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.
Source: All Africa
The digital age is dawning for young Zimbabwean girls and women as they develop new forms of technology that will improve their lives and communities.
Source: The Post
FORMER Miss Zimbabwe Bongani Dlakama says education broadens girls' horizons and helps them build self esteem as women.
Source: UNICEF
A leadership training programme in Tanzania aims at reducing the vulnerability of out-of-school adolescent girls, who are at high risk for HIV, gender-based violence and unwanted pregnancy.
Source: The Daily Star
Sub-Saharan Africa's economies have boomed in recent years. But the headline figures often mask longer-term problems – not least, an over-reliance on natural resources and chronic inequalities.
Source: Premium Times
The House of Representatives on Thursday deferred consideration of a proposed legislation seeking to enforce certain provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women.
Source: Telesur
The European Union has awarded a top human rights prize to a Congolese doctor renowned for treating victims of sexual violence in a country with the dubious title of rape capital of the world.
Source: All Africa
Marondera — Jairos Maruwe used to beat up his wife so badly he once knocked her unconscious and broke her arm. It landed him in jail at least once, but it was the way he was raised.
Source: Xinhua
African experts have highlighted the contribution of civil society to efforts made to accelerating implementation of Beijing declaration, a commitment by governments to ensure gender equality and women's empowerment among others.
Source: Leadership
A Sokoto-based prominent woman politician, Hajiya Inno Attahiru, urged the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, to set up a special fund for women in politics as the 2015 general elections drew nearer.
Source: New Security Beat
"Half of the world's population is under 30 – any development agenda would have to address their needs, including their health needs, as part of accomplishing development goals," said Jennifer Adams, deputy assistant administrator at USAID's Bureau for Global Health, at the Wilson Center on September 24.
Source: UN News Centre
Sexual violence has become a key feature of the continuing conflict in South Sudan, the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura, has declared, while affirming that the widespread use of rape could ultimately be stopped through greater political and legal efforts by the Government and civil society.
Source: New Security Beat
"During the liberation war," Rwandan President Paul Kagame said in a 2010 speech, "soldiers used to sing a song praising the mothers who had carried them on their backs as babies, nurtured them, and taught them the values that ultimately informed the vision for this nation."
Source: The Guardian
Dorkenoo's lifelong dream of a global, Africa-led movement against FGM was realised just a week before her death.
Source: The Sun
She is beautiful and brainy and guess what, she is passionate about Nigeria.