Source: BBC
Internally displaced people in Somalia are suffering sexual violence and other forms of abuse, reports the Human Rights Watch (HRW) campaign group.
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,
Source: The Voice of Russia
Women across the Middle East participated actively in what came to be called the Arab Spring that began in late 2010. Often seen as second-class and voiceless citizens in these male-dominant societies, they were a key force in the popular protests, which managed to topple autocratic regimes. They fought for their countries, their rights and their children's rights.
Women across the Middle East participated actively in what came to be called the Arab Spring that began in late 2010. Often seen as second-class and voiceless citizens in these male-dominant societies, they were a key force in the popular protests, which managed to topple autocratic regimes. They fought for their countries, their rights and their children's rights.
Source: The Herald
Give a child an education and a foundation has been laid. There are hundreds of orphans who are yet to receive education. In Hatcliffe Extension, 11 secondary school-going orphans under the care of Vision HIV/Aids are missing school because their fees have not yet been paid.
Source: The New Vision
After years of trailblazing the world in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Uganda is losing gains it initially made in cutting the prevalence of the disease to complacency, global health experts have disclosed.
Source: Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)
The average HIV/AIDS prevalence among people aged between 15 and 49 in Tanzania has dropped from seven per cent in the last ten years to 5.1 in 2012, Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) revealed.
Source: Daily News Egypt
Egyptian women experience various forms of discrimination in public and private life. One of the biggest results of discrimination is violence. Although the media condemns violence and raises awareness about its enormity in some outlets, it has been accused of accidently perpetuating violence as well.
Egyptian women experience various forms of discrimination in public and private life. One of the biggest results of discrimination is violence. Although the media condemns violence and raises awareness about its enormity in some outlets, it has been accused of accidently perpetuating violence as well.
Source: Daily News Egypt
A bill regarding violence against women drafted by the National Council for Women (NCW) was published on Tuesday.
A bill regarding violence against women drafted by the National Council for Women (NCW) was published on Tuesday.
Source: Sudan Tribune
Participants in a women's only peace conference in South Sudan's Jonglei state took the drastic step of saying they would leave their homes and refrain from child bearing if men in their communities continued to seek violent solutions to ongoing conflicts in the troubled region rather than peaceful dialogue.
Participants in a women's only peace conference in South Sudan's Jonglei state took the drastic step of saying they would leave their homes and refrain from child bearing if men in their communities continued to seek violent solutions to ongoing conflicts in the troubled region rather than peaceful dialogue.
Source: Sudan Tribune
Reporters Without Borders is saddened to learn that a young woman journalist, Rahmo Abdulkadir, was gunned down on a Mogadishu street two days ago. Shot five times, she died on the spot.
Reporters Without Borders is saddened to learn that a young woman journalist, Rahmo Abdulkadir, was gunned down on a Mogadishu street two days ago. Shot five times, she died on the spot.
Source: Sudan Tribune
Salwa Fahmi Suleiman Gireis, a Sudanese Christian woman and NGO worker, has been detained without charges for over month by the Sudanese security services (NSS) following her arrest from her home in Khartoum last month, Amnesty International (AI) said in a statement.
Salwa Fahmi Suleiman Gireis, a Sudanese Christian woman and NGO worker, has been detained without charges for over month by the Sudanese security services (NSS) following her arrest from her home in Khartoum last month, Amnesty International (AI) said in a statement.
Source: Vanguard
Warri — POLICE at Orerokpe, Delta State, have arrested a suspected cultist, simply called Monday, for allegedly raping and impregnating a seven-year-old girl (names withheld).
Vanguard learnt that the girl was living with her 27-year-old aunt, Destiny, in Ometa village, where Monday allegedly had carnal knowledge of her.
Source: The Observer (Kampala)
"She says she is 55, just a few years older than my mother," Judith says. She narrates, "One time, after she had told the doctor she is 55, my mother warned her, telling her that it is important to tell the doctor the right age. She [grandmother] told her to leave her alone," Judith says, adding that after this conversation, her mother let the old woman be.
Source: GroundUp (Cape Town)
New season, new presenter, same time, same channel. Education and health television programme Siyayinqoba Beat-It! will air its first episode of season 8 next week Thursday on SABC 1 at 1:30pm.
Source: Health-e (Cape Town)
From April 1, HIV positive people on antiretroviral therapy will be able to take one pill a day, instead of three pills twice a day.
Pregnant women with HIV will also be put onto this "triple fixed-dose combination" pill, no matter how strong their immune systems (CD4 count),
Source: BBC
Two years after the long-time government was ousted in Tunisia, some women are enjoying their freedom to wear Islamic clothes such as the niqab, while others are afraid of losing their rights, reports Caroline Anning.
Two years after the long-time government was ousted in Tunisia, some women are enjoying their freedom to wear Islamic clothes such as the niqab, while others are afraid of losing their rights, reports Caroline Anning.
Source: The Telegraph
William Hague, the foreign secretary, has announced Britain will spend £180m on a five-year healthcare programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
During a visit to the country with Angelina Jolie to highlight the issue of rape as a "weapon of war", Mr Hague said the fund would fund will provide essential healthcare in an effort to bring peace.
Source: Al Arabiya
“Down with dictatorship, down with capital!” and “Solidarity with women around the world!” rang the chants of thousands marking the opening in Tunis Tuesday of the World Social Forum, an alternative to the elite annual event in Davos.
Source: Daily News Egypt
Women’s rights group Fouada Watch criticised President Mohamed Morsi’s initiative regarding women, rejecting its contents completely.
Morsi announced a new initiative on Sunday to support Egyptian women’s rights, expand their role in Egyptian society and resolve their most pressing challenges.
Source: Al Arabiya
Both International Women’s Day and Egyptian Women’s Day take place in March. The latter commemorates the day in 1919 when women staged their first demonstration in the country’s history. That revolution saw women wave small flags as they called for freedom and independence, shouting slogans against the British occupation. Several of them were killed in the demonstration.