ADDIS ABABA, 31 January 2013 (IRIN) - Ethiopia has made progress in lowering maternal mortality rates, but a weak health system means many women are still succumbing to preventable complications before, during and after childbirth.
Almost every girl and woman – regardless of age, social status or choice of attire – who has walked the streets or taken public transport in Cairo, has experienced some form of verbal or physical sexual harassment.
Source: Government of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa)
UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, on Wednesday (January 30th) said "Somalia is beginning to undergo profound transformation". It is, he added, a new chapter in its history.
Source: The Star
The number of women who made it to the party lists for normal competitive seats in the forthcoming elections remains diminutive raising a red-flag amongst many Kenyans.
Source: The Daily Observer (Banjul)
In The Gambia, a good percentage of the population relies on agriculture as their main source of income and staple food. This is sometimes limited by the unavailability of technical know-how and knowledge on agriculture.
Source: Daily Trust
At about 9.am yesterday, a mentally ill girl delivered a baby at the popular new barrack bus stop near the Federal Secretariat, Kaduna. The incident brings to three the number of times mentally ill women have delivered babies at that same bus stop in recent times.
The three-day workshop hosted by Women's Academy for Africa (WAFA) in Gaborone ended yesterday.
Source: UN News
The top United Nations official tasked with advancing gender equality today expressed “deep concern” about the escalating violence against women in Egypt, particularly those protesting in the days following the second anniversary of the revolution.
Source: IRIN
The waiting area of a clinic in northern Malawi's Nkhata Bay resembles a kindergarten, with dozens of children running around or tugging on their mothers' skirts. On average, each woman at the clinic has four small children with her.
Source: New Era
At least 122 young men and women graduated in various courses offered by the Women's Action for Development (WAD), an organization that imparts skills mainly to women.
Source: Magharebia (Washington DC)
Human rights activists are hailing a Moroccan decision to modernise the country's legislation regarding rape and child abduction.
Source: Daily Trust
I was elated when I read the report of a maternal death review that was conducted for the year 2012 in one of the northern states in a big secondary health center which also serves as a comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn center.
Source: A Safe World For Women
"We need people to vote for Safe World for Women in the Katerva People’s Award. If we can win this award it will be a great step forwards for the Women’s movement and Gender Equality Movement in the world at grassroots level.Safe World for Women works with true commitment and dedication to allow change, positive change to occur in the world. It is working tirelessly with the grassroots located in different countries around the world.
Source: Daily Trust
The impact of the inequality in lands rights has aggravated women's socio-economic status, allowed for sexual harassment and violence against women and contributed towards marital instability, separation and divorce.
Source: New Times
Plans are underway to build a polytechnic school at Gishari in the Eastern Province to equip female Police personnel with skills in plumbing, mechanics, construction, among others. This was announced at a Police Women Convention yesterday at Remera Stadium in Kigali.
WOMEN will have equal representation with their male counterparts in all Government institutions on a 50-50 percent basis if the draft Constitution is passed by Parliament and stands the test during the referendum.
Source: Tolerance
While Morocco may not have experienced a change in regime, as did Tunisia and Egypt, the country nonetheless experienced waves of popular protests. Moreover, like in Tunisia and Egypt, women constituted a major presence in the uprisings that began on February 20, 2011.
Source: Tolerance
During the Egyptian Revolution, women displayed keen leadership abilities and a nuanced understanding of their era’s political landscape.
Source: Tolerance
This article gives a voice to female participants in the Tunisian Spring by recounting women’s participation in these uprisings, their demands, and their assessment of the post-revolutionary era in terms of gains and/or loss of rights for women in particular and for their fellow citizens in general.
Source: US Department of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton says that in her four years as U.S. secretary of state, she and President Obama have tried to promote a world where more nations take greater responsibility for shaping their futures. She explained that foreign policy strategy January 29 as she held satellite meetings with young adults in six important regional cities around the world.