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,

Source: rfi 
Women staged the first major protest against President Pierre Nkurunziza in downtown Bujumbura on Sunday, demonstrating against his candidacy for a third term in office. After two weeks of protests and clashes with the police, the women are the first to bring the movement against a third term to the heart of the capital.

Source: The Namibian 
SPEAKING at a breakfast meeting in Windhoek last week, South Africa's trailblazing public prosecutor, Thuli Madonsela urged women to uphold integrity and employ courage when serving. 

Source: This Day
Stunned that many of them could survive the days and months of agony as hostages of the Boko Haram terrorists, many of the women who are now heaving a sigh of relief in the rehabilitation camps are still recounting their ordeals with the terrorists and the twin issues of hunger and no clothings.

Source: The Point
Listening to the voice of a defender of human and women's rights, a fighter and a woman that hardly accepts defeat, one could not have celebrated World Press Freedom Day better than having Aunty Amie in your midst wearing her gender lens.

Source: The Guardian
It isn't a title necessarily to be proud of: Africa's first female ex-president. But for Joyce Banda, voted out of office a year ago it speaks volumes about her short, turbulent time in power in Malawi, and the lessons it holds for female leaders everywhere.

Source: Tanzania Daily News
Almost 300 people, the majority of them men and boys, have turned up to attend a community public meeting held to promote the rights of women and children in Tarime district, Mara region.

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