Source: A Safe World for Women
Interview with Mirina Nanziri, Field Partners Coordinator & Editor, EACO Uganda.
Source: SciDev Net
Developing countries are the most efficient innovators, achieving results in areas such as scientific research, infrastructure and technologyproduction with relatively low inputs, a report indicates.
Source: Foreign Policy
Not content with dominating IPOs on Wall Street, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are taking their can-do, failure-conquering, technology-enabled tactics to the challenge of global poverty.
Source: New Times
Besides being a disgraceful, shameful and belittling trade, they only saw an option to survive in plying the so called oldest profession, mainly because most of them were uneducated. This is a tale of 95 former commercial sex workers who decided to quit the dishonourable trade of selling their bodies in exchange for petty cash.
Source: The News
The Youth Exploring Solutions (YES), a passionate, non-profit and voluntary youth-led development organization that is primarily a self-sponsored institution since its inception in 2007 has launched its project named and styled 'Enhancing Women's Participation in Leadership and Governance' in the Borough of New Kru Town on the campus of D-Tweh Public School.
Source: Daily News
EDUCATED Muslim women have been urged to study their religion in order to understand their role in the society.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
President of UN Women National Committee Canada - Almas Jiwani, was honoured with the African Women in Leadership Organization (AWLO) Excellence Award.
Source: Coastweek.com
Kenya's First Lady Margaret Kenyatta on Friday called upon individuals and corporate institutions to support the treatment of women affected by fistula.
Source: Spy Ghana
Last year, as rebels captured the main towns in Northern Mali, UN Women registered a sudden and dramatic increase of rapes in the first week of the takeover of Gao and Kidal,in places where most women never report this violence to anyone, not even health practitioners.
Source: AllAfrica
President Kagame has told Rwandan women that the government is committed to continue promoting gender equality, saying that there is a need for women to know that they have the right and capacity to contribute towards national development.
Source: The Guardian
Africa should focus on how to secure development and drive economic growth with inclusion. We must look beyond the macro fundamentals of growth to how to diversify our economies and create jobs. Africa must not become a breeding ground for insurgents and terrorism that undermines development.
Source: CNN
Tererai Trent is a humanitarian, scholar and speaker. She grew up in rural Zimbabwe, unable to attend school until Heifer International helped her get an education. She now has three degrees, and is founder of Tinogona Foundation.
Source: IPP Media
Teachers and tutors in different schools and teachers’ colleges have been urged to make sure that they adhere to gender responsive pedagogy when teaching and in the management of their schools so as to encourage girls aim high in education to realize their dreams.
Source: The Standard
In a move that has been condemned as a violation of women's rights, police on Thursday wantonly arrested women at different bars in the central business district.
Source: Malawi News Agency (Lilongwe)
Mulanje — The Community Development Committee (CDC) which works to support needy girls under the bursary scheme of Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) in Mulanje says it is worried with the increase in the number of secondary school girls under the bursary scheme who are dropping out of school because of pregnancies.
Source: U.T San Diego
Nearly a dozen first ladies from across Africa gathered this week in Tanzania to discuss empowering women in their countries. This summit, called "Investing in Women: Strengthening Africa," is hosted by the George W. Bush Institute
Source: Times Live
Dysfunctional families, including a shockingly high number of children growing up without either of their parents, is the South Africa we live in.
Source: Leadership
The new president of the GlobalPower Women Network Africa (GPWNA), and Nigeria’s Minister of State 1 for Foreign Affairs, Professor Viola Onwuliri,
Source: Coast Week
More than one third of all women globally fall victims to physical or sexual violence, said a new report released Thursday by World Health Organization (WHO)
Source: AllAfrica
PRESS RELEASE
The Commission for Gender Commission (CGE) strongly condemns the unfortunate killings of Gays and Lesbians in Johannesburg and elsewhere in the country.