Source: The News Record
A student leader is using her position to bring an event to the University of Cincinnati designed to inspire women to find their inner royalty.
Source: The Independent
A pioneering British charity founder has won a $500,000 (£313,000) global award for her work in helping to bring education to more than a million girls in Africa.
Source: Daily Mail
TEACHER unions are in a better position to wage a serious campaign to uplift the status and position of women and girls in the country, Education Deputy permanent secretary Christine Mayondi has said.
Source: Al Monitor
When Mona Karam landed in California, the young Egyptian civil engineer's professional goals added up to little more than a vague desire to get a master's degree in whatever the latest tech trend happens to be, she said.
Source: The Point
Youth and Sports minister Alieu K Jammeh has urged youths, particularly young women, to be more hardworking and to jealously guard their culture and traditions, "characteristics that underpin our humanity with dignity and strong personality."
Source: All Africa
The largest gains in primary school completion over the past decade were observed among girls, while secondary education remains a challenge for adolescent girls in many regions, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and South and West Asia, says the governor of West Coast Region, Aminata Sifaye Hydara.
Source: The Guardian
But report warns population growth could outpace family planning programmes in some countries despite range of contraception initiatives
Source: CBS News
Namibia's Supreme Court upheld a ruling that health workers sterilized HIV-positive women without their consent, a human rights group said Monday.
Source: Ghana Web
Ghana’s High Commissioner to Namibia, Alhaji Abdul-Rahman Harruna Attah, MOV, has declared that education is crucial in the empowerment of young African women.
Source: Ghana Web
Ghana’s High Commissioner to Namibia, Alhaji Abdul-Rahman Harruna Attah, MOV, has declared that education is crucial in the empowerment of young African women.
Source: African Brains
According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), over 70 million girls of primary or secondary school age were not enrolled in 2009.
Source: East African Business Week
The Human Rights Watch report on child marriages in Tanzania, documents how child marriages severely curtail girls' access to education.
Source: The Huffington Post
As in most emergencies, girls in Sierra Leone serve as primary care givers and providers in their families. They are at the frontline of the fight against the deadly Ebola outbreak but invisible in the national response -- receiving little or no protection, recognition or support.
Source: Morocco World News
If you are a Moroccan woman, The Global Gender Gap Report 2014 will make you want to sob. According to the report, Moroccan women are ranked 133 out of 142 countries in terms of equality. To put it into perspective, Moroccan women are doing a little better than women from Chad (140), but worse than women from Guinea (132).
Source: IPS News
Can violence against women be prevented or eliminated with a new international treaty signed and ratified by the 193 member states of the United Nations?
Source: UN Women
To ensure that the needs of women and girls are addressed within the UN's overall response to the devastating Ebola Virus Disease, the United Nations Country Team in Sierra Leone launched an Ebola Gender Mainstreaming Strategy in early October.
Source: Ventures Africa
At the Millennium Summit in 2000, against the backdrop of a world grappling with multiple socio-economic challenges, the United Nations led the earth to a consensus;
Source: CAJ News Africa
THE Ministry of Communication Technology has received an international award for leading pioneering projects and advocacy linked to harnessing the power of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to boost gender empowerment.
Source: Sudan Tribune
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has reaffirmed its commitment to a partnership with Amref Health Africa to improve the health of women and children in Africa.
Source: Oxfam International
Independent report finds company follow-through on commitments to gender inequality needs improvement.