Source: UN Radio
The Government and religious leaders of Egypt must send a clear and categorical signal that the vicious crimes of rape and other sexual assaults will not be tolerated, said Zainab Bangura in a statement on Wednesday.
LIBERIA: Justice for Ruth Berry Peal, Who was Forcibly Mutilated in Liberia, but Still No Ban on FGM
Source: The Independent
Talk of ‘abandonment’ of FGM is not realistic in African communities where it is still practised.The brutal realities of FGM as a severe form of violence against women and girls are clearly demonstrated by a recent case which Equality Now worked on with local partners in Liberia.
Source: SouthAfrica.info (Johannesburg)
About 180 000 HIV-positive South Africans will soon start taking fixed-dose combination antiretroviral (ARV) medication, which involves one tablet instead of three to five pills a day, reducing the risk of patients defaulting from treatment.
Source: NBC News
The killing of South African model Reeva Steenkamp by her boyfriend, Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, brought international attention to a country known for troubling rates of violence, particularly against women. Now, new research finds the country's rate of homicide of women by intimate partners is five times the global rate.
Source: Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)
I recently met a young woman named Mercy who had five children and was struggling to make ends meet. She had tried oral contraceptives to prevent pregnancy, but admitted that she often forgot to take the pill every day.
Source: The Star
The Kipsigis culture is a stumbling block in the fight to eradicate HIV/Aids in Bureti. Yesterday, Aids and sexually transmitted diseases coordinator Irene Mutai blamed the residents conservative nature.
Source: Vanguard
Approximately 287,000 women and girls die each year of pregnancy and delivery-related complications, the Executive Director of UN Population Fund (UNFPA), Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, has said.
Source: Huffington Post
"Sometimes they just call you lazy."
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.