Source: Marie Claire
A region long seen as poor and disconnected—has plugged into the Web in a big way. Mobile-phone applications, hardware hacks, and trending Twitter topics are commonplace in Nairobi, where a high density of tech evangelists has earned the Kenyan capital the nickname Silicon Savannah. And increasingly, African women are driving this renaissance.
Source: Journalist's Resource
As is the case in many developing countries — as well as in advanced economies such as the United States – women in sub-Saharan Africa still often lack access to the same chances for economic success as their male counterparts.
Source: IPPMedia
No body can deny that rural women, in not only Tanzania but also elsewhere in Africa, are faced with many challenges, including overwork-particularly with regard to household chores and farming.
Source: The Atlantic
The world has many coming-of-age traditions: sweet sixteens, bar mitzvahs, quinceañeras. But in one African country, 'initiation' is endangering the health of girls and boys.
Source: ANHRI
On Sunday February 23, 2014, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights held an event to launch its new report, entitled "Reclaiming and Redefining Rights: ICPD+20 Status of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Middle East and North Africa".
Source: The Times of Zambia
THE Non Governmental Organisations' Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has welcomed the imprisonment of a 49-year-old executive of Lusaka who has been imprisoned for 18 months by the Lusaka Magistrate's Court for assaulting his wife.
Source: The Herald
Zimbabwe will next month hold a national indaba to review progress on the Sadc Protocol on Gender as the 2015 deadline to meet set targets nears. Similar meetings will take place in 10 Sadc countries, culminating in a regional summit expected to take place in South Africa in May.
Source: Newtimes
The First Lady, Jeannette Kagame, is today expected to officially launch the scale-up of Isange One Stop Centre for gender-based violence (GBV) victims at Nyagatare District Hospital, Eastern Province.
Source: Save the Children
The first 24 hours of a child's life are the most dangerous, with more than one million babies dying each year on their first and only day of life, according to new research published by Save the Children.
Source: Aljazeera
At a conference[Fr] on gender violence held in Rabat, Morocco in late January, UN Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo commended the country on its recently introduced draft bill protecting women against violence.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
Zanzibar — WHILE women face the risk of death during delivery, global efforts and individual countries have tried to minimize maternal mortality.
Source: The Star
Eighty one cases are yet to be heard and determined at the Mandera Kadhis' Courts, Kadhi Adan Galgalo has said. He said there are many divorce cases in the county and the courts record about 61 cases in one month. Galgalo said demand for wealthy husbands by most women in the county is the main cause of divorces.
Source: Vanguard
Lagos — Police authorities yesterday paraded 12 persons and declared four others wanted following their involvement in the torture of three women at Oba Morufu International Market, Ejigbo, Lagos.
Source: SA news
During the National Assembly debate on the State of the Nation Address this year, the Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, spoke passionately about the advancement of women.
They are selected because they are—or could be—as good as agricultural scientists anywhere. They are groomed in leadership, and conduct research into problems facing their individual countries. They still face an enemy—the perception that African women agricultural scientists can’t lead in innovation.
Source: Awareness Times
The people of Port Loko District have called on civil rights organisations and other relevant institutions to engage themselves in effective advocacy and lobbying for the protection and restoration of the dignity of women and the girl child.
Source: Shabait.com
Asmara — The members of the NUEW in Gejeret sub-zone, Asmara, stated that governmental care for Fistula victims attests to the national commitment towards promoting women's health.
Source: Addis Fortune
Enat Bank S.C. is planning to provide loans without collateral, in two months time, to women wishing to become entrepreneurs.
Source: FrontPageAfrica
"Violence against women, violence against our mothers and sisters has reached an unacceptable level and we all must join efforts to put this to an end," says Oniel Bestman, one of many men who participated in the One Billion Rising for Justice Campaign in Monrovia.
Source: New Era
Outapi — Father of the Namibian Nation Dr Sam Nujoma has called on Namibian men to refrain from the senseless killing of women. "Our women should walk freely 24 hours in an independent Namibia without fearing for their lives. You do not touch a woman. Tell your sons to stop killing our mothers," thundered Nujoma.