Cases of teenage pregnancy in the country have remained unchanged with as many as 10,000 girls dropping out of school every year.
Source: AllAfrica
Abuja — Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, has said Nigeria cannot achieve economic progress without the social emancipation of women, especially in the North.
Source: UN News
Twenty-five years after the historic Beijing women's conference in China - a milestone in advancing equal rights - violence against women and girls is not only common, but widely accepted, a new UN report revealed on Wednesday.
The role of women in the recent protests in Sudan has attracted a great deal of attention. This is because women who try to have a prominent public role in the country face criticism and can be accused of neglecting their family duties. This was particularly true after the introduction of Sharia law and Sudan’s public order laws in 1983. These laws shaped gender norms and defined the position of women in Sudanese society.
Source: Daily Observer
A non-governmental organization (NGO), Dignity Liberia, has begun a three-day livelihood training program for selected women and school girls in tailoring with a specific concentration in the production of reusable sanitary pads or menstrual cups.
Dignity Liberia Targets 250 Women, School Girls on Production of ‘Reusable Pads’
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Dozens of women took to the streets of Malawi's capital on Monday to protest against sexual violence after a series of alleged police assaults on women last year.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
The man was on death row for the rape and murder of 12-year-old Aisha Ilyes Aden, who was gang-raped and strangled to death and her genitals mutilated.
Source: Africa Renewal
Twenty years ago, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), recognizing the criticality of women's participation and leadership in peace and political processes.
Source: All Africa
Former Ethics and Integrity minister Dr. Miria Matembe has challenged women to take up more leadership positions in the forthcoming general elections, in order to achieve gender balance.
Source: News 24
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) has found that the practice of forced or coerced sterilisation for women living with HIV in South Africa's public hospitals was "cruel, torturous or inhuman and degrading treatment".
Source: Inter Press Service
Together with partners, this week saw the launch of two multi-year resilience programmes to accelerate SDG 4.
10 multi-year programmes have been approved to date as ECW – the global fund for education in emergencies – and partners gain momentum to support UN Decade of Action.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Sirreh Samateh has worked outdoors through all eight of her pregnancies, labouring in the sun to grow rice and vegetables in her Gambian village of Jali.
Source: Devex
Malawi has seen a lack of access to HIV services in some areas, a siloing of health care, and a hold on legislation as a result of U.S. global health assistance policies.
Source: BBC News
A top Kenyan university has apologised after blaming "rechless" female studnets for becoming victims of rape.
The security memo, which was sent to all students on Tuesday, was "insensitive", the University of Nairobi's vice-chancellor admitted.
Cervical Cancer accounts for more than 40 percent of all women suffering from cancer in the world and about two-thirds of cancer deaths. In Liberia, it is the most common cancer affecting women aged 15 – 44, says Joyce Killikpo, Executive Director of Public Health Initiative of Liberia, PHIL – a local non-for-profit organization working to curb the medical condition that remains a serious menace for women across the world.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Dozens of HIV-positive South African women have been sterilised without consent or after being pressured to agree just before giving birth, sometimes being told while in pain on their way to the operating theatre, a report published on Monday found.
Source: AL JAZEERA NEWS
In Kenya, one million girls miss school each month because they cannot afford sanitary pads, while some share used ones.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Dakar — Dozens of Senegalese start-ups have launched in recent years, though many have struggled to grow
Source: New Zimbabwe
WOMEN face unique challenges that hinder their access to energy services and have negative impacts on the economy, a top regional gender advocate has said.
The global gender community will meet in New York in March to review progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment in the 25 years since the Beijing declaration. The theme for this year’s Commission on the Status of Women gathering is Generation Equality, emphasizing how the current generation must close the gender gap.