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.
Source: The Herald
WOMEN are pillars of family institution in African societies and play a critical role in social and economic development of their nations, the First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe has said. She was speaking at the Musha Mukadzi Zimbabwe Armed Forces Foundation Invitational Golf Dinner in Harare last Friday.
With casualties in the long-running conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) now surpassing every conflict since World War II, U.S. policymakers and advocates are stepping up campaigns to raise awareness and push legislation aimed at encouraging new negotiations, assisting in government reforms, and pressuring the neighbouring countries that have propped up the DRC’s government.
Compared to men, women are frequently disadvantaged in their access to and control over forest resources and in their ability to take advantage of economic opportunities, according to an FAO paper that calls for action on gender disparities in the forestry sector.
Source: Daily News
The Women’s Parliament calls on the presidency and government to promote higher levels of participation of women in government decision-making. The presidency and government are not doing enough to empower women and make them a part of the decision-making process, said the Women’s Parliament in a statement issued on Sunday.
This chapter is from a book “Ending Violence against Women: A Challenge for Development,” the book was written by Francine Pickup with Suzanne Williams and Caroline Sweetman and published by Oxfam GB.
The head of Egypt's National Council for Women Mervat al-Tallawy met Wednesday with members of a new special unit of female police officers formed by the Interior Ministry to combat violence against women.
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, will launch two new initiatives to increase access to family planning and improve maternal health in some of the most-hard-to-reach areas around the world, including post-conflict and post-disaster countries.
Source: Health-e
Hardly a day goes by without a news story on some violation of women's rights. In recent months, appalling incidents of violence against women and girls, from Delhi to Johannesburg to Cleveland, have sparked public outrage and demands to tackle these horrific abuses.