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.
Women’s rights champions are not prepared to let the dust settle on the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness that ended in this South Korean port city on Dec. 1 with the customary nod towards gender equality and empowerment.
Nigerians have used social media to stir the world's conscience over a rape incident, but the next step is to turn the heated online debate into concrete positive social change.
The next chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court pledged Tuesday to strengthen efforts to bring to justice the perpetrators of sexual and gender crimes.
In an attempt to fight gender injustice in Egypt, the National Council for Human Rights agreed to start a committee for women’s rights. The decision came on Tuesday and assigned Mervat Tellawy as the chairman.
Source: women_enews
The South Sudan International Engagement Conference will bring together a number of governments to outline the development priorities for this fledgling nation. For the first time at such an event, a delegation of South Sudanese women from civil society will be recognized as official participants and formally invited to contribute to the vision of the future of their country.
Source: allAFrica.com
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf says "Crimes against women are still under-reported in too many parts of the world." She made the assertions in Oslo, Norway Saturday, December 10, 2011, when she delivered a lecture at occasion marking the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize to her.