Source: Reuters
Women in Ethiopia live under constant fear of violence, illness, hunger and poverty but they are now also facing a new threat - human trafficking, according to veteran women's rights campaigner Bogaletch Gebre.
Source: The Guardian
Public health experts in east Africa have hailed an initiative that will fund research on the continent in the hope of fostering African innovation.
Source: News Deeply
Growing up in the coal belt in West Bengal, brothers Ravi, Nishi and Rishi Kant were often witness to the sufferings of disadvantaged women, many of them routinely abused by their alcoholic husbands.
Source: The Citizen
Tanzania and other Africans countries are far from realising gender equality, a senior government official has said.
Source: Daily Nation
Somalia is struggling to meet the 30 per cent quota for women in the ongoing elections as local and security agencies remain vigilant to ward off threats by the Al-Shabaab to disrupt the polls.
As part of commemorating the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children campaign, a Sexual Offences Court will be launched in Sekgosese, Limpopo, this week.
Source: Daily News
History was made this past weekend in the local sporting fraternity when two women were elected in sport leadership positions.
Source: UN News
The extent to which violence is embedded in society means that uprooting it is everyone's job, senior United Nations official said today, lamenting that violence against women and girls continue to be a low priority on the international development agenda and urging more action - and more funding - to end the pandemic of such violence now, once and for all.
Source: BBC
An HIV-positive Malawian man has been sentenced to 24 months in jail with hard labour for having unprotected sex with newly bereaved widows.
Source: allAfrica
Human rights defenders are celebrating a decision by Pope Francis to allow all Catholics priests to forgive the "grave sin" of abortion.
Source: BBC
Girls in northern Egypt have launched a bike-riding campaign in protest against widespread intolerance towards female cyclists.
Source: News Deeply
For over a decade, the South African government has been handing out free condoms in an attempt to slow the spread of HIV in the country.
Source: Al-Jazeera
The number of HIV-infected people taking anti-retroviral (ARV) medicine has doubled in just five years, the United Nations said while highlighting high infection rates among young African women.
Source: Daily Nation
Three lobby groups have launched a sensitisation campaign aimed at having as many women as possible to vie for various elective seats in the 2017 polls.
Source: allAfrica
On 19 November 2016 the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) will be joining hands with South African men as well as with men representing more than 60 Countries to celebrate International Men's Day under the theme "Stop Male Suicide".
Source: Daily Trust
Women in Kwara State have expressed gratitude to the Senate president, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki and the Governor of Kwara State, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, for actualizing the 35% women representation in the newly constituted Transitional Implementation Committees (TIC) in the 16 local government areas of the state.
Source: The Citizen
The shocking news about the victory of Donald Trump, who is going to be the 45th President of the United States might spark off a new order.
Source: Al Jazeera
In the wood-panelled interior of Nairobi's High Court, a battle is due to begin on December 15 that will determine whether hundreds of thousands of women each year are committing criminal acts.
Source: NewsDeeply Women and Girls Hub
The first self-defense academy for women in Jordan, SheFighter gives women and girls the confidence to stand up against harassment and domestic abuse in a country where gender-based violence often goes unpunished.
Source: The Star
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is headed to Madagascar and Liberia next week to strengthen relations with those countries and advance issues like the rights of women and girls, health, and peace and security.