SOURCE :allAfrica
The Suez Criminal Court released on Wednesday the mother of 17-year old Mayar Mousa who died during an Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) operation in May.
Source: The Guardian
Under the scorching afternoon sun, at a village in a sugar-cane growing region of western Kenya, 60-year old Mary Namukholi carefully places bunches of green bananas beside an old bicycle outside her home.
Source: allAfrica
No fewer than 94,141 pregnant women are said to be HIV/AIDS positive in Zamfara.
Source: bizcommunity
Maritime industry professionals across Africa gathered in Durban on 18 October 2016 at Durban International Convention Centre to recognise, reward, and celebrate the winners of the 2016 Women in Transport Awards as part of the annual Transport Evolution Forum - African Ports Evolution and African Rail Evolution.
Source: News Deeply
With their husbands fighting in the civil war or struggling to find work, the South Sudanese women staying in Uganda’s refugee camps often find themselves responsible for supporting their families on their own.
Source: African Business Magazine
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will hold its sixty-fifth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 24 October to 18 November, during which it will review reports presented by Canada, Burundi, Bhutan, Belarus, Argentina, Switzerland, Honduras, Armenia, Bangladesh, Estonia, and the Netherlands on how they implement the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Source: The Monitor
Ms Zamzam Dahir Mohamoud was on Sunday elected the first woman member of Somalia's Upper House.
Source: Daily Trust
A survey conducted by Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has revealed that in Nigeria 1 in 13 women dies during pregnancy or child birth and that in every 10 minutes one woman dies from conditions associated with childbirth.
Source: Daily Observer
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s constitutionally dictated absence at the upcoming 2017 presidential election will not be missed, gender-wise, as the first female aspirant has emerged saying that she has the requisite credentials and is prepared to lead the country.
Source: The Observer
Schools in the Sabiny sub-region are championing a cultural behavioral change to eradicate the female genital mutilation (FGM) practice.
Source: The New Times
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Bangura, said that the world can end Gender Based Violence and child abuse if countries adopted a multi-sectorial approach, including south-south cooperation.
Source: allAfrica
Rural women in Ghana say despite their key role in the agricultural sector, they have been sidelined in the implantation of certain government policies.
Source: The Guardian
More than 70% of migrants travelling overland through north Africa to Europe have become victims of human trafficking, organ trafficking and exploitation along the way, according to the UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
Source: reliefweb
Goma, North Kivu: The Special Representative of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Ms Zainab Hawa Bangura has been to Heal Africa Hospital to visit cases of women of sexual violence in Goma on the 14th of October 2016.
Source: ANSAmed
ROME, OCTOBER 18 - They are ''strong'' and have actively participated in the revolution against Gaddafi. Now Libya's women are dealing with militia fighting, terrorism, the economic crisis and Islamist forces who want to reduce rights also conquered before 2011.
Source: Daily Post
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has solicited for cooperation of women organizations and other stakeholders in order to address controversial issues in the gender and Equal Opportunity Bill so as to facilitate its easy passage.
Source: Liberia News Agency
Outgoing UN Secretary General (UNSG) Ban Ki-moon has called on the world to provide the support and information needed by rural women so that they can fulfill their potential without leaving their communities.
Source: CS Monitor
When it comes to gender parity in legislatures, Africa as a region has more than doubled the percentage of women in the past 20 years, to about one quarter.
Source: News24
The reworked Traditional Courts Bill will be reintroduced to Parliament before the end of the year, the Department of Justice and Correctional Services said on Wednesday.
Source: Daily News
Women yesterday presented to the government their charter of demands concerning land ownership and management of natural resources.