Source: Ventures Africa
Women empowerment continues to garner more global interest and Intel's recent "She Will Connect" programme, a further endorsement of this trend, has seen a new milestone in its execution: the training of 400 women conducted at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) in Nairobi.

Source: World Policy Blog
Tanzania, a country whose population growth vastly exceeds its economic growth, is the 26th poorest country in the world.

Source: Xinhua
South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday urged people to keep Nelson Mandela's legacy alive while paying tribute to Mandela who died this month one year ago, calling for continued efforts in building a society where peace, tolerance, justice and human rights are upheld.

Source: All Africa
AS violence against women continues to attract more global outrage just like its spread, governments across borders and regional agencies, among others, are lending voices against the menace, with the African Union (AU) Commission now seeking to collaborate with Nigeria.

Source: CBS6
Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss was crowned Miss World on Sunday in a competition in London.

Source: Voice of America
Ugandan entrepreneur Beatrice Ayuru said her dream of providing a quality education for girls, who are often denied this basic right, has become a reality for thousands. But, she said advancing the cause of universal education is far from over.

Source: Voice of America
Ugandan entrepreneur Beatrice Ayuru said her dream of providing a quality education for girls, who are often denied this basic right, has become a reality for thousands. But, she said advancing the cause of universal education is far from over.

Source: The Guardian (Nigeria)
AS I tried to catch up on the latest news on Africa, I stumbled upon the recent joint announcement of Pfizer Inc. the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) to expand access to Pfizer's injectable contraceptive, Sayana® Press (medroxyprogesterone acetate), for women in the world's poorest countries. Some of the targeted countries named for this expansive contraception project include Burkina Faso, Kenya, Niger, Senegal, Uganda and my own country, Nigeria.

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.

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