Source: Wral
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is alarmed at the rapidly deteriorating security situation in the Central African Republic and is strongly condemning violence against civilians by rebels who overthrew the government three weeks ago, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Source: Aidspan
AIDS Accountability International (AAI) has released a report on the participation levels of women, girls and groups marginalised by sexual orientation and gender identities (SOGI) on Africa’s country coordinating mechanisms (CCMs).
Senegalese opposition politicians denounced the country’s high unemployment rate to mobilize youth against former President Abdoulaye Wade in the country’s 2012 presidential election. Joblessness was one of the main issues that drove the country’s many young people into the streets and to the voting stations to press for a change of government.
Source: The Guardian
Anti-pornography bill would outlaw 'provocative' clothing on women, censor film and TV and restrict personal internet use.
Dozens of women from the Sahel have met with the United Nations envoy to the region and the world organization’s top official for women’s issues, at a conference to recommend ways to boost economic recovery, political stability and conflict prevention in the troubled African region.
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have launched their Global Action Plan for Pneumonia and Diarrhoea, which aims to end preventable child deaths from these conditions by 2025. The launch was supported by the publication of a series of articles in the medical journal The Lancet showing that the tools to accomplish this goal already exist, and that the targets should be achievable at a reasonable cost.
Salafi Al-Nour Party Shura Council member Mohamed Al-Azab called for a distinction between “fairness” and “equality”
Source: Tanzania Daily News
THE government on Friday ruled out the possibility of castrating men found guilty of impregnating mentally handicapped and other disabled women, only to abandon them afterwards.
Source: The New Republic Liberia
A two-week international security seminar which brought together a cross-section of civil society organizations, journalists and security personnel at the just ended seminar in Cambodia recommended that women should be empowered to contribute positively to a country's transformation drive.
Source: Vanguard
Mrs. Gloria Stene Agboola, the District Governor, Zonta Club International, District 18 is an American from Louisiana who is married to a Nigerian. She is also an active member of Nigerwives, an association of foreign women who are married to Nigerians. Here, she discusses various forms of violence against women and what her organization has done to reduce this abuse of the rights of women and girl child.
Source: New Vision
While speaking during the Easter prayers at Rwera Catholic Parish in Ntungamo, President Yoweri Museveni called for calm as the public weighs in the debate on the "Marriage and Divorce Bill".
The girl at the police station in Marrakesh said she was not sure how old she was, 13 or maybe 14. Sitting on a chair in the unit that processes youth cases, she told a chilling account of being gang raped, and said she had no relatives willing to shelter her.
Source: TNA
The Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities has joined hands with the South African Football Association (Safa) to fight violence and abuse of women and children.
As her nation emerged from crisis, and in the face of great personal tragedy, Rose Mukankomeje took the initiative to bring Rwandans together to protect their natural resources and, in the process, restore communities devastated by conflict.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has suspended for further investigation the commanding officers of two of its battalions implicated in mass rapes and other human rights violations in what the United Nations today called “an important signal of the commitment of the Congolese authorities to hold the perpetrators of these crimes accountable.”
Hundreds of minority groups in Africa are in dire need of strengthened protections, a United Nations independent expert said today, calling on governments to act urgently to safeguard these vulnerable populations.
Source: Star Africa
A two-day summit of the G8 has concluded in the United Kingdom-UK capital London, on Friday, announcing further £10 million to tackle sexual violence in conflict, and violence against women and girls especially in DR Congo, Somalia.
Source: The Namibia Economist
Twenty five climbers, mainly young people, will embark on a mountain climb in the Brandberg area in support of ending gender-based violence.The initiative is organised by Victims 2 Survivors to raise awareness and find solutions to end acts of violence against women.
Soucre: WNN
In a bid to advance the realization of a 'violence free' society, organizations working to end gender-based violence in Zambia are now turning to social media to help raise awareness and educate the public.
Studies show that gender equality and women's empowerment are critical to the achievement of all development goals.