Source: Rwanda Focus
The American embassy on Wednesday launched its inaugural poetry contest marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign.
Source: Democratic Alliance
The Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Bill, although noble in its intention of empowering women, is potentially unconstitutional and will hurt the poor.
Source: Trust
Kenyan women lawyers will challenge a bill passed by the male-dominated parliament on Tuesday which denies divorced women the right to matrimonial property unless they can prove they made a financial contribution.
Source: The Point
GAMCOTRAP, in its efforts to raise awareness and empower people to change negative perceptions and attitudes towards women and girls, has been reaching out to young people in the three Niaminas in the Central River Region South.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
WOMEN in the country are likely to win overwhelming voters' confidence in the coming General Elections if the findings of a recent survey are anything to go by.
Source: Biz-Community
Government is set to do things differently during this year's 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children by visiting and engaging with communities.
Source: IPS
When Rwandan designer Colombe Ituze Ndutiye began drawing at the age of six, she thought she would grow up to be a cartoonist.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
KILIMANJARO Women Information Exchange and Consultancy Organization (KWIECO) has received glowing tributes as it expands its free legal services.
Source: Trust
Mother of four Everlyn Irusa was given an injection to numb her inside upper arm before two four-centimetre-long rods were inserted just under her skin.
Source: Trust
Sexual harassment, high rates of female genital cutting and a surge in violence and Islamist feeling after the Arab Spring uprisings have made Egypt the worst country in the Arab world to be a woman, a poll of gender experts showed on Tuesday.
Source: The Point
Journalists from the print and electronic media on Thursday took part in a two-day training on gender-based violence at the NaNA conference hall on Bertil Harding Highway.
Source: The Herald
A festival to celebrate womanhood is scheduled for November 23 at the Alliance Française in Harare.
Source: The Chronicle
THE OFFICE of the Administrator of Stool Lands (OASL)-Tamale has organized a one-day gender sensitization workshop at the Tamale Regional Library for Women's Groups and the Vulnerable in society on the Second Land Administration Project.
Source: Malawi News Agency
Non-governmental Gender Coordination Network (NGOGNC) said will implement a program to contribute towards in achieving increased representation and participation of women in politics and decisions making position.
Source: Aljazeera
Human Rights Watch has called on Somalia's government to order an impartial, and transparent investigation into an alleged gang-rape by African Union soldiers.
Source: The Star
The Government will spend Sh200 million to buy sanitary pads for disadvantaged girls in primary schools in the country in the 2013/2014 financial year.
Source: The Star
THE government has pledged to increase modern contraceptive use by 10 per cent in 2015.
Source: Aswat Masriya
A group that goes by the name "Tomorrow" organized a bicycle demonstration in Egypt's Suez on Friday evening where tens of girls biked on the Corniche in defiance of sexual harassment.
Source: The New Times
An advert that appeared on Rwanda TV recently painted disturbing a Picture that is all too familiar in many public spaces in the region and beyond.
Source: The Inquirer
The Ministry of Gender and Development has unanimously demonstrated its commitment to providing anti-rape awareness to all public schools and to enlighten the minds of students on Gender Based Violence (GBV) against women in the country and also encourage them to be part of the awareness process.