cameroon observed World Menstrual Hygiene Day Saturday with donors and health workers distributing reusable sanitary pads to several hundred poor girls displaced by terrorism and the country’s separatist crisis. Some of the girls said they were seeing sanitary pads for the first time. Also, sensitization teams are working to convince communities to stop stigmatizing girls during menstruation.
Source: AllAfrica
Menstruation is a topic handled with secrecy in many African cultures, perhaps to preserve the dignity of women and girls going through it. These cultural practices meant to protect sometimes end up doing the exact opposite. We are glad that this year's menstrual hygiene day is tagged as "making menstruation a normal fact of life by 2030 ."
SOURCE: NEW TIMES.
The sports sector has for years been widely dominated by men despite current efforts being put in empowering women to play an equal part in all aspects of the sector.
SOURCE: CONCORD TIMES
It took a little over two years after she sat for the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) in 2018 for the life of 22-year-old Sarah Bangura to change - even forcing her to seek comfort at the country's psychiatric hospital - due to the effects of obstetric fistula, a condition in which a hole develops in the birth canal caused by prolonged, obstructed labour.
Source: Front Page Africa
The paramount chief of Todee District, Monsterrado County has revealed that girls under the ages of 11 to 14 years are under a barrage of societal pressures to undergo Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), and it’s having a devastating impact on their education.
Source: BusinessDay
At least 300,000 women and children are lost annually in Africa to smoke from firewood, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB).
Source: Le Sahel
Les rideaux sont tombés le 21 mai à Kisumu au Kenya sur la 9ème édition du Sommet Africités, l’évènement phare de l’Organisation Cités et Gouvernements Locaux Unis (CGLU) Afrique qui se tient tous les trois ans dans l’une des cinq régions du continent.
Source: AfriqueSur7
Malgré les efforts du gouvernement, les violences basées sur le genre (VBG) demeurent préoccupantes. A titre d’exemple, du 1er novembre 2021 jusqu’au 30 mars 2022, le CNDH a documenté 79 cas de VBG dont 25 cas de viol, 22 cas de violences physiques, 15 cas de violences psychologiques, 14 cas de violences conjugales et 3 cas de mariage forcés.
SOURCE: Allafrica
Did you know ... in the whole of West Africa there have only been three women heads of state since 1957 (Guinea-Bissau and Liberia), there are only two women speakers currently in the legislature (Togo and Benin) and there are only two countries with over 30% women's representation in legislative chambers (Cabo Verde and Senegal)
SOURCE: Spotlight Initiative
After four months of hard work, Sally Njie and Praise Gimba are proud to release their new song. ‘Cut No More’ delivers a catchy melody but it also shares an important message: warning about the risks of female genital mutilation (FGM). Even more impressive? It does this in three different languages – Wolof, Mandinka and English.
Source: VOA
Most sanitary pads available for African women and girls are relatively expensive and classified as single-use plastics, which means some take hundreds of years to decompose. To help tackle this environmental problem, a woman-led Kenyan enterprise has created a low cost, biodegradable pad made from agricultural waste.
SOURCE: FrontPageAfrica
In countries where women have the same legal rights as men to own and access land, only 15.6% of women have ownership in their hands in Costa Rica as a case study, while in the Middle East and North Africa women’s access account for just 4% and Asia 23%.
SOURCE: Times of Zambia
A RETIRED midwife on the Copperbelt has expressed concern over the alleged mushrooming of private surgery clinics that are offering unsafe abortions in various townships.
Source: Agence Mauritanienne d'Information
Une campagne de sensibilisation aux violences basées sur le genre (VBG) et à la santé reproductive, organisée par Médecins du Monde en partenariat avec plusieurs secteurs gouvernementaux (ministères de la Santé, de l’Emploi, de la Culture et des Affaires Sociales), et financée par l’Union Européenne, a débuté ce mardi à Dar-Naiim à Nouakchott.
ATTENTION: Mentions de mutilations génitales féminines/excision et de mariage précoce/forcé
Source: Global Citizen
La pratique des mutilations génitales féminines (MGF) touche des millions de filles et de femmes dans le monde. Plus de 200 millions de filles ont subi des MGF et on estime que 4,2 millions de filles ont été excisées rien qu’en 2021, selon l’UNICEF et le Fonds des Nations Unies pour la Population (FNUAP).
Source: Fraternité Matin
“Initiative multisectorielle de prévention et d’intervention en matière de violences basées sur le genre (VBG) centrée sur les survivant.e.s en Côte d’Ivoire: défis et perspectives”, telle est la thématique qui a réuni le lundi 16 mai 2022 les structures et partenaires qui luttent contre ce fléau.
Source: Agence Mauritanienne d'Information
Le ministère de l’Agriculture, en coopération avec l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’Alimentation et l’Agriculture (FAO), a organisé lundi, dans la ville de Sélibabi, un atelier de formation visant à renforcer les capacités des jeunes et des femmes en matière de gestion des conflits agricoles et pastoraux dans les zones frontalières.
SOURCE: New Dawn
In helping to build the potential of Liberian women, the Rotary Club of Liberia has effectively graduated 194 women in four distinct disciplines which include soap making, cosmetology, food preparation, and clothes making.
SOURCE: SAnews.gov.sa
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Deputy Minister, Thembisile Nkadimeng, will today deliver a message of support at the launch of the European Union’s funded Masibambisane Gender-Based Violence Programme in Heidedal, Bloemfontein.