Source: The Daily Observer
The resident coordinator of the United Nations system in The Gambia has praised the government for the strong push for women empowerment, saying the country is on the right path to unleashing the potential of women in national development.
Source: Malawi News Agency
Minister of Gender, Children and Welfare, Clara Makungwa on Tuesday said government would support, with funding and campaign resources, every woman willing to contest in the 2014 tripartite elections. Makungwa said Malawi as a country had not done enough in improving representation of women in both politics and decision making position.
Source: The New Dawn
Women groups from diverse organizations here under the banner Women NGOs Secretariat, have threatened to display photographs of rape victims as means of claiming authorities' attention, if nothing is done to speedily adjudicate rape cases.
Source: Aswat Masriya
The Egyptian authorities have released 26 women who were detained on Tuesday during the dispersal of a protest against military trials for civilians.
Source: IPS
Uganda has gotten plenty of kudos and some criticism over its roll out of the new antiretroviral therapy for pregnant women and their babies, known as Option B +.
Source: Ryot
Government grants in South Africa are keeping young women away from “sugar daddies,” who health officials say are major contributors to the spread of HIV.
Source: WWN
Walking down a quiet street in Cairo to enjoy the evening air, 23-year-old Heba couldn’t help but wonder whether she was putting herself in harm’s way. “Can I join my family for dinner after this walk,” she asked herself. Heba is one of the countless women in Egypt who worry about being sexually harassed on a daily basis while using public transportation, going to school, or simply taking a walk.
Source: Spy Ghana
The Minister for Gender, children and social protection, Hon. Nana Oye Lithur, has said violence against women must be a priority for all men and women who are committed to contributing to the development of their societies. She made this known at a press briefing on 16 days activism against gender-based violence for elimination of violence against women in Accra.
Source: Aljazeera America
As the country spirals out of control, the UN mulls sending troops while women stage silent rally to protest violence
Source: SW Radio Africa
The globally commemorated 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence kicked off Monday, amid reports that the abuse of women and children is on the increase in Zimbabwe.
Source: The Daily Observer
Think Young Women (TYW), a young women-led non-profit organization has joined the rest of world in commemorating the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence on the theme, 'From peace in the home to peace in the world: Lets challenge militarism and end violence against women.'
Source: Tanzania Daily News
THE government has embarked on an ambitious establishment of one-stop centres (OSCs) countrywide to facilitate timely service delivery to victims of Gender-Based Violence (GBVs).
Source: The Star
Leyla Kassim's (not her real name) six-year-old rake-thin frame, neatly draped in a blue buibui, trembles visibly as she relives the despicable experience when she was defiled by her 25-year-old neighbour as she went home from school.
Source: The Star
Devolution Secretary Ann Waiguruhas said gender-based violence has increased. She said more women are suffering in silence due to the stigmatisation. Speaking in Nairobi yesterday, Waiguru said the violence is taking a toll on women.
Source: Sahara Press Service
Participants in a forum on violence against women, organized Monday in Tipasa, agreed to denounce all forms of violence against Saharawi women by the Moroccan occupier.
Source: Voice of America
The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS - UNAIDS - says every hour 50 young women become newly infected with HIV. Many of those infections are related to violence.
Source: UN News Service
Today is an opportunity for each person to recommit to ending the harm being committed against one out of three women, senior United Nations officials said marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
AS part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence, activists in Zanzibar are organising a 'special' forum where victims of gender violence, law enforcers, magistrates and other stakeholders will discuss violence against women.
Source: The Herald
A woman has caused a stir in the Temaruru area in Rusape after she set up an "abortion clinic" at her homestead which has resulted in the death of one of her clients and a still birth by another.
Source: Zimbabwe Independent
WOMEN and girls in Zimbabwe are carrying the burden imposed by local and central government’s failure to provide uninterrupted clean and safe water to the majority of the capital’s residents, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).