Source: AllAfrica
PRESS RELEASE
"The revolution and women's liberation go together. We do not talk of women's emancipation as an act of charity or out of a surge of human compassion. It is a basic necessity for the revolution to triumph." Thomas Sankara, African revolutionary.
Source: AllAfrica
Hundreds of underage children on Tuesday in Ogun State embarked on a protest against the ambiguous Section 29 (4b) of the Nigerian constitution, a clause, though devoted to renunciation of citizenship, recognizes women less than 18-years-old to be of full age.
Source: AllAfrica
Johannesburg — President Jacob Zuma will tomorrow, 09 August 2013,lead the country in celebrating 100 years of the contribution of women to the struggle for liberation and also in building a better South Africa.
Source: AllAfrica
In the wake of the recent controversies facing girl-child education in the country, the first female Vice-Chancellor of an African university, Prof. Grace Alele-Williams has stressed the need for quality education for the Nigerian girl.
Source: AllAfrica
Johannesburg — I remember a conversation I had with a woman last week who recounted the harrowing story of the manager of a local restaurant who recently slit the throat of one of the waitresses.
Source: Eye Witness
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says women in South Africa live in constant fear of being violently attacked.
Source: Vanguard
In the wake of the recent controversies facing girl-child education in the country, the first female Vice-Chancellor of an African university, Prof. Grace Alele-Williams has stressed the need for quality education for the Nigerian girl.
Source: The New Dawn
Over 50 Liberian school girls have benefited from a Chevron-sponsored Job Readiness and Placement Information Technology (IT) Program in Montserrado County.
Source: MISA
PRESS RELEASE
If Swazi women are to realize their rights as enshrined in the Constitution, there needs to be a holistic review of the marriage laws in the country.
Source: SouthAfrica.info
Gender-based violence, poverty and joblessness are the three biggest challenges facing women, says Gauteng Community Safety MEC Faith Mazibuko.
Source: The New Age
South Africa's culture of gender-based violence, patriarchal dominance and a lack of economic independence for women took centre stage at The New Age Business Briefing on the eve of Women's Day.
Source: AllAfrica
THE Governor of the Karas Region, Bernadus Swartbooi, has expressed concern over the increase in violence against women and children.
Source: AllAfrica
PRESS RELEASE
North West Premier Thandi Modise has condemned in the strongest terms the murder of a Coligny woman and called for intensified action against the scourge of gender based violence.
Source: Mail & Guardian
Two decades ago most South African women had no rights. They worked in menial jobs and lived their lives in the private sphere. Apartheid had disenfranchised them. Then, in 1994, things looked up as everyone became equal, at least in theory – the new Constitution said so, after all, and of course everyone could vote.
Source: AllAfrica
PRESS RELEASE
The United Nations Educational and Scientific Organisation (UNESCO) and its partners are calling for entries from various qualified organisations for its 2013 Global Alliance on Media and Gender forum.
Source: AllAfrica
PRESS RELEASE
Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) applauds Minister Jeff Radebe and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development for re-introduction of 22 Sexual Offences Courts.
Source: Mmegi Online
The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Shaw Kgathi has said Botswwana is committed to championing gender equality in sports.
Source: The New Vision
Miriam is 26 years old and she has a 6months old baby. She got to know that she is infected when she was four months pregnant. She was so scared for her life and her baby's life.
Source: The New Vision
Breasts being the sensitive issue that they are will always be the hardest body part to touch on without drawing undue suspicions from readers.
Source: AllAfrica
Women's Month celebrations began at Freedom Park in Tshwane, the country's capital, where the struggle for women's emancipation and equality was commemorated with the theme "A centenary of working together towards sustainable women's empowerment and gender equality".