Source: TheParliamentMagazine.eu
The key to winning the fight against HIV/Aids is changing societies from within and raising awareness on sexual and reproductive health, says Sirpa Pietikäinen.
Source: Nigerian Observer
Child upbringing is not managing a child, but reassuring and supporting the child, and setting up limits. This is the beginning of a healthy relationship in the family and the society as a whole.
Source: All Africa
Non-governmental organisations like the Cape Town Child Welfare Society provide a range of services for children at risk.
Source: Global Times
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has called for stepping up efforts to build on gains in the implementation of Beijing declaration, a commitment by governments to ensure gender equality, women's empowerment and human rights among others.
Source: The Huffigton Post
On November 17, 2014, at a women's health event called "Better by Half," Barbara Bush and Melinda Gates voiced concerns about women's health in Ebola-affected countries.
Source: Ghana Web
Closing the gender gap in agriculture would accelerate significant economic gains in developing countries, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said.
Source: The Telegraph
As the first global Women's Entrepreneurship Day launches, Emma Sinclair reminds us there's no 'typical' image of a female entrepreneur and says that - for women in remote parts of the world - being self-sufficient in business is a matter of life or death.
Source: New Business Ethiopia
The Executive Secretary of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA ), Mr. Carlos Lopes, urged African countries to work hard on women empowerment and gender equality.
Source: The Irish Times
Gender-based violence is one of greatest challenges facing South Africa today and it needs to be rooted out of local cultures, President Michael D Higgins said yesterday after meeting South Africans engaged in tackling the issue.
Source: All Africa
The Multi-Party Women's Caucus has heard that the theme of this year's 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence campaign will focus on men, as they are the most common perpetrators of the violence.
Source: The World Post
For many generations, Africa has been looked upon by people around the globe as one of the world's greatest social problems. Corrupt governments, starving children and the HIV/AIDS epidemic dominated people's perceptions.
Source: All Africa
Women's rights organizations meeting in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia from 14-16 November have called on African governments to re-dedicate themselves to upholding national, regional and international laws and policies that advance women's rights and gender equality on universal human rights standards already agreed upon and protect them from social moral and cultural arguments and positions.
Source: IOL News
This case has shown the Equality Court to be a vital tool to bring about social change and social justice, says Peter Williams.
Source: Voice of America
Mozambique has one of the world's highest rates of child marriage - driven by strong social and cultural traditions, despite the practice being illegal.
Source: The Daily Star
BEIRUT: A gathering of NGOs and right groups called on the Lebanese authorities Tuesday to investigate thoroughly in the death and injury of three migrant domestic workers last week.
Source: Devex
News of soaring demand for land in Africa and the strain this places on rural men and women is not new. Nor is it news that some of the land governance systems on the continent have not sufficiently protected rural communities in the face of heightened demand for land.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
"THIS is cruelty of the highest degree. You cannot believe it," remarked a court official, who pleaded anonymity. Such a statement attracted the attention of many people in the court.
Source: Star Africa
Hundreds of protestors poured into the streets of Nairobi on Monday to protests over the rising cases of stripping of women in Nairobi and Mombasa.
Source: Global Post
Fewer babies could mean an "economic miracle" for sub-Saharan Africa, with gains of $500 billion (400 billion euros) a year over three decades for the region, the UN Population Fund said Tuesday.
Source: New Security Beat
"Sub-Saharan Africa's young people are in effect the global labor force of the future," said Jack Goldstone at the Wilson Center on October 15.