Source: CNNKenyans marched through Nairobi on Thursday to demand justice for a teen who was allegedly gang raped, and the suspects ordered to cut grass as punishment.
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Source: IPS
Before we begin, perhaps we can set aside the stereotypes: no, she didn’t “mess herself up by following boys around”, and no, it is not in fact her fault that she became pregnant.
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Source: IRINThe face of Lydia Madhoro, 25, is dusted red from soil as she and her three female colleagues take a brief lunch break. They have been working since dawn on their gold mine in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland Central Province.
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Source: AlbawabaAccording to a
World Economic Forum report released last week, the gap between human rights for men and women decreased tangibly in every region across the world – save one. The report said that there was no improvement in rights for women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
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Source: UN News CentreCooking, cleaning and caring for children and the elderly should be a social and collective responsibility, rather than fall entirely on women’s shoulders, a United Nations independent expert has
said, warning that unpaid care that is not shared ingrains poverty and social exclusion for women.
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Source: IPSDespite adopting scores of pious resolutions on gender empowerment over the last 67 years, the 193-member General Assembly has failed to practice in its own backyard what it has vigourously preached to the outside world.
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Source: IPSWhen war erupts, women are often the first to experience the harsh brutality and the last to be called to the peace table. A resolution adopted Friday by the U.N. Security Council moves us one step closer to the full participation of women as leaders for peace and security.
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Source: Malawi News AgencyMphamvu kwa amai (women empowerment) needs to be institutionalized in all district initiatives if this country is to realize the 50-50 women representation in all social and economic development activities.
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Source: The Star
The government's free maternity services in all public hospitals has helped reduce HIV transmission from mother-to-child in Mombasa. County Aids-STI coordinator Dr Anisa Baghazal yesterday said most mothers are delivering in health facilities.
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Source: Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)
Dear readers,Today I have on my mind the welfare of pregnant women. I find it logical to mention here that a chance for a pregnant woman is a chance for her foetus -- her future child.
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Source: New Vision
Every year, about 1,500 girls in Uganda die from complications resulting from unsafe abortion contributing to the slow progress to reduce the number of women who die due to pregnancy-related complications.
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Source: The Star
Mwingi North MP John Mati has warned rich businessmen and teachers against luring schoolgirls into sex.
Mati said for every unwanted pregnancy a man should be imprisoned.
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Source: RNW
No less than 35 percent of the newly elected MPs in Zimbabwe are women, thanks to a special electoral quota system to increase women's representation in Parliament. At age 29, Tionei Melody Dziva is the youngest of them. She has a strong desire to uplift the lives of women and youths.
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Source: World BulletinDr. Ould Limam urged human rights organizations to work with Muslim scholars in defending human rights and clearing the misimpression that the Muslim faith condones gender violence.
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Source: The GuardianSupermodel Waris Dirie was just five when she became a victim of female genital mutilation. As she collects an award for her campaign against the practice, she explains why it has to stop.
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Source: allAfricaPEOPLE in various parts of the country have misinterpreted culture and traditional values, which has led to a high incidence of genderbased violence, especially against women.
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Source: Channels TelevisionThe Country Director of the United Nations Women, Dr Grace Ongile has challenged the Nigerian government to ensure gender mainstreaming at all levels.
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Source: Times of Zambia
Most teenage girls do not plan to get pregnant, but many do find themselves in this situation because of, among other things, peer pressure and influence from foreign cultures.
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Source: Times of Zambia
Government, through its Reproductive Health Policy, has advised that reproduction health needs should be addressed in an integrated manner rather than in parallel compartments because reproductive ill-health results from complications.
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