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.
Source: MMM-Online
After my own harrowing experience whilst giving birth in Nigeria, I dedicated my life to maternal, newborn and child health.
Source: Medical Press
The incidence of HIV infection in South Africa tops that of any nation in the world, with some 6 million of the country's nearly 50 million residents infected.
Source: How We Made It In Africa
In 2005 Kenyan scholar Dr Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg started Akili Dada, a 'leadership incubator' offering high-achieving girls from underprivileged backgrounds scholarships to attend universities in Kenya and beyond.
Source: New Vision
When Ugandan farmer's daughter Rose Akurut became engaged to a man from a village far from her own, her parents could not be more thrilled.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Women farmers are the backbone of food production in much of Africa, but have long suffered from limited access to information and advice.
Source: African News
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) on Thursday expressed its commitment to a partnership with Amref Health Africa, a Kenya-based NGO, to improve the health of women and children in Africa.
Source: All Africa
A workshop to promote women's participation in politics kicked-off in Douala yesterday.
Source: All Africa
Over 800,000 women in the worst-affected countries face increased risks.
Source: United Nations Population Fund
Josefina, a 12-year-old girl living in Mozambique, wanted to leave school behind and become a mother. This was until a community-based activist introduced her to the risks that she faced if she acted on her decision.
Source: StarAfrica
Ghana's record on women's rights will be examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on Friday 24 October 2014 in meetings that will be webcast live.
Source: BBC News
Dozens of women and girls from two villages in Nigeria's north-eastern Adamawa state have been abducted by suspected militants, residents say.
Source: BBC News
The Mali government has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the country.