Source: Zimbabwe Independent
ZANU PF's Women's League is facing stiff resistance from politburo hardliners opposed to its proposal to reserve seats for aspiring female legislators, saying the move compromised the calibre of candidates who can deliver victory against the MDC-T.
Source: Pambazuka
Gender based violence is entrenched in the strong patriarchal ideologies of control, subversion and subordination of women and girls. Efforts to resists this has mostly been undertaken at individual level. As a result, patriarchy continues to thrive
Source: Pambazuka
Though little acknowledged, one year prior to the founding of the OAU, Pan African Women's Organization was formed in 1962 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It could be said that PAWO was the building block, the impetus, for the establishment of the OAU.
Source: Daily Observer
The Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS held its 12th Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as part of activities marking the 50th Anniversary of the OAU/AU Golden Jubilee and the 21st Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government. The sessions which are usually held alongside the African Union Summit, this year focused on reviewing the Organisation's Constitution.
Source: Magharebia
Three "Femen" activists staged a topless protest in downtown Tunis, a day before the trial of Tunisian feminist Amina. Amina Sboui, known by her pseudonym Amina Tyler, went on trial Thursday (May 30th) for illegally possessing pepper spray, AFP reported.
Ethiopian women’s rights activist, Bogaletch Gebre, or “Boge” as she is known to friends and colleagues, has been awarded the 2012-2013 King Baudouin African Development Prize for transforming women’s lives by developing an innovative approach to changing community mindsets on a range of culturally entrenched issues.
Source: This Day
The economic empowerment of more Nigerian women constitutes the major ingredient for and the best weapon to be employed to successfully win the war against poverty. Former President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof. Joe Irukwu, SAN, expressed this view in a lecture he delivered at the recent 2013 Gender Stakeholders Summit and award ceremony organised by the Centre for Gender and Child Development,
Source: Amnesty International
When her husband died, Alice Beti and her two children almost became homeless. Her in-laws had taken over all of her late husband's property and were threatening to evict them from their house in Kenya.
Source: The Herald
GOVERNMENT has pledged to work with women organisations to craft policies to boost agricultural production and productivity among women farmers. This emerged at a Gender Workshop on Women in Land held by Zimbabwe Agricultural Income and Employment Development (Zim-AIED) in conjunction with Agricultural Competitiveness (Zim-ACP) in Harare yesterday.
Source: Health-e
In development, there are lots of statistics. Sometimes, the digits start to cross in your head, but every once in a while a number jumps out at you because it expresses a complicated truth in simple terms. Here's one that jumped out at me: 20 percent. That's how much more likely it is that a child will survive when its family's budget is controlled by the mother.
Source: GAVI Alliance
Addressing the "To the Point" Plenary, GAVI CEO Dr Seth Berkley explained why vaccination today ensures young girls grow into healthy and fulfilled women tomorrow. Here's a quick guide to the key excerpts.
Source: Health-e
Leading health philanthropist Melinda Gates has appealed to the world to make family planning a top priority and appealed to the 3 000 delegates at the 3rd Women Deliver meeting to help millions of women make their voices heard.
Source: This Day
The Emoeferotu Foundation, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to fostering the well-being of children across Nigeria's rural communities, has disclosed that around 10 per cent of young Nigerian girls that are enrolled into primary one classes eventually transit to secondary schools.
The United Nations today called on Libya to ensure women in the country actively participate in the drafting of the new constitution, stressing their contributions are necessary to rebuild the nation.
Source: Daily Observer
The Gambia will host the Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) Leadership Conference from 6-8 June, 2013 at the conference hall of The Association of Non-Governmental Organisation (TANGO) in Fajara, a press release from the Women Empowering Nations has stated.
Source: IRIN
Stiffer penalties and reduced reliance on traditional justice systems could help end the rising incidence of rape in the self-declared republic of Somaliland, say officials.
Source: Malawi News Agency
Minister of Gender, Children and Social Welfare, Anitta Kalinde, says her ministry would domesticate and disseminate the outcome of the recent 57th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW).
Source: Malawi News Agency (Lilongwe)
Salima — Senior chiefs and traditional authorities in Salima have formed a safe motherhood forum in an effort to champion safe motherhood at district level.
The forum has been organised with Support from Maikhanda, a local non-governmental organisation implementing safe motherhood activities in the district.
Source: eLearning Africa (Berlin)
IMPACtt trials in Tanzania
Skilled human resources are the backbone of any performing health system. But many developing countries face a human resource crisis due to health workforce shortages, brain drain and lack of adequate training.
The stage is all set for African women as wife of Nigeria's President; Dame Patience Goodluck is billed to flag-off the 5th edition of African Women in Leadership Conference holding 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),