Source: Devex
Democracy is not complete when women and other groups of individuals do not equally benefit from it, participants agreed at the Annual Democracy Forum 2014 in Gaborone, Botswana.

Source: DISRUPT Africa
The Secretary's Office of Global Partnerships (S/GP) at the US State Department has partnered Girl Up, Intel, Microsoft and the Rwandan Girls Initiative to launch a girls STEAM camp in Rwanda next year.

Source: StarAfrica
The British Ambassador, John Dennis met local NGO, Rede Mulher (Women's Network) to discuss their work on Women's Human Rights in Angola.

Source: AFK Insider
It is becoming more dangerous to represent your country in Parliament. This is the biggest take away from the Inter-Parliamentary Union's annual report on violence against Members of Parliament, "Human Rights Abuses of MPs – 2014,' released earlier this month.

Source: StarAfrica
A group of Somali women have taken a stand to speak for themselves and their fellow women in general back home on issues surrounding the female genital mutilation (FGM).

Source: StarAfrica
A technical workshop on the development of an ECOWAS Gender and Elections Strategy and a pilot Fellowship Programme for Women in Peace and Security as part of determined regional efforts to correct the imbalance of women's participation in democratic elections and good governance opened on Monday in Abuja.

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.

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