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: 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.
Source: Daily News
A workshop discussing a draft law to protect women from violence was held by the presidency on Tuesday at noon. It is part of President Mohamed Morsi’s initiative to support the rights and freedoms of Egyptian women.
Source: South African Government (Pretoria)
About 315 health facilities in the North West province are ready to roll out the new Fixed-Dose Combination (FDC) pill to HIV positive patients. The new pill, which is a combination of all three antiretroviral pills (emtricitabine, efavirenz and tenofovir),
Source: The New Vision
Jennifer Nayiko 29 years, a resident of Kawempe has been 'leaking' for 10 years. She has gone from doctor to doctor to try and stop the flow, but her condition gets worse by the day.
Source: SciDev.net
Researchers in South Africa have developed a low-cost tool to test for HIV drug resistance, potentially opening the door to improved treatment for users of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs).
Source: This Day
To stem maternal mortality in Ebonyi State, the wife of the governor, Josephine Elechi has stepped up the campaign against obstetrics fistula.
Source: This Day
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is set to collaborate with the Ministry of Labour and Productivity towards reviewing the policy on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, in line with Recommendation 200, which is aimed at preventing mother-to-child transmission.
Source: The Star
The government has disbursed Sh500,000 to ten women groups in Mandera East to boost their income generating ventures. Each group received cheque worth Sh50,000 from the revolving Women Enterprise Fund.
Source: Mail & Guardian
Uganda is considering extraordinary measures against women's rights that would see arrests for wearing skirts above the knee in public.
Source: East African Business Week
Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA) has devised means at protecting cross border women traders in a bid to boost intra-trade that accounts for a bigger percentage of the trade receipts to member states.
Source: The Independent
On the last day of my Easter holidays, Dr. Phoebe Abe (or, as I know her, my mother) sat down in her living room with me and several women from Somalia, Egypt and Sudan. My mother, a GP, had for some time been looking at the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) with Dr Comfort Momoh MBE.
Source: The New Vision
There was a time when a mere mention of high blood pressure and its sister illness, diabetes, brought to mind a grown man or woman in their 50s or 60s, but not anymore. Children as young as seven years, are being diagnosed with the illness, write Titus Kakembo and Priscilla Butera.
Source: New Era
The Oshakati Intermediate Hospital has suspended the two nurses and three support service staff members who were on duty in the maternity ward on the day Adeleheid Jacob lost her baby.
Source: The Star
Police in Nandi arrested a primary school headteacher for defiling and impregnating a standard eight pupil.
Source: Alarabiya
This is not the Tunisia I know and love. That was my first impression when I recently visited the North African nation I have grown fond of over two decades of extensive visits and following meetings with many of the strong, smart Tunisian women I always admired and respected.