Source: The Guardian
I sat in the glittery closing plenary of last week's global summit to end sexual violence in conflict in London, tired, saddened and outraged. I listened, together with activists, governments and survivors, to the words of Britain's foreign secretary, William Hague. He played to the crowd.
Source: allAfrica
Could it be possible that if women in Africa had access to water, it could save them from undergoing the harmful practice of female genital mutilation (FGM)? It seems that according to yet-to-be released research by Ugandan Gwada Okot Tao, FGM and other forms of circumcision in Africa could be linked to water.
Having just four women in the new cabinet goes against President El-Sisi's claims that more women should hold important posts, says National Women's Council (NCW).
The department responsible for championing the rights of women has given its support to the Commission for Gender Equality's probe into reports that an SABC boss received a 'wife' as a gift.
Source: The Daily Observer
Jainaba Faye, a student of The University of the Gambia was selected by Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa 2014 MILEAD fellowship for her outstanding track records as a determined and development-oriented female youth leader on the quest for the progress and advancement of women and children in The Gambia.
Source: Mareeg
As the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict opens in London next week, thousands of miles away in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia, sexual violence continues to be used as a weapon of war. Unfortunately this is a story that will barely receive any attention in the London Summit.
Source: Bernama
Namibia's Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Rosalia Nghidinwa, has called for an end to child marriage and teenage pregnancies in Africa.
Source: The Africa Report
Sanusi runs a business mentorship consultancy in Accra specialising in women-owned companies. She plans to open an academy and focus more on the informal sector. Business mentoring and coaching on the continent are still sorely lacking. Many of Africa's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are growing fast and often need help.
Source: Cordaid
"Traditionally, not a single woman had a voice. Even when she was abused, she had to keep quiet. That was the way of living for all Burundian women and for the majority of us that life was quite normal. Now, a woman who is elected can sit near the Administrator, and can even speak in front of men." Pascasie Hatungimana, hill representative, Bugendana Commune, Gitega Province.
Source: Ahram Online
Egypt's National Council for Women (NCW) criticised on Tuesday the low number of women in the country's newly-appointed cabinet, Al-Ahram's Arabic news website reported.
Source: Voice of America
More than 200 West African elected officials and civil society leaders have converged on Dakar this week for a conference on female leadership. As parity laws bring more and more women into local and national governments, experts say it isn't translating into improved policies on so-called women's issues like health, women's rights and development.
Source: NewStateman
The recent summit in London has grabbed headlines, but whether we have now reached a turning point in the fight to end sexual violence in conflict remains to be seen.
Source: The Inquirer
The United Nations Women(UNWomen) with support from the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office has handover a vehicle for use by the Ministry of Gender and Development under the women Community Based Peacebuilding and Economic Empowerment project.
Source: Thomson Reuters Fondation
Even for community workers used to hearing horrific accounts of sexual violence in Liberia, the case of a two-year-old girl raped by a male acquaintance was devastating.
Source: Sci Dev Net
As climate change takes effect, the time taken to collect food and water will increase, and women and girls will bear the brunt of this, argues Janna Tenzing in a recent article on gender equality through a climate change lens. All aspects of poverty eradication have a gender dimension - climate change is no exception.
Source: The UN Refugee Agency
UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Tuesday told hundreds of aid workers in Geneva that the empowerment of women was vital to better resolve a multitude of problems facing the world, including multiple conflicts and gross human rights abuses.
Source: Radio Dabanga
Despite the progress in access to education in Sudan, more than 1.9 million school age children are still out of school. 53 percent of them are girls.
Source: The guardian
Giving women a second chance at literacy will increase their earning power and give their children a brighter future
Source: Ghana Web
Ms Amma Gyankomah Asirifi, Sunyani Municipal Health Promotion Officer at the weekend called for a comprehensive sex education programme in Senior High Schools to protect girls from unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections.
Source: The Guardian
Access to sanitation has remained largely off corporate agendas, but high-profile companies are finally taking up the challenge