Source: Tanzania Daily News
MINISTER for Community Development, Gender and Children, Sophia Simba has reiterated the government's commitment to empower women in the country.
"The government will continue to take all necessary measures aimed at empowering women. Women should all make use of available opportunities to ensure they make meaningful contribution to the national development," explained Ms Simba.
Source: The Star
A Mombasa women's representative candidate has promised to prioritise maternal health reforms if elected. Speaking at a rally in Tononoka grounds, Naima Badhawi said it is a pity that Kenyan women still die while giving birth.
Source: Africa Renewal
Imagine being charged $100 for a medical certificate issued by a doctor proving that you have been raped before you can go after the culprit — and then during his trial having to feed the man who raped you.
Source: Al Arabiya
Egypt has issued an arrest warrant on Sunday against the Salafi preacher, who recently said it was “halal” (permissible) to rape female protestors, charging him with the defamation of religion, an Al Arabiya correspondent reported.
Source: The Herald
As Zimbabwe gears itself for the draft constitution to be acceded by Parliament, issues of the continued failure by our laws and people to adeptly address the issue of inequalities of gender and sex have become apparent and evident.
Source: The Herald
A newly formed youths and women empowerment group has embarked on a programme seeking to fund various income generating projects. The pressure group is on a drive appraising people on the provisions of the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act.
Source: UN WOMEN
From Darfur to Nepal, from Congo to Tunisia, the message of women’s rights is on the air waves. Radio reaches billions of people and is considered to be the medium with the widest audience in the world. Born in the 19th century and still at the forefront of communications, radio is specifically suited to reach remote rural communities and vulnerable people, many of them poor, illiterate and women.
Source: Government of Ethiopia
he Deputy Prime Minister of UK, Nick Clegg, began an official visit to Ethiopia today, visiting Kokebe Tsebah primary and secondary school in Addis Ababa today where he announced that the UK would be providing 11 million pounds to support the education of 50,000 girls across Ethiopia.
In his speech to the school community Mr. Clegg said the support will be given through a project organized through Save the Children and Child Hope.
Source: Namibia Economist
Casting its social net across rural women, the Ambassador of Spain, Her Excellency, Carmen Díez Orejas, visited the Okahandja Town Council earlier this week to obtain first-hand information on the polices and measures employed by the town council to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women.
Me Diez Orejas met the Okahandja Mayor, Cllr Dawid Uri-Khob, and together they visited some of the community projects supported by the Town Council.
Source: Leadership
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday called for the provision of quality reproductive health services for women in the country. Obasanjo made the call at the first Dr Abel Guobadia Memorial Lecture, organised by the Women's Health and Action Research Centre, in Benin. He named some of the services needed to be provided by government as medical care, family planning, delivery care and treatment as well as prevention of sexually transmitted infection.
An Islamic scholar, Ustaz Mahmud Abdulganiy, has described women as important agents of social transformation, considering their roles in the society.
The Ministry of Gender & Development has commenced a five-day gender retreat in Monrovia with several stakeholders in attendance.Speaking at the opening of the workshop, Deputy Gender Minister for Technical Services, Madam Annette M. Kiawu said the retreat would provide a framework for addressing existing gender inequality in all spheres including social,
The fight against female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) continues to gain traction around the world.
The executive director of Women's Bureau has applauded the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP) for empowering women groups in the fight against poverty. Ida Faye-Hydara made these remarks during the presentation of garden materials by the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP) to the Women's Bureau for onward
Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, on Thursday launched the Fund for Girls’ Education in Mozambique, budgeted at six million pounds sterling (about 9.3 million US dollars) provided by the British government’s Department for International Development (DFID).
Source: Amnesty International
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The facts and figures below relate to the issues of sexual and reproductive rights, in the context of the International Conference on Population and Development.
Source: SouthAfrica.info
Brutality and cruelty meted out to women was unacceptable and had no place in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma said in Cape Town on Thursday evening, directing the country's law enforcement agencies to treat such cases with the utmost urgency.
Cervical cancer kills an estimated 275,000 women every year, 85 percent of whom are in developing countries. The link between HIV and cervical cancer is direct and deadly; HIV-infected women who are also infected with specific types of human papilloma virus (HPV) are 4-5 times more susceptible to cervical cancer than HIV-negative women.
Source: Amnesty International (London)
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Latifah, a 14-year-old girl from Indonesia, was accused of adultery by the local police when she went to report she had been raped.
Louisa, a young woman from Burkina Faso, was verbally abused and slapped during childbirth at a local hospital.
The Security Council on Tuesday held an open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts around the world.