Source: Radio Dabanga
A militia loyal to the government raped two displaced women from Armenkol camp of Sirba locality in Western Darfur.
Source: Sudan Tribune
Sudan's opposition leader, Hassan Al-Turabi, on Friday said he wishes a female candidate would succeed him at the helm of the Popular Congress Party (PCP).
Source: Times Colonist
Prominent women's rights campaigner Joyce Banda was sworn in as Malawi's president Saturday, becoming southern Africa's first female head of state and raising hopes for a fresh start in the small, poor nation after the death of her mercurial predecessor.
Source: Daily Trust
Column - Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children (Part 2)
Source: RNW
Still an infant in April of 1994, Jeanette, doesn't remember when Rwanda descended into the quickest and bloodiest genocide since the Holocaust. She never knew her father, nor did she ever meet her two aunts, three uncles or grandparents. All of whom killed in the massacres.
Source: The Star
The Pwani Gender Based Violence Network has challenged Kenyans to make efforts to end the vice.
Source: Vanguard
Domestic violence is as old as man. It often occurs in the privacy of the home. Because a man's home is often referred to and regarded as his "castle", whatever a man does within the privacy of the home has often escaped the scrutiny of the public, yet it persists.
Source: scidev.net
Female sex workers in low- and middle-income countries are nearly 14 times more likely to become infected with HIV than other women in these countries, according to a literature review by US scientists.
Source: Saturday Post Online
THE government should ensure that all sexually active people have access to affordable and easy health services on family planning, says WILSA.
Source: AlertNet
The March 11 acquittal of the only military officer charged in the "virginity tests" trial is a blow for any hopes of accountability for the abuses women have experienced at the hands of the Egyptian military over the past year, Human Rights Watch said today. The military has failed to investigate and punish credible claims of other instances of violence by its members against women, including the beating and torture of women demonstrators by military officers on March 9 and December 16, 2011.
Source: WNN
Following several weeks of military intervention by the Kenyan Defense Forces against Somali extremist militia groups, Somali women have become easy targets for rape and physical assault. But physical assault can also come from home and can also be psychological.
Source: Pambazuka News
We celebrate this year's International Women's Day (IWD) under the slogan "Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures". This slogan is taken from the internationally agreeable logo, which embodies a lot of contents in support of women and their rights all over the world; the slogan was chosen particularly as the youth group in our country is considered as the largest among the population, exceeding 65 % of the total population.
Source: Leadership
Column - Leadership is about capacity - the capacity of leaders to listen and observe, to use their expertise as a starting point to encourage dialogue between all levels of decision-making, to establish processes and transparency in decision-making, to articulate their own values and visions clearly but not impose them. Leadership is about setting and not just reacting to agendas, identifying problems, and initiating change that makes for substantial improvement rather than managing change.
Source: Leadership
In the wake of ethno-religious crises in the country, wife of the Vice President, Hajiya Amina Sambo, has tasked women on the need to ensure peaceful and harmonious co-existence.
Source: New Vision
THE inter-Parliamentary Union has urged member states to ensure free access to vaccines and medicines to protect women and children from diseases.
Source: ZimEve
The first female president in Malawi is set to take over the reigns of power following the sudden death of the country's president, Bingu Wa Mutharika, aged 78.
Source: OpenDemocracy
Women played a largely unreported role in last year's revolution in Libya. Now they have to fight both Islamist and secular men if they're to have any influence in the new Libya, says Lindsey Hilsum.
Source: IPS
Though United Nations experts agree that governments should focus on empowering girls and women as a key to managing a world of seven billion people, not enough is being done for women's rights in developing countries, aid advocates say.
Source: Daily Trust
About 300 rural women will benefit from shops to be built at the ultra-modern motor park which is under construction at Bwari.
Source: New Times
Women working in the public sector represent 45.5 per cent, latest figures from the National Institute of Statistics (NISR) indicate.