Source: Hays Post
Increasing the awareness of "gender-based violence" is the goal of an art exhibit coming to Hays next month.
Source: This Day Live
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has begun a probe into the alleged torture of a woman and her daughters at Ejigbo market in Ejigbo Local Council Development Area of Lagos State.
Source: Daily Observer
The director of Health Services has reaffirmed that the government of The Gambia is very committed to the fight against gender-based violence in the country, while highlighting strides that have been taken to root out this social menace.
Source: The Chronicle
World Vision-Ghana says there has been some significant improvement in child and maternal health in Ghana over the last two decades.
SOURCE: Nobel Women's Initiative
Since mid-December, nearly 400,000 people have been displaced by violence that has spread throughout South Sudan. Women and children are particularly vulnerable to the escalating violence and reports show that a disproportionate number of women have been displaced by the fighting. UN officials and aid workers on the ground have reported increasing cases of gender-based violence, including rape. A statement released by a group of South Sudanese women expressed concern for the increased suffering of vulnerable groups, particularly women and children, and have called for a swift end to the ongoing crisis.
Source: OSISA
We put it up front that we disagree with each other about whether it is appropriate for men to call themselves feminist. On the one hand, Mbuyiselo is convinced that it is not only conceivable for men to be feminist, but that it is courageous and ethically desirable, and that (African male) feminism is an elaboration of ubuntu/botho.
Totoya, Bong County - A group of rural women farmers under the banner "Arise and Shine" have launched an agriculture program in Totoya, Bong County.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Mauritania must ban the practice of force feeding young girls to fatten them up for marriage, says a report which highlights the case of a child bride who died last year after being put on a dangerously high-calorie diet.
An unusual phenomenon was observed on the streets of Egypt on the first day of the constitutional referendum (14 January 2013): perfectly respectable looking Egyptian women were dancing in public in full daylight.
Adjumani — Walk around Dzaipi transit centre in northern Uganda and you will see thousands of children running about, tents full of pregnant women, young mothers and newborns, and elderly women resting against trees. What you do not see are many men.
Source: SAnews
A road show to promote the Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) Bill will get underway tomorrow.
Source: Wararka Somalia
Mogadishu (RBC) The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif has applauded the relentless efforts of Somali women in shaping the country's destiny during a meeting with female representatives of the Somali civil society.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
THE draft Union constitution has significant sections on the rights of women and children. Sections 31, 43, and 47 indicate a cheery future for women and children, should the much awaited document be approved.
Source: Thomas Reuters Foundation
Central African Republic lawmakers chose their capital's mayor, Catherine Samba-Panza, to become interim president on Monday and lead the country out of months of sectarian killings towards elections.
Elizabeth Paul remembers the suffering she went through when her father-in-law kicked her out of her matrimonial home after her husband’s death two years ago.
Source: Dalsan Radio
Somalia's newly appointed Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed announced the new list of cabinet ministries at 2:00am midnight on Thursday 16th of January 2014. The cabinet consisted of 25 ministers, 25 deputy ministers and 5 state ministers which is three times the size of the previous cabinet.
Community activism is acknowledged as being a core component of the work of women's rights and human rights organisations.
ZANZIBAR'S one-stop-centre at Mnazi-Mmoja Referral Hospital had more than 900 reported cases of gender violence between 2012 and 2013, officers at the centre said.
The Education Ministry's branch in Mahmime sub-zone stated that the participation of females in Education is on the rise vis-à-vis the growing community awareness to this end.
Source: The Reporter
Cervical cancer is now one of the most common cancers in women overall, exacerbated by the lack of reproductive health information for women and delayed access to treatment in rural areas.
According to the World Cancer Research Fund, "About 86 percent of cervical cancer cases occur in less developed countries. The highest incidence of cervical cancer is in Eastern, Western and Southern Africa."
The cervix is the lower, narrow end of the uterus. The cervix connects the vagina (birth canal) to the uterus. The uterus (or womb) is where a baby grows when a woman is pregnant.
Cancer is a disease in which the cells in the body develop out of control. When cancer starts in the cervix, it is called cervical cancer. Cancer of the cervix is often deadly as it metastasizes or spreads to other parts of the body.
Cervical cancers don't always spread, but those that do most often spread to the lungs, the liver, the bladder, the vagina, and the rectum.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main cause of cervical cancer. HPV is a common virus that is passed from one person to another during sex. Unfortunately, at least half of sexually active people will have HPV at some point in their lives. However, not all women will get cervical cancer but all women are at elevated risk.
The majority of cases occur in midlife rather than old age and it is one of the most common cancers in women under 35. Preventative cervical screening programmes can cut cervical cancer death rates and provide a means of early detection.
When cervical cancer is found early, it is highly treatable and is often associated with long survival and good quality of life outcomes.
Types of cervical cancer
There are two main types of cervical cancers: squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. About 80 to 90 per cent of cervical cancers are squamous cell carcinomas. Squamous cell carcinomas starts in the surface of the cells that line the cervix that can rapidly multiply into active cancer.
Cervical adenocarcinomas seem to have become more common in the past 20 to 30 years but still only make up 5 to 10 per cent of cervical cancers. This form is more difficult to detect as it often starts higher up in the cervical canal and is commonly missed by a screening test.
Although most cervical cancers are either squamous cell carcinomas or adenocarcinomas, other types of cancer also can develop in the cervix as well. These types include melanoma, sarcoma, and lymphoma but they are more likely to occur in other parts of the body.
Symptoms of cervical cancer
Cervical cancer is often silent. In the early stages there are usually no symptoms and that's the purpose of screenings to pick up abnormal cells before it's too late. Once cancer is established, the most common symptom is bleeding between periods or after sex. Menstrual bleeding may also be heavier or last longer than normal.
Other common symptoms include pain in the pelvic area before, during or after intercourse as well as pain or difficult urination. Another red flag is any sort of unusual or unpleasant smelling discharge from the vagina. However, these symptoms may indicate other problems than cervical cancer as well.
More than 95 percent of cervical cancer cases can be prevented – get checked now.