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),
Source: Global Health Strategies (New York)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 28 May 2013 — Today, more than 4,000 global leaders and advocates from nearly 150 countries gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for Women Deliver 2013, the largest conference of the decade focused on the health and wellbeing of girls and women.
Source: Guttmacher Institute
Each year, an estimated 287,000 women worldwide die from pregnancy-related causes, and approximately three million newborns do not survive past the first 28 days of life. The majority of these deaths occur in developing countries at or around the time of delivery, and result from treatable conditions that could be prevented with adequate care.
Source: Rwanda Focus
In many countries around the world, the past decade has seen the emergence of laws and regulations to protect people, but mainly women, from sexual harassment. This has proven an efficient tool against all kinds of unwelcome advances, be it sexual innuendos by men, groping or stalking - whether at work or in other aspects of public life.
Source: Namibian
WHILE Namibia has put in place a strong legal framework to address the various forms of gender-based violence and sexual exploitation, ineffective implementation prevents Namibian women from enjoying their rights to life, security of person and bodily integrity, a United Nations report on 'Extreme Poverty and Human Rights' in Namibia has found.
Source: The News
The Kokoyah Millennium Village Project (KMVP) under the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Rural Women Welfare Committee (RUWECO) has graduated the first batch of 50 Community Beneficiaries in U-Lah and New Town Boisen in Kokoya, Bong County.
Source: Daily Observer
The Ministry of Heath and Social Welfare, in partnership with Unicef and the World Health Organisation (WHO), recently organised a day's sensitisation forum for lady councillors and chiefs in the Lower River Region on the nation-wide polio immunisation campaign.