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.
The United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (ONUCI) is looking into recent allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse involving its peacekeepers based in the west of the country.
Shelmith Wanjiru Kuria leans against the rustic wood fence bordering her farm in the Kenyan highlands, majestic Mount Kenya a picturesque backdrop. The area has some of Kenya's most productive farmland, and some of its hardest working female farmers, says Shelmith, 34.
Among the findings of a 2009 study by the Zambia National Women's Lobby Group (ZNWLG) was that even though political parties espoused gender parity they rarely implemented it.
Source: All Africa
Mozambican women's and human rights organisations on Tuesday denounced a sexist advertising campaign launched by the brewing company Cervejas de Mocambique (CDM - Beers of Mozambique), and demanded that the offending adverts be removed.
Source: the Monitor
Millennium Development Goal Three of the UN has put 2015 as deadline to eliminate gender inequality and empower women at all levels including education, health, employment, equal opportunity and dignity among others.
Source: IPS
Each day, one thousand women die in childbirth and one million people become infected with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including 7,000 cases of HIV. Yet these numbers are preventable, experts insist, when countries possess the resources and willpower to address and deal with them.
Source: Public Agenda
A Sierra Leonean Member of Parliament and women empowerment advocate has acknowledged the fact that Sierra Leone as a country has a long way to go, especially in respect of women's empowerment and human rights.
Source: The New Dawn
The United Nations Mission in Liberia or UNMIL has pledged support to a bill, seeking 30% women involvement in public offices here.
Source: SW Radio Africa
South African rights groups, labour movements and individuals are all rallying behind a young Zimbabwean woman who was left disfigured when acid was thrown in her face last week.
Source: Guardian Global Development Network
At this week's conference on Libya in Paris, the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) and the international community talk about "inclusiveness" in the new country's future. It seems strange, then, that half of the population - women -
Freetown — In its new report, At a Crossroads: Sierra Leone's Free Health Care Policy, officially launched on Tuesday September 6, Amnesty International has revealed that pregnant women and girls in Sierra Leone continue to face serious
Source: IPS
Agnes Kalunda’s doctor feared that because of her slight frame there was a high chance of her developing complications during delivery.