Source: The Point
The controversial and sometimes sensitive debate regarding Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has intensified in Europe, as British MEP Marina Yannakoudakis successfully called for a ‘special FGM hearing’ at the European Parliament.
Source: AlertNet
The Somali government should deploy police officers to protect vulnerable women in camps for displaced people and stop arresting and persecuting rape victims who try to report such crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday.
Source: UN News Centre
United Nations officials have marked World Radio Day by calling for harnessing the enduring power of this vital medium to promote gender equality and women's empowerment and to amplify the voice of women over the air waves.
Source: UN News Centre
While nearly 1 billion people have escaped extreme poverty in the past 20 years and child and maternal mortality have been cut by almost one half, much more work remains to be done to address inequalities and ensure the rights and dignity of all, especially women and children, top United Nations officials stressed today.
Source: Vanguard
AS the nation's agricultural sector continues to impact on the lives of Nigerians, Oxfam and other stakeholders, recently, advocated for women's right to agricultural resources and celebrate women farmers as well.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
THE government on Wednesday launched the cervical cancer community awareness and screening initiative with a call to women to have a tendency of checking their status on the deadly disease frequently.
Source: The Observer (Kampala)
Three years after MPs passed the anti-FGM law, the brutal practice still thrives undercover among the Pokot and Kadama communities, as Moses Mugalu found out.
Source: Daily Observer (Banjul
Officials of the National Women's Council Wednesday met the vice president and Women's Affairs minister with its leaders pledging to empower the women folk for the development of the country.
Source: SAnews.gov.za
Pretoria — President Jacob Zuma says one of the key focus areas of crime fighting is to eradicate violence against women and children.
Source: SAnews.gov.za
Pretoria — While transformation in the judiciary continues, the under representation of women on the bench is of concern, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.
Source: Mareeg
Women should not live in fear of rape,Human Rights Watch.
Somalia's new cabinet should urgently adopt meaningful reforms to confront rampant sexual violence, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today in Kenya's capital Nairobi.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Nairobi — Somalia's new cabinet should urgently adopt meaningful reforms to confront rampant sexual violence, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Over the past year, women and girls endured high levels of rape and sexual abuse, including by government soldiers, in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
Source: Vanguard
Abuja — Not satisfied that women have not been adequately represented in both elective and appointive positions in Nigeria, Leader of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Mulikat Adeola-Akande, is mobilising women across the country to strategise on how to assert themselves more on the political terrain.
Source:This Day Live
In a bid to support women entrepreneurs to run thriving businesses, Diamond Bank, a player in the retail banking space, has provided ICT training for women functioning within the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector.
Source: 24 TANZANIA
THE growing number of cervical cancer cases has prompted the government to introduce the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine as a future preventive measure for the killer disease.
Source: Daily Trust
The Association of Professional Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has requested the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to create employment for female engineers as well as involve them in project executions.
Source: Sudan Tribune
Torit — The minister of social development in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria state, Paska Hifita, has called on women across the region's eight counties to engage in peace building efforts as a way of unifying the nation.
Source: The New Times
Last month in Davos, at a World Economic Forum (WEF) special event on Millennium Development Goals, President Kagame said: "Investing in girls' empowerment calls for increased investment in the good health of the girl child as we do for the boys, so that they all grow into balanced human beings with equal opportunities to realise their life aspirations."
Source: The Inquirer
A group of women under the umbrella "Women Against Female Genital Mutilation" (WAFGM) in the country has disclosed that it is getting ready to petition the 53rd National Legislature to enact a law against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
Source: Sudan Tribune
Khartoum — Changing attitudes in Sudan surrounding female genital mutilation (FGM) is helping to reduce the prevalence of the practice, UNICEF says.