Source: FOROYAA Newspaper
Moving from fear of saying the word 'Female Circumcision' almost three decades ago, the Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children- GAMCOTRAP, took the lead in taking courage to say violence in any form cannot continue to keep women in captivity.
Source: Government of Ghana
The Women Peace and Security Institute (WPSI) of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) has called on the media to project women in a more positive way and thereby increase the awareness of women in leadership and governance.
Source: ZimEye
Twenty-two year old Juliet Wangeci Wang’ombe is the wordsmith behind Kenyan President-Elect Uhuru Kenyatta’s 20minute long victory speech on Sunday.
Source: Aswat Masriya
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said on Wednesday that the proposed document by the United Nations (UN) on "Eliminating and Preventing All Forms of Violence Against Women and Girls" holds a deceptive title and includes articles that contradict with the principles of Islam and destroys its ethics.
Source: Women's News Network
In sideline panel events at the 57th Commission on the Status of Women, talk was of working for further transformation in everything from the Egyptian constitution to the safety of women throughout the uprisings.
Source: FOROYAA Newspaper
Last month, in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, a 20-year old mother of two was stripped naked and tortured until she confessed to practising sorcery. Then she was burned alive on the local rubbish dump in front of a crowd of fellow villagers.
Source: Anglican Communion News Service
Bishop William Mchombo of the Diocese of Eastern Zambia has advised that educating young boys and girls on the equality of men and women is the key to addressing issues of gender-based violence in Africa.
Source: The Information Daily
Minister of Social Developemnt Bathabile Dalmini spoke at the United Nation's discussion on the primary prevetion of gender-based violence.
Source: Reuters
Equatorial Guinea has moved aggressively to protect women and girls from violence under the government of President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, according to President Obiang's senior adviser on women's issues.
Source: Government of Ghana
Six African Countries has pledged their commitment to collaborate with civil society, share best practices and use governmental power to fight gender-based violence.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
OXFAM, an international non-governmental organisation (NGO), in collaboration with various organisations and stakeholders in Morogoro Region, has conducted courses on rights of women on land tenure and other activities.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
The 2013 UN International Women's Days has come and gone, providing women throughout the world with a platform to air their voices on various aspects including their rights.
Source: finchannel.com
Royal Philips Electronics released its Fabric of Africa Trends Report on healthcare services across Africa, focusing specifically on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), maternal and child health and the strengthening of healthcare systems.
Source: Africa Science News
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest proportion of underage marriages with nearly half of population of young women marrying before their 18th birthday. This according to Global advocates is being fueled by poverty, retrogressive cultural practices alongside legal and policy deficiencies.
Source: IOL News
‘Few issues have so divided politicians, policymakers, education officials, school governing bodies, principals, teachers, learners and the public as what to do about teenage pregnancy.”
Source: UNAIDS
How much progress has the global AIDS response made in ensuring that women and girls live their lives free from violence? What are the next steps needed to strengthen the challenge to gender-based violence and its links to HIV? These critical questions dominated a high level consultation which took place in New York on 9 March during the 57thsession of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
Source: Global Times
The just concluded general elections in Kenya was sweet victory for the country's men who managed to clinch the bulk of strategic national leadership positions thanks to a patriarchal set up hostile to women's participation in civic affairs.
Source: The New York Times
Some horrific events over the past few months, including the shooting of a Pakistani schoolgirl and the rape and murder of a young Indian physiotherapy student, should have been an alert for the world to unite in preventing violence against women.
Source: Vitals.nbcnews.com
More women are using birth control worldwide, but an unmet need for contraception persists, a new study shows.
Source: Middle East Voices
“It is time for an uprising of women in the Arab world,” writes Hanin Ghaddar, managing editor of NOW News in Lebanon in the second annual publication to mark International Women’s Day by the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Middle East Program.