SOURCE: Allafrica News
The conflict in South Sudan has been characterized by sexual and gender-based violence. Parties to the ongoing conflict continue to use sexual violence as a weapon of terror and political repression and as a tactic to advance their strategic objectives, including to displace the civilian population in order to control contested territory.
SOURCE: Capital FM
NAIROBI Kenya, MAR 20- Businesswoman Grita Muthoni has declared intesret in the presidency in the August elections, becoming the female aspirant to formally declare her interest in the male-dominated race.
Source: Agence Mauritanienne d'Information
La ministre de l’Environnement et du Développement durable, Mme Mariem Bekaye, a participé, jeudi, à une concertation de haut niveau, portant sur le thème “les femmes dans la lutte contre le changement climatique dans l’espace francophone.”
Source: Financial Afrik
La banque Panafricaine Ecobank dans le cadre de ses actions en faveur de l’autonomisation des femmes à travers le programme “ELLEVER”, signe un partenariat avec la Fondation Sephis qui oeuvre dans la promotion du leadership et de l’entrepreneuriat féminin.
Source: Front Page Africa
Source: Daily Trust
By Salim Umar Ibrahim
A non-governmental organization, Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), has expressed concern over statistics in Kano which indicate that gender-based violence is high in the state.
Source: Amnesty International
A prominent human rights activist in Morocco has been targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware in recent months, Amnesty International can reveal.
Analysis by Amnesty International’s Security Lab found that two phones belonging to Sahraoui human rights defender Aminatou Haidar were targeted and infected as recently as November 2021, just months after the Pegasus Project revelations shocked the world.
SOURCE: IPS
The 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was just launched. Due to the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the main annual global forum on gender equality is once again taking place in a hybrid format – both at the UN’s New York headquarters, where government delegations will be meeting, and online, where most civil society activity will take place.
SOURCE: Tunis Afrique Presse
"Empowering today's women and girls for a sustainable future" is the theme of an international symposium organised Wednesday in Tunis by the Ministry of Family, Women, Children and the Elderly, in preparation for the eighth session of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development.
Source: The Cable
One of the five ‘gender bills’ that was rejected by the senate and house of representatives (HoR) during the March 1 voting on the 68 constitution amendment bills is the Reserved Seat Bill. This bill has sparked many arguments with the majority agreeing that because women are historically underrepresented in Nigeria’s legislature, as with other political spheres, there is a need for some form of strategy to turn this tide.
Source: Financial Afrik
Selon le rapport “Women, Business and the Law 2022”, le Bénin a réalisé une bonne progression dans l’amélioration du cadre légal et réglementaire relatif à l’employabilité des femmes.
Source: Agence Mauritanienne d'Information
La commune de Dar Naim a organisé, dimanche soir, une soirée culturelle autour de la participation de la femme au développement socio-économique.
To forge a sustainable future for us all, "women and girls must be front and centre, leading the way". Secretary-General António Guterres told the opening session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on Monday.
SOURCE: Capital FM
John Mwaura, the Chief Executive Officer at Finsco Africa, while admitting that the number of women who buy land and houses risen, he identified a gap in the ratio of buyers between men and women.
SOURCE: Observer
Women and girls, especially those in rural communities, continue to face the brunt of climate change that worsens pre-existing inequalities, and jeopardizes their food security and feeds instability and migration, the United Nations World Food Program has warned on International Women’s Day.
Source: Senalioune
Des femmes leaders ont apprécié à l’unanimité les percées réalisées par les femmes mauritaniennes dans les centres de décision et leur entrée renforcée dans le gouvernement et le parlement, où elles représentent près de 20%, selon des chiffres officiels révélés à l’occasion de la célébration le 8 mars dernier de la Journée Internationale des Femmes.
Source: Africa News
Elle est le visage de l’OMS en Afrique. Depuis le siège régional de l’organisation à Brazzaville au Congo, le docteur Matshidiso Moeti s’est concentré ces 2 dernières années sur l’impact de la pandémie, en particulier sur les femmes. Et le bilan est alarmant: selon plusieurs études, le COVID-19 a détérioré les conditions de vie des femmes à travers le monde.
SOURCE: New Zimbabwe
THE Citizens Coalition For Change (CCC) says violence is prohibiting women from actively participating in politics.
Source: The Conversation
South Africa's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, recently acknowledged that "South Africa needs a new consensus to deal with poverty, unemployment, and inequality".
Despite the government's efforts to address poverty through the provision of state grants, it's still on the rise. In 2020, it was reported that half of the population was experiencing hardships that have pulled individuals and households into poverty.