Source: AllAfrica
The Public Order Court of Al Sug Al Mahalli in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, on Wednesday ordered that a female student from Darfur should pay a fine of SDG1,000 ($230) or spend a month in prison for wearing "inappropriate clothes". The student alleges that she was "abused" while in detention.
Source: Women's News Network
The Malawian non-government organization (NGO), Men for Gender Equality Now, is challenging the male stereotype by working to end violence against women. They are focusing on men as the agents of change.
INTERNATIONAL: Human Space Flight Cannot Develop Without Women’s Participation: Valentina Tereshkova
The first woman to go into space is encouraging more women to participate in space programmes.
Source: rfi
With summer vacation just around the corner and many French children visiting family in their countries of origin, a joint statement has been issued by a collection of female organisations warning young girls on the risks of female circumcision.
Akech B. loved to study and dreamed of becoming a nurse. But when she was 14, her uncle who was raising her forced her to leave school to marry a man Akech described as old and gray-haired. The man paid 75 cows as dowry for Akech. He was already married to another woman with whom he had several children.
Adina is a 24-year-old recent university graduate. For the past four years she has learned and worked toward achieving her goal of going abroad for a Master’s degree. This past week she received word from two American universities that she had been accepted into their program.
Cecile Kyenge, Italy's first black cabinet member, was the target of an inflammatory remark on Facebook this week.
The widespread financial crisis in Europe, and its negative fallout in the developing world, has triggered severe austerity measures worldwide.
New interviews detail horrific atrocities in war-torn Congo where victims and rapists gave firsthand accounts to a British filmmaker.
Source: IPP Media
Former US President George W. Bush and his wife Laura Bush are expected to host a summit on the crucial role of African first ladies in promoting women's empowerment to be held in Dar es Salaam on July 2 and 3 this year.
Source: Daily Observer
Most women have enormous unexploited potential; they bear almost all responsibility for meeting basic needs of the family, yet some are systematically blocked to access relevant information, make informed choices to fulfill this responsibility due to fear of the consequences of empowerment.
Source: New Times
Women have been urged to break silence and report gender and domestic violence challenges they face as an effective way of dealing with the vices which are still rated high in the country.
Source: New Times
Stella*, a senior two student, recounts to Women Today a truly horrendous story. Her class leader told the 17-year-old that it was her turn to mop the school offices that day. The routine task turned into a nightmare for the young girl.
Source: The Point
This is part of the UNFPA and Gambia Government 2013 funded programme being implemented by the Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices affecting the health of Women and Children - GAMCOTRAP.
Source: Democratic Alliance
I will today write to the ANC Chief Whip, Dr Mathole Motshekga, to request that he disciplines ANC MPs, John Jeffreys and Buti Manamela, for their sexist and chauvinist attacks on the Leader of the Opposition, Lindiwe Mazibuko, in Parliament this week.
Source: IPS News
When the United Nations launched its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) back in 2001, two of its primary objectives were to halve extreme poverty and hunger by 2015 and promote gender empowerment worldwide.
Morgan Tsvangirai, the prime minister of Zimbabwe, has rejected a plan by President Robert Mugabe to hold an election on July 31, accusing the country's leader of violating the constitution.
Source: AllAfrica
With just over 930 days to the December 2015 deadline of the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, Nigeria and other developing countries have been urged to strive to ensure universal access to reproductive health services and commodities.
Source: Standard Media
The relative calm in Somalia is beginning to bear fruits as the country begins formulating and drafting its first National Gender Policy with a workshop aimed at exploring and developing gender-sensitive policy whilst providing a framework to the government that will encourage and enforce gender equality.
The Portfolio and Select Committees on Women, Children and People with Disabilities have raised concerns about the lack of adequate funding for the National Council on Gender-based Violence.