Source: The Huffington Post
This last year was an amazing year for women's advancement. Whether on the red carpet, Twitter or in the halls of the United Nations, it seemed everyone was talking about women's rights and advancing women's empowerment. The momentum shows no sign of slowing down, either. The African Union has declared 2015 the "Year of Women's Empowerment."

Source: Gender Links
Gender networks across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) urge the Council of Ministers to place the review of the SADC Gender Protocol high on the agenda of the 2015 Heads of State Summit.

Source: Deutsche Welle
Lobola is the name given to bride price in the Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele and Swazi cultures which span the southern tip of Africa. It is a custom in which the family of the bridegroom man pays the family of the bride for her hand in marriage and has been in existence for centuries.

Source: PRWeb
Academy Award winning Director and Producer Louise Hogarth will document the process of paying wages to rural crafters in Bitcoin in her upcoming documentary, "DO Elephants Go To Heaven?".

 

Source: allAfrica

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a profound problem in many countries of sub-Saharan Africa: in Rwanda, 35 percent of women have reported experiencing physical, sexual, or emotional violence from a spouse or partner; in Liberia, 49 percent of women experienced violence from an intimate partner.

Source: CSRwire.com 

Imagine a day in which your access to clean, drinkable water ceased and you could not shower or bathe properly and you had no one to help you. For more than 783 million people around the world, that day was today.

Source: The Herald

Gender education and training to service providers such as the police, the judiciary, health and social workers was included with community sensitisation programmes regarding available services and resources for survivors including people with special needs.

Source: The Africa Report

The perpetration of violence of against women and girls in Ghana remains widespread, a concern Amnesty International raised on Wednesday in its 2014/15 human rights report.

Source: Zalebs

DJ Zinhle has found another way to give back to South African women. The DJ and businesswoman will be sharing some wisdom with several ladies who would like to know more about the entertainment indusrty.

Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review
Initiatives to develop the economic potential of women are becoming a staple of corporate activity in many parts of the world. But companies often overlook an important set of would-be partners—locally rooted organizations that promote a multi-faceted approach to women's empowerment. Here's a guide to cultivating partnerships that yield lasting value.

Source: Huffington Post
Sometimes art can be an impactful catalyst for change, and that's exactly how Alexsandro Palombo likes it.

Source: Business Day Live
Hopes that a South African-developed vaginal gel containing the HIV/AIDS drug tenofovir would protect women against HIV were dashed on Tuesday, after a major new study found that it did not work.

Source: The New Dawn 
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MGCSP) has warned parents to stop sending their children in the streets to sell during school hours or risk arrest. 

Source: Radio Australia 
Kenyan schools entrepreneur Dr Kakenya Ntaiya made an extraordinary bargain with her father at age seven — she would undergo female genital mutilation in exchange for an education. 

Source: Malawi News Agency 
Minister of Gender Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati has defended the recently passed Marriage Divorce and Family Bill which provoked debate. 

Source: UN Women  
The intelligent application of technology can be the game changer for achieving gender equality. That is why UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has put a strong focus on ensuring the development of the next generation of women leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.

Source: The Guardian 
Managing director of the International Monetary Fund says too many countries still restrict the right of women to contribute to their economies 

Source: FOROYAA Newspaper 
The Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices Protecting the Rights of Women and Girls (GAMCOTRAP), Saturday joined the rest of the world in celebrating "One Billion Rising Revolution" with the slogan "revolution," meaning each and every one should have a slogan as a revolution to end violence against women in different forms, namely, female genital mutilation, no to early and forced marriages, no to rape, domestic and sexual violence and all forms of harassment of the woman or girl.

Source: The Guardian Nigeria 
Lagos East senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mrs. Olabisi Salis, in an interview with reporters during her campaign, spoke on her chances, PDP's prospect in Lagos and at the centre and the new 'unity' among women to give men a run for their money, among other issues. WOLE OYEBADE was there and reports 

Source: GhanaWeb 
The Rev Dr. Joyce Aryee, Executive Director of the Salt and Light Ministries, says girls' education was key to ending poverty and disease that afflict large portions of the Africa population. 

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