Source: SMBC News
A leading women’s rights activist in The Gambia on Friday officially launched her candidacy for President of The Gambia with an anthem of equality and unity for change and progress.
SOURCE: allAfrica
The Secretary of Local Education Authority (LEA) in Abaji Area Council, Dr Hassan Suleiman, decries child abuse and hawking, saying two third of school dropouts are girls.
Source: Inter Press Service
In some parts of the world, the proverbial “glass ceiling” is shattering. As Theresa May and, most likely, Hillary Clinton join Angela Merkel at the leadership of three major world powers, women’s leadership in politics is on the ascent.
Source: allAfrica
Last week, ZANU-PF and the State media hit new lows in their attempts to discredit Zimbabwe People First leader, Joice Mujuru, who is going around the country, mobilising support for her party. The Sunday Mail of August 21, 2016 was the most vicious.
Source: GE Report Africa
In South Africa, August is celebrated as Women’s Month, in recognition of over 20 000 women who marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria – the official seat of government – on 9 August 1956, protesting against the extension of apartheid pass laws to women. Women’s Day, on 9 March, is a public holiday recognising the contribution these women made to the liberation struggle.
Source: Inter Press Service
Barely 17 years old and from the Gajapati district in Odisha, India, Susmita has never gone to school. She rears the few animals her family owns, and this is her primary duty besides attending to household chores.
Source: allAfrica
A fresh attempt to achieve gender parity in elective positions will be made on Thursday when a Motion to table a Bill on the two thirds gender rule, sponsored by nominated Senator Judith Sijeny is presented before the Senate.
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This year, the 60th anniversary of the Women's March was held under the theme "Women United in Moving South Africa Forward".
Source: The New Times
In class, she sat quietly on the front row with two boys. She was not talkative and often kept to herself. The boys occasionally picked on her because she looked a little older than her age. One day, the teacher asked her to draw an illustration on the blackboard, and as she walked to the front of the class, she heard giggles - then full blown laughter from the rest of the class.
Source: Plan International
In her family’s house in a rural village in the municipality of Baroueli, located in the Segou region of Mali, 20-year-old Djeba gives a broad smile as she sits her son on her lap. But behind the smile are memories of pain and trauma.
European Union parliamentarians will visit Rwanda next month in a bid to learn from the country's achievements towards gender balance, said Amb. Michael Ryan, the head of European Union Delegation to Rwanda.
Source: Inter Press Service
Siddharth Chatterjee, the Representative of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in Kenya, has been appointed UN Resident Coordinator, where he will lead and coordinate 25 UN agencies in East Africa. At the same time, he will also serve as the Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
Source: ALJAZEERA
A South African school has been ordered to suspend allegedly racist hairstyle regulations after black pupils said they had been called monkeys by teachers for wearing banned "afros", and were forced to chemically straighten their hair.
Source: Global Voices
In the midst all the fuss over France’s now overturned ban on the wearing of “overtly religious clothing”, once again we are focusing on the wrong aspect of the story: the effect, not the cause. And I believe the “cause” goes beyond religion or culture. Nuances aside, it’s something that’s common across countries and cultures that has been going on for centuries.
Source: allAfrica
Tourism Deputy Minister Tokozile Xasa says women in leadership should continuously and actively agitate for the upliftment of women.
A wave of homegrown leaders, movements and activists is sweeping across the continent and bringing with it African solutions to Africa's LGBTI people. Their efforts and alliances have resulted in palpable change in legislation, court decisions, health policies and shifting public opinion across Africa. They need support.
Source: United Nations Population Fund
“Before I entered the safe space, I was shy, and it was difficult for me to express myself. I spent my free time after school with vulnerable girlfriends my age who had left school to marry, and some were even pregnant,” 16-year-old Amelia Abadala Salimo told UNFPA. “I felt afraid to become one of them.”
Source: allAfrica
It is time for women to trust and have confidence in female candidates who opt for election in their respective constituencies, to increase female participation in decision making processes, said Bintou Fatty-Joof, programme officer at Brikama Women's Bureau.
Source: Thomson Reuters
The government of Burkina Faso has banned an annual beauty contest for women with the biggest buttocks, saying such events are sexist.
Source: UNDP
Gender inequality is costing sub-Saharan Africa on average $US95 billion a year, peaking at US$105 billion in 2014– or six percent of the region’s GDP – jeopardizing the continent’s efforts for inclusive human development and economic growth, according to the Africa Human Development Report 2016: Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Africa, published today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).