Source: New Era
THE Association of Charismatic and Pentecostal Churches of Namibia (ACPCN) must acknowledge that churches have not been very prominent in speaking out against violence against women and children and that it seemed still remaining primarily as a women's struggle but we want to assure our women that we will intensify our efforts and actions to reduce the prevalence of GBV in our country as a whole.
Source: New Era
IKUMWE – A cultural revolution of some sort unfolded recently when for the first time the Masubia Traditional Authority selected a woman as the senior induna (senior headman or tribal chief), for Ikumwe area, some 55 kilometres east of Katima Mulilo.
Source: DailyTrust
Women from Agudama-Epie in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State yesterday staged a peaceful protest over the killing of a youth from the area, Mulai George, which according to them was due to the poor handling of a land dispute by the state government.
It would be recalled that crisis erupted bet-ween two communities in the area in November last year over a protracted land dispute. Daily Trust gathered that the crisis led to the killing of George, just as several members of the community were injured.
The women blocked the busy Agudama-Epie axis of the Mbiama-Yenagoa road for over two hours yesterday, thereby disrupting vehicular traffic.
About six persons linked with the crisis were arrested by the state's police command last year.
Pregnant women at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ebute-Metta, Lagos, yesterday called for a review of a policy by which the hospital attends to only 20 women for ante-natal clinic. Some of the women, who spoke with newsmen in Lagos, appealed to the management to reconsider their stand on the policy, insisting that it was an unfair practice to pregnant women. The clinic holds only on Mondays.
MARIAM Peter, is a mother of 4, with the sixth on the way. She has had an interesting story with her last 2 pregnancies.
Source: Ansamed
Tunisia's Constitution prior to the revolution was far ''better'' for women than the one being voted on article by article in the country right now, the young Tunisian entrepreneur Soumaya Chouikha told ANSAmed. And this despite the fact that equality between the sexes has been enshrined in Articles 20 and 45 in the new one. "Now we have to struggle for any single right", she said.
WHEN Grace Bbayu (36), a resident of Mvumi village in Dodoma lost her husband in 2002, she thought that was one of the worst blows in her life. But more was yet to come.
Source: ANGOP
A special attention to rural women problems and promotion of programmes of support for the group stands as one of the main challenges for the ruling party?s women wing (OMA) this year.
It is estimated that 1,500 women and girls die every year from diseases brought about by lack of access to sanitation and water in the country.
Source: Executive Mansion
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has called upon Liberia’s female lawyers, gender advocates and civil society to “think out of the box” and come up with suggestions on how to address the growing crime of rape of young girls in the country.
There has been some impressive progress in some countries in increasing the number of women cabinet ministers, but how do these women act once they get into their new posts? Chiedo shares her research findings on the topic.
Source: Tanzania Daily News (Dar Es Salam)
RECENTLY, in mid December 2013, the media reported that 21 girls aged between three and 17 were subjected to genital mutilation (FGM) in Same District.
Source: The Herald
Government has deferred the setting up of safe homes for gender based violence victims to next year owing to lack of funds.
Source: Huffingtonpost
On January 14th Tunisians will mark the third anniversary of the "Jasmine Revolution." Three years ago, three weeks of popular protests sparked by the self-immolation of a Tunisian street vendor culminated in the ouster of former Tunisian President Zine El-Abedine Ben Ali and triggered a series of events that would come to be known as the "Arab Spring."
Source: Newvision
The number of mothers dying in pregnancy and during childbirth has declined in the last one year in 8 districts that are piloting a US-supported initiative providing emergency obstetric and newborn care.
A three-day workshop will focus on international human rights instruments and strategies to defend the rights of women.
Source: UN Women
Around 600 women have been trained in literacy, entrepreneurship and other skills to enhance their physical and economic security.
Source: Daily News
A WEEK before Christmas, reports from the Police Gender Desk (PGD) at the Urban- West Police head Office in Zanzibar revealed how a 45-year old father defiled his own 12-year old daughter.
Source: The New York Times
The last month saw a sharp escalation of violence in South Sudan, with the usual impact on women and girls. The trauma has reverberated throughout the region, as the birth pangs of a new nation remain fresh.
Some Itsekiri women on Wednesday stormed the Delta Government House annex, Warri, demanding explanations on the fracas in Ugborodo community in Warri South-West Local Government Area.