Source: GroundUp
In my school when a girl falls pregnant, her parents are called in and the girl is kicked out of classes.
Source: Punch
The United Nations Population Fund has said that 110 Nigerian women die daily from pregnancy or childbirth related complications.
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: The Guardian
Last weekend Quarraisha Abdool Karim, one of South Africa's top HIV researchers, became the first woman to receive a US$100,000 (£62,000) prize for developing world scientists.
Source: Aljazeera
Shoana Solomon, fed up of discrimination, tells Al Jazeera the story behind their viral social media campaign.
Source: The Journalist
The commemoration of Black Wednesday and Media Freedom Day on 19 October marked the launch of the 2014 State of the Newsroom Report outlining some of the disruptions and challenges facing the South African news media.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Child marriage in Tanzania limits girls' access to education and exposes them to serious harms, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Source: The New American
Under the guise of advancing what the United Nations calls "gender equality" and "sustainable development," a new report by the UN Women agency is again pushing global abortion on demand, more sterilization programs and population-control schemes, massive government interference in family life, and much more.
Source: Mail & Guardian
The most devastating impact of violence comes not from wars, but from child and woman abuse; an area often neglected and needing much more attention.
Source: New Vision
Uganda should have a female president when President Yoweri Museveni retires, South African former first lady has said.
An international advocate for women and children's rights, Graca Machel said Uganda is one of the African countries that has brilliant women who have the potential of becoming president.
Source: BlackEnterprise.com
Ask motivational speaker and empowerment specialist Lisa Nichols what her favorite affirmation is and she'll quote Mahatma Ghandi, "Be the change you want to see."
Fourteen years since the adoption of Security Council resolution 1325 in 2000, significant progress has been made on the women, peace and security agenda. There is growing recognition that women’s empowerment is a key ingredient for democracy, stability and lasting peace.
Source: Nigerian Observer
Sociologists believe that traditions, beliefs and cultures in many African countries often exclude women from some socio-economic activities.
Source: International Policy Digest
In early 2014, Young People in International Affairs (YPIA) put out a worldwide call for nominations to find Africans under 35 years of age making an impact “in their respective countries, on the continent and in the wider world.”
Source: CAJ News
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: Afronline
From October 27 to November 1, Algeria is hosting in Oran the first international women's conference to promote a culture of peace.
Source: WEF Blog
In nine years of measuring the global gender gap, the world has seen only a small improvement in equality for women in the workplace.
Source: NAM AIDS Map
While international rhetoric on HIV and AIDS frequently invokes human rights, putting these ideas into practice in specific settings remains challenging, according to a process evaluation of an intervention in rural South Africa published in the October issue of Culture, Health and Sexuality.
Source: The New Times
Rwanda is Africa's best-performer in efforts to close the gender gap and seventh out of 142 countries on the global index, a new report shows.
Source: UN News Service
As the world is swept by unparalleled levels of displacement, festering conflicts, and a convergence of crises, the international community must fully endorse the role of women's empowerment and gender equality in ensuring global peace, security and development, the Security Council and top United Nations officials declared today.