SOURCE: New Times
Rwanda has finally lifted the Covid-19 curfew exactly a year after the country rolled out an aggressive vaccination effort against the virus and nearly two years after limitations of movement were first introduced.
SOURCE: Brookings
In January 2022, the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative (AGI) released its annual Foresight Africa report, which explores top priorities for the region in the coming year. This report examines some of the most pertinent issues facing the continent in 2022, including its economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, public health, the empowerment of African women and girls, climate change, technological innovation, and the region’s external relations.
Source: VivAfrik
Bonne nouvelle pour les défenseurs de l’environnement notamment au Sénégal. Pour une justice climatique inclusive, l’Association Pour le Développement Intégré de Kolda (APDIK) a organisé un atelier pour former les jeunes et les femmes sur les enjeux de la reforestation.
Source: Le 360 Afrique
En Afrique, comme partout ailleurs, les femmes au foyer sont victimes de plusieurs violences. La journée internationale de la femme est une occasion de sensibiliser les communautés sur les dangers auxquels ces femmes s’exposent lorsqu’elles sont violentées.
Source: Spotlight Initiative
Amadou Moumouni Soumaila, 37, has been a gender equality and human rights activist for two decades. He is a member of the civil society organization (CSO) Comité Nigerien sur les pratiques Traditionnelles ayant effet sur la santé des Femmes et des Enfants, which focuses on traditional practices affecting women's and girls’ health, and has been on the board of the Spotlight Initiative Civil Society Reference Group (CSRG) of Niger since 2019.
SOURCE: Premium Times
Scores of Nigerian women protested Wednesday at the National Assembly against the rejection of several bills seeking gender equality in the country.
SOURCE: Egypt Online
Egypt has scored 50.6 points in the World Bank's Women, Business and the Law 2022 report, up from the 45 points it got in the 2021 report, International Cooperation Minister Rania Al-Mashat said on Tuesday1/3/2022.
Source: UN News
Norah Magero, a Mechanical Engineer and Renewable Energy Expert from Kenya, is helping communities adapt to the changing climate, in the face of gender discrimination.
Source: VOA
Cameroon's women and children have suffered disproportionately in the country's five-year separatist conflict. But a report by the International Crisis Group says the role of women has expanded from just being victims to being rebels and peacemakers.
SOURCE: UN Women
On 3 December every year, the world commemorates International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This year, we spoke with Uzoamaka Anita Asiegbu, Programme and Inclusion Analyst for UN Women, to better understand her role in the Nigeria Country Office.
SOURCE: UN Women
A farming equipment and seed distribution organized by the Ministry of Women and CARE International with the support of UN Women in Kismayo, Jubaland celebrated women transforming their lives through the LEAP project, funded by the Government of Japan. Women beneficiaries shared the experiences of how their lives have changed in the drought and conflict-affected state.
Source: Sidwaya
Le recyclage des résidus après récolte est une préoccupation de L’Association des Femmes pour le Développement Durable de l’Agriculture (AFeDA).
Source: Agence Mauritanienne d'Information
L’Association “Eyadi Mouhsinines” (“Mains des bienfaisants”) a organisé, jeudi, une journée de la santé sous le thème “Le cri d’une mère et le sauvetage d’un bébé.”
Source: UNFPA ESARO
Mongu — "Growing up in a remote village, I witnessed my grandmother, a traditional birth attendant, assisting women and girls to deliver babies. She would perform these deliveries at home, using local herbs to try and address complications," said Michelle Simukayi, a student at Lewanika College of Nursing and Midwifery in Western Province.
SOURCE: New Frame
Adim candle flame lighting the room can be seen from outside through the open door at a backyard maternity ward in Mabvuku, a populous and high-density suburb in the east of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.
SOURCE: GroundUp
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed laws extending protection against harm online and in social media.
Source: Le 360 Afrique
Une campagne d’information et de sensibilisation incitant les jeunes filles à s’intéresser aux matières scientifiques dans les établissements scolaires de Libreville, vient de révéler au grand jour deux visages encore méconnus du grand public, deux lycéennes se sont révélées être des ambassadrices pour les femmes dans le domaine des sciences.
Source: Africanews
Fondée pour les pays de la Communauté Economique Des Etats d’Afrique de l’Ouest et plus tard élargie aux pays non membres tels que la Mauritanie, le Tchad et le Cameroun, la phase une du projet SWEDD (ndlr: “Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend” - “Projet d’Autonomisation des Femmes et Dividende Démographique au Sahel”) pour l’autonomisation de la jeune fille et des femmes a été un succès; comme sont venus le témoigner au Cameroun le Directeur de l’Organisation Ouest Africaine pour la Santé (OOAS) et la Directrice Régionale du Fond des Nations Unies pour la Population (UNFPA).
Source: The Vanguard
The Nigerian Federal Government, on Monday, flagged off training of over 150 women farmers in South East geopolitical zone on tackling climate change to mitigate impact on food production.
SOURCE: New Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has expressed concerns over the high number of rape cases reported this month so far amid indications most such crimes are being perpetrated by guardians in charge of minors.