Source: Al Jazeera
Nokwanda Dlamini* was 14 when she tested positive for HIV.
Source:Huffington Post
What is democracy? For some it is simple. One man, one vote. But if you were to ask the men and women on the streets of Tunis, Tripoli and Cairo just a few years ago, the answer would have been more complex. Free and fair elections are a solid basis for a democracy. But the ability of all groups in society to be heard in the one institution that represents all the people in the country - parliament -- and to be actively involved in making the decisions that define our daily lives, is just as fundamental. That is why people around the world continue to fight and die for democracy.
Source: AllAfrica
The first plenary session of the sixteenth session Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM) on 28 March 2015 discussed the United Nation's system support to the African Union's Year of Women's Empowerment and Development towards Agenda 2063.
Source: Huffington Post
As the Rwanda Country Director of Indego Africa - a nonprofit organization that empowers female artisans across the country - I work everyday to provide women with access to economic opportunity and education.
Source: NextCity
The first informal healthcare worker, a woman who goes by Monica, hangs up when I tell her I’m a journalist. I phone another provider, Drec, twice; he hangs up the first time. “You are trying to make a business out of putting other people into trouble,” he says the second time, his voice trembling slightly, and then he, too, puts the phone down for good.
Source: ANGOP
The governor of Lunda Sul, Cândida Narciso, Monday, in Saurimo, considered the application of the gender perspective, by the Angolan government, as a gain of peace.
Source: GhanaWeb
The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Hon. Nana Oye Lithur, has reaffirmed her outfit's commitment to promoting Gender Equality, Children's Education as well as empowering the vulnerable in society.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
PARENTS and guardians in Moshi municipality have been urged to allow their children to undergo vaccination against cervical cancer.
Source: Parade
In 1994, from April to July, Rwanda was devastated by a brutal genocide. Hundreds of thousands of Rwandans were murdered and many more were forced to flee their homes and become refugees. During this time, every day, for each minute that passed, six men, women and children were massacred. Hundreds of thousands of women were raped.
Source: Daily Times
A group of women, under the aegis of Women of Honour International, has congratulated the Senator-elect for Anambra Central senatorial zone, Mrs.UcheEkwunife, for her victory and urged members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA) to accept defeat.
Source: Sahara Press Service
Delegates at the 7th congress of Saharawi Women Union (UNMS) on Sunday evening reelected Ms. Fatma Mehdi as the Secretary General of the Union.
Source: Sudan Tribune
Twenty years has passed since the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, China in 1995.
Source: The Guardian
Ten years ago in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, Zikani Kaunga, a prominent education advocate, invited me to the Sunbird Hotel. Pushing his juice aside, he tipped forward to make a proposition.
Source: Leadership NG
The First Lady, Patience Jonathan yesterday congratulated Hajia Aisha Buhari, wife of the President-elect on her husband's victory during last Saturday's presidential election, saying Nigerian women should support her in her new assignment.
Source:TanzaniaDailyNews
A NON-GOVERNMENTAL Organisation (NGO), HelpAge International, has embarked on a two-year project with the aim of promoting older women's rights to be implemented in Magu District, Mwanza Region.
Source: Keycorrespondents
Most societies in Uganda rely on women and girls to be voluntary caregivers for relatives when they are sick, as well as occupational caregivers for the community.
Source:TanzaniaDailyNews
Moshi — Women entrepreneurs in Moshi Municipality have urged the government to initiate a bank that would help small businesspersons access credit.
Source: TheGuardian
The African continent has a two-pronged weapon in its race to industrialise and make use of its natural resources, according to Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, chairwoman of the 54-member African Union (AU): women and oceans.
Source:AllAfrica
Four women have been recognised in this year's Connected Kenya for making strides in STEM careers.
Source: Human Rights Watch
"We women must respect ourselves. You cannot stay with a man drinking until 3 a.m." This was the response from Mary Wambui, a member of parliament, to recent protests by female legislators and women's rights activists over accusations that Gideon Mwiti, another parliament member, repeatedly raped a woman in his Nairobi office, severely beat her, and forced her to take an HIV test.