Source: StarAfrica
The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Wednesday promised to train 60, 000 Nigerian women and girls on Information Communication Technology (ICT) to reduce illiteracy in the country.
Source: StarAfrica
South African President Jacob Zuma will on Friday lead a South African delegation to the 24th ordinary session of the African Union Assembly (AU Summit) to be held in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, the Presidency said Tuesday.
Source: TLC Africa
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Eta Epsilon Lambda Chapter of Liberia, is deeply saddened by the news of the brutal and violent rape of a little 12 year old female, resulting in her death on January 18, 2015 and all other rape victims and survivors.
Source: EIN NEWS
As a medical student in 2007, Jennifer A. Downs, M.D. thought she wanted to become an infectious disease specialist, possibly in a U.S. inner city.
Source: GlobalPost
African women are behind the continent's socioeconomic renewal among strategic positions in politics, academia and industry, the Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Planning and Devolution, Anne Waiguru said on Tuesday.
Source: All Africa
Civil society organisations have called on stakeholders to fight for legislation that provides support and education assistance for young girls that fall pregnant.
Source: Swit Salone
The African Union (AU) summit has just kicked off in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. This year's theme is "Year of Women's Empowerment and Development Towards Africa's Agenda 2063″.
Source: All Africa
The 26th Ordinary Session of the African Union's Executive Council (the Foreign Ministers of the AU) opened this morning, Monday (January 26) at the African Union Headquarters.
Source: All Africa
President Jacob Zuma will on Friday lead the South African delegation to the 24th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly (AU Summit) to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Source: Africa Young Voices
Executive Officer of Disabled international Foundation Sierra Leone (DIFSIL), Ambassador Imambay Kadie Kamara has disclosed that the women's Geneva Call was a success for all women in the world more specially African women.
Source: Santa Barbara Independent
Three renowned human rights activists described the successes and challenges facing women's movements in Africa and elsewhere on Tuesday at an Antioch University panel and networking event, "Architects for Change."
Source: New Vision
In many parts of the world, Uganda inclusive, women's rights to land and property are denied. The existing laws give women fewer or less secure rights than men, and inequitable and discriminatory attitudes and practices undermine them.
Source: FRANCE 24
An Egyptian appeals court on Monday convicted a doctor of manslaughter for performing female genital mutilation that led to the death of a 13-year-old girl, sentencing him to two years and three months in prison, defense lawyers said.
Source: AllAfrica
The world needs inclusive policies that seek the contribution of everybody, including women, in order to attain global gender parity. The statement was made yesterday by President Paul Kagame while speaking on the last day of this year's World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
Source: Outlook India
Girls outperform boys in educational achievement levels in 70 per cent of the countries including in those where women liberties are severely restricted, a new large-scale study has said, suggesting that gender equality is not enough to close the achievement gaps in global education.
Source: Reuters
Women in Zimbabwe are calling for tougher penalties for sexual harassment of women amid public anger over a highly publicised street attack and with police data showing that some offenders have got off with fines as low as $5 in the past.
Source: Libya Herald
After a series of workshops and wide consultations since 2013 on the Constitution, the Libyan Women’s Platform for Peace (LWPP) launched a Charter of Libyan Women’s Constitutional Rights last week.
Source: Counter Current News
Several Nigerian media outlets have been reporting on local women in the villages of Attagara and Kawuri in Borno State who recently disarmed nearly a dozen Boko Haram terrorists. The notorious pseudo-Islamic terror groups tried to attack the Attagara and Kawuri communities over the weekend but the insurgents were instantly repelled by a group of armed women.
Source: Diplomatic Courier
At the millennium summit of the United Nations in September of 2000, the nations of the world adopted a series of goals aimed at increasing the quality of life for all of humankind by 2015.
Source: The Swazi Observer
The year 2014 is a black-spot in the development, advancement and improvement of the status of women and girls in Africa.