Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Amnesty International on Tuesday accused United Nations peacekeepers of raping a 12-year-old girl and killing a boy and his father during an operation in Central African Republic's capital Bangui earlier this month.
South African women’s economic empowerment is a prerequisite for sustainable development and successful achievement of the goals outlined in the country’s National Development Plan (NDP), Brand South Africa said on Wednesday.
The Somalian government has announced a plan to ban female genital mutilation (FGM), which is practised on some 98% of girls aged between four and 11 in the east African nation. The country's minister of women and human rights said the government is trying to introduce a ban that can outlaw the practice nationwide.
THERE is still almost half a year to go to address the African Union Summit 2015 theme, the "Year of Women's Empowerment and Development towards Agenda 2063?. But as Dr Sipho Moyo, Africa executive director at the One Campaign contends, poverty is sexist and won't be dealt with unless the global injustice of gender inequality is dealt with once and for all.
Source: Sudan Vision
Combating Gender Based Violence (GBV), has been a national and international concern for a very long time.
Twenty-One years ago in the outcome document (Platform for Action) of the Fourth World Conference on Women convened in Beijing, China in 1995 said that:
Source: Daily News
National Assembly Speaker, Ms Anne Makinda, has hailed the number of initiatives carried out by the government to promote gender equality in decisions making bodies, saying the country has become a model to Africa and the world.
Source: Dabanga
Armed men raped three women including one minor on Monday near Dolma, in East Jebel Marra. The perpetrators reportedly belong to a group of new militant settlers in the area.
A relative of one of the victims informed Radio Dabanga that four militant settlers on camels discovered four women tilling their farm close to the village of Dolma. They
Source: Dabanga
Armed men raped three women including one minor on Monday near Dolma, in East Jebel Marra. The perpetrators reportedly belong to a group of new militant settlers in the area.
A relative of one of the victims informed Radio Dabanga that four militant settlers on camels discovered four women tilling their farm close to the village of Dolma. They
Source: Vanguard
Human rights are guaranteed in our constitution. That explains why countries all over the world ratified different conventions and treaties on the issue. These include the United Nations Charter on Human Rights and the African Charter on Human and People's Rights. Nigeria is a signatory to most of these laws. Virtually all of them
Source: Reuters
When Halima Rahim became a mother for the first time, friends and acquaintances in Tanzania's commercial capital, Dar Es Salaam, were quick to offer advice and help.
Source: Graphic Online
The Women Peace and Security Communication Network (WPS CommNet), has commended President John Dramani Mahama for the appointment of the new Electoral Commissioner (EC) of Ghana, Mrs Charlotte Osei.
Source: Africa Young Voices
The National Publicity and Outreach Coordinator in the Office of Government Spokesman, Abdulai Bayraytay has commended the Bombali Women Farmers In Action, a coalition of fourteen women's groups, for their commitment to take the lead in farming and agribusiness in the Bombali district.
Source: This Day Live
Edo State Government, in conjunction with Edo Women's Development Initiative (EWDI), have decried all forms of violence against women.
They were also unanimous that there was need to intensify campaigns to stop violence against women irrespective of cultural barriers and other factors that have tended to promote gender violence. According to both parties, violence against women has in no small way created inequality among the people.
Two radio soap operas designed to increase knowledge around family planning, HIV/AIDS, adolescent reproductive health, women's education, and gender-based violence have hit the airwaves.
Source: Daily Graphic
The University of Sussex in the United Kingdom has conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on Prof. Takyiwaa Manuh, Director of the Social Development Policy programme of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), at its graduation ceremony held on July 14, 2015.
Source: Global Voices
When artist Chama Fumba, better known by his stage name Pilato musically lampooned Zambia's President Edgar Lungu in May, another artist saw a vital opportunity, replying with a song passionately defending the need to respect the head of state.
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After her husband died in 2011, Theresa Matanda looked for a job in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, but with no success despite being a qualified accountant.
With two young children to support, Matanda, 36, was pushed to join the swelling ranks of Zimbabwean women risking rape, robbery and death as cross-
Source: Inter Press Service
Her lips are quavering her hands trembling. Susan (not her real name) struggles to suppress stubborn tears, but the outburst comes, spontaneously, and the tears stream down her cheeks as she sobs profusely.
Source: Open Democracy
Despite the popular euphemism "female circumcision", female genital mutilation (FGM) is widely acknowledged as being an extremely harmful—and sometimes life threatening—practice. But because of social, cultural and religious reasons, the challenges to ending this custom are significant. According to
Source: Swazi Observer
In an effort to economically empower women by strengthening their entrepreneurial skills, the Business Women’s Forum of Swaziland (BWFS) will be hosting a consultative meeting to be held at Sibane Hotel.