Source: CNBC Africa
After spearheading significant economic transformation in her own country - as Cabo Verde or Cape Verde's Minister of Finance and Planning, Cristina Duarte is focusing her attention on addressing the challenges of the entire continent.
Source: Geeska Afrika
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Women diplomats, university students and ambassadors residing in Ethiopia, celebrated the 104th International Women's Day at the Hilton Hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Source: The Post Zambia
US ambassador to Zambia Eric Schultz says the Zambian government needs to allow the private sector to drive growth if the country is to achieve its enormous economic potential.
Source: Open Democracy
Following an international conference on Ebola, the European Council has reiterated its "firm commitment" to ending the Ebola epidemic by getting new cases down to zero.
Source: WND
The United Nations and the Obama administration are turning a blind eye as millions of girls in China and India are murdered and women are forced to undergo abortions and sterilization.
Source: Jurist
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Sunday to reject amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure that would interfere with the rights of defence lawyers to call witnesses during trials.
Source: GhanaWeb
Civil Society organisation, SEND-Ghana, has appealed to the Minister of Gender Ministry to speed up the process of getting the Affirmative Action draft bill into law.
Source: Voanews
The 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women was a landmark year for the forum. The high level international gathering brought together a variety of strong voices from around the world who are advocates for women's and girls' rights. Together, they shared stories of success in the face of overwhelming challenges.
Source: TheGuardian
Activists have accused the British government of undermining negotiations on a set of global goals that will shape the development agenda for the next 15 years, sparking fears that crucial commitments for women could be lost.
Source: Commonwealth.org
"Greater efforts are required to reach the global target of 30% representation of women in political decision-making roles," said Commonwealth Secretariat Deputy Secretary-General Josephine Ojiambo.
Source: DW
Learning about technology and practical science can help children develop into critical thinkers. That is according to a young Ghanaian entrepreneur who encourages girls as young as six to develop technology tools.
Source: Ghanaweb
The National Women Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Madam Otiko Djaba, has observed that the upcoming District Assembly Elections give the nation a brilliant opportunity to increase the representation of women at the local governance level.
Source: Mail&Guardian.co.za
Women's advocacy groups are lodging a formal complaint against the "coerced" sterilisation of HIV-infected women, saying it defies state policy.
Source: Malawi24
A female parliamentarian for Mangochi South Constituency, Lillian Patel believes the recently passed Malawi's Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Bill, empowers women in the country as it helps women cling to their maiden names.
Source: AllAfrica
By Melinda Gates and Graça Machel
Source: The Guardian
Hashtag activism has helped to propel women’s rights to the forefront of political agendas, bringing attention to issues often under-reported by mainstream media panellists have told an event at the UN in New York.
Source:IRIN Africa
Pregnant and breastfeeding women are the demographic group most at risk of malnutrition in South Sudan after children, making up some 12 percent of all those on supplementary feeding programmes.
Source:AllAfrica
"Sometimes there is rain, but it is not well distributed. We lack good quality seed, and termites eat our plants." These are, in the words of Binta Ndao, a Senegalese farmer and mother of seven, some of the challenges faced by subsistence farmers in Eastern Senegal. An innovative resilience-building initiative implemented by WFP and Oxfam America is helping farmers like her break out of chronic food insecurity.
Source: AllAfrica
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa exacerbated violence against women and rolled back access to reproductive healthcare in the region, ministers from Guinea and Liberia said on Wednesday.
Source:ThisDayLive
Abimbola Akosile examines the calls for women empowerment among other issues at the fifty-ninth session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women currently taking place in New York, USA.