The United Nations has encouraged Tanzania to urgently address the problem of violence against children in the wake of a new Government-led survey in which almost three quarters of girls and boys said they had experienced physical violence before the age of 18 at the hands of an adult or an intimate partner.
Long seen as the ugly step-child of HIV prevention, the female condom seems to be gaining popularity through grassroots campaigns, according to a report by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA).
Source: All Africa
At least 71% of women in Nebbi are ignorant of the ways to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other sexual transmitted diseases (STDs).
Source: All Africa
The Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee yesterday agreed to merge the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights Bill and the National Gender and Equality Commission Bill. The move is aimed at clearing the controversy
The economic empowerment of women in South Africa was under the spotlight on Tuesday as the country commemorated Women's Day.
Source: All Africa
The North Bank Regional Gender Action Team (GAT) recently held series of sensitisation meetings in cluster villages of Ngain Sanjal, Kataba, Illiassa, Dasilami, Prince and Pakau Njogu.
Source: All Africa
Twenty-nine teen mothers graduated on Saturday from HANCi's vocational training programme at a ceremony in Bo.
Source: All Africa
A group, Kogi Women Reform (KWI) has said that the body will establish a cassava processing factory in the state.
Source: All Africa
Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe has said women should reject the new constitution if it does not have provision for 50 percent representation for women in Parliament.
Source: Capital FM News
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Director for Africa Bunmi Makinwa has expressed concern that women and young girls are being subjected to rape and other forms of sexual harassment when fleeing from Somalia to camps in Kenya.
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In a bid to utilise their holiday period well, 45 students heading Anti-AIDS clubs from various secondary schools across the country, Sunday completed a training program on sexuality, reproductive health and dangers of HIV/AIDS.
Source: Times Live
Pregnant women in the Eastern Cape often have to buy nurses gifts - including lunches of fried chicken - to receive medical attention.
Source: News24
Freedom from oppression is only a reality for the fortunate few women in South Africa, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday.
Source: Leadership
The first set of rehabilitated commercial sex workers, who have undergone vocational training, courtesy of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), are set for graduation by September 2011.
Source: All Africa
CENTRAL Province Permanent Secretary Denny Lumbama has challenged women in business in the province to take advantage of the Citizen Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) and apply for funds to expand their businesses.
If there is one proverb that aptly described Dekha Ibrahim, renowned world peace guru, it is the Chinese adage: "As fire refines gold so suffering refines virtue." Despite the odds and the immense violence she encountered in her rural home in
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Catholic Christian mothers on Sunday called on the Federal Government to increase maternity leave from four months to six months to encourage exclusive breastfeeding by nursing mothers.
Dakar — When Marie Jalloh first ran for office in 2007, resistance to women in politics in Sierra Leone was so strong she faced harassment and intimidation from local authorities. Now, not only is she a member of parliament; she and other
Source: All Africa
Global Campaign for Microbicides (GCM) and Gender in Development Division(GIDD) will on Tuesday next week hold a two day women's HIV prevention Convention aimed at stipulating the state of the epidemic
Source: Daily Monitor
It is nine years since Juliet Atto returned from LRA captivity after being forcefully abducted by the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) in 1995.