Source: Leadership
Even with the legislation and advocacy programmes against the evils associated with battery of the female gender, the scourge continues unabated in many homes with many women suffering emotionally as well as from the physical pain inflicted on them by their male counterparts. 

Source: Magharebia
Morocco is determined to fix the biggest problems in its educational system: unequal access to schooling and the high number of dropouts.

Source: StarAfrica
For Somali women, the public perception of the country and the hardship they endure remains sadly justified...Somalia is still one of the worst places in the world to be a woman.

Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
According to Ethiopia's 2011 Demographic and Health Survey, nearly half a million children under-five die every year.

Source: The Christian Science Monitor
In Senegal there are numerous threats to a child's healthy development.

Source: NPR
On this cold and rainy Tuesday, Bafana Khumalo stood in front of the White House with a controversial demand for President Obama: The U.S. should provide foreign aid to fund abortions for women who've been raped during conflicts and in other circumstances.

Source: HIT Consultant
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and global telecommunications operator Orange announced a new alliance to accelerate mobile health in Africa at the mHealth Summit 2014 in Washington, DC.

Source: CAJ News Africa
YOUNG Masai women in Kenya have denounced the female practice of genital mutilation (FGM), which is rife in the region.

Source: International Rescue Committee
The Ebola crisis in West Africa has taken a harsh toll on women and girls in some unexpected ways.

Source: Mail & Guardian
I heard a familiar complaint from a new father recently: “My baby’s asleep when I leave in the morning and by the time I get home, he’s asleep again. The only time I get to interact with him in the week is at night when he cries for us and I get up to put him back to sleep.” 

Source: UN Women
“Suffering from poverty is much better than early marriage, says Karima, a bold young Egyptian woman who was forced into an early marriage with a cousin at the age of 15.

Source: The Conversation
A series of research projects is to take place in countries including Afghanistan, Palestine and South Africa to address our significant lack of knowledge about how to prevent physical and sexual violence against women.

Source: Politics Web
Zizi Kodwa says such a view could end up weakening confidence of the people. ANC disturbed by developing perception of "A Justice System that serves the rich".

Source: Rand Daily Mail
We need to find and combat the cause of gender-based violence at its root: patriarchy.
WE ARE observing 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children.

Source: Times LIVE
It's December again. The 16th time our country marks the internationally recognised 16-day campaign to prevent violence against women and children. It's punted by the Ministry of Women, Children and People with Disabilities - famous also for corruption and mismanagement.

Source: All Africa
In the penultimate part of our series to mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence, read about how each one of us can participate in ending this vice.

Source: All Africa
Sonke Co-founder to speak at White House rally, and to be recognised alongside U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, and others, with Vital Voices Solidarity Award.

Source: The Citizen
As part of the 16 Days of Activism for no violence against women and children campaign, male members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department (TMPD) today led a walk aimed at raising awareness in respect of crimes against women and children.

Source: South Africa.info
Acting President Cyril Ramaphosa called on South Africans to build the kind of society to which the late former President Nelson Mandela dedicated his life.

Source: The Daily Times
Sara Mollel, 44, is one of the happiest Maasai women in northern Tanzania's region of Arusha.

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