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.
Source: The Citizen
Though Tanzanians have a reputation for being peace-loving, this does not appear to apply on the domestic front. Society can thrive only when members of each basic unit—the family—support, love, understand and care for each other.
Source: Vanguard
A retired Professor of Haematology & Blood Transfusion, Prof.(Mrs) Ibironke Akinsete was until a few months ago the Chairman of the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service. A trustee of AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria and a life patron of the Society for Women & AIDS in Africa, Nigeria
Source: News 24
Is South Africa still struggling with the changing role for women in our modern society?
Will the rights of the women, who participated in the struggles leading to fall of Gaddafi, be put under pressure in the new Libya? Kathryn Spellman-Poots assesses women’s status under Gadaffi and points to the perils ahead.
Source: Amnesty International
Amnesty International called on Egypt's military rulers to uphold the right to peaceful demonstration as women human rights activists staged more protests today.
Source: Say No UNiTE
Wildly popular Senegalese wrestler Omar Sakho, known as Balla Gaye 2, galvanized participants at West Africa's recent regional launch of the annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. Making a surprise guest appearance at the Place du Souvenir in Dakar, he stirred a crowd already shouting with excitement. His message: "We do not need violence. Each man has a mother. I say NO to violence against women!"
Source: The New York Times
Several thousand women demanding the end of military rule marched through downtown Cairo on Tuesday evening in an extraordinary expression of anger over images of soldiers beating, stripping and kicking female demonstrators in Tahrir Square.
Source: Women News Network
A Somalian woman and her child, facing critical dangers from malnutrition, wait in line for medical aid July 2011. This malnutrition is marked by drought conditions that have caused adequate food and clean water to be at a minimum. Somalia is the country worst affected by a severe drought that has ravaged large swaths of the Horn of Africa as drought conditions left an estimated 11 million people in need of humanitarian assistance throughout the region. Image: UN/Stuart Price
Bringing rural women’s voices to the decision making table was one of the discussions throughout the recent two week Durban Climate Talks (COP17) which ended on 9 December. One of the conference goals was to bring greater insights for action with solutions for climate change.