Source: The Japan Times
Japan is an ideal model for countries racked by conflict and poverty because of how it resurrected itself from the devastation of war and achieved peace, the first Arab woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize says.
Source: IMF
The global economy could be greatly boosted by unleashing the economic power of women, who remain the world's largest excluded group, the head of the IMF told a high level gathering in Japan.
Source: Un News Centre
The United Nations Security Council has long been a bastion for men selected to represent their countries on what many consider to be the Organization's most powerful body. But now, women ambassadors are filling over a third of the Council's 15 seats, making history at the venerable institution and sending out a strong message about women's empowerment.
Source: SA News
There is a need to move away from the view that violence against women and children is a government or criminal justice system problem, says Minister in the Presidency Responsible for Women, Susan Shabangu.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
International aid organisation CARE International has welcomed the decision by South Sudan's parliament to ratify the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
Source: IPS
It is a long, 14-hour drive from Niger's capital city Niamey to the village of Bande. And the ride is a dreary one as the roadside is bare. The occasional, lone goat herder is spotted every few kilometres and the sightings become a cause of both confusion and excitement since there aren't any trees, or watering holes in sight.
Members of the African National Congress Women’s League have picketed the Oscar Pistorius trial calling for an end to violence against women.
Source: The Standard At least six out of every ten girls miss school during menstruation because they cannot afford sanitary towels, according to United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef). It is estimated that an average girl loses more than a full month of classes in a school year.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation While trying to empower women, it is essential not to marginalise men so to avoid an increase in acts of violence against women, a senior U.N. advisor said.
Source: The Standard At the tender age of 7, Serem (not her real name) has already been booked for marriage by a man too old enough to be her grandfather. Soon she will be joining her husband's Harlem of six wives to become the seventh.
Source: Nigerian Bulletin The Federal government has on Friday in Rivers state inaugurated the construction of a Federal Junior Model Secondary School in Ogu Bolu Local Council of the state.
Source: allAfrica In an effort to safeguard the rights of couple in marriage, particularly women, activists in Zanzibar are calling for the review of Kadhis laws to introduce marital contract.
Source: Xperedon South Sudan's decision to ratify UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is a step in the right direction, says aid organisation.
Source: Standard Media Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero's wife, Susan, has joined campaigns to fight early pregnancy among school girls and reduce dropout rates.
Source: Sudan Tribune The general education minister in South Sudan's Jonglei state, Tut Kuony has decried the high numbers of schools closed in the region, disclosing that only 52 were in operation.
Source: Radio Cadena Agramonte Minister in the Presidency Responsible for Women, Susan Shabangu called on society to eradicate violence against women and children, media outlets report today.
African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Somalia rape women seeking medicine on their bases and routinely pay teenage girls for sex, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday.
Source: RoyalGazette
Moli Ntuli will always remember June, 1976.
The high school teacher witnessed police fire live bullets on thousands of Soweto students as they protested against apartheid in her native South Africa on June 16.
Source: AllAfrica
As Tunisia prepares for the October 26th legislative elections, the small number of women at the head of the electoral lists is drawing criticism.
Source: AllAfrica
Morocco's Renaissance and Virtue Party just repeated its call for a quota of seats in parliament to be allocated to ulema.