Source: CNN
Seven of the eight suspects who are accused of taking part in a brutal videotaped gang-rape of a teenager will appear in a South African court Wednesday to ask for bail.
Seven of the eight suspects who are accused of taking part in a brutal videotaped gang-rape of a teenager will appear in a South African court Wednesday to ask for bail.
Source: The Star
Supreme Court of Kenya judge Njoki Ndung'u yesterday decried the slow pace of the implementation of the African Union protocol on women rights. The judge said although the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, better known as the Maputo Protocol, has already been ratified, proper laws are yet to be enacted to ensure it is fully operational.
Supreme Court of Kenya judge Njoki Ndung'u yesterday decried the slow pace of the implementation of the African Union protocol on women rights. The judge said although the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, better known as the Maputo Protocol, has already been ratified, proper laws are yet to be enacted to ensure it is fully operational.
Source: New Vision
UK Equalities Minister and Champion for Tackling Violence against Women and Girls Overseas, Lynne Featherstone visited a women’s protection centre for victims of domestic violence in Mubende District.
UK Equalities Minister and Champion for Tackling Violence against Women and Girls Overseas, Lynne Featherstone visited a women’s protection centre for victims of domestic violence in Mubende District.
Source: IPS
Worldwide, women are largely responsible for managing family budgets, controlling 65 percent of global spending. But, women’s needs are often ignored when it comes to government budgeting, delegates at an international meet in the Turkish capital observed.
Worldwide, women are largely responsible for managing family budgets, controlling 65 percent of global spending. But, women’s needs are often ignored when it comes to government budgeting, delegates at an international meet in the Turkish capital observed.
Source: IPS
Kristin Palitza interviews NICKY NEWTON-KING, the first female chief executive officer of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.More than three years after the start of the global economic crisis, which has had a considerable impact on African trade, investments and gross domestic product, investment prospects on the continent are increasing.
Kristin Palitza interviews NICKY NEWTON-KING, the first female chief executive officer of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.More than three years after the start of the global economic crisis, which has had a considerable impact on African trade, investments and gross domestic product, investment prospects on the continent are increasing.
Source: UN News Centre
The UN Security Council today held a meeting at which it heard of the need to strengthen the role of women in the area of peace and security, such as through increased participation in politics.
The UN Security Council today held a meeting at which it heard of the need to strengthen the role of women in the area of peace and security, such as through increased participation in politics.
Source: University World News
Graça Machel, the renowned humanitarian and activist, is to be the new president of the School of Oriental and African Studie at the University of London.
Graça Machel, the renowned humanitarian and activist, is to be the new president of the School of Oriental and African Studie at the University of London.
Source: UN Radio
Economic policies should be more responsive to the needs of women and more instrumental to achieving inclusive development.
Economic policies should be more responsive to the needs of women and more instrumental to achieving inclusive development.
Source: IPS
Increasing numbers of Malian women are being raped by Tuareg rebels and armed groups that have swept across the north of Mali since the beginning of year, expelling all government troops from the region.
Increasing numbers of Malian women are being raped by Tuareg rebels and armed groups that have swept across the north of Mali since the beginning of year, expelling all government troops from the region.
Source: UN WOMEN
Women from across Zimbabwe have celebrated the launch of a strategic high-level women’s coalition. The voluntary group will lobby to ensure that the new constitution, currently being drafted, will deliver on gender equality and empowerment for women in the country.
Women from across Zimbabwe have celebrated the launch of a strategic high-level women’s coalition. The voluntary group will lobby to ensure that the new constitution, currently being drafted, will deliver on gender equality and empowerment for women in the country.
Source: UNFPA
Since this story was initially published in early 2010, the contraceptive prevalence rate for long-acting family planning methods has already increased -- from 1.3 per cent to 4.3 per cent according to the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey, 2011. This has helped boost the overall increase in CPR in the country from 14 to 29 percent between 2005 and 2011. Hormonal implants are one of three contraceptives given priority under the newly formed United Nations Commission on Commodities for Women and Children’s Health .
Since this story was initially published in early 2010, the contraceptive prevalence rate for long-acting family planning methods has already increased -- from 1.3 per cent to 4.3 per cent according to the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey, 2011. This has helped boost the overall increase in CPR in the country from 14 to 29 percent between 2005 and 2011. Hormonal implants are one of three contraceptives given priority under the newly formed United Nations Commission on Commodities for Women and Children’s Health .
Source: New Vision
Police has sanctioned an internal investigation of its officers who were involved in FDC's Ingrid Turinawe's arrest last Friday over alleged sexual assault.
Police has sanctioned an internal investigation of its officers who were involved in FDC's Ingrid Turinawe's arrest last Friday over alleged sexual assault.
Source: Daily Sun
Ada Agina-Udeh's life revolves around women because her aim is to be a change agent for our society. As the Executive Director of Gender and Development Action (GADA), she is not only a frontline gender activist but also a force to reckon with when it comes to female political participation. She told Daily Sun recently that ignorance is the worst enemy of women in all sphere of life.
Ada Agina-Udeh's life revolves around women because her aim is to be a change agent for our society. As the Executive Director of Gender and Development Action (GADA), she is not only a frontline gender activist but also a force to reckon with when it comes to female political participation. She told Daily Sun recently that ignorance is the worst enemy of women in all sphere of life.
Source: IRIN
Inter-communal disputes over land and the allocation of land to private investors for cultivation, could threaten peace in parts of northern Uganda, warn officials.
Inter-communal disputes over land and the allocation of land to private investors for cultivation, could threaten peace in parts of northern Uganda, warn officials.
Source: Public Agenda
The United Nations Entity on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) has described the violence which has been experienced at certain polling stations over the biometric registration as a manifestation of intolerance.
The United Nations Entity on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) has described the violence which has been experienced at certain polling stations over the biometric registration as a manifestation of intolerance.
Source: Latina Lista
Thousands of women gathering to make the world a better place ― you got a problem with that? You might think some people do if you look at the timeline for the UN-sponsored World Conferences on Women: 1975 (Mexico), 1980 (Copenhagen), 1985 (Nairobi) . . . 1995 (Beijing) . . . and then?? No wonder the crescendo is swelling for a 2015 conference, 5WCW to its friends. Be one! Our founder Patricia Smith Melton explains why and how.
Thousands of women gathering to make the world a better place ― you got a problem with that? You might think some people do if you look at the timeline for the UN-sponsored World Conferences on Women: 1975 (Mexico), 1980 (Copenhagen), 1985 (Nairobi) . . . 1995 (Beijing) . . . and then?? No wonder the crescendo is swelling for a 2015 conference, 5WCW to its friends. Be one! Our founder Patricia Smith Melton explains why and how.
Source: IPS
The world’s recent financial and political upheavals have not been kind to women. In Libya’s Tripoli, female suicide rates increased tenfold during the revolution, while dismal job prospects have young Greek women abandoning their career aspirations, participants in a global forum on women’s rights said over the weekend.
The world’s recent financial and political upheavals have not been kind to women. In Libya’s Tripoli, female suicide rates increased tenfold during the revolution, while dismal job prospects have young Greek women abandoning their career aspirations, participants in a global forum on women’s rights said over the weekend.
Source: Reuters
The head of the African Development Bank said on Sunday he is willing to provide $45 million in budget financing for Malawi to help new President Joyce Banda revive the struggling economy.
The head of the African Development Bank said on Sunday he is willing to provide $45 million in budget financing for Malawi to help new President Joyce Banda revive the struggling economy.
Source: New York Times
This week a cellphone video depicting a 17-year-old girl being gang-raped by seven men between the ages of 14 and 20 went viral in South Africa. The rapists were encouraging one another and offered the girl 25 cents to not report them.
This week a cellphone video depicting a 17-year-old girl being gang-raped by seven men between the ages of 14 and 20 went viral in South Africa. The rapists were encouraging one another and offered the girl 25 cents to not report them.
Source: Today's Zaman
More than 2,000 women's rights activists in town for the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) 2012 forum marched down a well-known street on Sunday in İstanbul's Beyoğlu district.
More than 2,000 women's rights activists in town for the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) 2012 forum marched down a well-known street on Sunday in İstanbul's Beyoğlu district.