WOMEN and human rights activists throughout the world have begun a 16-day campaign to promote awareness about violence against women and girls.
The minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Zainab Maina, has described violence against women as potent obstacles to the advancement of women and violation of their fundamental human rights.
Source: IPS
BUSAN, South Korea, Nov 27, 2011 (IPS) - Gender responsive budgeting becomes important when seen in the background of unpaid but important care work done by women, say delegates to an international meet on aid effectiveness in this South Korean city.
Source: The Citizen
Musoma — Like the proverbial beggar who can't afford the luxury of being a chooser, Agnes Martin Koyanga was compelled to grab a job opportunity that conservative people regard inferior and unsuitable for women.
Source: allAfrica.com
They are the mothers, teachers, cleaners, caregivers, cooks, nurses, entrepreneurs, vendors and cross-border traders. The list of women's contribution to society and the country's economy is endless yet in most cases unrecognised or even ignored. Worse still, their loved ones barter them.
Source: Daily Monitor
On Friday, November 25, I wore a white ribbon in support of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. So did my boss, Australia's Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd. So did Australian men from all walks of life. In doing so, we joined the world's largest movement of men working to end men's violence against women.
Source: Angola Press
The gender violence in Angola turned into a social problem that reached extreme and worrying levels, with emphasis on physical, psychological, labour, economic and sexual violence.
Source: Nairobi Star
Gender-based violence is a global pandemic that cuts across ethnicity, race, socio-economic status, and religion. It can threaten women and girls at any point in their life—from female infanticide and inadequate access to education to child marriage, incest, and so-called "honor" killings.
Source: The Citizen
Like the proverbial beggar who can't afford the luxury of being a chooser, Agnes Martin Koyanga was compelled to grab a job opportunity that conservative people regard inferior and unsuitable for women.
Source: The Citizen
Photography is a profession that is dominated by men and the few daring women who have tried their hands on it are always met with skepticism as they are seen as some sort of outcasts. However, this stereotype did not stop Leah Samike from pursuing a dream that she began nurturing at a tender age while in Standard Five.
Source: The Citizen
Yesterday marked the beginning of the 16-day journey that is aimed at transforming the lives of millions of women in Tanzania and abroad. It's the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence.
Source: Sudan Daily Vision
Social Watch, an International Network of Civil Society Organizations (NGOs) monitor and report on all issues which; have impact on social justice all over the world. This is one of Social Watch Reports published in 2011.
Source: UN News Centre
The envoy spearheading United Nations efforts to eradicate sexual violence in conflict today urged the Government and all political leaders in Cote d''Ivoire to speak out against the scourge and ensure it is not used to intimidate people ahead of critical legislative elections slated to take place next month.
Source: IPS
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 26 (IPS) - Since it launched in 1997, the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women has distributed more than 78 million dollars to 339 projects around the world, but even these resources fall far short, meeting less than five percent of demand.
Source: IPS
CAIRO, Nov 27 (IPS) - As several countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) elect bodies to write new constitutions, women are looking to expand their rights through legislation.
Source: All Africa
Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Defence has expressed concern at the alleged abuse of women soldiers in the army.
Source: AllAfrica
A mother of four, Taiwo Arum, on Friday told an Igando Customary Court, Lagos, that her husband usually raped her in the presence of their children.
Source: The Moment
Spousal abuse, whether in form of marital rape, physical, psychological or economic injury is now a punishable offence in Lagos State, and whoever is found culpable risks years of imprisonment.
Source: Reporteurs Sans Frontières
International news media should take great care with the safety of the reporters they send to cover the demonstrations in Tahrir Square, Reporters Without Borders said today after Caroline Sinz, a French reporter for public TV station France 3, yesterday became the latest woman journalist to be sexually assaulted while covering the street protests in this part of Cairo.
Source: Women's Enews
Two women prominent in Egypt's revolutionary movement say parliamentary elections scheduled to start Nov. 28 should be cancelled in light of the violence.