Source: Daily Trust
Marie Stopes Nigeria said it is introducing new digital capabilities into its customer and beneficiaries' interactions in Nigeria.
Source: The Monitor
Kampala — With nearly two months left to usher in the 2016/2017 fiscal year, women activists have urged government to increase funding to the Gender ministry.
Source: Ekkelsia
Sexual and reproductive health services must be not just "youth-friendly" but also “male- and female-friendly" and "youth participatory" so that young men and women gain access to the information and services they need and want, agreed adolescents who attended a workshop in Lomé, Togo on 24-25 March.
Source: Gadget
The global Start-up Tel Aviv competition gives step-ups an opportunity to spend a week in the third biggest high-tech start-up hub in the world.
This competition is open to all South African women who are the founders or senior managers of any company in the hi-tech field which is in early stage seed funding. This year the competition has a particular focus on women tech leaders and aims to reward innovation and entrepreneurship in the hi-tech sector.
Source: IOL
Cape Town - Justice and Constitutional Development regional head Hisham Mohamed has called for civil society and the government to intensify its efforts in curbing the scourge of violent crime against women and children.
Source: VanGuard
The International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8 every year. The focus of the celebration in different countries ranges from general celebration of love, appreciation and respect towards women to political, economic and social achievements. The theme for this year is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step it up for gender equality”. Nigerian women are worth celebrating. They have seized and optimised the little opportunities they had to be where they are today.
Source: The Gloabla Citizen
“We protect our community, that’s our first big responsibility.”
Source:The Southern Times
SADC member states have approved the draft Model Law on Eradicating Child Marriage and Protecting Children Already in Marriage, setting the stage for its final adoption by the Plenary Assembly of the SADC Parliamentary Forum.
Source: Press TV
Nine female refugees from Djibouti have entered the 13th day of a hunger strike in France to denounce alleged rapes and sexual exploitation by soldiers in their home country.
Source: The Cable
If you are a woman living in Nigeria, your life is among the most difficult for women all over the world – and that was before the senators threw out the gender equal opportunity bill in March.
Source: New York Times
Hold the bomb under your armpit to keep it steady, the women and girls were taught.
Source: Reuters
African Union Commission head Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who is tipped to take over the leadership of South Africa's ruling African National Congress, will step down at the end of her four-year term in July, her spokesman said on Wednesday.
Source: CNBC AFRICA
Tanzania will investigate accusations that some of its peacekeepers in Democratic Republic of Congo abused and exploited five women and six girls, leaving them all pregnant, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Source: Nehando Radio
Armed police on Wednesday morning disrupted a street demonstration in central Harare by women rights activists. The women were protesting against the Kuwait Embassy over the trafficking of Zimbabwean girls to the Middle Eastern country.
Source: CNN
A United Nations official is headed to the Central African Republic after reports that over 100 women, girls and boys were raped and abused -- many by U.N. peacekeepers.
Source: UN Women
The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women invites civil society organizations and governments to apply for funding through the 20th grant cycle (2016).
Source: The Observer
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga wants the President Museveni to appoint a woman to a level of prime minister.
Source: The Daily Vox
There are often myths and misconceptions about abortion that scare women who are already in a vulnerable situation.
Source: Leadership
A commercial photography company, STUDIO 24 had stated that plans has began to empower 50 women between the ages of 25 and 60 across Nigeria in its franchise plan.
Speaking during a press briefing to officially announce the franchise plan, head of business development and marketing in the company, Ezinne Njoku stated that the reason for the franchise was to create 1000 job opportunities and also help reduce poverty in the country.
Njoku stated that the reason for wanting to empower women was that when a women are empowered, the whole nation are also empowered adding that the company will support the potential franchisees with access to finance and other tools to make them succeed.
Also speaking during the briefing, the Franchise manager of the company, Odior Okaka explained that the photography company which has 15 outlets in seven states in Nigeria would also have a retail photographic studio in Africa that will be situated in Lagos.
Source: Radio Dabanga
Khartoum — Sudanese entrepreneur Awadeya Mahmoud has been awarded the 2016 Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award, the US Embassy in Khartoum has announced.