Source: USAID
As my final tour with USAID winds down in the coming months, I can step aside with pride and confidence in the work we're doing on the African continent to increase food security and nutrition.
Source: IPP Media
African First Ladies have been urged to address challenges that are likely to set back women's chances to access basic education and health in their countries in efforts to empower them.
“There are prison-like elements, but it’s a really nice prison. You can’t complain,” joked Michelle Obama when describing aspects of her experience as First Lady earlier this week during a visit to Tanzania. Obama joined forces with former first lady Laura Bush for a two-day Summit dedicated to advancing women’s economic empowerment
Source: IPS
More and more of Sudan's female politicians and rights activists are being arrested and detained in the government's clampdown on opposition political parties.
Source: Aljazeera
Human Rights Watch says mobs "assaulted and in some cases raped at least 91 women" in Cairo's Tahrir Square. The attacks highlight the failure of the government to face up to the violence, HRW said.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Egyptian officials and political leaders across the spectrum should condemn and take immediate steps to address the horrific levels of sexual violence against women in Tahrir Square.
Source: Tanznia Daily News
FIRST Ladies in Africa and beyond have an obligation through their positions to spur national development in their respective countries by spearheading improvements in provision of health care, education and economic growth, said immediate former US First Lady Laura Bush.
Source: AfriqueJet
There is no excuse for women in Africa to continue bearing the disproportionate burden of poverty, Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete said here Tuesday.
Source: China Daily
Last year, when rebels captured the main towns in Northern Mali, UN Women registered a sudden and dramatic increase in the number of rapes in the first week of the takeover of Gao and Kidal,
Source: UNICEF
NEW YORK, United States of America, 1 July 2013 –With technological innovation increasingly playing a central role in social and economic development,young people are positioning themselves as key actors in creating tools and strategies for achieving equitable, sustainable development.
Source: The Guardian
A new wave of sexual assaults by groups of men targeting women has been reported during anti-government protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama challenged African countries on Tuesday to invest in women's education as a way to free them from poverty and allow them to make meaningful economic contributions to their nations.
Source: Bernama
At least 3,200 Tanzanian women Tigopesa agents will have the opportunity to be imparted with entrepreneurial skills, get access to soft loans and financial training,
Source: The New Vision
Physical or sexual violence affects more than one in three women worldwide according to a new report released by the World Health Organisation and partnering health authorities.
Source: Global Post
As First Ladies from around the world, including Michelle Obama, gather in Tanzania on Tuesday to talk about women's empowerment, it's crucial that both education and contraception are addressed.
Source: Democratic Alliance
The DA is shocked and saddened by reports of the brutal rape and murder of Thokoza resident, Duduzile Zozo.
Phiona Mutesi was a muddy, desperate nine-year-old foraging for food in Uganda’s biggest slum, Katwe, when she discovered, through her older brother Brian, a chess programme.
Source: Leadership
Speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu Tambuwal on Monday assured of his commitment to protecting the rights of women to promote gender equality. Tambuwal gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja in a speech he delivered at the opening ceremony of a two-day Women in Parliament Summit, organised by Democracy for Good Governance project.
Source: This Day
A non-governmental organisation (NGO) known as the Nigeria Northern Education Initiative (NEI) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has disclosed that about 65.5 per cent of girls in the North-east region of Nigeria lack access to basic education.
Source: IPS
More and more of Sudan's female politicians and rights activists are being arrested and detained in the government's clampdown on opposition political parties.