Women activists say they won a major step forward with Egypt’s new constitution, which enshrined greater rights for women. But months after its passage, they’re worrying whether those rights will be implemented or will turn out to be merely ink on paper.
Source: Aquila Style
A group of around 800 Moroccans, mostly women, staged a march in the capital Rabat yesterday, demanding that a constitutional guarantee of gender equality be applied in the kingdom.
Over the past three months, the ground-breaking Livi laBomake—Women’s Voices project—has empowered local women by tackling issues including gender-based violence, rape, abuse, identity and sexism through art, poetry and performance.
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zainab Maina, on Thursday said the Federal Government was committed to entrenching peace and security in the country for national development.
The Maputo Protocol follow-up ratification mission that was in the country to know the status of the Protocol since it was signed in 2003, has left with positive results from meetings held with different stakeholders.
South Africa has many milestones worth celebrating in its journey to achieving gender equality in the past 20 years, says the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana.
Source: Zimbabwe Independent
WHILE more women made it into Zimbabwe's Eighth Parliament after the July 31 general elections last year, courtesy of the new constitution's proportional representation system, they are still to make their mark in parliament seven months after being sworn in.
Source: The Herald
The allegations of gender based violence and sexual abuse on female politicians by their male counterparts are very disturbing. If true, they certainly explain why there are so few women willing to get into politics, in spite of the country being a signatory to several gender protocols that are meant to see equality for women in all decision-making positions.
Source: The Herald
Several studies have concluded that female politicians are likely to focus on issues that affect women more than any other social category. Some of the issues the studies put forward are to do with gender equality, sexual reproductive health rights and the general upkeep of women.
Source: Leadership
An early morning down-pour which elicited happiness amongst residents of Onabanjo Street, Oworonshoki, Lagos State, who considered it a reprieve after many weeks of intense heat, resulted in tragedy when a 11KVA high-tension wire fell, electrocuting a pregnant woman and five others, at about 2am.
Source: IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis
Kisumu — While the death of a mother during childbirth has obvious emotional and personal implications, a new study in Kenya that quantifies the precise economic burden on households has found that it can be debilitating for a family and push them into poverty.
Source: The New Times
As a result of Governance and legal framework, gender equality has been illustrated by the development of national frameworks and mechanisms including, the constitution, the Vision 2020, Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS), the National Gender Policy and Decentralisation Policy.
Source: SAnews.gov.za
Pretoria — South Africa has many milestones worth celebrating in its journey to achieving gender equality in the past 20 years, says the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
BAHI District Commissioner (DC), Ms Betty Mkwasa, has called for regular cervical cancer check-up as more than 250,000 women die annually from the disease.
Source: The Guardian
Progress towards 20-year-old targets that sought to put women's sexual and reproductive health and rights at the centre of development policy will be assessed at a UN meeting in New York this week.
Source: AWOKO
A seven member delegation comprises of six women and a man from the Solidarity for African Women's Right (SOAWR) are in the country on a follow-up mission towards the ratification of the Maputo Protocol-African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of women and children.
Source: The Point
TANGO the association of non-governmental organizations in The Gambia is holding another policy dialogue, this time "on the particular issue of women's access to productive resources: knowledge, skills, land, credit, production, storage and market facilities".
Source: Thoman Reuters Foundation
Rwanda has made progress in tackling gender inequality over the past 20 years, but women still lag behind in traditionally male-dominated fields like science and business, and violence against women remains a challenge, a campaigner said.
Source: Shabait.com
Eritrean Women in Agribusiness Association (EWAA) held a conference at National Chamber of Commerce Hall over the past 2 days and scrutinized its growth and organizational capacity.
Source: This Day Live
A delegate, Lucy Offiom Tuesday added her voice to the call by a fellow woman that rapists should be castrated as a price for their conduct.