Source: SpyGhana
A selection of some of the most beautiful female voices of Africa was recently in Johannesburg, South Africa, to record a song calling for world leaders to put women empowerment at the heart of the new development goals, in order to put the world on track to end extreme poverty.
Source: SpyGhana
Kenyan women are investing in real estate as many become economically empowered and the country's constitution offers them support to own property.
Source: East African Business Week
Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) has urged Uganda Women operating in the informal sector to formalize their Business by registering them with the Bureau.
Source: Huffington Post
A campaign highlighting the critical role of media in helping to end female genital mutilation (FGM) was launched in Kenya, Nairobi, last year.
Source: Al Jazeera
Congo-Brazzaville has banned Muslim women from wearing the full face-veil in public, citing security reasons, an Islamic association said.
Source: DW
Nigeria troops have freed 234 more women and children from the Boko Haram stronghold in the Sambisa forest. The army operation is aiming to recover more kidnap victims.
Source: IOL News
Durban - King Goodwill Zwelithini has taken aim at the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act for disempowering polygamist men from taking additional wives without getting written consent from their existing wives.
Source: Star Africa
A UK-based charity – the Iranian & Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation (IKWRO), on Friday opened the first specialist refuge for Middle Eastern and North African women. Diana Nammi, Executive Director of IKWRO said the refuge will accommodate and support vulnerable single women at risk of honour based violence, forced marriage, female genital mutilation and domestic violence.
Source: The Sunday Independent
Coverage of the decision by the ANC Women's League (ANCWL) to postpone its elective conference regretfully fails to understand the role of internal party dynamics in reaching decisions.
Source:Medical Press
Young HIV positive women are more likely to practice safer sex if they have an equitable perception of gender roles, according to new research involving the University of Southampton.
Source: The Guardian
After years of absorbing negative stereotypes, many in the west equate Africa with suffering, disease and corruption. Yet while distinct water, food and energy challenges remain, 21st-century Africa is bustling with innovation and creativity.
Source:All Africa
The Department of Women's Director General, Jenny Schreiner, says women are still not getting involved in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines at a satisfactory rate.
Source: DailyStar
Spending cuts are hurting public and social services that give women the chance to find paid work, independence and a chance at equality, a U.N. report warned Monday.
Source: Mail&Guardian
The Coalition of African Lesbians has finally won a place on a platform where it can be heard.
Long battle: Promising to continue to demand, defy, resist and speak up, gay rights activists have achieved a nod from the African rights commission for maltreated sexual minorities.
Source:Tanzania Daily News
Zanzibar — WOMEN leaders from various political parties held a meeting in Zanzibar to encourage participation in elections as they called on the authorities to establish a level playing field for all the people.
Source:The Herald
For decades, African women have been active in agriculture, trade, and other economic pursuits. Amajority of them have remained in the informal labour force and always played a supporting role to their spouses. In other words, they carry the social burden; are guardians of their children's welfare and have explicit responsibility to provide for them materially.
Source:All Africa
Two years ago, in his 2013 State of the Nation Address (SONA), South Africa's President Jacob Zuma emphasised the need to improve the status of women in the country. He said that this was a priority for the government.
Source:All Africa
Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor says if women's talents were used in the fields of science, technology and innovation, the world would develop much more progressively.
Source:The Independant
The Nigerian army says it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women from Boko Haram camps in the Sambisa forest.
Source: SpyGhana
Nana Oye Lithur, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has called for greater representation of women in decision-making, to bridge the gap of gender inequality.