Source: Post Zambia
The government has expressed concern at the high rate of child marriages in rural Itezhi-tezhi district.
Source: Spy Ghana
The Regional Advisor of World Vision, Miriam Iddrisu, has noted that unequal power relations between men and women often limit women's control over sexual activity and their ability to protect themselves against unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS.
Source: Spy Ghana
The Regional Advisor of World Vision, Miriam Iddrisu, has noted that unequal power relations between men and women often limit women's control over sexual activity and their ability to protect themselves against unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS.
Source: World Bulletin
A Nigerian court on Friday said the Lagos local government had acted correctly in banning Muslim headscarves (hijab) at public schools, a ruling that drew the ire of the city's Muslim community, which has vowed to appeal the decision.
Source: The Star
An operation is underway to identify and prosecute parents who have married off their schoolgoing girls, Lamu deputy commissioner Stanley Mutua has said.
Source: allAfrica
"Cultural practices and customary laws in Southern Africa Development Committee (SADC) limit women's ability to access, own and control means of production such as land and livestock."
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.