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Source: The Point
A programme entitled "Gender Equality and Women Economic Empowerment, 2017-2021," was launched recently by the Gambia government and the UN System in the country.

Gambia

Source: The Point
The dynamism of culture is articulated by the people's perceptions, attitudes and exposure to knowledge.

Gambia

Source: The Point
Government representatives and experts recently concluded a high level consultation to share experiences on strategies used in the campaign to end Female Genital Mutilation in the Senegalese capital Dakar.

West Africa

Source: The Herald
Women in film have been challenged to take challenging roles in the sector and contribute to the growth of the industry.

Zimbabwe

Source: Tanzania Daily News
GENDER-Based Violence (GBV) acts in Kilimanjaro region are said to be fuelled by superstitious beliefs and alcoholism, obstructing efforts by activists towards having an equitable society.

Tanzania

Source: Daily Monitor
The Speaker of Parliament has called for the appointment of more women to senior Cabinet positions.

Uganda

Source: The New Times
The government needs to use its institutions to beef up efforts to educate Rwandans about women’s rights and appropriate family values to curb a trend where some men stray into polygamy.

Rwanda

Source: allAfrica
The Dutch minister for foreign trade and development cooperation Lilianne Ploumen says The Netherlands is looking forward to partnering Namibia in trade and all-inclusive development.

Namibia

Namibia

Source: Big News Network
The UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS held from June at the UN headquarters in New York adopted an ambitious Political Declaration, committing to invest in gender equality and the empowerment of women, including young women and adolescent girls, to end the AIDS epidemic.

Source: TechPoint
While working at an I.T firm, a depressing and unfortunate situation involving a young girl evicted from her Uncle’s home inspired this intervention, which is imparting many, more girls.

Nigeria

Source:Ghana News
The ExLA Group Gender Programme has launched the YAWC Mentorship Programme to nurture young African women for global impact.

Africa

Source: US News
It's the middle of sex education class in Zola Business High School and 90 teenage boys and girls are laughing and talking through a presentation about birth control, condoms and HIV.

South Africa

Source:Brookings
While stories of Boko Haram enslaving girls and burning down schools abound in Western media, counter-trends of local champions leading the way for girls’ education in the West African countries of Nigeria and Mali largely go unnoticed.

International

Source:News Deeply
Whiz Kids Workshop has captured the imagination of Ethiopia’s young people with its innovative TV and radio shows. The company’s Tinbit Daniel explains how they’re helping improve literacy rates and promoting health and confidence in girls.

Ethiopia

SOURCE:IPS
Amid the hustle and bustle of downtown Hargeisa, Somaliland’s sun-blasted capital, women in various traditional Islamic modes of dress barter, argue and joke with men—much of it particularly volubly. Somaliland women are far from submissive and docile.

Africa

Source: UN Daily News Digest
New assessments of the protection risks faced by the affected people living in Nigeria’s restive north-eastern Borno state have concluded that women face a high risk of abuse in displacement sites, the United Nations humanitarian wing has reported.

Source: UN Daily News Digest

With the continuing rise in interlinked political crises and challenges around the world, United Nations Member States must draw on shared expertise supported by a multilateral peace and security architecture to attain a more peaceful future for all, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared today.

International

Source: Botswana Daily News
Francistown — Ms Elizabeth Mathumo, 62, who is living with disability knows that being a woman at the top of a male dominated industry is not an easy position to occupy.