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.
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.