Source: UNSOM
Somali women leaders have called for a stop to politicization of the 30 percent gender rule.
Source: Al-Monitor
A controversial bill in Egypt that would make the penalties for adultery the same for men and women faces many hurdles.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
When Nigerian teenager Beauty arrived in Sicily after crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa last year, she had only hours to phone the man who trafficked her - or risk lethal repercussions for family members back home.
Source: Broadly.
When I call Fadumo Dayib, she tells me she's in the middle of a school run and driving her car. Straight away I notice her way with words; the way she pauses to choose the right word with each sentence. "I had a very interesting childhood," she tells me, "one that was happy but was also very sad. It's one that I don't like to dwell on. But I think it's what has made me who I am, it has actually defined who I am in a very positive way—not negatively."
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Female members of Boko Haram are almost as likely as men to be deployed as fighters in northeast Nigeria, challenging a widespread perception that these women are mainly used as cooks, sex slaves and suicide bombers, researchers said on Monday.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Girls between the ages of five and 14 are spending 40 percent more time on unpaid domestic chores than boys their age, missing out on chances to learn and enjoy their childhood, according to a report on Friday ahead of International Day of the Girl.
Source: EU Bulletin
The EU has released a new assistance package worth €50 million in support of the empowerment of Egyptian women and the improvement of water resources management.
Source: The New Times
Almost 8 out of every 10 primary school teachers are female. But as you go up in the ranks of school leadership the females are far less.
Source: Daily Trust
A workshop for media professionals has called on states yet to domesticate the law on violence against persons to do so without further delay.
Source: News24
Nelson Mandela Bay has the lowest number of women in its council among the country's eight metros, the Commission for Gender Equality revealed in a study released on Tuesday.
Source: FrontPageAfrica
When the taboo subject of female circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation (FGM) became the subject of national debate in 2012, many leaders spoke out against the practice and the government prohibited the Sande societies which practiced it.
Source: allAfrica
A group of 37 non-government organisations dealing in the promotion of girl-child rights have asked President Museveni to honour his campaign pledge and deliver the sanitary pads he promised during the presidential campaigns early this year.
Source: allAfrica
Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection Nana Oye Lithur has disproved reports that the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) pro-poor programme is on the verge of collapsing.
Source: allAfrica
The African Development Bank has reiterated its commitment to support women's empowerment and creation of employment opportunities for the women and youth in the Sahel.
Source: Thomas Reuters Foundation
Millions of girls are left "invisible" because of a lack of data, a children's charity said on Monday, and the absence of accurate statistics on issues such as sexual violence means policymakers cannot draw up effective plans to help them.
Source allAfrica
New York, NY - On Wednesday, September 21, as the UN General Assembly was debating strategies for improving the status of women and girls around the world, the US-based NGO, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), convened a side discussion, across the street at the United Nations Office for Partnerships (UNOP) entitled, Ending Impunity for Sexual Violence in Conflict: Strategies for a Way Forward. The small conference room was filled to capacity, with representatives of various UN missions, international organizations, NGOs, media partners, and other interested parties.
Source: The New Times
The Eastern African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI), together with affiliated regional civil society organisations are pushing for the enactment of a gender equality and development bill in the East African Community.
Source: Daily Nation
The European Union is collaborating with Kenya to devise alternative methods of getting more women elected in the next elections.
Source: This Day
Nigerian women in the medical profession have strongly decried the prevalence of domestic violence in Nigeria, describing it as very alarming and a national crisis.
Source: Daily Monitor
Eight districts in Acholi sub-region and two municipalities will each receive Shs2.480 billion, according to figures released by the ministry at the orientation meeting held at Mwokka Hotel in Gulu Town on Tuesday.