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.
Source: South African Government News Agency
The Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, on Tuesday joined a roundtable discussion on the Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) Bill.
Source: The Chronicle
The TEPA Senior High School has indicated that it would no longer admit girls to the school because of lack of beds and space.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Source: Daily Trust
“We need more women leaders! When women lead side by side with men, it is good for equality and democracy. It is good for peace and stability. It is good for business. When women and men make decisions together, the decisions better reflect and respond to the diverse needs and rights of the entire population.” UN Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at the launch of Women Leading Africa Programme in Namibia on 24 October, 2013.
Source: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Addis Ababa, 23 January 2014 (ECA) - At the 23rd consultative meeting on gender mainstreaming in the African Union that commenced in Addis Ababa, Thursday, Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa said that food security is within reach and that “Africa can and should feed Africa”.
Source: New Business Ethiopia
The network of 55 civil society organizations working in Africa known as The gender in my Agenda campaign (GIMAC) call on leaders of South Sudanese and Central African Republic to bring aboard women in the peace process.
Source: The Guardian
After 18 years as a social activist in Somaliland, Suad Abdi feels it is time to run for parliament. But she stands as much chance of winning a seat as a camel has of passing through the eye of a needle.
Source: The Star
Kiambu Governor William Kabogo has said unmarried people should not be elected into office. He said such people have no family values and cannot lead.
Source: South Sudan News Agency
Kampala — In August 2013, soon after Eid Al Fatah, a young Ethiopian woman was lured to an empty property where she was pinned down and brutally gang raped by a group of seven men. The rape was filmed by one of the participants and then circulated through online social media months later.
Source: AlertNet
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete has appointed two women to powerful cabinet positions as the country prepares to enact a new constitution.
Source: Leadership (Abuja)
Minister of Niger Delta, Elder Godsday Orubebe, has said that the ministry is committed to youth development and women empowerment as a panacea to sustainable peace in the Niger Delta region.
Source: Premium Times
Six out of 10 people who are trafficked to the West are Nigerians. PREMIUM TIMES investigative reporter, Tobore Ovuorie, was motivated by years of research into the plight of trafficked women in the country, as well as the loss of a friend, to go undercover in a multi-billion dollar criminal enterprise. She emerged, bruised and beaten but thankfully alive, after witnessing orgies, big money deals in jute bags, police-supervised pickpocketing, beatings and even murder. This is her story.
Source: The New Times
When she started narrating her ordeal, tears flowed from her eyes uncontrollably until a friend intervened to comfort her.
Source: New Times
My husband returned home at 2.00am in the night drunk. I had spent the whole day in bed not feeling well. When he entered the bedroom, he asked me for his food which I gave him and went back to sleep.