Source: Nigerian Observer
THERE are many definitions of women empowerment. To some persons it is the process of strengthening the existing capacities and capabilities of disadvantaged groups in society so as to enable them perform towards improving themselves, their families and the society as a whole.
Source: Bloomberg
BP Plc (BP/)'s South African unit sold a 25 percent stake in the business to two black-owned partners that will give the new investors voting rights in the oil producer's local operations.
Source: All Africa
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zainab Maina, on Tuesday called on the National Assembly to pass the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) bill, Sexual Offences bill and other anti-discriminatory bills before the expiration of the 7th assembly.
Source: All Africa
Sohair el-Batea died after her father took her to a rural Egyptian doctor to have her genitals cut. The two men are the first to go on trial under Egypt's FGM ban, which could be a turning point.
Source: Middle East Monitor
Dozens of Moroccan women protested in front of parliament in Rabat on Tuesday, demanding protection from violence and harassment, as well as legal protection for their dignity.
Source: The New York Times
Two decades ago, when Ann Cotton, a British educator and philanthropist, started examining the problem of low school enrollment among girls in rural Zimbabwe, she was struck by the crushing poverty, which to her presented an even bigger obstacle to girls' education than tradition.
Source: Daily Times
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Journalists Against AIDS (JAAIDS) has urged the government and stakeholders to work together on gender issues to prevent discrimination and stigmatisation.
Source: The Globalist
Shaimaa Yehia, 28, is a violinist with the Al Nour Wal Amal orchestra, a 40-strong ensemble of blind women from Cairo. The orchestra, which plays a full range of string and wind instruments, is run by the Al Nour Wal Amal Association, an Egyptian non-governmental organization that takes in blind girls from Cairo's poor.
Source: Medical Daily
Not many people in America are aware that in some countries, a girl might be killed because her wedding dowry wasn't good enough. Or that victims of sexual abuse are often blamed for the crimes of their perpetrators, and punished by being stoned to death.
Source: Public Radio Interntional
Many South African women who came of age under an apartheid government are still active in the fight for their rights. But no longer is the main issue race. Now, women and girls across the country are in a fierce struggle against gender inequality.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
A surge in reports of rape, torture and kidnapping of girls in Tanzania shows that the introduction of specialist units in police stations is giving survivors confidence to report these crimes, a senior official has said.
Source: Slate
With all of the news about Ebola's rapid, dispiriting spread through West Africa, you may have missed an encouraging public health development: The continent appears tantalizingly close to fully eradicating polio, once one of the world's most feared and destructive diseases.
Source: UNDP
Liberia could experience negative GDP growth for the first time since the war ended 11 years ago unless urgent action is taken to stimulate the economy.
Source: Eyewitness News
Following the recent release of videos on the internet showing a women being stripped and beaten, women and men from countries across Africa attended the 9th Africa Regional Conference on Women Beijing +20 Review in Addis Ababa.
Source: BBC News
Two Tunisian policeman convicted of raping a woman in a police car have had their sentences more than doubled in a high-profile court case.
Source: All Africa
With the commemoration of World Aids Day around the corner, Cabinet has called on all communities to support, care and accept people living with HIV and Aids.
Source: The Guardian
The five, including those who carried out female genital mutilation, were jailed for four years in a rare conviction since practice made a crime in 2010
Source: All Africa
On Wednesday, 19 November 2014, the Northern Cape High court sentenced Rankadi Emmanuel Tsilo (43) to 14 years imprisonment for the murder of his wife.
Source: Nigerian Observer
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
Source: Global Post
Chinese telecommunications giants, ZTE and Huawei, on Thursday announced a new partnership with Kenyan grassroots organizations to promote girl child education, female entrepreneurship and the fight against HIV/AIDS.