Source: UN News Centre
A new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) highlights significant gaps in areas such as education and health, mostly favouring males, as boys and girls in developing countries grow older.
Source: Iewy News
The United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa will hold its thirty-second ministerial meeting in Sao Tome and Principe from 12 to 16 March.
Source: New Dawn
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was shocked Tuesday when 500 women, claiming to be widows of former personnel of the Armed Forces of Liberia, who had converged before the Executive Mansion on Capitol Hill to claim benefits for their deceased husbands.
Source: All Africa
Sociologist Manzambi Samuel on Tuesday, in Luanda, stressed that domestic violence in Angola is a social issue that worries the government and the society.
Source: Daily Trust
About a hundred women in Kano State would benefit from the skills acquisition training programme of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), the State Coordinator, Alhaji Aliyu Umar Yar'adua said yesterday in Kano at the take off of a four-week special training for women in the state.
Source: TrustLaw
Health and education disparities between boys and girls in developing countries tend not to emerge until adolescence, when girls face increased risks of child marriage, HIV/AIDS infection and domestic violence, according to a report from the United Nations’ children’s agency.
Source: The Daily Observer
One Alhagie Sambou, a resident of Faji Kunda was on Monday arraigned before Magistrate Jallow of the Bundung Magistrates Court, charged with threatening violence, contrary to the Laws of The Gambia.
Source: The Chronicle
The Brong-Ahafo Regional branch of the 31st December Women's Movement has taken a swipe at the founder and leader of the Movement, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, describing her recent utterances and actions as malicious and divisive
Source: The Namibian
The University of Namibia (Unam) management knew of the exchange of marks for sexual favours between lecturers and students long before it officially launched an investigation into recent allegations.
Source: The Monitor
As the struggle for survival gets harder by the day with rising costs of basics, people are learning newer ways of getting along. This is what a female group in Rakai has set out to do, with assistance from an NGO.
Source: Daily Monitor
The United States and British governments have launched a four-year Shs213.5 billion project to increase the use of contraceptive services among Ugandans.
Source: The Chronicle
History was made on Saturday, when the Convention Peoples Party (CPP), after a series of postponements of its National Delegates Congress, elected three women for the party's topmost positions, to manage the affairs of the party for the next four years.
Source: This Day Live
Over the years, women across the world have cried out loudly over their perceived marginalisation by the men. In the build up to the last general elections in Nigeria, the womenfolk introduced into the electioneering campaigns a new battle cry known as Affirmative Action.
Source: All Africa
The Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL), a local professional female lawyers organization, has reported that there is a rise in cases involving domestic violence and other harsh treatments against women and children in the country.
Source: All Africa
So far, debates around Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) have almost neglected gender issues and the role women can play.
Source: Daily News
Members of Tanzania Women Chamber of Commerce (TWCC) meet in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday to, among other issues, discuss an agenda and preparations of this year's annual general meeting due to be held later this month.
Source: The Citizen
Many tourists visit Tanzania to experience Zanzibar, climb Kilimanjaro, or visit the famous national parks. Tanzania is blessed with a beautiful landscape, friendly and obliging people, and interesting flora and fauna. But the social reality and way of living of some of this country's poorest is a far cry from the glamour of the tourist industry.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
George W. Bush is making the first major foray of his post presidency into global health, with a partnership to combat cervical and breast cancer in the developing world.
Source:All Africa
Concerned about the high number of women being infected with HIV compared to men, the government has, for the first time in 12 years since HIV was declared a national disaster, launched an aggressive action plan that will see massive resources allocated to programmes targeting women.
In recent times, Ghana and other parts of the world have seen a growing demand for female brains at big organisations, as it is believed they are better at solving complex work problems than their male counterparts.