Angeline Mwarusena, 61, sits on a small wooden bench in front of her hut, head bent, shoulders slumped. Her voice is barely audible.Four years ago, three soldiers from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) entered her home, hit her and raped her repeatedly. One after the other.
SOURCE: Tanja Bause, allAfrica.com
EDITH Mbanga, a member of the People Square Saving Group and the national facilitator of the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia, was awarded the UN Habitat Scroll of Honour in Mexico recently.
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Source: IRIN
ANTALAHA, 12 October 2011 (IRIN) - Daniel Soadava and Samoela Razafindramboho are known as "the mean women" in Antalaha, a small town on the east coast of Madagascar. "Men complain that we are always saying bad things about them," they laugh.
Source: AWID
The African country of The Seychelles has agreed to decriminalize homosexuality. The agreement is part of the country’s feedback to the United Nations Human Rights Council as part of the Universal Periodic Review process. The Pacific Island nation of Palau also agreed to decriminalization.
They are making a mark in a job long dominated by men. At the City Mortuary, four women have quietly but meticulously been washing, treating and helping in the disposal of unclaimed bodies.
Source: The New Times
Residents of Nyanza District in the Southern Province have been urged to join efforts to combat Gender Based Violence (GBV) and completely uproot the vice.
Source: The New Times
Elodie Mumporeze and Ingrid Iriho, both students of Kigali's Green Hills Academy will represent Rwanda at the upcoming G-irls 20 summit in France. (Oct 18-21).
When Aissatou Kande was a little girl, her family followed a tradition considered essential to her suitability to marry. Her clitoris was sliced off with nothing to dull the pain.
A major challenge that confronts many people today is increasing unhappiness in families, in relationships, at work and in our communities.
Source: All Africa
Secretary of State Hilary Clinton admits she is surprised when she speaks with male economists and government leaders who doubt the ability of women to contribute to economic growth.
Source: Vanguard
Two months after Halima, a-15year old girl was introduced to sleeping with older men in the town, her lifestyle went a different direction.
With the subversion of the gender parity system, there is much to be done to achieve a gender-sensitive constitution for Tunisia.On April 11, 2011, on a recommendation of the Council of the Tunisian High Commission for the Fulfillment of the Goals of the Revolution, Political Reform and Democratic Transition, the transitional authorities in Tunisia passed a revolutionary law.
The Deputy High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Mrs Elizabeth Nicol, has stated that the key to the empowerment of the African woman is through education. She said this at a meeting with a delegation from the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), UK Section, at the conference hall of the Ghana High Commission in London.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged developing countries today to not lose momentum in their ongoing efforts to improve women and children’s health and warned there is still much to be done to tackle this issue.
Ghana’s government is looking at ways to support people accused of witchcraft - mainly women and children banished by their communities to “witches’ camps” in the north - and to reintegrate them in their home villages.
IN Uganda, about 4,000 women die from pregnancy and childbirth related complications every year.
Source: The Observer
Women in Uganda will now access Microgynon Fe, one of the world's most widely used contraceptives, at an affordable price.
Source: allAfrica.com
Kenya has been ranked top globally for making the highest number of reforms to enable women prosper economically. According to the 2012 Women, Business and the Law report by the World Bank , the country came first out of 141 economies in easing women's access to property, job opportunities, credit among other rights.
Source: The New Times
Honestly, when the newscasts started streaming in about this year's winners, my conscience pointed to something gone amiss in the selection process.
Women in West Africa's four-nation Mano River Union have a cause for celebration with the first ever appointment of one of their own as secretary-general of the 38-year-old bloc.