Source: The Daily Observer
The imam of the Brikama Nema Pipeline Mosque has expressed concern over the manner girls dress in the country, saying it does not conform to any religious teaching.
Source: 7th Space
The lives of rural women in some parts of KwaZulu-Natal are changing for the better now that their arts and crafts are being properly marketed and sold.
Source: RNW
Last Sunday, the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa was the scene of the 2012 CHOICE Women First 5km race. Almost 9,000 women and girls participated in the ninth edition of the event, which was organised on the occasion of International Women's Day.
Source: Radio Dabanga
Activists at Milih refugee camp in eastern Chad have reported around 30 cases of rape since the start of this year.
Source: IRIN News
Fatma Soleman's small table at a special International Women's Day bazaar in a suburb of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, was a bustle of activity as visitors admired handmade jewelry, colourful bags and gold-embroidered wallets on display.
Source: US Departement of State
Like countless Namibian women before her, Emilia Kambonde learned from her mother how to extract the kernel from the marula seed and process its oil in the traditional way.
Source: Southern African News Features
A new gender law in Mauritius that requires one-third of candidates in local elections to be women represents another small step towards parity in decision-making.
Nobel Prize winner Leymah Gbowee, who once used a sex strike to help force peace talks in Liberia, said American women must "get up" if they want to shape the nation's fiscal and social priorities.
Source: Vanguard
As part of the activities marking the 2012 International Women's Day celebration, wife of Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun has distributed to some women in the state items secured at prices lower than the market rate with a 12-month interest-free repayment period, while some were given distributorship rights in various companies.
Source: Vanguard
Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope Adefulire, has said domestic violence against women accounted for most deaths recorded in the state, promising that the state government was ready to do all within its power to eradicate every form of violence against women and girls.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
The International Women's Day has come and gone but there is little hope that enough effort will be done in this country to elevate women's societal status to its rightful place.
Source: The Herald
For the past 101 years, women across the globe have commemorated International Women's Day a special day set aside to celebrate womanhood her achievements and the challenges she encounters.
As far back as we can look in history, mothers, due to their role as guardians of hearth and home, have sought to keep their families unified and harmonious.
To coincide with this year’s International Women’s Day marked March 8, 2012, the NEPAD Spanish Fund for African Women Empowerment, yesterday, approved funding for 31 projects in Sub-Saharan African countries worth 8,209,745 Euros in its determination to empower women in the region and boost development.
Source: Women News Network
Yesterday, WILPF organized an annual International Women’s Day seminar on disarmament at the United Nations here in Geneva. (WILPF – Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, is an organization presently headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The League was established at The Hague, Netherlands in 1915 as a response to the war occurring in Europe; its name at the time was the ICWPP – International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace .
Wau, Hundreds of girls took part in peaceful demonstration in Wau capital of Western Bahr El Ghazal State yesterday to mark the Women Day.
Women’s voices and their participation in all aspects of society are more important than ever, as witnessed last year in the context of the global economic crisis, political transitions in the Arab world and elsewhere, and environmental disasters, United Nations officials stressed today as they marked International Women’s Day.
It is impossible to empower rural women without enabling them to improve their economic status. Money is power.
Yesterday, the world observed International Women’s Day, celebrating women’s achievements throughout history and throughout the world. This day is also an appropriate occasion to remember the gaps hindering – sometimes in a brutal and cruel manner – the process towards the full recognition and protection of women’s rights.
It’s undeniable that we have made huge progress in gender equality and human rights. Between 1990 and 2009, school-life expectancy for girls in East Asia and Pacific increased 38%; 104 women made the Forbes 2012 list of billionaires. And what’s more? Aung San Suu Ki, the Burmese Peace Nobel Laureate is not only released from house arrest, but is also running for a parliamentary seat and has been granted honorary Canadian citizenship. Has the role of women in developing nations been recognized?