Source: Aswat Masriya
Political activists launched on Saturday an initiative called E'rafni (Know Me) to support women candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections, to help convey their voices to everyone in Egypt.
Source: Vanguard
Health issues concerning women and girls will be on the front burner in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as from May 28-30.
Source: VENTURES AFRICA
“If women want more rights than they got, why don’t they take it and stop talking about taking it.” A century after these words were uttered by Sojourner Truth, men and statistics are quick to point out that women have heed her words.
Source: The Herald
Whoever captures the majority of the women's vote in any election, is guaranteed the right exercise power in a democratic state. What then must be done to be accorded such a vote by women? Women are never persuaded by promises alone but by substantive deeds which yield tangible results.
Source: The New Vision
The story of Allen Bonabana, the mother who died after giving birth quadruplets in Kibaale district, is still fresh in the mind of people in her community.
Source: allAfrica
When 17-year-old Sona Traore represented the Child Protection Network of Liberia at a civil society event organized in conjunction with a three-day United Nations meeting in this capital city earlier this month, she knew she was not speaking for Liberian children alone.
Source: Daily Trust
The 2nd Nigerian Women Transformation Awards Conference and Exhibition (NIWTRACE) 2013 will hold in Abuja between July 24 and 25 at the International Conference Centre.
Source: Frontline Defenders
On 13 and 14 February 2013, peaceful protests held in Harare and Bulawayo by Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) in order to mark Valentine's Day were violently suppressed by police, with over 188 protesters arrested and many others beaten. One member of WOZA remains in detention.
Source: New Vision
After Asumpta Kiggundu lost her husband, all the family belongings were taken by her in-laws leaving nothing for her to survive on with her children.This left her children without any hope for education. All that was left was a small piece of land that they lived on. When she was about to give up, Hawa Kimera approached her suggesting that she joins Sooka Webuuze Women's Group that she had formed.
Source: Sapa
Police officers and social workers should treat abuse and rape cases with more seriousness, a ministerial committee said on Wednesday.
Source: IRIN
Eight survivors of sexual violence committed in the wake of Kenya’s December 2007 general elections have taken the government to court over its alleged failure to protect them or investigate the crimes committed against them.
Source: UN Radio
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for an intensification of efforts to achieve a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable development path built on dialogue, transparency and social justice.
Source: Patriotic Vanguard
Today, who would think that African women are backward or subservient? Indeed, they have evolved from playing more traditional and cultural roles to relatively impressive, if not enviable leadership positions. Invariably, some women are outshining men in the pursuit of their dreams and destinies.
Source: UNESCO
On the occasion of International Women’s Day (IWD), 8 March, UNESCO joins forces with international and regional partners to launch the annual Women Make the News (WMN) initiative under the theme, “Towards a Global Alliance on Media and Gender”.
Source: The Star
PREGNANT women in Kiambu and Nairobi have asked the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to save them from queues during the March 4 elections.
Source: The Observer (Kampala)
We have all known pregnancy to be a fountain of joy in marriage, but this is not true at school.
Source: The New York Times
At the funeral this month of Chokri Belaid, the murdered secular opposition leader in Tunisia, his widow Basma Khalfaoui, a prominent feminist, stood on the ambulance carrying his casket, her head uncovered, raising her arm to wave a defiant victory sign.
Source: Heritage
A university in Belgium, KU Leuven University, will just under two days' time inaugurate a scholarship foundation in honor of Liberian Nobel Laureate Leymah Roberta Gbowee, the Heritage has reliably learnt. The KU Leuven University, at a symposium on female leadership and sustainable development to be hosted at the university, will on Thursday, 21 February 2013 inaugurate the Leymah Gbowee Scholarship Fund for Leadership for African Women.
Source: The New Times
Effective mechanisms are needed to prevent child pregnancies that threaten the Girl Child education in the country, the chairperson of the Forum for African Women Educationalists (Fawe), Rhona Nyakurama, has said.
Source: Doctors Without Borders
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is marking the 1,000th operation to correct obstetric fistula in Gitega, Burundi, but is concerned about the future of its project.