On Thursday, the international community recognises World Population Day, a time of assessment, discussion and projections for the future that necessarily gives great weight to the rights of women and girls and particularly their sexual and reproductive health.
Source: Trust
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Kenya’s dire maternal death rate may finally fall thanks to the introduction last month of free maternity services for women, with some hospitals reporting a 50 percent increase in deliveries.
In some Democratic Republic of Congo schools, teachers and senior authorities are using their status to abuse girls who do not know their rights, according to the African Association for the Defence of Human Rights.
Investment in women’s reproductive health, often neglected by many countries, increasingly is being recognised as an essential component to achieving gender equality, greater productivity and the physical and economic health of families, communities and nations.
Source: FARA
Women farmers may be the pillars of African agriculture and the African economy, but they would better placed to contribute to poverty eradication if they were given the right opportunities and mechanisms.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
A Marriage Bill which seeks to unify Kenya’s various marriage-related laws and customs and strengthen women’s rights in marriage was introduced to parliament on Tuesday and caused uproar among Kenyan men, many saying it is ‘punitive’ and should not become law.
Source: Women24
When two FHM staff joked about rape and corrective rape earlier today, and I was shown the image, I just sighed loudly. Where does one begin?
African-born Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka says she would like to see women's rights more prevalent. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, a former South African deputy president, has been appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as the head of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women.
Source: New Vision
The African Union came up with 2010-2020 the African Women’s Decade and one of the themes is aiming at promoting maternal health. And the purpose is to help in promoting the reproductive rights of women and creating awareness on maternal health.
Source: AllAfrica
The much-awaited voting on recommendations of the Senate Committee on the Review of the Constitution took place Tuesday with the parliament throwing out the recommendation of a six-year single term for the president and governors.
Source: AllAfrica
THE Federal Government has said the Community Services Women and Youth Employment, CSWYE, project of Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P, has created no fewer than 21,000 job opportunities in the North-West Geo-political zone of the country.
Source: AllAfrica
Zanzibar — THE Minister for Education and Vocational Training, Mr Ali Juma Shamuhuna, has said that 18 adolescent pregnancies were recorded in Zanzibar schools last year (2012/13).
Source: AllAfrica
Because of the many educational barriers faced by a typical girl child in Africa, it seems that promoting girl child education using technology in Africa is currently more of a fantasy than a day-to-day reality.
Source: IPS
Despite the United Nations' "zero tolerance" policy against sexual violence, there has been a rash of gender-based crimes in several of the world's conflict zones,
Source: Alert Net
Nairobi — Kenya's dire maternal death rate may finally fall thanks to the introduction last month of free maternity services for women, with some hospitals reporting a 50 percent increase in deliveries.
Source: Women's WorldWideWeb
Maternal mortality is, even in the 21st century, one of the world’s major health threats: every 24 hours, approximately 800 women die as a result of (often entirely treatable) complications related to pregnancy and childbirth.
Participants to the Command Post Exercise (CPX) codenamed "Africa Unite" Ending Violence Against Women and Girls in a group photo with Officials after opening ceremony, Kigali.
In Kenya, 82 percent of midwives correctly diagnose their patient's condition but only 28 percent give the full treatment required, the World Bank said on Friday, highlighting the challenge of reducing maternal deaths in the country despite the introduction of free maternal health services last month.
Between May 27th and June 1st 2013, the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin held a Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy and Human Rights “Towards a Global Human Rights Culture: The Need for a Collective Alliance in the Protection & Promotion of Human Rights”.