Source: Swazi Observer
Recognising National, Regional and International laws on gender equality that Swaziland has promulgated and ratified such as the Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland, (2005), Gender Policy (2010) Southern African Development Community on Development and Gender (2008), Protocol to the African
Source: Open Democracy
The third Financing for Development conference currently underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, provides a historic opportunity to insist on financing that is gender-responsive and fit to deliver on both long-established and newly won commitments on women's rights. In order to deliver on the ambitious agenda for
Africa must eradicate practices that inhibit the full development of women so they can participate in decision-making processes that affect their lives, a panel of five Mandela Washington Fellows told the U.S. Congress on Thursday.
Source: Democracy Now
From 3-5 July 2015, the Royal African Society held the annual Africa Writes festival at the British Library. A series of talks, themed discussions, keynotes and Q&A sessions, intermingled with performances and book-browsing, the festival was a celebration of creativity as well as a guided discovery of current
Source: The Star
UN HIV-Aids wants to be enjoined in a case challenging forced sterilisation of a woman living with HIV.
In court documents, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV-Aids secretari says the case concerns a subject at the core of UNAids' mandate.
Source: Amnesty International
The Public Order Police (POP) arrested 12 female Christian students on 25 June. Ten of them were charged with "indecent dress", under Article 152 of Sudan's 1991 Criminal Act, while the other two were released. The POP subjected the students to degrading treatment and humiliating verbal abuse during their
Source: Global Voices
Three writers walked free in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on July 8 after spending 439 days behind bars on terrorism charges. Journalists Tesfalem Waldyes and Asmamaw Hailegiorgis and university philosophy professor Zelalem Kiberet, also a Global Voices translator, were arrested last April along with six other
Source: Tanzania Daily News
CCM on Sunday picked Minister of State in the Vice-President's Office (Union Affairs), Ms Samia Suluhu Hassan, running mate for the Union presidential candidate in the October general elections, making history for the first time to appoint a woman the potential Vice-President of the union government.
Source: The Guardian
Two Moroccan women accused of gross indecency for wearing short skirts in public have been acquitted of the charges, their lawyer has said.
Defence attorney Houcine Bekkar Sbai said on Monday: "This is a victory not only for these two women, but for all members of civil society who mobilised."
Source: Al Jazeera
Chadian police have said anyone wearing a full-face veil will be arrested, a day after a Boko Haram suicide bombing - carried out by an attacker disguised as a women wearing one - left 15 dead.
Source: Mail&Guardian
This month, when the Southern African Development Community parliamentary forum gathers in Durban for its 37th plenary, the focus will be on industrialisation and SADC regional integration, and the role of parliaments in this.
Source: allAfrica
The ANC Women's League seems to be focused on quotas and succession debates rather than working on the ground, SA Communist Party General Secretary Blade Nzimande said on Wednesday.
Souce: VOA
Africa must eradicate practices that inhibit the full development of women so they can participate in decision-making processes that affect their lives, a panel of five Mandela Washington Fellows told the U.S. Congress on Thursday.
Source: The Zimbabwean
Widow and HIV/AIDS activist Zifa Moyo's husband died in 2007 after a long illness. Moyo has been living with HIV for the past three years and says accessing information about the disease and obtaining support services has proved to be a nightmare for her.
"The traumatic experience started when I first went for a HIV test. I walk with the aid of crutches and there were no special facilities for the disabled so I was
Source: Reuters
Sierra Leone's decision to back an international treaty on the rights of women in Africa could lead to a new law banning female genital mutilation (FGM) in a country where the practice is rife, campaigners said on Tuesday.
Source: Africa Outlook
The mobile technology revolution offers not only a wealth of social and economic opportunities, but new fortuity to empower female entrepreneurs in Africa's developing and emerging markets who can benefit from the ever-expanding mobile value chain.
Source: SouthAfrica.Info
This year's National Arts Festival – which runs from 2 to 12 July – not only features a number of strong and visible women in most genres, but also numerous productions and exhibitions that interrogate and question fixed thinking in relation to gender more broadly.
Source: AfricanBrains
While there are a number of businessmen offering their wisdom and wealth to a variety of causes across Africa, there are increasing numbers of female philanthropists currently standing out and making a real difference across their continent.
Source: Daily Maverick
For years, South African civil society has been calling on government to institute a National Strategic Plan (NSP) to end gender-based violence.
"Why an NSP?" asked Genderlinks in February. "We've learned from South Africa's experience with HIV, that a National Strategic Plan can be an important tool to gain the political commitment and funding required to tackle large social challenges that require a co-ordinated response among diverse stakeholders.
Source: Open Democracy
Throughout Africa approximately 200-220 million people are living with schistosomiasis – also known as bilharzia - and 600 million people are at risk of being infected. Schistosomiasis is a waterborne disease, caused by worms that use aquatic snails as their intermediate hosts, and is particularly common in communities living near freshwater lakes, ponds and streams. Owing to the close association with water for washing, bathing and drinking, infection can be a daily occurrence but it can also