Source: The New York Times
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: New Era
Glamour's Fashion and Diamond Show was the theme of the fashion show at the National Theatre of Namibia (NTN) on Thursday combining fashion glamour and diamond to shine in the course again gender-based violence.
Glamour's Fashion and Diamond Show was the theme of the fashion show at the National Theatre of Namibia (NTN) on Thursday combining fashion glamour and diamond to shine in the course again gender-based violence.
Source: The Herald
THE Form Four pupil suspected to have been impregnated by a schoolboy from Phakamani High School who committed suicide this week has been admitted to Plumtree District Hospital after failing to handle the news surrounding her alleged boyfriend's death.
Source: Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation (Washington, DC)
For Immediate Release Contact: Racine Tucker — The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) welcomes Pres. Barack Obama's newly released budget, but is concerned that funding levels for global HIV/AIDS do not match longtime U.S. political commitments to ending the AIDS epidemic.
Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle)
The Global Newborn Health Conference (#Newborn2013) taking place next week in Johannesburg, South Africa is an impressive indication of how far the newborn health agenda has come in the past decade.
Source: The Herald
GOVERNMENT is finalising logistics for scrapping user fees for pregnant women at district level, Health and Child Welfare Minister has said.
Source: Health-e (Cape Town)
A young mother here is enduring a lot of hardship while waiting for the Human Settlement Department to construct housing as part of the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP).
Source: London (CNN)
"Rape is not a women's issue or a humanitarian issue -- it's a global issue."
Source: The Guardian
In a small house on a hill overlooking Lake Kivu, a young Congolese soldier recounts the crimes he and his comrades committed in Minova a few months ago. "Twenty-five of us gathered together and said we should rape 10 women each, and we did it," he said. "I've raped 53 women. And children of five or six years old.
Source: Sudan Tribune
Women play an important role in creating and sustaining peace, the governor of South Sudan's troubled Jonglei state told a women's conference in Bor on Wednesday.
Source: New Democrat
The G8 foreign ministers have an unusual and disturbing subject on their agenda today when they meet in London: sexual violence against children in war zones.
Source: Irin
Despite the significant role midwives play in Uganda's maternal health programmes, they face numerous challenges, including lack of training, inadequate facilities and poor pay.
Source: Daily Trust
Continued clampdown on commercial sex workers, intravenous drug users (IDUs) and men who have sex with men in the FCT is hampering efforts to control the spread of HIV/AIDS, proponents lament.
Source: The Star
Girls from the rural are exposed to high risks of reproductive health issues compared to their counterparts in the urban. A research carried in most African countries has shown increased school dropouts among the girls in the rural linked to reproductive health issues and consequences of corrupting the sexual integrity.
Soucre: UN Women
Some 40 women from the Sahel met today to underline the crucial contributions women from the region are making to economic recovery, political stability and conflict prevention, and to explore ways to enhance their role in these areas.
Source: The New Vision
A 27-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly defiling his 10-year-old biological daughter and is being held at Fort Portal police station in Boma.
Source: NECN
The political and security situation in the Central African Republic is highly volatile, the humanitarian situation is "extremely dire," looting and sexual violence are on the rise, and armed groups are recruiting children, the U.N. envoy to the impoverished country said Tuesday.
Source: Aljazeera
In a London boardroom today - on April 10 - a new era in the longstanding fight to stop gender violence in conflict will be ushered in. Eight Foreign Ministers from the wealthiest countries around the world, the G8, will discuss conflict-related sexual violence and - if all goes according to plan - will emerge with a clear set of commitments to help end the global scourge.
Source: The Africa Report
In post-apartheid South Africa a woman is raped every 17 seconds. Public outcry has forced a debate, but do MPs have the political will to act? And what is the cause of this sickness?
Source: AllAfrica
Femen activists on Thursday (April 4th) carried out a "topless jihad" in front of Tunisian embassies, mosques and Islamic associations in Europe to show their support for Tunisian activist Amina.