Source: RIA Novosti
UNITED NATIONS, October 28 - Assistant Secretary-General for UN Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet described the actions taken by the organization to prevent women abuse at the Security Council meeting on "Displaced Women and Girls" on Tuesday.
Source: All Africa
Despite great strides made by the international women's rights movement over the years, women and girls around the world are still married as children or trafficked into forced labour, sex and slavery.
Source: All Africa
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Remarks Anne C. Richard Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Remarks at the First Regional Conference Dedicated to the Protection of Refugee Children and Adolescents Sharjah, United Arab Emirates October 15, 2014
Source: The Nigerian Observer
Sociologists believe that traditions, beliefs and cultures in many African countries often exclude women from some socio-economic activities.
Source: The Star
The new executive director of the Forum for African Women Educationists (Fawe) Hendrina Doroba says girls are still getting a raw deal in education. For instance, school books and teachers still describe boys as heroes and girls as weak. She tells Star's John Muchangi what Fawe is doing to end that.
Source: BBC News
100 Women is back. Last year the BBC kick-started its pledge to represent women better in its international news output with the 100 Women season.
But this was just the start - and today the series returns.
Source: PR Newswire
The Ford Foundation today announced the selection of Nicolette Naylor as head of its Southern Africa office, which is based in Johannesburg and serves South Africa and the Southern Africa region.
Source: The New Age
The No Violence against Women and Children campaign will be intensified in certain areas in the province.
Source: Open Democracy
We want to end violence against women, but is it really preventable? New research from Uganda adds scientific muscle to the political argument that we can, if we transform the gender power relations that sustain it.
Source: Big News Network
A strong network of self-help groups (SHGs) has managed to improve the social condition of women in Ethiopia and the east African country is now studying Indian models to ensure their financial empowerment.
Source: allAfrica
Girls who marry early are often excluded from formal education and employment and are at a higher risk to get pregnancy, HIV infection, disease and maternal health complications, such as obstetric fistula and eventual maternal mortality.
Source: Al Jazeera
The extensive rights in gender equality in Tunisia are failing to achieve their full potential as many women remain unaware of their existence, especially in rural areas. This is at least what Myriam Ben Ghazi, a Tunisian journalist, believes.
Source: World Economic Forum
Despite encouraging signs of progress, the statistics are clear: there is a gender gap and women are behind. How can technology help close the gender gap in economic participation by improving women's access to health and education?
Source: IOL News
Career limiting, unfair and reversing the gains made on gender equality – that was how calls for the wife of the KwaZulu-Natal premier to be removed as mayor and be re-deployed to a less critical office have been viewed by activists for gender equality.
Source: New Vision
Pro-democracy activists have asked Government to start civic education ahead of 2016 general elections.
Source: The Point
Did you know that there is a Declaration put together by the African Union on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment called the "African Women's Decade 2010-2020"?
Source: Leadership Newspaper
Mrs Folake Solanke, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on Friday in Abuja charged female judges on the need to restore public faith in the administration of justice in Nigeria.
Source: Leadership Newspaper
The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, on Thursday urged Nigerians to intensify efforts toward curbing insecurity, abuse and violence on the Nigerian child.
Source: Sudan Tribune
A group of female South Sudanese peace activists have appealed to women across the country and in diaspora to consider denying their husbands sex until the conflict is resolved.
Source: This Day Live
It was a grievous moment for female senators and their counterparts in the House of Representatives on Thursday when traumatised rape victims besieged the National Assembly to narrate their agonising experiences in the hands of rapists.