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.
Source: City Press
In 21st-century South Africa, young girls are still being plucked out of their communities, their schools and their homes, to be made child brides, all in the name of culture.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
Empowering Tanzania's next generation of women means committing to contraception today. Tanzania has one of the world's youngest populations, with nearly 45 percent under the age of 15.
Source: AllAfrica.com
I believe in an Africa that is fit for women and girls; that protects their well-being and creates a supportive environment for them to realise their aspirations.
In the past two years much has been said about how Egypt’s popular uprising has affected women. All too often Egyptian women have been portrayed in absolute terms, as victims of a revolution that is in itself still a fluid work in progress.
Source: UN Women
"Once we're in the kitchen, cooking as we know it, we learn a lot. ... I didn't used to be comfortable. ... I would return from work hungry but just because [my partner] was not home, I couldn't eat," admits Augusto Magaia, a 25-year-old man who lives in the suburbs of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. He recently took part in the Men in the Kitchen programme run by the HOPEM network and supported by UN Women.
Source: ThisDay Live
President Goodluck Jonathan has been commended for his commitment and efforts at promoting the welfare of Nigerian women.