Source: Daily Maverick
ARV treatment is a crucial health intervention and every effort must be made to increase coverage. However, other reproductive health services continue to be neglected, with dire consequences for women.
Source: Leadership
Chief (Mrs) Aisha Eleojo Audu-Emeje was first lady of Kogi State during the reign of her estranged husband, Prince AbubakarAudu. She is the only female candidate jostling for the coveted seat in Saturday's governorship election in Kogi State under Justice Party (JP). In this chat with ABIODUN OLUWAROTIMI, she relishes her chances and justifies why she is opposed to her husband.
Source: Daily Monitor
The level of corruption in Uganda has now reached unprecedented levels. And considering that since independence, the country has been led by men, all indications are that male leadership has failed the country.
Source: Daily News
THE ongoing national efforts to reduce poverty can only transform into reality if women are empowered with knowledge and skills.
Source: Daily Monitor
Women legislators have asked the government to develop a policy to educate child-mothers to enable them engage in productive ventures to fight poverty.
Source: SciDev.net
Kenya is calling on its women scientists to take advantage of extra research funding to help solve the country's development challenges, as part of its long-term goal to attain mid-income status by 2030.
African leaders have been criticised for not taking the issues of climate change and women seriously after the African First Ladies Forum on Climate Change failed to draw the participation of first ladies on the continent.
Aisha Kadhafi, the daughter of the slain Libyan leader, has called for the overthrow of Libya's interim government in an audio message aired on Syrian-based Arrai television.
A Swazi police officer has been suspended after she blurted out while in a spiritual trance that she wished for Africa's last absolute monarchy to end, a church official said on Wednesday.
Source: OSISA
Botswana has been lauded as a true 'shining example of democracy in Africa', but when it comes to empowering women in politics the country is like most other African states. In fact it's even worse – with little improvement since independence in 1965.
Source: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Hundreds of demonstrators calling for women to be allowed to wear the Muslim veil in class clashed with students at a university outside Tunis on Tuesday for the second day running.
About 40 women, somewhere in the world, die in pregnancy every hour, 343 thousand a year by current (admittedly rough) estimates. It's a tragic reality but one we can do something about. We know the causes well and meaningful action can reduce mortality (and lifelong injury to mother and child) swiftly and dramatically.
Source: UN News Centre
World leaders must invest more in voluntary family planning programmes, a senior United Nations official said today, stressing such programmes not only save and improve the lives of women and children, but also reduce poverty and empower people.
In combating violence against women, several South Sudanese towns began “16 days of activism” over the past few days to help eradicate and raise awareness of the crime.
Involving women in decision-making and resource management is a basic necessity for any effective plan to address the multi- layered and life-threatening consequences of climate change, says the head of UN Women.
If the international community can successfully raise billions of dollars to fight deadly diseases, why not a similar fund to promote education, asks Gordon Brown, former British prime minister.
Source: The Citizen
Tanzania joined other countries around the world to launch the annual campaign to highlight issues around violence against women last Friday. The 16-day campaign is usually a series of annual events to raise public awareness on the vice as well as exhort policymakers to improve their respective countries' status as far as the legal regime is concerned to improve the lives of females.
Source: IPS
Although there has been considerable progress towards reducing maternal and infant mortality, millions of women and children in Africa are still in need of better health services, food and sanitation.
The Arab Spring seemed to herald a new era of emancipation for women in the Arab world. But Islamists are on the rise in Tunisia and Egypt, and there are worrying reports of sexual assaults on demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Many women in the region fear a rollback of what rights they had under the dictators.
The Speaker of Parliament, Joyce Bamford Addo, has asked political parties to adopt the quota system to rectify imbalances in women’s representation in politics.