Source: London Evening Standard
A leading human rights campaigner has been appointed to run a project to stamp out female genital mutilation.
Source: Daily News
It has been an uphill battle for women and civil society organisations in their quest to have the Southern African Development Community (SADC) protocol on gender and development come to realisation.
Source: Times Live
Tackling violence against women is not a priority in South Africa.
Source: UN News
It is time to change social norms that support male control over women and reinforce discrimination against vulnerable family members, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today on International Day of Families.
Source: Gender Links
Despite all the accomplishments of the women's movement in the past 50 years, women today still live in a world that celebrates a femininity that is passive, submissive, and essentially silent.
Source: Namibian
The gap between what men and women earn in the country has widened to 16%, according to labour experts.
Source: Zimbabwe Independent
Women have criticised the proposed Gender Commission structure saying it will give President Robert Mugabe and the Minister of Women Affairs power to infringe on the commission's independence.
Source: Spyghana
The International Day of Families will be observed on 15th May. The Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1994 and reflects the importance the international community attaches to families.
Source: The Guardian Nigeria
A paper presented as a keynote speaker at the occasion of the kick-off of the "Pan-African Girl Child Education Campaign" organized by the Boss Friendship Club in Nigeria in conjunction with the World Dynasty Pageant, held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria.
Source: IPSNews
"We can really argue as much as we want but if we put ourselves in the skin of victims, we just have to do something to stop this." This was Graça Machel's appeal at the launch of Code Blue, the campaign to end impunity for sexual violence by United Nations (U.N.) peacekeeping personnel Wednesday.
Source: SANews
Minister for Women in the Presidency, Susan Shabangu, says her department will be working with Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) to ensure that funding of women projects is adequate.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
On May 5, a police gender and children desk was opened here as a milestone in the fight against gender-based violence (GBV).
Source: The Star
Transport was paralysed in Makueni when women leaders led a peaceful demo over the two thirds gender rule on Wednesday.
Source: eNCA
In her 89 years, Dr Ruth Mompati served in a multitude of roles, from Nelson Mandela's typist to South Africa's ambassador to Switzerland.
Source: The New Times
For some time now, across the world, the peace movement, or movement against the war, has been gathering momentum.
Source: Times of Zambia
HARRIENT Beecher Stowe, an American abolitionist and author, who lived in the 19th century once said: Women are the real architects of society.With today's resounding talk about empowering women, her words were true.
Source: Ventures Africa
Last Thursday, premium platform for showcasing female entrepreneurs in Africa, She Leads Africa (SLA), announced the launch of its 2015 SLA Pitch Competition. The annual program, which identifies young African women who have demonstrated exceptional commitment towards developing the continent's entrepreneurial society, will be accepting applications from May 1 to June 30, 2015.
Source: New Zimbabwe
LOCAL women's groups have come out in full support of newly crowned Miss World Zimbabwe Emily Kachote, whose modelling career was last week left hanging by a thread after suspected images of her posing in the nude were splashed on social media.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
TANZANIA Women Lawyers' Association (TAWLA) has provided free legal aid to over five million women through its legal aid clinics as it celebrates its silver jubilee.
Source: Botswana Daily News
Over the years women and girls have gradually become involved in the science and technological studies to the extent that they are now visible in information and communication technologies (ICTs) in a range of exciting ways,