Source: Tunisia Live
Democratic Leader of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi expressed her worry over the state of women's rights and media freedom in Tunisia during meetings with Tunisian government officials yesterday, according to an official in the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Source: New Vision
Women civil society organizations in Uganda have protested the video dubbed Kony2012 by Invisible Children, saying it is arousing painful past experiences among victims.
Women civil society organizations in Uganda have protested the video dubbed Kony2012 by Invisible Children, saying it is arousing painful past experiences among victims.
Source: New Vision
On Wednesday, the New Vision reported in its lead story that "the Government is to issue ownership certificates to customary land owners ... which is intended to give people more control over their land ..." This news simply made my day.
On Wednesday, the New Vision reported in its lead story that "the Government is to issue ownership certificates to customary land owners ... which is intended to give people more control over their land ..." This news simply made my day.
Source: South Asian Link
“Women’s progress is human progress, and human progress is women’s progress” (Hillary Rodham Clinton). International women’s day has been celebrated for more than 100 years and substantial progress has been made in advancing equality for women, however, still the goals of gender equality and women’s empowerment are not fully achieved.
“Women’s progress is human progress, and human progress is women’s progress” (Hillary Rodham Clinton). International women’s day has been celebrated for more than 100 years and substantial progress has been made in advancing equality for women, however, still the goals of gender equality and women’s empowerment are not fully achieved.
Source: The Informer
Since the end of the Liberian civil war, nearly nine years ago, many Liberians, especially women and girls who were affected by the war have now begun to take advantage of self help program to restore hope to themselves as the country progresses with its rebuilding process.
Since the end of the Liberian civil war, nearly nine years ago, many Liberians, especially women and girls who were affected by the war have now begun to take advantage of self help program to restore hope to themselves as the country progresses with its rebuilding process.
Source: Osun Defender
Elimination or drastic reduction of violence against women, as well as participation of women in governance, will surely enhance the peace of the nation.
Elimination or drastic reduction of violence against women, as well as participation of women in governance, will surely enhance the peace of the nation.
Source: Voice of America
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday the U.S. government is recommitting itself to ending modern slavery.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday the U.S. government is recommitting itself to ending modern slavery.
Source: Open Democracy
In the days ahead a struggle looms over women's human rights and gender justice in Egypt. Will the Muslim Sisters rise to the occasion?
In the days ahead a struggle looms over women's human rights and gender justice in Egypt. Will the Muslim Sisters rise to the occasion?
Source: Open Democracy
Whether one considers the direct effects of military rule and conflict on women, or the global economic implications of the US war-on-terror, militarism threatens to strip away all the 20th century gains in women’s rights, dispossessing us once more. African women must take a stand, says Amina Mama.
Source: SW Rdio Africa
The United Nations (UN) has been slammed for its silence on Zimbabwe and the campaign of politically motivated rape, unleashed by Robert Mugabe’s supporters during election periods.
The United Nations (UN) has been slammed for its silence on Zimbabwe and the campaign of politically motivated rape, unleashed by Robert Mugabe’s supporters during election periods.
Source: Al-Akhbar
The fielding of an all-women slate of candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections could start a trend in a country where women remain grossly underrepresented in political life.
The fielding of an all-women slate of candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections could start a trend in a country where women remain grossly underrepresented in political life.
Source: Open Democracy
Women in Burundi have won radical changes to the country's Penal Code, making rape punishable by life imprisonment. The taboo of speaking out against sexual violence has been broken and the lives of some women - and men - are beginning to change forever, says Lyduine Ruronona.
Women in Burundi have won radical changes to the country's Penal Code, making rape punishable by life imprisonment. The taboo of speaking out against sexual violence has been broken and the lives of some women - and men - are beginning to change forever, says Lyduine Ruronona.
Source: Angola Press
Media Minister, Carolina Cerqueira, appealed on Tuesday in Luanda to African women to continue to develop lobbies and make advocacy, aiming for an effective exercise of women's rights.
Media Minister, Carolina Cerqueira, appealed on Tuesday in Luanda to African women to continue to develop lobbies and make advocacy, aiming for an effective exercise of women's rights.
Source: Vanguard
Julia Sebutinde from Uganda on Monday officially started her term as a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague.
Julia Sebutinde from Uganda on Monday officially started her term as a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague.
Source: Vanguard
BEFORE now, it was common sight to behold several children of school age in the streets of Lagos hawking wares either for their parents or guardians in order to eke out a living even while their privileged peers are busy in classrooms acquiring knowledge.
BEFORE now, it was common sight to behold several children of school age in the streets of Lagos hawking wares either for their parents or guardians in order to eke out a living even while their privileged peers are busy in classrooms acquiring knowledge.
Source: Reuters Africa
Morocco on Thursday said it would amend a law allowing rapists to marry their underage female victims after the suicide of a teenage girl raised doubts about the effectiveness of reforms to women's rights in the country.
Morocco on Thursday said it would amend a law allowing rapists to marry their underage female victims after the suicide of a teenage girl raised doubts about the effectiveness of reforms to women's rights in the country.
Source: IRIN
Zimbabwe's ambitious plan to offer an HIV test to every household in the country is not yet under way but is already being met with scepticism by activists who feel this is not a priority for the country, especially with global HIV/AIDS funding on the decline.
Zimbabwe's ambitious plan to offer an HIV test to every household in the country is not yet under way but is already being met with scepticism by activists who feel this is not a priority for the country, especially with global HIV/AIDS funding on the decline.
Source: AWID
The role of women and girls as key to changing the course of development has received increasing attention in recent years, further bolstered by calls for making gender equality a cornerstone of development, but has the rhetoric of commitment translated into actual financial support?
The role of women and girls as key to changing the course of development has received increasing attention in recent years, further bolstered by calls for making gender equality a cornerstone of development, but has the rhetoric of commitment translated into actual financial support?
Source: IPS
"I would like to use contraception, but my husband is against it," says Bintou Moussa*. The 32-year-old mother has just given birth to her sixth child at the Abobo General Hospital in Cote d’Ivoire’s commercial capital Abidjan.
"I would like to use contraception, but my husband is against it," says Bintou Moussa*. The 32-year-old mother has just given birth to her sixth child at the Abobo General Hospital in Cote d’Ivoire’s commercial capital Abidjan.
Source: Voice of America
Women activists and lawyers are pressing for justice in the December gang rape of a woman in northern Mozambique. Investigators allegedly haven’t visited the crime scene and the 17 attackers walk free as tradition clashes with law in the southern African nation. Johannes Myburgh went to Pemba in northern Mozambique and brings us this report.
Women activists and lawyers are pressing for justice in the December gang rape of a woman in northern Mozambique. Investigators allegedly haven’t visited the crime scene and the 17 attackers walk free as tradition clashes with law in the southern African nation. Johannes Myburgh went to Pemba in northern Mozambique and brings us this report.