Source: The New Vision
When Sarah Nangobi discovered she was pregnant, she was excited and terrified - excited because this was her first child; and terrified because she did not know what to expect.
"I didn't know how I was going to carry the pregnancy to term and what would happen at the time of delivery," says the mother of four,
Source: Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)
Sumbawanga and Rose Athumani — A WOMAN, Maria Makoti, resident of Chemka of Chanji area in Sumbawanga municipality, prematurely delivered a baby boy in a toilet after she suddenly felt pangs of birth caused by shock following eviction from her house by a court broker.
Source: Leadership (Abuja)
The Akwa Ibom State Agency for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Prevention (AK-SAAP) has declared its resolve to wage a total war against the disease and move the state from its present high prevalent rate group in the country.
Source: Angola Press
The coordinator of the organising commission of the activities of "Março/ Mulher" programme, general Joaquim Pereira Massano, said on Thursday in Luanda that the women are the main pillars of the construction processo f Angola, since the beginning of the liberation struggle and current phase of its self -affirmation.
Source: This Day
Access Bank has declared its commitment to issue of gender empowerment and equality. This disclosure was made at the International Women's Day commemorative event organised by the Women Empowerment Principles Leadership Group (WEPLG) which coincided with the 5th edition of the Equality Means Business meeting in New York.
Source: Sunday Times
Rural women entrepreneurs have called on the government to empower them with capacity building skills through economic integration and food security initiatives. Women entrepreneurs in rural communities are mostly engaged in agriculture and their work is often invisible and excluded from many profitable aspects of agri-business.
Source: New Times
From the hill dominating Magasins Generaux du Rwanda (Magerwa) in a neighborhood commonly known as Sodoma, 95 women, who used to trade from street and former sex workers who in 2007 decided to leave the 'demeaning' jobs, say they are writing a success story. Members of Rwiyemezamirimo Dufatanye cooperative do different business in a modern market. Some sell charcoal, others sell fruits, food stuff and cosmetics.
Source: This Day
President, Ika Community Ladies' Welfare Association of Nigeria, Madam Margaret Obaigbena, has stressed the need for parents and governments at all levels to pay more emphasis on women and girl child development, saying they are the major catalyst and springboard for nation building.
Source: The News
U.S. Ambassador Deborah Malac says women play a key role in the rebuilding of Liberia's agricultural sector.
Ambassador Malac said engaging women farmers is an important part of President Barack Obama's "Feed the Future" initiative because "by investing in women, we invest in the welfare of the household and we promote economic opportunities for women."
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper
The situation of the Kiang Kaiaf market is reported to be deplorable needing refurbishment if the women are to utilise the market on a daily basis. This reporter gathered this information from the market women. According to Fatoumata Fofana, a Market woman, for almost 3 years now, no repairs have been done on their Market.
Source: New Vision
It is about 48km from Rushere to Imiramiranga Nyakabungo village in Kiruhura district. The journey is characteristed by a bumpy murrum road and the area is dominated by mud-and-wattle houses.
Source: Libya Herald
The Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadeq Al-Ghariani, has called on the government to ban Libyan women from marrying foreigners.
Ghariani said in a letter to the Minister of Social Affairs, Kamila Khamis Al-Mazini, leaked on Facebook, that Libyan women should not even be allowed to marry foreign Muslims.
Source: Sahara Press Service
Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), March 30, 2013 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz described the recent aggression against a group of Saharawi women, who were peacefully demonstrating at occupied El Aaiun’s streets, as the “shameful act” which does not honour Morocco nor its authentic people, in an open letter sent Saturday to the Moroccan King.
Source: Leadership (Abuja)
Many new mothers worry that their babies are not getting enough milk from breastfeeding. But new research suggests the problem, which can lead to dehydration and serious illness, is actually very rare.
Now, the researchers behind the study are calling for better support for breastfeeding mothers to prevent them turning to bottle-feeding.
Source: Premium Times
An Abuja Chief Magistrates' Court on Thursday adjourned to May 16, a case of alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl preferred against Pastor Basil Princewill of the Mountain Mover Fire Ministry, Nyanya, Abuja.
Chief Magistrate Ahmed Shaibu adjourned the case after listening to the cross-examination of the mother of the victim, Ngozi Iwuoha, by the defence counsel.
Source: Think Africa Press
There is no 'one size fits all' strategy for the development challenges that face the world - and its 7 billion inhabitants - today.
Let's take health for instance, and specifically HIV - a virus that we know affects many millions of people around the world.
In 2012, UNAIDS estimated that there were 34 million people living with HIV, married to, related to, working with,
Source: Oxfam International
In a week that will see seventy-one million pounds of chocolate sold for Easter, international agency Oxfam is accelerating its campaign targeting the world's biggest buyer of cocoa, Mondel?z International, to address unequal pay, poverty and hunger that women farmers who supply cocoa for their products experience.
Source: The Guardian
Women stood shoulder to shoulder with men in Tahrir Square in 2011. Now they are back on the streets, opposing a new constitution that sweeps away their rights and opens the way for girls of 13 to be married. And in Cairo's slums, life grows harder as the gulf between the sexes widens
The ambush came from the left, from a side street which led up the hill to Mokattam mosque. A rush of hundreds of men running down on the march of anti-government protesters, bringing a sudden clatter of rocks landing all around, the crack of shots fired and the whizz of tear gas canisters. Sticks, stones and metal bars flew through the smoke in both directions and screaming women and men ran back the way they came.
Source: EKKLESIA
Women with disabilities "are often excluded from the society, and are no longer seen as recipients of the gift of God,” said the Rev Micheline K. Kamba at a recent World Council of Churches (WCC) conference.
Source: AFRICA REVIEW
Lack of comprehensive data on the magnitude of sexual violence, traditional practices, poverty and limited resources stand in the way of ending violence against women, a minister has said.