Source: Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, DC)
"In Zambia, when women have delivered, we say 'Oh, you have survived.'" This chilling reminder of the impact of maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa came from Professor Elwyn Chomba, a Zambian government public health official interviewed by CSIS for a new video about the challenges of maternal mortality and a new initiative to address it.
Source: CNN
When she was 14 years old, Kakenya Ntaiya entered the cow pen behind her home with an elderly woman carrying a rusty knife.
Source: AWOKO
Women from different organizations in the country have gathered in Freetown to discuss unplanned pregnancies and unsafe abortions in Sierra Leone.
The two-day workshop held at YWCA is organized by Ipas in collaboration with WAADO.
Source: Xinhuanet
Despite marked progress in curbing the HIV epidemic, a high percentage of schoolgirls are still HIV positive in South Africa, latest figures revealed.
Source: Nigerian Tribune
GONE are the days when girl-child education only ends in kitchen! In the past, sending girls to school in some countries was viewed and treated as taboo. But, when awareness began to increase, such idea is now fast becoming obsolete. Also, the dual responsibilities of educated women to both their husbands’ families and their parents’ families have equally helped in changing the negative perception associated with girl-child education.
Source: IPS
"Ten reasons why women must vote 'Yes' for the draft constitution..." says the Constitution Select Committee's campaign radio jingle that plays over the airwaves in a grocer's store at Mukumbura border post business centre on Zimbabwe's northeastern border with Mozambique.
Source: Daily Trust
At a recent consultative session with a delegation of the Nigerian parliament, the National Assembly, the issue of women’s participation in politics came up, and one of the male parliamentarians said: “it’s not that we dislike your (women’s) participation in politics, in fact the Nigerian constitution does not discriminate against women, it’s just that you women are mostly not organised and you do not support and encourage yourselves”.
Source: Daily Trust
On Wednesday, the Women's Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) celebrated the end of the Raising Her Voice Project (RHV) in the country.
Source: New 24
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has warned that a UN document demanding global standards to prevent violence against women is un-Islamic and would lead to the "complete degradation of society".
Source: Amnesty International
When she met her husband, Amina Agami never thought her home would become the place of nightmares – nor that one day she would have to gather the courage to leave him.
Source: The Star
Some 20 Kiambu women who lost in the March 4 elections have asked President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta to appoint them to government. They said it is only fair for Uhuru to appoint them because they spent their resources to campaign for elective posts.
Source: The New York Times
During its decades as an underground Islamist movement, the Muslim Brotherhood has long preached that Islam required women to obey their husbands in all matters.
Source: Maghreb Arabe Presse
The royal approach in favor of the promotion of youth and women's conditions was fostered anew through the inauguration by HM King Mohammed VI, on Wednesday in Sefrou, of two centers for women's training and youth competence development respectively.
Source: The Chronicle
The Takoradi Market Women Association is calling on the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) to ensure a safe environment which will make the market attractive and safe for customers to patronise the market.
Source: This Day
No fewer than five hundred women from five local government areas (LGAs) and eleven local council development areas (LCDAs) in Lagos State recently benefitted from an empowerment programme initiated by the Gbenga Ashafa Trust Endowment (GATE) for indigent women.
Source: Aswat Masriya
Three Egyptian women have decided to challenge their social and economic statuses by starting up small projects, presenting an example of how women can contribute to developing society.
Source: New Times
The Japanese Embassy has extened a $316,408 grant to three local organisations; AVEGA-Agahozo, Gira Impuhwe Association and ARECO-Rwanda Nziza. The grant, which was handed over to the beneficiaries at the embassy offices in Kigali recently, is to facilitate various projects that will benefit the public through the three organisations.
Source: Daily Trust
Senator Nenadi Usman, PDP Kaduna South, has distributed improved seeds that include soya beans, groundnuts, tomatoes, cucumber, carrots, okro and maize to various women farmers and religious groups to boost agricultural activities in the area.
Source: Daily Trust
Youth and women selected from some states of the federation have been trained on bee-keeping and honey processing by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development with a promise to provide them with starter packs.
Source: South African Government
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Free State handed over awards to female farmers during the event called Female Entrepreneur Awards under the theme 'Women Feeding Families'.