Source:Swazi Observer
Whatever the level and incidence amongst African women in pre-colonial societies of autonomy, power, or authority with an economic basis or a political presence, the colonial state and the capitalist penetration of kin based modes of production changed what was there.
Source: Ein NewsDesk
Thank you, Madame Chair. I’d like to begin by expressing my delegation’s appreciation to the CPD 48 bureau, the UN Population Division, and UNFPA for their efforts to prepare us for this year’s Commission. The Secretary General’s reports clearly show the central role that population dynamics play in sustainable development and will certainly inform our deliberations this week as well as our ongoing discussions on the post-2015 development framework.
Source: RFI
Women bear the brunt of most conflict, says UN Special Representative for the Secretary-General on Women in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura, on the release of her report on sexual violence in conflict that looks at 19 countries, mainly in Africa.
Source: The Herald
The importance of gender equality and empowerment of women was not given full recognition before independence, but through sustained lobbying from empowerment advocates, women are now active participants in the mainstream economy.
Source: UN News
As the great moral issue of our time, sexual violence in conflict is used to terrorise, displace and subjugate victims, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue told the Security Council today, urging the body to take action to deal with this growing threat.
Source: UN News
Tennis legend and gender equality activist Billie Jean King has had a stellar career in sports, identifying the boundaries that divide people and tearing them down.
Source: The Ethiopian Herald
Historically as many other disciplines, characteristics associated with "manliness" have been valued in the conduct of international politics have only been largely occupied by men. The traditionally male domain existing power structures within the diplomatic infrastructure did not allow women to exercise diplomatic practices in different parts of the world.
Source:All Africa
Those who use rape as a weapon of war are becoming increasingly "brutal and ruthless," the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) on Sexual Violence in conflict said today, warning against a lax attitude that would allow emerging armed groups to gain further ground and continue committing such atrocious crimes.
Source: All Africa
Our Children, Our FutureLoveness Mudzuru and Ruvimbo Tsopodzi were 16-year-old girls just beginning to plan careers as social workers or nurses when they were forced to marry men they had not chosen.
Source:New York Times
LAST fall President Obama slapped back at critics by citing what he called a foreign policy success: Yemen. Oops. Yemen is now collapsing into civil war, with gains, so far, for both Al Qaeda and Iran.
Source: AWID
Today makes it exactly one year that 200+ young female students from the Government Girl’s Secondary School Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria were abducted by heavily armed men suspected to be Bokoharam Islamist terrorists in the dead of the night from their school during an examination period.
Source: Mail&Guardian
Hillary Clinton Sunday announced her candidature for the US presidency, the second time she will seek the Democratic Party's nomination following her failed bid in 2008.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Boko Haram Islamic militants have kidnapped at least 2,000 girls and women since the start of last year, turning them into cooks, sex slaves and fighters, and sometimes killing those who refused to comply, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
Source: Daily News Egypt
Six men sexually harassed a woman Monday by surrounding and trapping her on Qasr Al-Nil bridge, reported the 'I Saw Harassment' initiative that is fighting violence and harassment against women. During the incident, it was observed that there was an absence of female police officers amid a presence of male police conscripts.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Pakistani teenager and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday told Nigerian schoolgirls who were kidnapped a year ago by Boko Haram militants they will never be forgotten and to never lose hope.
Source: Zimbabwe Independent
FORMER vice-president Joice Mujuru and her allies in and outside Zanu PF have seriously begun a process of organising a new political platform to challenge Zanu PF in the 2018 general elections.
Source: ANGOP
The efforts of the Angolan government, in 13 years of peace prevailing in the country, have empowered the women's emancipation, said on Sunday in Bailundo municipality, central Huambo province, the minister of Family and Women Promotion, Maria Filomena Delgado.
Source: Premium Times
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Saturday's governorship election in Taraba state inconclusive.
Source: International Business Times
In the middle of 54,000 runners at 12 April's Paris Marathon, Siabatou Sanneh stood out. Carrying a 20kg water container on her head and wearing her race number 64173 on top of a multi-coloured traditional dress, Siabatou wanted to make a statement.
Source: Quartz
The leader of South Africa's main opposition party is stepping down. On Apr. 12, Helen Zille, 64, announced she will not be seeking reelection at the May 2015 congress of the Democratic Alliance (DA), though she will retain her position as premier of Western Cape province through Dec. 2019.