Source: Daily Trust
Kano — Often times, mothers tend to exercise undue authority in the house by dictating everything that goes there. They are the ones in charge of deciding the shopping list and the kitchen menu. The daughters are only charged with cooking and serving the food. This tradition of mothers dictating what goes on in the home is posing an enormous challenge to the daughters when they finally leave home to their matrimonial abode.
Source: Africa Renewal
Over the past 10 years, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has launched a number of bold and innovative programmes. In some instances the plan is already scoring notable yet underreported gains. Africa Renewal highlights NEPAD’s impact in five key areas.
A delegation from Abyei yesterday demanded that women of Abyei should also benefit from the 25% women representation in the South Sudan
Source: Daily Monitor
I thought the Girl Power conference 2011 would be about preaching and more preaching but this wasn’t the case. The conference that ran with the theme, To Live or not to Leave was dedicated to all the people that are currently living with HIV. The conference took place on Tuesday, 20 December at the Rubaga Centre.
Source: The Herald Online
The Adult Rape Clinic in Harare says 16 percent of victims in rape cases it has handled this year tested HIV-positive. ARC said the statistics were of cases that were handled by Harare courts, but only accounted for those aged 16 years and above.
Source: The Herald Online
The uptake of the female condom remains low compared to male condoms as women fail to negotiate safe sex, the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council says.
Source: NY Times
The girl's voice dropped to a hush as she remembered the bright, sunny afternoon when she stepped out of her hut and saw her best friend buried in the sand, up to her neck.
Source: AllAfrica
At the Malaria Forum hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in October, the latest findings on what is currently the most viable malaria vaccine candidate in medical history, known as RTS,S, were announced.
Source: This Day Live
In a rare show of compassion and commitment to the plight of women, children and Persons With Disabilities, the Jigawa State House of Assembly has convened a special sitting to receive the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zainab Maina, who was on an Advocacy Visit to the state to canvass for support and partnership on issues affecting the mandate of her Ministry.
Source: Daily Nation
The government is well on the way to achieving gender parity at primary school level, Education Minister Prof Sam Ongeri has said.
Source: Shabait.com
Female enrollment in schools is registering growth in Hamelmalo sub-zone as a result of enhanced popular awareness, according to reports.
Source: EOHR
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) welcomes the decision of the Administrative Court of the State Council, on December 27, 2011, for the lasuit no. 45029, year 2011, concerning stopping conducting the virginity test for the detained Egyptian girls.
Source: Garowe Online
The Ministry of Women held a meeting to support the Garowe Principles which was signed in Garowe on the 24th December 2011at the end of the Somali National Consultative Constitutional Conference, Radio Garowe reports.
Source: Daily Trust
The President, Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria (SOGON) Dr Fred Achem has stressed the role of men in effective family planning practices in Nigeria.
Source: CS Monitor
Ten years ago, life was still hard for the women of Ijuhanyondo village in Tanzania.
Source: Daily News
COURTS and police stations remain havens for rapists in Zanzibar, argues anti- Gender Based Violence (GBV) activists, accusing law enforcers and the judiciary for freeing suspects. Activists, community members are asking what kind of evidence, law enforcers and magistrates need in dealing with Gender Based Violence (GBV) including rape.
Source: The Star
POLITICAL activist Mary Wambui has advised women to seek political seats. Wambui said many women are interested in vying for seats but are sometimes intimidated by men. She said the women should be empowered and financed so that they can go for the many seats in the counties and at national level.
Source: The Star
POLITICAL activist Mary Wambui has advised women to seek political seats. Wambui said many women are interested in vying for seats but are sometimes intimidated by men. She said the women should be empowered and financed so that they can go for the many seats in the counties and at national level.
Source: The Citizen
Rukia Shabiby's shy but cheerful disposition belies an existence seared with pain, embarrassment and isolation.Two-thirds of her 39 years have been spent in a state of despair. At age 13, living in Zanzibar, she was married and became pregnant.
Source: Leadership
Hajiya Zainab Konchi, the only female candidate in the 2012 Adamawa governorship election, has kicked off her campaign with a call on the people of Adamawa not to sell their votes.