Source: Somaliland Press
I was watching an occasion in this week, whereby the American secretary of state was honouring a noble award for Somali women that is employed and engaged on social development programmes in Somalia, mainly, the capital Mogadishu, even though America is away from Somalia not less than 10, 000.00 kilometer.
Four Egyptian women, four remarkably similar views about Egypt. Merna is a student, Hilda and Injy are graduates, and Yara is a teaching assistant at university in Cairo.
Source: Dawn.com
General Electric (GE) and Ashoka Changemakers launched an online competition in search of innovative solutions that will advance economic opportunities for women in Pakistan, Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa.
Source: VOA
A new report from Kenya's ministry of health reveals 465,000 women had abortions last year, the vast majority in unsafe conditions -- despite more liberal abortion laws.
Source: BusinessDay
Coca-Cola Nigeria, as part of a landmark $100 million agreement signed on Monday between the Coca-Cola Company and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will provide financing to women micro-distributors in the company's value chain.
Source: Huffington Post
How can we support and improve Innovation in Africa?
Source: AllAfrica
World Breastfeeding week came and went (August 1-7) and the message "breast milk is best for baby; it is tailor-made for the baby" was sounded.
Source: AllAfrica
THE Embu women's representative has decried high illiteracy levels in the county. Rose Mitaru said she doubts the government will achieve Vision 2030 considering the levels of illiteracy in some counties.
Source: AllAfrica
Mothers in Bweyogerere have reason to smile, with the launch of a new mother to child health ward, set to replace the single room unit they had.
Source: AllAfrica
PRESS RELEASE
Three Ghana-based civil society organisations, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), West Africa Network for Peacebulding (WANEP), and the Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA), have jointly commenced a project aimed at enhancing the voices of women in the media.
Source: allAfrica
PRESS RELEASE
Good morning to members of the media,
Source: AllAfrica
More than 2,000 girls are lined up to undergo FGM in Pokot and Marakwet areas.
Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka took the oath of office as the Executive Director of UN Women during a ceremony today at UN Headquarters presided over by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
CHIEF Justice, Mohamed Chande Othman has appealed to leaders of African countries to remove patriarchy system, saying it has been denying capable women the chance to be appointed as judges in the continent's legal sector.
Source: AllAfrica
Teenage pregnancy and the stigmatisation that accompanies it continue to expose deep seated prejudices that exist in our society. Given the prevailing attitude of vilifying pregnant girls it should come with little surprise that many schools opt for a punitive response by banishing pregnant girls from school.
Source: AllAfrica
Late 2012 saw an escalation of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo when the rebel group M23 captured and briefly held the city of Goma.
Source: AllAfrica
The Minister of Science and Technology, Derek Hanekom, announced this year's Women in Science Awards winners at a gala dinner in Johannesburg today.
Source: HeraldOnline
Alaffia, a Fair Trade body care company based in Olympia WA, is celebrating its 10 year anniversary by sending CEO Olowo-n'djo Tchala on a two month, 8,780 mile, couch surfing tour across the US in a biodiesel van.
Source: BDLive
THE government is contemplating tough laws to enforce gender transformation compliance in the private and public sectors, which could be implemented as early as 2015.
Source: Media Update
Women24, South Africa's biggest female focused website, has gone live with their latest Female Nation Survey.