Source: The New Times
The second International Conference on the role of security organs in ending Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in Africa held in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, has unanimously agreed to establish a permanent secretariat in Kigali to coordinate its activities.
Jeanette Bindu’s network in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has just informed her of a mass rape in Minova — more than 100 women within just four days. Thousands of government troops have fled the provincial capital of Goma in the face of an advance by the M23 rebels, and on Nov. 22 the government soldiers arrived on the small town of Minova, 54 km to the west.
Introduced more than 15 years ago, the female condom has gotten a bad rap, with some comparing it to having sex with a plastic bag, while many others still don't know about the only female-controlled HIV prevention method available.
In August 2012, the African Gender and Media Initiative, a Kenyan NGO, released a report documenting cases of forced and coerced sterilizations of HIV-positive women, carried out by both private and government-run health facilities.
Sexual violence against women is widespread in Mali. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson at a meeting of the Security Council on Women, Peace and Security, recounted the acute challenges which he saw women facing in times of crisis and conflict in Mali.
Top United Nations officials today highlighted the invaluable role of women’s organizations and civil society groups in preventing violence and resolving conflict, stressing that their contributions are vital to building a peaceful world and must be further supported.
Source: GhanaBusinessNews
Mrs Sheila Minkah-Premo, Apex Law Consultant and Gender Activist, said women suffered several gender based violence in the private sphere due to their sexual category.
Source: Daily Trust
New HIV infections in children are down, but reaching the goal of an AIDS-free generation requires treating more pregnant women and children living with HIV, a statement issued by United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to media houses on World AIDS day has stated.
Source: SAnews
Men's forums are key to reversing gender based inequality and violence in society.
Source: ANGOP
The Luanda provincial director for family issues and promotion of women, Antónia Ferreira Marcelina, has said in Icolo e Bengo Municipality that when it comes to domestic violence, the cases of paternity denial were more frequent throughout this year.
Source: Tunis Afrique Press
A shelter for homeless women will open soon in the Medina of Tunis, at the initiative of association "Beity" (my home).
Source: Tanzania Daily News
IF it were in Christianity, a doctor in Kigoma town jokingly said recently, Dr Godfrey Mbaruku would be revered as another Jesus Christ, for saving the region's pregnant women from being depleted by maternal mortality.
Source: Vanguard
At first, when relatives of a 25-year-old student of Enugu State College of Education, Chika Egbo, learnt of her romance with a man from the south western part of the country who had offered to marry her, they were surprised giving the fact that their daughter and sister does not live or school in that part of the country.
Source: Sudan Tribune
South Sudan's Deputy Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare said Sunday that violence against women is one of the major contributing obstacles to the country's development
Violence against women is considered as one of the obstacles to the advancement of women and it is an abuse of human rights, says the resident coordinator of the United Nations System in The Gambia, Madam Chinwe M. Dike.
A draft constitution approved by Egypt’s Constituent Assembly falls well short of protecting human rights and, in particular, ignores the rights of women, restricts freedom of expression in the name of protecting religion, and allows for the military trial of civilians, Amnesty International said.
A new initiative in which qualified village nurses and clinical officers provide free medical examinations and counselling services to survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in Uganda could help to speed up the prosecution of such cases, say officials.
"Rova . . . rova . . . rova! Ukasandirova urimbwa," a newly-married woman shouted while in the nude in the dead of the night. All this while her equally young husband, a known weightlifter, who was half-dressed, was pumping fists into her bulge.
In 2010 the African Union launched a decade-long initiative to promote women's empowerment and put female rights at the heart of development in the billion-strong continent.