SOURCE: UN News
In the dusty plains outside Ouallam, a town some 100 kilometres north of Niger’s capital Niamey, verdant rows of vegetables sprout from the soil in neat plots. Adding further contrast to the parched surroundings, women in bright shawls walk among the rows, checking irrigation pipes and adding a splash of water to any thirsty-looking specimens.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
POLICE gender desk has called on the government to make amendments of the Marriage Act of 1971 so that it can be friendly to both sexes.
Tanzania's Marriage Act of 1971 sets the minimum marriage age for girls at 15 years with parental consent and 18 for boys. It permits the marriage of 14-year-old children when a court is satisfied that special, although unspecified, circumstances exist.
Source: FrontPageAfrica
The Election Coordinating Committee with support from the embassy of Ireland in Monrovia on Thursday ended a one-day 'ECC Advocacy Engagement with Political Parties' with respect to women's political participation and the amendment of section 4.5 of the new election law.
CW: mention de viol, infanticide, violence physique, esclavage
Alexandra (Afrique du Sud) - La règle n’a pas changé depuis l’apartheid: l’endroit est interdit aux hommes. Dans ce foyer délabré d’Alexandra, un des townships les plus miséreux d’Afrique du Sud, des milliers de femmes Noires vivent entassées dans la crasse et la peur du crime.
Mme Hawa Falili Fall, présidente de l’Association Développement Social Intégré (ADSI) a procédé, jeudi 17 février, à l'hôtel de ville de Sebkha, au lancement d’un colloque communal sur le thème ‘les violences faites aux filles et femmes.”
Source: Capital News
With a few months to Kenya's general election, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) are calling on authorities to be deliberate about taming cases of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV).
SOURCE: Premium Times
The local council elections held on Saturday in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have again brought to fore the low representation of women in Nigeria’s politics and governance.
SOURCE: Premium Times
It has often bothered me that 26 years after we arrived in Beijing and committed to the 12 critical areas of concern for the advancement of women worldwide, we are still talking about those things that undo us as humanity and disempower us as a nation. I was a proud delegate to the Beijing 1995 women’s conference and even then, conversations about giving women a fair and equitable chance to contribute to national development were met with all manners of obstacles. But as Maya Angelou famously declared, “Still we arise.”
Source: BBC News
Enatha Cyuzuzo est l'une des rares femmes ingénieures de chantier dans le secteur florissant de la construction au Rwanda.
À seulement 26 ans, vous la trouverez sur les chantiers en train de superviser les hommes et les femmes qu'elle emploie, certains étant bien plus âgés qu'elle.
Ingénieure civile, elle s'est lancée dans la construction en 2019 après avoir obtenu son diplôme, en créant une entreprise qui soumissionne pour des projets de logement dans l'est du Rwanda.
Source: PREMIUM TIMES
A total of 55 candidates contested to be the chairpersons of the six area councils. Only three of the candidates (9 per cent) are women.
Source: Nile Post News
Women with disabilities have asked government to avail them with employment opportunities such that they can improve their lives.
SOURCE: DW
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said Friday that women had faced "unimaginable" horrors in conflict-torn regions of Ethiopia.
SOURCE: Capital FM
A recent local news item on combating gender-based violence brought to light the deep-seated reasons that force women to stay in abusive relationships. The survivor of the violence narrated how her partner made her stay in the violent relationship by psychologically abusing her and making her believe that she had no option but to stay with him.
Source: SA News
Government is intensifying the fight against Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) this year, through implementation of the National Strategic Plan (NSP) on GBV and other measures to promote the empowerment of women, says President Cyril Ramaphosa.
SOURCE: Capital FM
Civil bodies led by Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK), in partnership with Urgent Action Fund – Africa, Coalition On Violence Against Women pointed out that most GBV centers have relegated their duties in giving support and justice to victims.
SOURCE: VOA
A radio program in Nigeria is helping break through conservative culture barriers by highlighting cases of gender-based violence, or GBV. Even before the COVID-19 lockdowns, many women and girls were victims of GBV.
SOURCE: Vanguard
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says with an estimated 19.9 million survivors, Nigeria accounts for the third highest number of women and girls who have undergone Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, globally.
SOURCE: The Conversation Africa
Most (90%) new cervical cancer cases and deaths are in low- and middle-income countries. What are the key factors driving this?
Cancer of the cervix is a disease of inequity of access to healthcare. It is an almost entirely preventable disease. Here’s why.
Source: Forest News
Known throughout the industry as “oil palm mamas” or “market queens,” women play a competitive role in Ghana’s informal oil palm sector.
SOURCE: UNFPA
Last January, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem became the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Champion on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment (PSEAH). During the year-long championship, she met with survivors and service providers in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan and advanced progress to end sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment. As her championship concludes, she reflects on what she has seen over the past year.