Source: Daily News Egypt
Four political parties and seven civil society organisations strongly criticised the passage of laws dealing with upcoming parliamentary elections without consultation with women’s groups and organisations.
Source: Star Africa
Malawi will on Tuesday launch a five-year National Girls Education Strategy (NGES) to guide interventions for the enrolment of girls as well as the creation of a conducive environment to allow them to excel in school.According to a statement from Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the ceremony will also be used to launch a National Girls Education Communication Strategy (NGECS).
Source: The Star
A group of women in Murang'a county have taken the lead to protect Ndakaini dam which is the main source of water for Nairobi residents -- by planting trees.
Source: allAfrica
Eight gender based violence (GBV) survivors have hailed the Gender Links entrepreneurship and self-sustaining skills course that aims to economically empower women. This came out during the different presentations made by the GBV survivors during the just ended SADC Protocol@Work Summit in Zambia.
Source: The Rwanda Focus
The World Bank director of Gender and Development, Jeni Klugman, yesterday visited schools in Kigali that are part of the Adolescent Girls Initiative (AGI), a project sponsored by the WB.
Source: Financial Gazette
I am sharing health tips to women in their 40s, by one, Jenny Blake. Women in their forties are very active, often working and raising families, with little time to take care of themselves. At this point in a woman's life, making good health choices will keep her looking and feeling good, and can prevent the onset of many chronic type diseases.
Source: Heritage
A Certified Midwife assigned at the Boegeesay Health Center in Rivercess County has alarmed over the numerous challenges confronting the medical facility.
Source: This Day Live
A former member of the House of Representative, Hon. Binta Masi Garba, has emerged the Chairman of the Adamawa State All Progressives Congress (APC).
Source: The Star
ANALYSIS
"I don't want to be a compliment to anybody else. I want to be me. I am not an entertainer. I do not want a borrowed rib!" So came the impassioned statement by Malawi presidential candidate Jessie Kabwila, a woman toughened by a strangely unapologetic anti-female prevailing political tradition in a country already headed by a woman president.
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DOCUMENT
Remarks by Anne C. Richard, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
Let me start by thanking you for organizing this event.
And thank you for preparing this video. It is inspiring to see how enlightened family planning policies can transform the lives of women like Mihret who was a child bride and young mother and is now proudly helping others make their own choices about when to bear children.
Source: AlertNet
Girls kidnapped by Islamist insurgents in Nigeria earlier this month are being married off to militants in mass weddings, according to a report in the British newspaper the Guardian.
Source: Premium Times
Abuja — Scores of Nigerian women, and a few men, defied the heavy Abuja rain Wednesday to protest and demand the release of over 200 girls kidnapped on April 14 by insurgents believed to be members of the extremist Boko Haram sect.
Tunisia has officially lifted key reservations to the international women’s treaty, an important step toward realizing gender equality, Human Rights Watch said today. The Tunisian government should next ensure that all domestic laws conform to international standards and eliminate all forms of discrimination against women.
Hundreds of parliamentarians, dignitaries and policymakers from around the world gathered in Stockholm, Sweden, from 23 to 25 April to reaffirm their support for women’s and adolescents’ human rights, particularly their reproductive rights.
Hundreds of mainly women protesters have marched through the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to press for the release of 230 schoolgirls abducted by militants two weeks ago.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday signed into law a controversial bill that legalises polygamy for men, overriding criticisms from women’s groups, female parliamentarians and Christian leaders.
Source: The New Times
The First Lady, Jeannette Kagame, urged women to work hard and exploit the environment that offers them level ground so as to achieve their potential and get rid of poverty.
Source: UNGEI Blog
Many government officials in countries all over the world ask, “What works to get and keep girls in school and to transition to secondary?” Many developing countries have identified promising strategies but challenges remain to ensure girls successfully complete primary school and transition to secondary in a safe and supportive learning environment .
Source: FrontPageAfrica
Monrovia — FrontPageAfrica's Newsroom Chief Wade Williams will form part of a panel discussion on Media freedom at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in observance of this year's World Press Freedom which will be celebrated on May 3rd.
Source: The Star
There exists a very thin line between the joy of motherhood and childbirth complications. Dressed in a pink gown, 65-year-old Joyce Mumbi sits on a bed at Guru Nanak Hospital in Nairobi awaiting her turn to go to the theatre. She has lived with fistula for more than 30 years.