Libyan women want more say in running post-Al Qathafi Libya and suggest that a new government in Libya should ensure the participation of both sexes in political action giving a minimum of 40% for each, with the requirement of capability.
November 25, 2011 to December 10, 2011, marks the 16 Days of Activism against gender violence global commemorations. The global theme for 2011 commemorations is: From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Let’s Challenge Militarism and End Violence against Women! The National Theme for Zimbabwe is “From peace in the home to peace in our nation; let’s challenge all forms of gender-based violence”.
Women in Tanzania, like their counterparts in most other parts of the world, are winning the battle to close the gender gap in health and education, but they are still hugely discriminated against in politics and widely sidelined in ownership and management of businesses.
Source: Women E-News
Morocco's Nov. 25 parliamentary elections are expected to decide if the country's new constitutional provisions for women can go beyond paper gains.
Source:allAfrica.com
Women in the North Rift region have vowed to contest for seats created under the new constitution. The North Rift Women Voices group has initiated campaigns to educate women on provisions in the constitution especially on gender issues. The group launched sensitisation campaigns for women in counties in the region.
Source: Women News Network
CAIRO: Heba, a 27 year old Egyptian woman, closes the door, offering a tray of glasses of sparkling red Karkale-nectar. Hibiscus-petals swim to the surface of the drink.
Source: All Africa
Early this month, the Ekiti State House of Assembly passed into law a bill prohibiting gender-based violation. The law defines gender-based violation to include acts or threats to commit acts liable to result in physical, sexual, economic and emotional, verbal or psychological abuse.
Source: International Land Coalition
A two-year (2009–2010) action research study entitled “Experiences of Women in Asserting their Land Rights: the case of Bugesera District, Rwanda”, was carried out by Rwanda Women Network (RWN) in collaboration with the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR).
Source: awid
The Maputo Protocol is a ground-breaking women’s rights legal instrument that expands and reinforces the rights provided in other human rights instruments. The Protocol provides a broad range of economic and social welfare rights for women. Importantly it was produced by Africans and pays attention to the concerns of African women.
Source: Pambazuka News
In an article written on the eve of the country's elections last month, Marieme HelieLucas explores 'what women have to lose, should fundamentalists come to power in Tunisia.'
Amr, 28, plays with the youngest of her three siblings in a friend's house in New Cairo. A graduate from the School of Law in Cairo, she doesn't work in order to spend time with her children, because, she explains, "I believe my role as a mother is much more important than my job."
The West Africa Network for Peace Building (WANEP), on Thursday called on women to voice out their concerns as they were critical stakeholders in community peace building.
Source: News 24
A woman activist who posted nude pictures of herself on her blog to protest limits on free expression has triggered an uproar in Egypt, drawing condemnations from conservatives and liberals alike.
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November:
Advances for women have been slow to come in many developing countries, but in a recent trip to West Africa, we witnessed how women are helping the nation of Sierra Leone rise from the ashes of civil war with support from aid groups with ties here in the Bay Area.
Companies operating in emerging economies and resource-rich countries at risk of complicity of human rights abuses.
Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today called for greater effort to raise the number of women holding senior positions at the United Nations, saying that the majority of them remain in the lower ranks although more women are now being hired to fill management posts.
The West African nation of Sierra Leone is less than a decade removed from a brutal civil war that decimated the country and its people.
Source: Daily Observer
Female Genital Mutilaiton (FGM) is the practice of cutting away parts of the external female genitalia. It is ususally called female circumcison by those who practice it. The three broad categories of FGM are: clitoridectomy, excision and infibulation.
Source: All Africa
As November 25 ushers in the international 16 Days Against Violence activism, there is an image from my childhood that I will never forget. On one evening a neighbour ran into our home stark naked with bruises and blood all over her body.