Source: Guardian
By not supporting journalists, aid agencies are severely limiting their access to the truth about what is happening in developing countries and, therefore, their ability to make a difference
Source: Xperedon
A number of non-profit orgs and their partners are revealing evidence that the battle against Aids/HIV is starting to be won on several fronts...
Source: The Swazi Observer
Swaziland is among 11 countries that have failed to make any progress in the past years towards meeting one of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Source: Voice of America
Fertility rates as well as future projected population growth are much higher in Africa than in any other part of the world. A new report by a Kenyan-based organization says that in some African countries, political will, maternal and child health concerns as well as more and more funding are helping to develop effective family planning.
Source: Leadership Newspapers
Nigeria, accounting for 47% of the population of West Africa, according to experts at a 5-day workshop organised by Africa Leadership Forum (ALF), has a moral responsibility to lead the continent towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Yet its health system is ranked 187th of 191 WHO member states. Writes PEMBI STEPHEN-DAVID
The Economic Cost of Violence survey—the result of a collaboration between Karama and its economic realm in Egypt, which is led by the Egyptian Association for Community Participation Enhancement (EACPE)—was released last month, sharing that the total national cost of women’s exposure to violence exceeds 785 million Egyptian Pounds (LE) a year, over three billion LE over the last three years.
Politically charged calls from a Coptic bishop to follow a Muslim example have infuriated women already suffering harassmentWhile all eyes are focused on the presidential race, on the streets of Egypt, inch by inch, bit by bit, women's rights are shrinking. Women, Muslim and Christian, who do not cover their hair or who wear mid-sleeved clothing are met with insults, spitting and in some cases physical abuse.
Source: SPY Ghana
The Vice President, John Mahama, has reiterated the importance of gender in conflict prevention, management and resolution — and therefore lauded the introduction of a training course at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Centre (KAIPTC).
Source: UNAMID
30 May 2012 - A three-day forum on strengthening gender-sensitive laws and empowering women to participate in government today concluded in El Fasher, North Darfur.
The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) is introducing a Master of Arts in Gender, Peace and Security programme, which was inaugurated in June 1, 2012.
The appalling condition and discrimination against women in Nigeria politics is giving the minister of women affairs and social development sleepless night. RAJI ADEBAYO analysed the situation, while the Minister proffers solution to these anomalies.
Source: Rwanda Focus
On Monday, the Gender Monitoring Office (GMO) and the Rwanda Women Parliamentary Forum (FFRP) held a meeting aiming at enhancing their partnership and information sharing on gender matters.
Source: The New Times
A new report has revealed disturbing facts; Rwandan women occupy few leadership positions, contrary to the common belief that Rwanda has a fairly high number of women leaders.
Source: IPS
"It was so frustrating but so exciting at the same time," recalls 15-year-old Mariam Assam, a year-10 student in Cairo. Assam was recalling the days she tried to join protestors during the Egyptian revolution in January 2011 but was intially prevented by her parents who said street protests were no place for a girl to be.
On a Wednesday in May 2012, inspired by snowballing social media discussions on sexual harassment in Egypt, a group of independent activists took the conversation to an offline public. They aimed to build support in Cairo and beyond, using the most simple of approaches: the country’s first ‘human chain’ against sexual harassment.
Source: The Rwanda Focus
Family planning is crucial not only for individual and family development, but also for the development of the country as a whole, affecting on the way global development.
Source: South Africa.Info
Eight of South Africa's media houses have teamed up with the International Women's Media Fund (IWMF) to improve their coverage of issues around HIV/Aids, the Washington-based organisation announced last week.
Source: The Zimdiaspora
Prostitution among Zimbabweans living in South Africa has reached dramatic levels with some men being blamed for pimping their home girls for financial gains, The ZimDiaspora has found out.
Source: Inquirer
Hawa Kollie lies on her back screaming in pain, her head throbbing and body aching after the loss of first her baby, and then her uterus. Like many Liberian women, she got to the hospital too late.
Source: VOA
The gang-rape of a mentally impaired girl last month in Soweto Township in Johannesburg outraged South Africa and the world. It was a stark reminder that despite liberal and advanced legal protections for women, South Africa still ranks high in terms of assaults and rape.