Source: United States Department of State
If the nations of the Middle East and North Africa are to enjoy economic prosperity and political stability, they need to fully include women, says Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Tara Sonenshine.
Source: The Star
PRESIDENT-elect Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto want to have at least one woman from each of Kenya's eight province appointed to the Cabinet to meet the 30 per cent constitutional gender requirement.
Source: Namibian
WOMEN in Namibia have vowed not to allow themselves to be blind-folded into submission by male politicians as the country prepares for next year's presidential and general elections as this results in their manipulation.
Source: The New Vision
Uganda has one of the highest deaths of newborns in the world with almost 40,000 newborns dying every year. While the specific deaths due to delayed breastfeeding and use of alternative feeds for newborns is not known evidence shows this to be a major contributor to new born deaths.
Source: Daily Trust
A Lagos-based health centre, Nordica Fertility Centre on Tuesday enlightened Abuja residents on the causes and cure of lower abdominal pains in women.
Source: AllAfrica
TWO Tanzanian women have received the Tanzania Woman of Courage Award from United States Embassy in Tanzania, in recognition of their outstanding efforts to improve lives of women and girls in the country.
Source: The New Vision
Cervical cancer is now one of the most common cancers in women. Cancer is a disease in which the cells in the body develop out of control.
Source: The Star
Two teenage girls in Tseikuru district, Kitui County want their father arrested and charged for defiling and making one of them - a standard six pupil - pregnant. With the help of the World Vision NGO officials, the two who have suffered in silence for years have finally spilled the beans.
Source: This Day
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Monday charged Society for Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Nigeria, (SOGON) Nigeria Fertility Society (NFS) and other associated professional bodies to embark on cutting edge research to unravel the mystery surrounding endometriosis, a disease that is frequently misdiagnosed and consequently takes up
Source: Premium Times
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) has advocated the inclusion of sex education in schools' curriculum to curb rising cases of violence against women. The President of the body, Hauwa Shekarau, made the call in an interview in Abuja on Thursday.
Source: This Day
Global and national efforts to integrate gender equality and women's empowerment into poverty reduction, democratic governance, and sustainable development, can achieve the desired impact if private organisations join in the crusade, write Abimbola Akosile and Eromosele Abiodun.
Source: Sowetan
A FORMER war journalist and award-winning human rights activist and author Jimmie Briggs says a real man is someone who stands up and acts against abuse of women and children.
Source: UNESCO
Maiga Hadizatou Hamzatou teaches at the Ouleimatou school in the northern Malian city of Gao, Mali. In an interview with UNESCO, she describes the disruption caused to schooling and everyday life when the city was invaded on 31 March 2012.
Source: Green Prophet
Two years after the revolution in Egypt, sexual assaults against women are rising and becoming more violent, says several human rights organizations.
Source: Sabahi Online
Somalia's federal government pledged action aafter a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report alleged that state security force members were committing rapes and other abuses against women and girls at camps for internally displaced persons in Mogadishu.
Source: Vanguard
Scientists have discovered that apart from pollinating crops, producing honey, beeswax , propolis, pollen and royal jelly, bees could also be the solution to the deadly Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and cancer.
Source: Vanguard
In recent times there have been questions, and different debates whether a woman should drink alcohol during pregnancy or not.
Several studies have pointed to one direction that alcohol no matter how little is not acceptable or safe during pregnancy.
In fact, scientists in most of the studies revealed that alcohol and pregnancy don't mix. The studies stated that when you drink,
Source: The Star
THE Kenya National Union of Teachers has asked the education ministry to create a department to help fight HIV/Aids in the teaching fraternity. Bomet branch acting executive secretary Malel Langat said the department will give teachers proper skills to use when talking to their students about HIV/Aids.
Source: The New Times
A two-day national forum on disability and HIV⁄Aids ended yesterday with a call to achieve zero new infection, zero death and zero stigma by 2015.
Source: UN News
A United Nations envoy has praised the efforts of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to address conflict-related sexual violence, and announced the signing of an agreement with the country’s authorities to address this pervasive issue.