A Swazi woman was banned from being nominated to stand as a member of parliament because she was wearing trousers at the nomination centre.
Source: SANews
Pretoria – Government has announced that 22 sexual offences courts are to be reintroduced by the end of the current 2013/14 financial year, with specially trained officials and equipment to reduce the chance of secondary trauma for victims
Source: AllAfrica
For more than three decades, I have advocated for the African woman smallholder farmer. The farmers of the future may not be small, and are not necessarily only women.
Source: AllAfrica
PRESS RELEASE
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Dr Zweli Mkhize has committed himself and his cabinet to intensifying a campaign aimed at mobilising civil society to work with government to advance the rights of women. He was speaking today at the opening of KwaZulu-Natal Women Summit at the Royal Showground Pietermaritzburg.
Source: AllAfrica
A group of United Nations independent experts today warned that the rule of law in the Central African Republic (CAR) is "almost non-existent" as abuses of power and human rights violations have become pervasive in the country.
Source: UN News Centre
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has announced it will support programmes in eight African countries over the next three years to boost access to reproductive health services for millions of adolescent girls.
Source: AllAfrica
Menstruation in many societies is discussed in hushed tones. Unfortunately, the ripple effect is that young girls across the country are forced to drop out of school because they cannot deal with it, write Carol Ariba and Carol Natukunda.
Source: AllAfrica
"I need justice. My case was unjustly closed by the police!" That was the persistent cry of Mary Sunday, a graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, on whom a pot of stew and the kerosene stove, upon which it was boiling, were allegedly thrown at by her fiancé, a serving officer of the Nigeria Police, Corporal Isaac Gbanwuan.
Source: AllAfrica
PRESS RELEASE
Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Professor Hlengiwe Mkhize, Program Director
Source: IPP Media
Renowned gender trainer and specialist Rose Mjema has cautioned that the new constitution would be rendered useless if it does not dwell seriously on matters concerning women's rights.
Women's political representation is vital to securing greater gender equality, feminists and others argue. Africa has made great strides in electing more women to its parliaments.
Source: IPS
Malawi's President Joyce Banda knows a thing or two about women's empowerment. After all she is the first female southern African head of state.
Source: IPS
Each summer, wealthy male tourists from Gulf Arab states flock to Egypt to escape the oppressive heat of the Arabian Peninsula, taking residence at upscale hotels and rented flats in Cairo and Alexandria.
Source: Good Governance Africa
Marieme Bamba, a 57-year-old solar engineer, said she was just a "young girl" when her genitalia were cut, maybe seven or eight years old.
Source: The Daily Observer
Women's Bureau under the Office of the Vice President and Ministry of Women's Affairs, with support from the United Nation Funds for Population Affairs (UNFPA) Thursday validated the first draft of the 2nd periodic report of the African Union (AU) Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality, at the NaNA conference hall in Bakau.
Source: CNN
Inside a brightly painted Mogadishu clinic, Salim (not her real name) sits alongside her seven-year-old son, waiting for a check up. Opposite them, a health professional listens to their nightmarish ordeal.
Source: SouthAfrica.info
Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane will lead thousands of women in a 3.5-kilometre walk from Tshwane City Hall to the Union Buildings on Friday, August 9 in honour of the women who marched in protest against pass laws in 1956.
Source: AlertNet
PRESS RELEASE
Eight African countries will get support to improve access to reproductive health education and services for millions of adolescent girls, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said on Friday.
Source: AllAfrica
PRESS RELEASE
From today until the end of the month, the government and the people of South Africa will be commemorating Women's Month under the theme: "A centenary of working together towards sustainable women empowerment and gender equality"
Source: Voices of Africa
A black Mercedes pulls up in a grimy street in Bamako and the back door swings open. A satin-shoed foot emerges beneath a crisp brocade gown and steps gingerly on to the litter-strewn asphalt.