ABANTU for Development and ActionAid-Ghana have called on government and all political parties to ensure that they maintain their respective commitments of promoting increased women's participation in the electoral process.
Non-Governmental Organizations have been playing crucial roles in the gender issue in Nigeria. They have been networking, sharing strategies, best practices and lobbying the various levels of governments to encourage them to implement resolutions, treaties and international conventions and agreements on women's rights and the advancement of women and girls.
A prominent Egyptian activist says that continued sexual assaults of women protestors shows the Mubarak regime's "culture of violence" towards women remains unchanged in Egypt today.
Source: News 24
A city in Sierra Leone is offering a five-year scholarship to girls who keep their virginity until they complete university. The aim is to cut teenage pregnancies by ensuring "that at least 80% of school going girls keep their virginity until they
Source: News 24
Press watchdog Reporters Without Borders urged media organisations on Friday to take care to protect female reporters from sexual assault while covering unrest in Egypt, following several serious attacks.The group initially warned women journalists not to work in Cairo's Tahrir Square, epicentre of the revolt against Egypt's
Source: Open Democracy
When we're looking for the links between war violence and male violence against women in peace time, we need to look for causality and influence, flowing in both directions, says Cynthia Cockburn.
Source: AWID
On the eve of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Gender Action proudly launches its new case study series on International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and gender based violence (GBV).
Source: AWID
FRIDAY FILE: Understanding the inherent contradictions in using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to promote and protect women's rights is an important starting point for women human rights defenders (WHRDs)
Source: IPS
Life in Bwaise – a slum on the outskirts of the capital of Uganda – has never been easy. But increasingly erratic rains over the last three years have brought constant floods to the former swampland.
Source: All Africa
The Secretary General of the Sierra Leone Market Women's Association, Madam Marie Bob-Kandeh has said that market women will hold successive governments accountable should they fail to adhere to
Source: Heritage
Gender and Development Minister, Varbah Gayflor, has asserted that despite efforts to fight against Gender Based violence (GBV) in the country, women are still being abused in so many ways.
Source: Heritage
President Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf has by Proclamation declared Friday, November 25th through Saturday, December 10th, 2011 as the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence to be observed throughout the country as Working Holidays.
Source: Vanguard
A woman, Sadiyya Shuaibu, on Wednesday urged a Kaduna Sharia Court II to compel her husband Muhammad Aliyu to accept the paternity of their two-month old son.
Source: Daily Nation
Violence against women continues unabated throughout the world except in those "enlightened" countries where the issue is taken extremely seriously and sanctions against it are prohibitively stiff.
Source: All Africa
A human rights activist has called on Eastern Cape men to stand up and fight against the abuse of women and children by men.
Have you ever wondered whether there can be peace in the world when there is none at home? This year, the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign launched by the Coalition of Violence Against Women in Nairobi yesterday will
Influencers and decision-makers from across the Middle East and North Africa will discuss the unprecedented opportunity to improve women's rights in the region at a 4-day conference organised by the British Council. The event will take place at Wiston House in Sussex from 24 - 27 November.
Long a subject locked in the home behind a curtain of silence, violence against women will be pushed into an international spotlight in the days and weeks ahead in recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
It is that time of the year once again – no, not Christmas, the time we commemorate the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence. There has been so much talk about peace recently, especially in Zimbabwe, and this is a good step considering this year’s 16 Days theme, “From peace in the home to peace in the world: Let’s challenge militarism and end violence against women.”
Society-Violence against women - Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged governments and the corporate sector to increase funding to the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women.