Source: Maternal Health Task Force
Our paper—When Women Deliver with No One Present in Nigeria: Who, what, where and so what, published in the MHTF-PLOS Year Two collection—revealed that over one in five births in Nigeria was delivered with no one present (NOP) and 94% of those deliveries occurred in northern Nigeria.
Source: The Point
Have you ever thought of a world free of violence and torture against women and girls?
Source: Front Page Africa
With the little awareness programs in many rural Counties in Liberia, some women are scared to leave their abusive homes because they still have to depend on their husband's pockets to feed them and their children.
Source: Spy Ghana
Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) has announced research findings that will prevent maternal death in Uganda and other developing countries.
Source: The Huffington Post
Ebola continues to spread. The fight against this pandemic in West Africa appears to have mixed results.
Source: The Daily Beast
Source: AllAfrica
Female leaders from seven countries given skills to conceptualise and plan work on political participation and rights.
Source: Nigerian Tribune
It would be dishonest to say that 2014 has been a good year for women. We looked in disbelief as a terrorist group in Syria and Iraq turned women into slaves, and another radical group in Nigeria captured hundreds of female students and disappeared with them.
Source: allAfrica
Malawi former President, Joyce Banda, has hailed Malawians for being supportive to her during her reign as well as political career in the wake of her recent recognition by the CNN index as 2014's most inspiring woman in politics.
Source: allAfrica
Women in Liberia rely heavily on land to support their agricultural livelihoods, yet remain disproportionately marginalized in their access to land ownership.
Source: This Day Live
CNN's famous International news anchor and correspondent Isha Sesay, possesses a rare blend of beauty and brains.
Source: Front Page Africa
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf recently met with the Women Situation Room of the 2014 Special Senatorial Elections and shared information and reflected on the just ended electoral process, their role and findings.
Source: AllAfrica
Some 643 girls, who escaped Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the district and gathered at one rescue centre here, are today expected to leave camp.
Source: gulfnews.com
We must understand that, like any effort to solve a massive global health crisis, more rigorous research is needed to determine what works best in a variety of situations.
Source:Pulse.ng
"We are sick and tired of people telling us "it's okay for your husband to hit you just because he paid your bride price"- Stella Damasus.
Source: ParaSport News
Blind cricket has largely been the exclusive domain of men. In the past year, this has begun to change, and this month, organizers in South Africa are looking to start a women's blind cricket program.
Source: The Cairo Post
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi will attend the African Summit that was scheduled to be held on Jan. 29 to 31 in Addis Ababa, presidential spokesperson Alaa Youssef stated Sunday.
Source: The Courier-Journal
Throughout history, we have seen the effectiveness of women in resolving conflicts and affecting lasting change.
Source: East African Business Week
The government last week organised the Mother-Child Health campaign, Second Edition, 2014.
Source: Al Jazeera America
New laws reflect a growing awareness of 'rape culture' on campus, the military, reservations and war zones