Source: Star Africa
Member parliaments of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) have been urged to make every effort to stem the spread of terrorism and extremism and to continue protecting human rights, including those of women.
Source: Devex
Girls are capable of great things. When they are healthy and educated, they can transform the world around them. But girls are also regularly denied the opportunity to fulfill their potential, hemmed in by the realities of poverty and rampant inequality.
Source: The Guardian
Open any newspaper and violence towards women seems to be increasing by the day. It is time to confront the darkest impulses of the human heart.
Source: IBS News
Pregnant at 15, Samantha Yakubu* is in a fix. The 16-year-old boy she claims was responsible for her pregnancy has refused to accept her version of events, insisting that he was "not the only one who slept with her".
Source: Daily Times NG
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: Premium Times
A female journalist from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Solange Lusiku Nsimire, has won this year's Courage in Journalism Award.
Source: Ventures
Six African women have joined the group of final contenders vying for the Empretec Women in Business Awards, organised by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's (UNCTAD).
Source: iol News
Arusha, Tanzania - Two Tanzanian women were hacked to death by men who accused them of casting spells that made them sexually impotent, police said on Friday, in the latest killings of alleged "witches".
Source: Project Syndicate
MAPUTO – 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. Inclusive, sustainable growth is achievable, but only by tapping the continent's greatest reserve of energy and creativity: African women and girls.
Source: African Development Bank Group
The African Development Bank Group joined the international community in celebrating the World Food Day in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, on Thursday, October 16 on the theme, "Investing in Women and Youth is Key to Feeding Africa."
Source:BBC News
Nigeria's military says it has agreed a truce with Islamist militant group Boko Haram - and says the schoolgirls the group has abducted will be released.
Source: Nehanda Radio
As we inch towards the 2018 elections, the country looks poised to seeing some women names on the ballot as candidates for the country's highest office — the presidency — in an apparent wave of the feminisation of political leadership.
Source: Foreign Policy In Focus
The Ebola crisis has highlighted the need for much deeper investment in the health, education, and empowerment of women and girls in West Africa.
Source: United Nations Population Fund
UNITED NATIONS, New York — As the world intensifies its response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa, the needs of pregnant women must be addressed urgently to save the lives of mothers and infants, warns UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
Source: The Independent
Well-meaning rhetoric on women's rights is not being matched by meaningful action, with girls suffering the "double jeopardy" of being young and female, according to a new report.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Sudanese security forces apparently think they can intimidate Darfuri students by beating them up and throwing them out of their dorms. There is no justification for treating students that way.
"Daniel Bekele, Africa director
Rural women are key agents for achieving the transformational economic, environmental and social changes required for sustainable development, the United Nations declared ahead of the International Day commemorated as an opportunity to promote their empowerment.
Source: The Star
THE Catholic Church has opposed a tetanus vaccination campaign scheduled to start next week that targets women between the ages of 19-49 years, claiming it is a secret government plan to sterilise women and control population growth.
Source: Sudan Vision Daily
Gender inequality is one of the most important structural and root causes of Africa missing its Millennium Development Goals on poverty reduction and other development targets. Structural barriers and social norms continue to limit women’s potential to contribute to Africa’s economic growth and sustainable development. Women’s economic and social empowerment should be placed at the centre of strategies toward building cohesive and dynamic economies.
Source: Star Africa
Malawi has launched the first-ever report on human rights violations on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the country, APA learns here Tuesday.