Policy-makers and survivors convened at United Nations Headquarters in New York today to build consensus and identify common strategies on ending the pandemic of violence against women and girls.
Promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in international development after the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals is the aim of a two-day meeting which opened in Vienna on Thursday.
Women in Africa’s Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are calling on President Barack Obama to lend resources and influence in putting an end to the brutal violence against women taking place in that country.
In recent months, we have seen just how interconnected global food markets have become. Droughts in North America, Europe and central Asia have led to decreased global grain supplies and high food prices, which in turn have affected the ability of African communities—particularly in food-importing countries—to feed themselves. With 239 million people on the continent undernourished, Africans must take greater ownership over how they get their food.
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Egyptians are to start deciding Saturday whether to adopt a new constitution backed by Islamists including President Mohamed Morsi, or reject it as urged by the opposition which fears it will usher in sharia-style laws.
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"16 Days of Activism For No Violence Against Women and Children" came to an end on Monday, with Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe announcing a new National Council Against Gender Violence. Does a mere two-and-a-bit weeks of talking about violence, and the establishment of yet another council, amount to an effective response against South Africa's gender violence epidemic? By REBECCA DAVIS.
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The Women's University in Africa and the United Nations Children's Fund yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will see the two institutions partnering in a number of educationand training programmes.
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THE story of Nancy Hamaambo in the new vision paper in monze that her uncle turned her in to a sex slave after repeated and forced sexual encounters is sad indeed.
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An Egyptian women's rights group asked women to wear red and vote "no" in the referendum on a draft constitution written by an Islamist-led assembly.
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In recent weeks, the project to reform Ivory Coast's family code has caused a stir across the country. Some people have even cited the revision of Article 58 as cause for the government's recent dissolution. Yet, for some families already practising gender equality, the new family code is not simply second nature: it's the way forward for Ivorian society.
An Egyptian women’s rights group asked women to wear red and vote “no” in the referendum on a draft constitution written by an Islamist-led assembly.
The full power of the international community will be harnessed to fight those who commit sexual violence in the Central African Republic, according to a senior UN official visiting the country.
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After over a decade of efforts to making education accessible and affordable for all, the challenge of providing equitable access to and quality education for girls remains a critical challenge in many sub-Saharan African Countries including Ghana.
Egyptian feminist movements said that Saturday's referendum on the draft constitution is void as it "crashes the aspirations of the people and the principles of the revolution".
Women face higher unemployment rates than men globally, with no improvements likely in the coming years, according to the new ILO Global Employment Trends for Women 2012 Report.
An independent United Nations expert has urged governments worldwide to stand up for the right to education, especially for girls, and to take the necessary steps to ensure that all children can go to school without fear.
“16 Days of Activism For No Violence Against Women and Children” came to an end on Monday, with Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe announcing a new National Council Against Gender Violence. Does a mere two-and-a-bit weeks of talking about violence, and the establishment of yet another council, amount to an effective response against South Africa’s gender violence epidemic?
Madagascar’s traditional midwives, or ‘matronnes’, are often thought to undermine safe childbirth practices, delivering babies in unsanitary environments and without provisions to manage complications. Yet they are now being recruited to a campaign to get women to deliver in clinics or hospitals, part of a move to lower maternal and newborn death rates.
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Tapping the table for emphasis, Alaa Murabit, Libyan women’s rights campaigner and former revolutionary, speaks passionately about the need for Islamic law in the country she’s lived in since the age of 15.
In a new report, entitled Women out loud, UNAIDS explores the impact of HIV on women and the instrumental role women living with the virus are playing to end AIDS. It includes the latest data and commentary from some of the leading advocates on women and HIV.