Source: All Africa
It will be difficult to enforce the requirement that a third of elected officials be women, the interim electoral commission has said.
Source: All Africa
A socio-political pressure group known as Parliamentary Civil Society Partnership Initiative, (PCSPI) has described the recent election of principal officers of the House of Representatives as a blatant display of gender discrimination and
Source: All Africa
DEPUTY Governor Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire of Lagos State has reaffirmed the commitment of the state government to girl-child education, enjoining parents and guardians to utilise the free-education policy of the present administration to educate their children and wards.
Source: UN News Centre
More and more countries are getting behind a United Nations initiative designed to boost the number of female police serving in peace operations, with women now accounting for just over 10 per cent of the more than 14,000 officers deployed worldwide, a senior official said today.
Source: All Africa
With a few weeks left, I am glad to have a few things sorted. Baby's name was becoming an issue with the husband seemingly blank on any suggestions and yet adamant about my recommendations.
Source: All Africa
Sierra Leone's First Lady, Sia Nyama Koroma's pet project, the Women's Initiative for Safer Health (W-I-S-H) has received a major boost in Europe by an association comprising spouses of Ambassadors in Brussels
Source: All Africa
Various stakeholders in gender equality have called for more sensitisation on various issues concerning the subject.
Source: CAI
A belief in witchcraft permeates deep into the psyche and consciousness of many African people. This belief has become increasingly pervasive since the introduction of colonialism onto the continent.
Source: All Africa
The Women's International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA), Ghana in collaboration with the Ministries of Transport, Trade & Industry and Women and Children's Affairs, is organizing the 2nd African Women in Shipping Conference, from 15th - 17th June 2011 at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra.
Source:All Africa
Increasing the number of women representation in legislative bodies within the African Commonwealth region is on the agenda of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) as they meet in Kigali.
Source: All Africa
A lot has been said about President Museveni's new Cabinet choices. Some names have attracted criticism while others have been praised. In explaining his choices, the President made mention of a "cross-generation" Cabinet that was picked on the basis of unity, mobilisation ability and expertise.
Source: All Africa
Is it possible for a female to become president of our nation now or in the near future? In the whole of Africa, there is only one woman sitting president in the person of Madam Sirleaf Johnson of Liberia.
Source: All Africa
To make it easy for victims of domestic violence to receive appropriate medical treatment and support, the Ministries of Health and Women and Children Affairs are collaborating with other stakeholders to develop a new Police Medical Referral Form (PMRF).
Source: IRIN
In Mugunga, about 12km from Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), communities of Bambuti have been eking out a living at the edge of the city.
Source: BBC
Afghanistan is the most dangerous country for women, an international poll of experts on gender issues says.
Source: Womens Enews
Female teens in the countryside of Ivory Coast often leave school to start families with older men. It's a financial strategy that many women here say they have lived to regret.
Source: Plus News
Local understanding of children's immune systems may be delaying access to paediatric HIV treatment, according to a study at a rural clinic in northern Malawi, where just 15 percent of children in need of antiretrovirals (ARVs) are receiving the drugs.
On 18 December 1979, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
Source: Open Democracy
History reveals an abundance of democratic paradoxes: cases in which progress on women's rights regressed in the aftermath of revolution. Coming to terms with the battle between secularism and Islam – a dispute long silenced by Ben Ali's rabidly secular policies – will require a redefinition of women's rights. Are the secularists or Islamists ready for that step?
The job of spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General involves working long hours in a highly sensitive political environment, following the 24-hour news cycle and being frequently away from home.