Source: RNW
The presidential elections in Cameroon are due to be held in October 2011. Conscious of the high stakes, women's organisations are actively mobilising women to participate in this important political process.
Source: All Africa
The World Medical Association (WMA) and the International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations (IFHHRO) have condemned the practice of forced and coerced sterilisation as forms of violence that severely harm women's physical and mental health - and infringe basic human rights.
Source: Times of Zambia
WOMEN in Zambezi District in North-Western Province have welcomed the mothers' shelter the Government is building at the district hospital, saying it will offer them relief.
Source: BuaNews
Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Gwen Ramokgopa, has called on the Atteridgeville community to break the silence on woman and child abuse.
Source: Nairobi Star
WOMEN account for 65 percent of all new HIV/AIDS infections in Kenya annually. This is according to a report released yesterday by National Aids Control Council. Speaking at the launch of national action plan for mainstreaming gender in HIV responses in Kenya,
Source: Nairobi Star
A majority of women are not using contraceptives due to misinformation. According to population expert Sam Ogola, 56 percent of women avoid family planning methods after being discouraged by friends.
Source: OSISA
The World Medical Association (WMA) and the International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations (IFHHRO) have condemned the practice of forced and coerced sterilisation as forms of violence that severely harm women's physical and mental
Source: Nairobi Star
We could register a decline in HIV prevalence among women in the two years if a newly launched plan by the National Aids Control Council is fully implemented. The plan dubbed "Mainstreaming Gender HIV Response in Kenya" has set up
Source: This Day Live
Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zainab Maina, has said the Federal Government had concluded plans to institutionalise a forum for Female Ministers and Advisers in the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to provide
Source: New Era
The opposition Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) has condemned the practice in which some desperate, under-achieving female students at Unam allegedly sleep with their lectures in exchange for marks to enable them to pass.
Source: Nairobi Star
Politician Stanley Livondo yesterday gave Malindi MP Gideon Mung'aro three days to return money which he allegedly took from women groups for development projects, or else he will face legal action. Over 1,000 women had allegedly
Source: Nairobi Star
The constitution must be amended for the two-thirds gender principle to work, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka has said. Kalonzo said neither the Cabinet nor the government has the intention to deprive women of their fair share of positions in institutions.
Source: BuaNews
The Justice Department is working on a model to ensure that the legal work dished out by government is spread out to include the services of black lawyers and women, says Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Jeff Radebe.
Source: New Era
Namibia's First Lady, Penehupifo Pohamba, says she wants to focus on advocacy for good partnerships and fund raising as President of the Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS.
Source: Zambian Watchdog
Where have all the women gone? Long time passing. This year alone, there will be over 30 presidential elections held around the world. Over half of these will be in Africa. On 20 September 2011, Zambia goes to the polls to elect a president, members of parliament
Source: Plus News
Burundian NGOs say at least 20 people have died as a national shortage of antiretroviral continues.
Source: All Africa
Rabat — Late Princess Lalla Aicha, aunt of HM King Mohammed VI, was a pioneer of Moroccan women's renaissance and a living and completed embodiment of the merger between the country's authenticity and its aspirations to progress, modernity and civic mindedness, highlighted many officials and political leaders.
Source: New Times
District Gender Officers across the country have revealed that ignorance remains a stumbling block towards the promotion of gender parity and the fight against Gender Based Violence (GBV) across the country.
The officials said this yesterday at the beginning of a-five-day workshop, in Kigali, on how to hone their skills regarding
Source: The Monitor
Kampala — Saturday Monitor's Full Woman magazine will hold its third health camp on September 10 at Serena Hotel in Kampala. Themed 'Know your body', the camp is expected to bring together over 5,000 people, including readers,
Source: Gender Links
Every August, some Thabo, Dickson or Harrington asks, "Why do we have Women's Month? Every month is women's month." The likes of Lilian Ngoyi and Helen Joseph would turn in their graves.