Source: Aswat Masriya
An Egyptian woman, who took her harasser to court in April after he physically attacked her for standing up for herself, now awaits his trial which is scheduled for next Wednesday.
Source: Aswat Masriya
U.N. agencies have called for the prosecution of an Egyptian doctor after a 13-year-old girl died while undergoing female genital mutilation at a private clinic. Egypt banned FGM in 2008 but it is still widely practised there, sometimes by traditional cutters but also by medical staff operating in secret.
Source: Asway Masriya
Thirteen-year-old Sohair al-Batea died shortly after a Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) operation was conducted on her Thursday evening at a clinic in the governorate of Daqahlia, a UN statement said.
Source: Huffington Post
Throughout history, making progress towards gender equality has been a long and hard fought battle. Today, the violation of women's rights in emerging markets and around the world still remains widespread.
Source: World Stage
On July 2-3, 2013, African First Ladies from across the continent 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 the important role First Ladies play in promoting women's education, health and economic empowerment.
Issues in the previous two weeks looked closely at UNESCO and its approaches from an educational perspective.
During a meeting held in Kigali last week, women activists raised concern that there is a lot that needs to be done to have women playing a more robust role in elective politics within the East African Community. In an exclusive interview with The New Times' Sarah Kwihangana,
Source: DW
The female condom has been making its way across developing countries, particularly those in the African continent. While many see this as a woman's commodity, one man in Mozambique is actively campaigning for it too.
Source: Leadership
With the recent report of 60,000 pregnant women dying yearly in Nigeria, it then makes it 166 deaths per day of women that die due to pregnancy complications. These are the reported cases, what about those that are not reported? It is now a matter of urgency for government to do more to reduce the scourge.
Reluctance to report cases of sexual advances in exchange for jobs, mainly over fear of reprisal, complicate efforts to tackle the crime, activists have said.
Source: IPS
GULU, Uganda, Jun 4 2013 (IPS) – It is swerves and roundabouts for Keddy Olanya, a 32-year-old wife and mother of three from Gulu, northern Uganda, who is one of only a handful of female drivers negotiating the country's potholed roads on a bodaboda or motorbike taxi.
Source: AllAfrica
Celebrating five years of sharing positive ideas, Africa Gathering is back on 21-22 June. This year's theme is 'Hands-on technology: Rise of the makers, the dynamic and the disruptive thinkers in Africa'.
Source: Times Live
Cederberg mayor Jonas White has been suspended from the ANC for abusing the rights of women and children, the provincial disciplinary committee (PDC) said.
Source: Vibe Ghana
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has decried the continued perpetration of violence against women in Ghana and has called on civil society groups to help end canker.
The stage is all set as African women warm up for the 5th edition of the African Women in Leadership Conference on the 14th of June, 2013 at the prestigious Le Meridian Hotel, Uyo, Akwa Ibom state. Sponsored by The African Women in Leadership Organisation (AWLO), the forum is non-profit inclined with a membership that is open to all women
Source: New York Times
As Anene Booysen lay dying, she whispered to her medics the name of the man who had assaulted her and left her lying in the dirt on a construction site, her bowels spilling from her abdomen.
A three-day high-level international Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) Leadership Conference for 30 Gambian and 10 African-American teenage leaders opened Thursday at the conference hall of the Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (TANGO) in Fajara, Bakau.
Reluctance to report cases of sexual advances in exchange for jobs, mainly over fear of reprisal, complicate efforts to tackle the crime, activists have said.
There was something deliciously serendipitous about the power going off in northern Kenya on May 27 just as Judge J.A. Makau read his much-anticipated decision in a case could alter the status of women and girls in Kenya and maybe all of Africa.
Source: The Observer (Kampala)
A new report released by the World Health Organisation says maternal deaths in Uganda have been declining at the rate of 5.1% annually over the last 10 years.