Source: SpyGhana
The Women Peace and Security Communication Network (WPS CommNet) has been inaugurated in Accra.
Source: SwaziObserver
Pastor Joy Dlamini joined First Ladies from the COMESA region who urged member states to expand women's economic empowerment opportunities.
Source: UN News
April 2015 – Tanzania should take steps to revise or repeal laws, customs and practices that discriminate against women, a United Nations Committee said today after considering the case of two widows who were prevented from inheriting their late husbands' property and were left homeless.
Source:All Africa
The African Development Bank continues to commemorate the International Women's Day through forums to discuss challenges in accelerating gender equality.
Source:The Guardian
There was the Ugandan minister who defended raping girls as "natural", echoing a similar attitude among Nigerian lawmakers. In Somalia, a court sentenced an alleged rape victim to jail without bringing the accused men to court. This spring, Mozambique could pass a law that would allow rapists to go free if they marry their victims. And women in Egypt have reported a resurgence in notorious "virginity tests" while in police custody.
Source: DW
Poachers are depleting the elephant, tiger and rhino population. In a nature reserve in Greater Kruger National Park, unarmed women are fighting the illicit wildlife trade - and male skepticism.
Source: Vanguard
Prof. Remi Sonaiya of KOWA Party on Tuesday congratulated Gen. Muhammadu Buhari on his victory in the presidential election, and reminded him that the expectations of Nigerians were very high.
Source: BBC
Girls in parts of Tanzania are often forced to undergo female genital mutilation, even though the practice is illegal. Faced with FGM, many had nowhere to turn - until now. A safe house has opened in the north of the country to offer protection when they need it most.
Source: Reuters
Broadening access to contraceptives in Africa's arid Sahel region and improving women's sexual health are key parts of a $200 million World Bank project in the conservative Muslim region, its coordinator said.
Source: Times of Zambia
THREE months after delivering a baby girl, Tina Mwale became pregnant again because of contraceptive failure and was not ready to care for another baby soon.
Source: Nehanda Radio
Late South Africa's first black President Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel was in Zimbabwe last week to launch the Network of African Business Women (NABW).
Source: ANGOP
The government official said so at the opening of the conference with the theme "Woman, her education, job and main challenges" held in the ambit of the activities programmed by the Education Ministry as part of the celebrations of the country's forty years of independence, to be marked on November 11.
Source: RFI
Children will finally be returning to their classes throughout Sierra Leone on Monday after an eight-month hiatus due to the Ebola crisis. But there will be empty chairs at many schools. Some students will find out that their classmates fell victim to the deadly Ebola virus while others will not make it because they are barred from school.
Source: The New Times
First Lady Jeannette Kagame has called for continued efforts toward women empowerment to achieve more financial inclusion and economic progress.
Source: The Guardian
Growing up in a village in north-eastern Tunisia, Ahlam Ben Ahmad had to walk up to 4km to reach a hospital, buy food or attend school. She often got sick from the long journey, and dropped out of school two years before graduation because of her long commute.
Source: Swazi Observer
The main objective of WWT is to create a transformative, inspirational and empowering social networking platform for women in Swaziland The initiative showcases women's talents, ideas and markets their businesses.
Source: News24
It was just 07:00 and Hoda was walking alone to a clinic in the Moroccan coastal city of Agadir. She skipped breakfast: the Senegalese doctor had told her that the abortion would be better done on an empty stomach.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
A blood-stained machete outside a mud-walled shack in a remote Tanzanian village is a reminder of how Pili Kidawa narrowly escaped death after coming under attack from a mob of angry villagers accusing her of being a witch.
Source: Zambia Daily Mail
Zambia has launched the 2014-2018 strategic plan aimed at expanding HIV and community sexual reproductive health rights (SRHR) in women, girls and adolescents.