Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Grandmothers and single mothers are among those being trained as community solar engineers, a programme which they say could transform lives in their communities
Source: This Is Africa
In a move that has dashed the hopes of equal treatment for the LGBTQI+ community in Zimbabwe, a Bill is set to go before that country’s parliament that would uphold the ban on same-gender marriage.
Source: VOA
Kenya’s high court on Friday upheld laws that criminalize gay sex. The much-anticipated ruling Friday was decided by a three-judge bench on Kenya’s High court in Nairobi.
Source: AllAfrica
Activists in Nigeria have accused police officers of raiding a Marie Stopes clinic in Lagos on May 21. The officers reportedly "harassed the health workers and patients and took away confidential client information".
Source: WHO
Beira — In the aftermath of Cyclone Idai which devastated large areas of Mozambique, a group of 15 dedicated women - mostly widows - have been credited with ensuring that sthere have been no cases of cholera in their district.
Source: IPS
Johannesburg — Does the name Ihsan Al Fagiri ring a bell? How about Heba Omer or Adeela Al Zaebaq?
It's likely that these names, among countless others, are not known to the average news consumer. But their tireless and dangerous work, however, has made news headlines as protests led to historic political change in Sudan.
Source: Premium Times
A group of human rights activists, women organisations and residents of the Federal Capital Territory has called for an end to the unlawful arrest of women in Abuja.
Source: Daily Trust
The Coalition for the Inclusion of Women in Governance (CIWG), yesterday, stormed the National Assembly to demand 50 allocation of leadership slots to women in the incoming 9th Assembly.
Source: New Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE's current economic problems have resulted in more women dying during childbirth, a senior government official has said.
Source: Malawi News Agency
Ntchisi — Female aspirants in the May 21 Tripartite Elections in Ntchisi District have complained of being sidelined by party officials in their campaign ahead of the elections.
Source: The Monitor
Gulu — Some graduates have disclosed that they are having difficulties in accessing employment because their potential employers demand sex in exchange for jobs.
Source: The Conversation
The role of women in the recent protests in Sudan has attracted a great deal of attention. This is because women who try to have a prominent public role in the country face criticism and can be accused of neglecting their family duties. This was particularly true after the introduction of Sharia law and Sudan's public order laws in 1983. These laws shaped gender norms and defined the position of women in Sudanese society.
But the rise of social media - and the use of smartphones - has enabled women to transcend these traditional gender norms and challenge the boundaries between different spaces.
Source: DW
Champion sprinter Caster Semenya has lost her appeal against regulations limiting testosterone levels in certain women's athletic events. The judges found the rule "discriminatory" but also said limits were necessary.
Source: Pulitzer Center
“If I walk down the street holding my girlfriend’s hand, I’m not sure if I am going to make it to the end of the street,” Xolelwa Ngebulana, an openly gay 26-year-old woman living near Cape Town said.
Source: Mamba
A 14-year-old lesbian girl in Port Elizabeth has missed weeks of classes and is too terrified to return to school after she was bullied because of her sexuality.
Source: Daily Observer
The Country Director of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), Faith Akovi Cooper, revealed troubling statistics of violence against women in Liberia during her opening statement at a Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Prevention and Response Learning Conference hosted in Monrovia on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 by the International Rescue Committee (IRC).
Source: New Zimbabwe
By Anna Chibamu
Some top male Immigration Department officials who were accused of sexual harassment by their subordinates have been found guilty following a recent probe into the alleged misdemeanour by the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC).
Source: Malawi News Agency
Mulanje — Mulanje District Assistant Social Welfare Officer, Wilson Maduka has express concern over the current increase of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the district saying there is need for stakeholders to intervene.
Source: AllAfrica
By Nadia Krige
A breakthrough study conducted by Professor Keertan Dheda and Dr Michele Tomasicchio, at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity, has revealed that one of South Africa’s most commonly-used injectable contraceptives could potentially increase women’s chances of contracting tuberculosis (TB).
Source: VOA
Hundreds of Cameroonian women gathered in the capital this week to urge the government to stop the killings in the country's Anglophone separatist western regions. Weeks of violent clashes in those areas have left at least 70 people dead.