When 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.
Mphamvu 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dr. 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.
Supermodel 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.
PEOPLE 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.
The Country Director of the United Nations Women, Dr Grace Ongile has challenged the Nigerian government to ensure gender mainstreaming at all levels.
UN Women has reported on the progress it has made in mobilising representatives of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church to speak out against gender-based violence in the country, including female genital mutilation (FGM).
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.
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.
Gender equality around the world has increased dramatically over the past half-century even though the vast majority of countries continue to restrict women’s economic development in at least one way, the World Bank reports this week.
Helen Baleke took up boxing at 16, after she was attacked by a man in Kampala’s Katanga slum. But the beating turned her into what she is today – one of only several female Ugandan amateur boxers.
The grim realities cannot be ignored as Africa celebrates its achievements in the area of human rights and empowerment of women, argues Joaquim Alberto Chissano, former president of Mozambique.
Women’s rights groups in Tanzania are demanding that a new constitution clearly define the word ‘person’ to mean a man and a woman in a bid to promote gender equality.
SUDAN: Shocking video: Sudanese Woman Flogged for Getting Into Car With Man Who isn't Related to Her
Sudan’s public order law lets police officers publicly whip women who are accused of public indecency. The woman in this YouTube video was reportedly riding in a car with a man who wasn’t her husband or an immediate family member.
Source: Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)
Government statistics say it all. According to the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, during the period of five-years, between 2004 and 2008, a total of 28,590 schoolgirls in the country dropped out of school as a result of unwanted pregnancy, 11,599 being secondary school students and 16,991 primary schools.