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.
Source: Daily Trust
Female parliamentarians in the House of Representatives yesterday resolved to canvass for more elective offices for women politicians ahead of the 2015 elections.
Source:Angola Press
Speaking to Angop, the municipal director of Family and Women Promotion department, Paula Loureiro stated that besides entrepreneurship, actions to fight gender illiteracy are being developed.
Source: Daily News
The Tanzania Women Bank (TWB) has signed a contract with Kishen Enterprises Limited, in a deal that seeks to empower and create employment to the youth across the country.
Source: Premium Times
An Abuja-based NGO, Society Against Prostitution and Child Labour in Nigeria (SAP-CLN), in collaboration with Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) have elected to embark on a controversial campaign to rid Nigeria's capital city of prostitutes. But it seems the campaign is being waged on the wrong side of the law following allegations of abuses and highhandedness, which grossly violate the provisions of Nigeria's Constitution.
Source: The Herald
Women are failing to break into the lucrative mining sector, with figures showing that they constitute just 5 percent of small-scale miners in Zimbabwe.The chief executive officer of Gold Miners Association of Zimbabwe, Mr Irvin Chinyenze, noted with concern that women were not keen on mining because of the strenuous nature of the work.
Source: The Observer
Hajjat Halima Nasuuna is one of many women who make a living from cross-border trade. Often, she travels from one country to another in the region vending crafts such as baskets, mats, and belts.