Source: IPS
It would be too simplistic to think that Malawi’s problems have ended with the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika. But it is an opportunity for newly appointed President Joyce Banda, who is also leader of the opposition People’s Party, to step up and offer a new and more responsive style of leadership.
Source: Open Democracy
“We are not women, we are Egyptians”. That is what a young woman in Tahrir Square said to me on 25 January 2012, celebrating a year of the Revolution, when I enquired about the group of women she was with.
Source: Open Demcracy
On the face of it, Libya’s was a very male revolution. Covering the armed rebellion in the east of the country, I came across thousands of young men firing their Kalashnikovs into the air and talking excitedly about the overthrow of Colonel Gaddafi. Their sisters, they told me, were at home. The National Transitional Council, the political body which formed itself in March 2011 to represent the rebels internationally, was composed almost entirely of men. Yet, when I returned to Libya last September to research my book Sandstorm; Libya in the Time of Revolution ↑after the fall of Colonel Gaddafi, I learnt that behind the scenes, women had been playing a crucial and largely unreported role.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
WITH a Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Dar es Salaam, and a PhD in Human and Environmental Studies from Kyoto University, Japan, Dr Marina Njelekela stands out as one of the most successful women in Tanzania, in terms of achievements.
Source: Daily Trust
Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zainab Maina, has called on women to live up to their responsibilities of grooming their daughters, supporting them to grow and encouraging them to reach their full potentials.
Source: Radio Dabanga
A militia loyal to the government raped two displaced women from Armenkol camp of Sirba locality in Western Darfur.
Source: Sudan Tribune
Sudan's opposition leader, Hassan Al-Turabi, on Friday said he wishes a female candidate would succeed him at the helm of the Popular Congress Party (PCP).
Source: Times Colonist
Prominent women's rights campaigner Joyce Banda was sworn in as Malawi's president Saturday, becoming southern Africa's first female head of state and raising hopes for a fresh start in the small, poor nation after the death of her mercurial predecessor.
Source: Daily Trust
Column - Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children (Part 2)
Source: RNW
Still an infant in April of 1994, Jeanette, doesn't remember when Rwanda descended into the quickest and bloodiest genocide since the Holocaust. She never knew her father, nor did she ever meet her two aunts, three uncles or grandparents. All of whom killed in the massacres.
Source: The Star
The Pwani Gender Based Violence Network has challenged Kenyans to make efforts to end the vice.
Source: Vanguard
Domestic violence is as old as man. It often occurs in the privacy of the home. Because a man's home is often referred to and regarded as his "castle", whatever a man does within the privacy of the home has often escaped the scrutiny of the public, yet it persists.
Source: scidev.net
Female sex workers in low- and middle-income countries are nearly 14 times more likely to become infected with HIV than other women in these countries, according to a literature review by US scientists.
Source: Saturday Post Online
THE government should ensure that all sexually active people have access to affordable and easy health services on family planning, says WILSA.
Source: AlertNet
The March 11 acquittal of the only military officer charged in the "virginity tests" trial is a blow for any hopes of accountability for the abuses women have experienced at the hands of the Egyptian military over the past year, Human Rights Watch said today. The military has failed to investigate and punish credible claims of other instances of violence by its members against women, including the beating and torture of women demonstrators by military officers on March 9 and December 16, 2011.
Source: WNN
Following several weeks of military intervention by the Kenyan Defense Forces against Somali extremist militia groups, Somali women have become easy targets for rape and physical assault. But physical assault can also come from home and can also be psychological.
Source: Pambazuka News
We celebrate this year's International Women's Day (IWD) under the slogan "Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures". This slogan is taken from the internationally agreeable logo, which embodies a lot of contents in support of women and their rights all over the world; the slogan was chosen particularly as the youth group in our country is considered as the largest among the population, exceeding 65 % of the total population.
Source: Leadership
Column - Leadership is about capacity - the capacity of leaders to listen and observe, to use their expertise as a starting point to encourage dialogue between all levels of decision-making, to establish processes and transparency in decision-making, to articulate their own values and visions clearly but not impose them. Leadership is about setting and not just reacting to agendas, identifying problems, and initiating change that makes for substantial improvement rather than managing change.
Source: Leadership
In the wake of ethno-religious crises in the country, wife of the Vice President, Hajiya Amina Sambo, has tasked women on the need to ensure peaceful and harmonious co-existence.