Source: Voice of America
Member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region wrapped up a five-day summit on sexual and gender-based violence on Friday, calling for collective action in tackling an issue that has touched every country in the region.
Source: Voice of America
The United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Rashida Manjoo spoke to reporters in Nairobi Friday about her just-concluded mission to Somalia, where she examined the occurrence of gender-based violence there.
It is an exciting time for Egypt as the country headed to the polls again this week for another round of parliamentary elections in what is being widely hailed as the first free and fair vote in decades. But for Egypt’s women, who make up 52% the country’s eligible voters, the polling is less fair than they had hoped.
Source: France 24
Hamadi Jebali, the secretary general of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party Ennahda, spoke to FRANCE 24 on Wednesday as he was officially named the country’s new prime minister. He is now tasked with forming a government.
Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today stressed that efforts to restore peace and stability in Africa’s Great Lakes region will not come to fruition unless the scourge of sexual violence is completely eradicated and justice systems are strengthened to end impunity.
Source: IPS
The women of Makoko, a low-lying slum close to the Lagos Lagoon along Nigeria’s Atlantic coast, always sleep with one eye open. Many live in fear that when they go to sleep at night they will wake to flooded homes and business."The other day, I slept and dreamt that a cold breeze was blowing on me. When I woke up I realised that I was actually sleeping in a flooded room," Dupe Faseun, a single mother of five and self-employed canteen owner, told IPS.
Source: The Daily Beast
At a conference in D.C., women from South Sudan help develop solutions for problems with literacy, banking, agriculture, oil revenues, and other challenges facing their new nation.
Source: IPS
Pointing out that women played a critical role in the referendum that made South Sudan an independent country in July - 52 percent of voters in that referendum were female – South Sudanese women pushed for measures that would help secure a strong female presence in sectors including government, agriculture and the economy.
Source: AlertNet
A policy aimed at ensuring future security of food supplies must centre around the world's 500 million smallholder producers, many of whom are women who farm less than two hectares of land, a leading United Nations official said on Wednesday.
Source: Bikyamasr
A group of Egyptian women’s rights advocates in Alexandria organized a protest on Saturday calling for greater participation for women in public and political life, coinciding with the anniversary of the human rights declaration.
Source: The Daily News Egypt
CAIRO: The results of the first round of parliamentary elections indicate that female representation will be minimal, if not nonexistent – a phenomenon experts and candidates attribute to cultural barriers.
Source: Women News Network
On March 9, in response to the uprising, Morocco’s King Mohammed VI issued a televised statement announcing new guidelines to the Moroccan political system and a revision of the 1996 constitution. A commission was appointed by His Majesty to draft a proposal for a reformed constitution, chaired by Abdellatif Menouni, a prominent jurist.
Uganda has experienced steady economic growth compared to many other African nations. But the country is experiencing something of a twofold, evolving food security crisis. A remarkable partnership between one Ugandan community and a young American nurse is helping to overcome local food security problems.
16 elderly women were killed between January and November this year, after accused of being witches, in the district of Marromeu, in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, according to a report in the Beira daily paper "Diario de Mocambique".
There’s been plenty of good news coming out of Africa this year. Economically, politically and socially the continent is demonstrably not the basket case it’s often perceived to be. It never has been, of course, but now there’s a lot more stories being told which prove it. SIMON ALLISON picks the top five.
You must hand it to her. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the first in her position to place women's rights front and center. Even though two women preceded her in that job, one Democrat and one Republican, neither of those women placed much emphasis on women's rights.
Women in the Egyptian revolution have been a great source of international attention and appreciation. It is when women participate that you truly can call it a “people’s” revolution.
Source: News24
The execution of Janice Linden highlights the need for women to work together to prevent situations where they would be driven to commit crime, the ANC Women's League said on Tuesday.
Nobel Peace Prize 2011 acknowledges their critical role in creating arepresentative, practical and efficient approach to managing conflict.
Having observed changes in the sea and the life cycles of the rock lobsters that their livelihoods depend on, a group of fisherwomen from the Western Cape, South Africa are calling on government to adjust fishing seasons to adapt to what they claim are climate change-related alterations.