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.
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).