Source: All Africa
Female legislators in Nigeria have been charged to embark on aggressive mobilisation of women in politics in their various states ahead of the 2015 general elections.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major public health problem in Africaand worldwide. HIV infected women face increased IPV risk.
Source: allAfrica
Co-Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science, Dr. Marsha Henry has recommended that more women should be allowed to participate in peacekeeping because of their multiple roles at a given time.
Source: allAfrica.com
Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba has warned that excluding women from leadership roles in the public sector will continue to perpetuate poverty and detract countries from development.
Source: IPS
The announced introduction of Islamic law in post-Gaddafi Libya has drawn strong opposition from women, the non-religious and the Amazigh minority.
Source: allAfrica.com
Tarime — More than 180 schoolgirls were forced to abandon their studies due to gender-based violence in Tarime District, Mara Region between January and December last year.This was revealed yesterday by the Tarime District Commissioner, Mr John Henjewele, during the opening of Children's Dignity Forum in Tarime District.
Displaced civilians in northern Central African Republic (CAR) are facing acute hardship, including a high incidence of child or teenage marriage and widespread use of children as labour, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.
A National Advisory Panel on the African Gender Development Index (AGDI) in The Gambia was on Wednesday, 9th November 2011 launched at a ceremony held at the Paradise Suites Hotel in Kololi.This index is a tool that maps the extent
Source: News24
Nigeria has evacuated from Mali 104 of its citizens, mostly women, either made to work as "sexual slaves" or suspected of involvement in human trafficking, officials said on Tuesday.
While there is no reason to panic, concern about the rise of Islamists in post-dictatorship Arab societies is warranted, especially as the rights of women are particularly and immediately open to attack.
Source: HuffingstonPost
The Arab Spring represents a remarkable opportunity for Arab women to take back their rightful place in their own societies as equals.
AS WE mark the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children, the sport and recreation fraternity takes a stand against any form of abuse against our mothers, sisters and children.
Source: Magharebia
The Islamist electoral triumph may have emboldened Salafists to try to impose their mores on Tunisia's public life, some observers note.
I COULD not help but notice how the media industry treats gender issues with disdain. This is reflected in the harsh levels of criticism directed at institutions tasked with addressing gender equality - such as the Women's Ministry and the Commission
Though the nationality act has given women some rights and restricted those based on marriage/there is a need to be undertaken to guarantee the full equality between citizens in all their rights. The nationality law provisions of equality are but only one dimension about equal citizenship.
Co-Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science, Dr. Marsha Henry has recommended that more women should be allowed to participate in peacekeeping because of their multiple roles at a given time.
Source: allAfrica.com
Freetown — In a bid to address maternal mortality, gender based violence, early marriage, Bondo initiation, HIV and AIDS in the country, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has taken a campaign to Tonkolili district as part of a pilot project in 39 chiefdoms in Bombali, Koinadugu and Bo districts to scale up community stakeholders.
Source: DailyMe
More than 300 Mothers Union members of Eldoret Anglican Church of Kenya held a peaceful march in the town to pray for peace ahead of 2012 elections.
Source: All Africa
Government plans to construct mother's shelters in most rural health centres as a means of combating maternal mortality rates in the country.Community Development, Mother and Child Health Deputy Minister Jean Kapata said the construction of mother's shelters
Source: All Africa
The Ethiopian Women Lawyers' Association's (EWLA) request to the Federal High Court Eleventh Civil Bench to release 8.6 million Br that is being blocked by the Ethiopian Charities & Societies Agency (ECSA) Board was denied on October 28, 2011.