UN Security Council seeks greater role for women in conflict prevention, peacebuilding - The UN Security Council has urged countries to implement a landmark resolution which seeks to strengthen women’s participation in peacebuilding, peacekeeping, conflict prevention and mediation process.
Source: allAfrica.com
African women meeting in Kigali have condemned what they termed lack of political commitment by most governments to ensure the development of women on the continent.
Source: IPS News Service
RIFT VALLEY, Kenya, Nov 1, 2011 (IPS) - Amina Shakir (not her real name) fled the drought and famine in Somalia for a better life in Kenya. But she did so illegally, placing her faith in the hands of a criminal network headed by Mukhalis or agents in Swahili. In the end her faith was misplaced as she was "sold" into employment upon finally reaching Kenya.
Political parties in the country have been advised to assist in increasing the participation of women and Persons with Disability in politics, by instituting gender sensitive and disability friendly measures in the selection and election of candidates and officials.
Source: allAfrica.com
Delegates from nearly 30 African countries are set to convene a preliminary meeting of the Eighth African Governance Forum (AGF-VIII) multi-stakeholder Policy Dialogue on "Gender Equality, Elections and democracy" on Novermber 1, 2011.
Source: allAfrica.com
The Kenya Women Parliamentary Association has welcomed the passage of the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Bill 2010 by Parliament saying it will greatly boost the fight against the practice.
Source: Bernama
Zimbabwe will host next year the inaugural African conference on women to be held under the auspices of Global Power Women Network in Africa, Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe said on Monday.
Source: Ghana News Agency
Mrs Hillary Gbedemah, a Lawyer and Gender Activist, on Thursday stated that women needed to develop “thick skins” as they aspire for leadership positions in society.
Source: The Guardian
Care is a central pillar of society, yet conventional development thinking fails to acknowledge its economic importance.
Source: The Guardian
The population milestone is a reminder that there is much work to do on sexual and reproductive health and HIV if we are to meet the millennium development goals by 2015.
Access to education is one of the key priorities for the government of the world’s newest nation, South Sudan. Seventy per cent of children aged 6 to 17 have never set foot in a classroom. The completion rate in primary schools is only 21 per cent, one of the lowest in the world.
Speech delivered by UN Women Executive Director Ms. Michelle Bachelet at the Security Council Open Debate on Women and Peace and Security, 28 October 2011.
On the anniversary of the Security Council Resolution 1325, on Women, Peace and Security, the UN Security Council is holding an Open Debate today on the theme of “Women’s Participation and Role in Conflict Resolution and Mediation.” The theme is particularly apt in light of the award this month of the Nobel Peace Prize to three women peace makers.
Source: IPS
When post-revolution Egypt holds presidential elections next year, Buthaina Kamel is set to become the first woman in the country's modern history to run for the highest office. Although she knows her chances of winning are slim to none, she says she's doing it out of principle.
INTERNATIONAL: Women Must Play Greater Role in Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding – Security Council
The Security Council today welcomed efforts by countries to implement a landmark resolution calling for strengthening women’s participation in peacebuilding, peacekeeping, conflict prevention and mediation process, but voiced concern over continuing gaps in implementing the resolution.
Just mention her name and anyone with a goodwill for this tiny, landlocked, poverty impoverished southern African state honestly agrees that she is one of few, humble daughters of substance and a role model for a girl child and fellow women at all levels in this country and even beyond the borders!
Source: Sudan Tribune
Almost a year after a disturbing video surfaced on the web of a Sudanese woman being flogged at a Khartoum police station, Nobel Laureate, Toni Morrison wrote a letter directly addressing the woman in the video and indirectly all Sudanese women.
Source: The Guardian
When it was decided that 50% of parties' candidates should be women, many saw it as trying to wrong-foot An-Nahda. If so, it failed spectacularly, and the Islamist party met the quota. In the 217-seat assembly, there are 42 An-Nahda women, out of 49 women elected. An-Nahda's chair Rached Ghannouchi said: "Women have a special status in our party's project, in accord with their elevated status in our religion." Hhe pledged they will be ministers in the national unity government.Some of its prominent MPs are:
Source: Leadership
She is a lady that is so warm and friendly with everyone around her regardless of the person’s societal status. Having just concluded an eventful GAFA week, she highlights the main objectives of the organisation.
Source: IPS
Women make up just 12 percent of the roughly 18,000 candidates who will stand for election to parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Nov. 28 elections.