Source: United States Embassy of South AFrica
"Violence against women is not a women's issue. It's a men's issue." This was the heart of Dr. Jackson Katz's message during his recent visit. The internationally recognized American author, filmmaker and cultural theorist traveled to South Africa to share his groundbreaking work in gender violence prevention education and critical media literacy.
Source: Newsday
Young sexual and reproductive health rights activist, Charmaine Picardo, says her participation in the Washington Fellowship will assist her in developing local solutions to common health challenges affecting young people.
Source: BeMagazine
On April 17, 2014 our third day filming ‘Chasing the Cut’, two women aged 19 and 23 walk with difficulty to meet us at Kati kit Primary School in Amudat Uganda. One of them, Cheg (not real name) aged 23, managed to explain what the problem is.
Source: Gender Links
Following the elections and President Jacob Zuma's recent cabinet appointments, South Africa has missed its last opportunity - so tantalizingly close - to achieve gender parity in politics ahead of the 2015 deadline.
Source: Huffington Post
Different from what many people believe, menstrual health is not just a "women's issue." We need to get people -- boys and girls, men and women -- to talk openly about menstrual health in every part of the world. Female hygiene should be at the top of each government's list of priorities.
Source: allAfrica
It is common to hear people talk about women's empowerment and the liberation of women from poverty and domestic oppression and exploitation as pre-requisites for national development. Issues concerning women are hence integrated in the national policies and programmes. What is different, however, is the practicalisation of such policy statements.
Source: MSNBC
In the Konso Region of southern Ethiopia, the struggle for clean, safe water is a daily reality for women and young girls.
Source: Huffington Post
When Hillary Clinton and the head of U.N. Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka show up for a report launch, it's a big deal. That's just what happened when the World Bank released its report Voice and Agency: Empowering Women and Girls for Shared Prosperity.
Source: Africa UP Close
Next year, the world will be marking 20 years of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which is the global framework for advancing gender equality and addressing issues affecting women and girls.
Source: The Lancet
The achievement of an AIDS-free future will surely be a priority discussion topic at the upcoming International AIDS Society conference in Melbourne, Australia.
Source: UNFPA East & Southern Africa
Just 17 years old, Clarisse is already a mother of two, who lives with her husband and his four other wives in rural southern Chad. Three years earlier, she had watched her mom and sisters preparing food for a party one day. At first she celebrated along with everyone else, not realising it was her own wedding ceremony. When she discovered this, she was frantic.
Source: The Guardian
In a slum in Kampala, Uganda, 16-year-old Lydia dreams of becoming a doctor. But she worries that the amount of schooling she misses every time she has her period is scuppering her chances of success.
Source: The Point
Source: allAfrica
The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN), FCT chapter, over the weekend, took tree planting campaign to Bwari Area Council, where residents were sensitised on the importance of tree planting.
Source: DW
The Nigerian military has said that although it knows the location of more than 200 abducted schoolgirls, trying to rescue them by force could get them killed. The next step in the Boko Haram hostage drama is unclear.
Source: CISA News Africa
Khartoum — Lawyers have confirmed to Amnesty International that an appeal has been lodged against the conviction of a pregnant Sudanese Christian woman, who has been sentenced to death for her religious choice and to 100 lashes for 'adultery'.
Source: Capital FM
Nairobi — Every time Rosemary Olale told anyone about her HIV status 10 years ago, tears would roll down her cheeks uncontrollably; she felt helpless... she felt hopeless.
Source: Sunday Trust
ANALYSIS
Yola — On April 30 this year, Binta Masi Garba was elected chairman of Adamawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the party's state congress held at Ribadu Square in Yola
Source: This Day Live
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), a pro-democracy group, yesterday in Enugu bemoaned the level of participation of women in the governance process since the return of democracy in Nigeria, noting that it had devised strategies to ensure that women take effective part in the coming elections.
Source: OSISA
ANALYSIS
For decades, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been used the world over as the measure for economic progress and development. Policies and programmes designed to end poverty and inequality have thus been designed and informed through this GDP lens.