Source: This Day Live
Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT), Society for Family Health, Prof. Shima Gio has said that cervical cancer is no longer a death sentence in women as there are many ways of treating it now.
Source: This Day Live
Women in Technology in Nigeria (WITIN), in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications Technology, is set to boost Information and Communications Technology (ICT) education among Nigerian girls by giving them full access to technology.
Source: Vanguard
NIGERIA is taking her place among nations worldwide in March 2014 as activities for the "Million Woman March for Endometriosis Worldwide" kick off in earnest as part of the ongoing campaign to save Nigerian women from the pain and trauma of endometriosis.
Source: The Namibian
The South African opposition on Monday called growing gender-based violence in the country "a national crisis" which "requires decisive and swift action" from the government.
Source: Front Line Defenders
On 21 January 2014, at approximately midnight, a group of unidentified armed men attempted to break in to the house of human rights defender Ms Amina Mohamed.
Source: Heritage
Margibi County Senior Senator Clarice Alpha David- Jah says the strength and potential of any nation incorporates the contributions of its women to growth and development.
Source: Daily Trust
The National Human Rights Commission is to begin work with a group, White Ribbon Alliance, to tackle abusive care of women in hospitals.
Source: Femnet
Women's rights organizations from across Africa call for gender equality concerns to be fully integrated into the Common Africa Position being developed on the Post 2015 development agenda.
Source: Foroyya Newspaper
Women gardeners in Old Jeshwang are calling on the government, non-governmental organisations and individuals to come to their aid.
Source: East African Busniess Week
President Yoweri Museveni said the biggest challenge for growing economies in Africa is redundant people who are in sleeping mode and are dependent of the few who are hard working.
Source: This Day Live
The Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said that the proposed 2014 appropriation bill will make more provisions for gender empowerment.
Source: United States Department of State
The issue of gender in peace-support operations took a front-row seat as dozens of representatives from across the African continent gathered in Kenya at the International Peace Support Training Center on January 20 for a week long conference.
Kigali will early next month host women representatives from 20 leading Silicon Valley based tech companies in the United States.
Source: US Embassy Amman
The U.S. Department of State has announced the 2014 honorees for the Women in Science Hall of Fame initiative.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
There were two unusual things about the graduation of the 2012 Civil Engineering class at St Joseph’s Technical Institute in Kisubi, Uganda.
Source: The Huffingtonpost
While the upcoming Olympics have put a spotlight on the increasingly draconian persecution of LGBT people in Russia, it is not breaking news that millions of LGBT people live in literal fear of their lives in many parts of the world.
Source: Eye Witness News
The South African Medical Research Council has warned rape statistics are inaccurate and may be deceptive, as many sexual assaults go unreported.
Source: Daily Trust
Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development Hajiya Zainab Maina has called on stakeholders to ensure that gender gap at each level of the educational sector is reduced within the shortest possible time.
Source: Daily News Tanzania
Riziki Peter, a resident of Mikocheni B in Dar es Salaam was shocked when she opened the door of her house in the middle of the night and saw a half-naked woman, talking to the watchman.
Source: Daily Maverick
Catherine Samba-Panza is the new president of the Central African Republic, and it's her job to get that country back on its feet after a year of near anarchy and vicious blood-letting. Has she got the necessary skills? Maybe. But she can't do it on her own.