Source: Nairobie Star
Two out of the eight judges who have applied for the post of Chief Justice are women as are ten out of the 12 applicants for the Deputy Chief Justice's post. This is the highest number of women to apply for top posts in the Judiciary.
Source: IRIN
At least 45 people are behind bars in Malawi on charges of witchcraft, although there is nothing in the country's laws to keep them there.
Source: allAfrica
After leaving her husband behind to protect their home, Philomene Eholi* recently fled the Ivory Coast with her mother and 11 children.
Source: UN WOMEN
UN Women Executive Director Ms. Michelle Bachelet has raised concerns over insecurity facing Somali women and girls in refugee camps in Kenya.
Source: IPS
Some 14 months after Haiti's earthquake, activists say there is an ongoing epidemic of rape and gender-based violence (GBV) in the country's more than 1,000 squalid displaced persons camps, where nearly a million people are still awaiting permanent housing.
Source: Huffington Post
Formalities don't bother Cherie Blair. For Metro's interview, she arrived a couple of minutes late, but immediately apologized - her iPhone was broken and needed to be fixed. (She owns an iPad, too.) Mrs. Blair, professionally known as Cherie Booth, has gone down in history as Britain's perhaps most controversial First Lady, mocked for everything from her career ambitions to her clothes and her working-class background. In person, though, she's affable and witty.
Source: UN Information Centres
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Sahle-Work Zewde of Ethiopia as the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON).
Source: UNESCO
UNESCO and GEMS Education, owner and operator of over 100 international schools worldwide, have joined forces to tackle looming teacher shortages in developing countries. Under the partnership, UNESCO will receive US$1 million over four years from GEMS to implement teacher training programmes that also promote girls’ and women’s education.
Source: United Nations Human Rights Council
A group of UN human rights experts warned Friday about the serious human rights violations in Côte d'Ivoire, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, killing and maiming of children, and sexual violence.
Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ; UN Women; United Nations World Food Programme
The heads of three United Nations agencies today expressed deep concern about the living conditions of more than 314,000 Somali refugees during a visit to three camps in Dadaab in northeastern Kenya. More refugees are arriving daily, crowding more people into one of the largest refugee concentrations in the world.
Source: UN News Centre
Women remain second-class citizens in too many countries, deprived of basic rights or legitimate opportunities, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling on universities to help in the fight to overcome discrimination and change perceptions about what women can and should do.
Source: Open Democracy
For the sake of Libyan society as a whole, women must play a more equal and visible role in shaping it.The international community stood united at the London conference on Libya this week - all 42 of them.
For the sake of Libyan society as a whole, women must play a more equal and visible role in shaping it.The international community stood united at the London conference on Libya this week - all 42 of them.
Source: Voice of America
Hunger and poverty continue to be major obstacles to the well-being of millions of women and children around the world. The Bread for the World Institute says those problems can be reversed by improving the social, economic and political status of rural women.
Source: Ezega
As we celebrated International Women’s day in March this year, one might ask the question how the status of African women has changed over the years, both on the grass roots level and on the policy level. On this question, both the United Nations and the African Union have been very vocal about the need for protection of women’s rights. However, the problem remains in implementing it.
Source: Daily Independent
This is another month of election in Nigeria when the question many pundits and analysts use statistics and mathematics to answer is not only the proportion of Nigerian women that exercised their voting right,
This is another month of election in Nigeria when the question many pundits and analysts use statistics and mathematics to answer is not only the proportion of Nigerian women that exercised their voting right,
Source: Voice of America
Egyptian women played a critical role in the revolutionary protests that brought down former president Hosni Mubarak last month. But as Egypt transitions toward a new government, questions are being raised about whether women will gain a stronger role in politics.
Egyptian women played a critical role in the revolutionary protests that brought down former president Hosni Mubarak last month. But as Egypt transitions toward a new government, questions are being raised about whether women will gain a stronger role in politics.
Source: UN News Centre
The official spearheading United Nations efforts to combat the scourge of sexual violence during war today welcomed the decision of authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to prosecute several high-ranking military officers accused of rape.
The official spearheading United Nations efforts to combat the scourge of sexual violence during war today welcomed the decision of authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to prosecute several high-ranking military officers accused of rape.
Source: UN News Centre
The United Nations envoy on sexual violence in conflict today underlined the role of the African leadership in combating sexual violence in the continent, and welcomed the commitment expressed by the African Union (AU) to ensure that the problem is eradicated.
The United Nations envoy on sexual violence in conflict today underlined the role of the African leadership in combating sexual violence in the continent, and welcomed the commitment expressed by the African Union (AU) to ensure that the problem is eradicated.
Source: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is among national and international agencies that laid the groundwork for the 1.7 million Liberians, almost half of them women, who last month completed registration to vote in upcoming elections.
Source: UNITE
Survivors of sexual violence from across Africa took to the floor 28 March to speak of their personal experiences and put forward their recommendations for action at the African Union Peace and Security Council's Second Open Session on Sexual Violence, Women and Children in Armed Conflict.