Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks at the Security Council thematic open debate "Addressing impunity: Effective justice for crimes of sexual violence in conflict", in New York on 24 June:
The Security Council today sent a strong signal to perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict that their crimes will not be tolerated, adopting a new resolution to strengthen efforts to end impunity for a scourge that affects not only large numbers of women and girls but also men and boys.
Source: IPS
When Maude Taruvinga* votes in Zimbabwe’s elections later this year, she will be voting for her local female politician as she has placed her hopes for a better future on the presence of more women in this southern African nation’s legislature.
Source: Daily Trust
Lagos — Nigerian pregnant women have been advised to inculcate the habit of taking Omega 3 DHA during pregnancy so as to develop their baby's vital sensory organs right from the womb.
Source: Voice of America (Washington, DC)
A combination of strategies aimed at improving the quality of care for mothers in rural Malawi has dramatically reduced newborn mortality. Experts say it could be a model for similar programs in other countries with poor pre- and post-natal care.
Source: Georges W. Bush Institute
In less than two weeks, Heads of State, current and former First Ladies, government officials, academics, and representatives from non-profit and private sector organizations around the world will gather at the George W. Bush Institute’s African First Ladies Summit, “Investing in Women: Strengthening Africa” in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to focus on effective investments in women that lead to greater stability and prosperity in countries.
Source: UN WOMEN
We commemorate the third International Widows’ Day for the hundreds of millions of women in the world who suffer exploitation, deprivation and exclusion when their husbands die. There are more widows than ever before due to armed conflict, the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and the age difference between partners, with many girls being married off to much older men.
Source: The Star
MEN in Kwale county confiscating their wives' identification c have been told to surrender them or face prosecution. A lawyer with Fida Kenya Christine Kipsang said it is illegal for men to keep identification belonging to their wives.
Source: AlJazeera
Girls centre wins landmark legal case to protect young women from rapists, but court ruling has been slow to take hold.
Source: Daily Monitor
Surveys carried out between January and June this year by the World Vision Uganda in Kiboga, Kyankwanzi, Bundibugyo, Hoima, Oyam, Soroti and Masaka districts indicate that child marriage and neglect are the most rampant forms of child abuses.
Source: The Star
WOMEN representatives have urged the Government to provide free nursery school education. The women will table a motion in Parliament for a law that will make free pre-primary education mandatory.
Source: Radio Dabanga
Seven women and girls from camp Bir Dageeg in Sirba locality have been raped at gunpoint by nine "pro-government militiamen" in military uniforms.
Source: eNCA
Johannesburg - African countries have some of the highest levels of physical and sexual violence against women in the world.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
DR Sunday Alfred Dominico, a specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, is a Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Research and Publications Coordinator at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Dodoma (UDOM). Recently, Dr Dominico, who is a Consultant for World Lung Foundation on maternal health (External Communication), granted this exclusive interview to Our Staff Writer,
Source: ERTA
The African Union Commission said on Thursday “African Vision 2063” has to be owned by the peoples of Africa at all of its stages.
Source: Huffington Post
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Should more aid money be directed to organisations and institutions in the recipient countries, rather than via international NGOs and companies? Even though some progress has been made since untying aid became a core part of the Paris aid effectiveness agenda, vast amounts are still given to organisations based in donor, not recipient, countries.
Source: Daily News Egypt
The Presidency’s Initiative to support Egyptian women’s rights and freedoms organised a workshop on Tuesday under the patronage of President Mohamed Morsi to discuss women’s political rights.
Source: Euronews
More than a third of all women worldwide are victims of physical or sexual violence, posing a global health problem of epidemic proportions, a World Health Organization report said on Thursday.
Source: Guardian
A new report from the World Health Organisation has drawn together data from dozens of studies and found that worldwide, 35% of women have experienced violence - and that the consequences for their health can be devastating