Source: Daily Monitor
IN SUMMARY: To achieve political integration, the treaty must first address the gender parity principle that will bolt all the parts of the vehicle and give the women drivers a strong vehicle.
Source: Ekklesia
Botshelo Moilwa, a young African woman from Gaborone, Botswana, has called on churches to affirm the dignity of women amid the realities of HIV and AIDS and sexual violence, if they are to realize the Christian vision of justice and peace.
Source: International Labour Organization (ILO)
In her first visit to the International Labour Conference, Malawian President, Joyce Banda, says that despite global efforts, child labour remains a “huge problem”.
Source: Radio Dabanga
A 27-year-old woman and her two daughters of five and seven were killed when a "Sudanese Air Force Antonov" bombed their home on the outskirts of a village in East Jebel Marra on Sunday.
Source: Women News Network
The Malawian non-government organization (NGO), Men for Gender Equality Now, is challenging the male stereotype by working to end violence against women. They are focusing on men as the agents of change.
Source: SOS Children Villages
Out of 31 countries where the average woman has more than five children, 29 are in Africa.
Source: AllAfrica
Hello and a warm welcome to an other edition of the Women's Forum, a weekly column publication that creates the platform for women to tell their stories in relation to their daily struggle, achievement and other issues that help to advance their cause.
Source: AfriqueJet
Former US President Bush to host African First Ladies summit in Tanzania - African first ladies from across the continent will gather here 2-3 July 2013 to focus on the important role they play in promoting women's education, health and economic empowerment, it was officially announced Thursday.
Source: The Atlantic
Chief Kwataine, who's from the Ntcheu district in central Malawi, was working as an English teacher in 2003 when one day, a woman in the village went into labor and, as was the standard practice at the time, was whisked away to see an untrained birthing attendant in a nearby hut.
Source: AllAfrica
The Public Order Court of Al Sug Al Mahalli in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, on Wednesday ordered that a female student from Darfur should pay a fine of SDG1,000 ($230) or spend a month in prison for wearing "inappropriate clothes". The student alleges that she was "abused" while in detention.
Source: Women's News Network
The Malawian non-government organization (NGO), Men for Gender Equality Now, is challenging the male stereotype by working to end violence against women. They are focusing on men as the agents of change.