Source: Zambia Daily Mail
WOMEN in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF) has said alcohol abuse and failure to stiffen laws regarding gender-based violence (GBV) have contributed to the increase in the cases, adding that there is need to quickly implement the anti-GBV Act.
Source: International Business Times
Betty Makoni is an activist who set up Girl Child Network Worldwide to help girls who have been abused in Zimbabwe and other African countries. She experienced hardship and abuse in her own life, but rather than give up she fought even harder for her rights and those of others.
Source: Southern Times
Although many societies are becoming more tolerant to prostitution as the years roll by, women remain the primary victims of the violence and degradation that comes with the "world's oldest profession".
Source: Angola Press
The minister of Family and Women Promotion, Genoveva Lino has appointed a technical group from the sector to monitor, support and capacity building of family counselling centre.
Source: RNW
Malawi's police have arrested a gang that had been terrorising trouser-wearing women in the capital Lilongwe by stripping off their clothes, a spokesman said Wednesday.
Source: Truthout
Why do some men assume they are entitled to sex in any way they can get it - incest, date rape, marriage trafficking, buying it in prostitution, extorting it in exchange for food in refugee camps or sexually assaulting their fellow soldiers? For more than 100 years, activists worldwide have fought against the victimization of women through sexual violence.
A group of men gathered around Amira El Bakry in Tahrir Square as she brandished a newspaper photo that shocked many Egyptians. It showed troops dragging a female protester along the street, her robe ripped open to reveal a blue bra and bare midriff.
A coalition of Sierra Leone women groups plan to stage a march to push for better security in the country.
Source: Shabait
Women who engage in weaving activities after receiving training by the Ministry of Labor and Human Welfare said that they have been able to generate income, and that their life is improving.
Source: The New Times
In this month of January, the White Ribbon Alliance (WRA) is featuring courteous maternity care by promoting Universal rights of expectant women.
Source: The Daily Observer
The vice president and minister of Women's' Affairs, Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, Tuesday presided over the validation of the African Gender and Development Index (AGDI) report at the Kairaba Beach Hotel in Kololi. AGDI is a composite index of gender equality introduced by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
Source: OSISA
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) today joined the fight to repeal parts of Lesotho's discriminatory Chieftainship Act, which only allows the first-born son to succeed to chieftainship, by filing submissions in a landmark case that is due before the country's Constitutional Court next month.
Many countries are moving forward with their nuclear power programmes and, in these countries, more and more women are taking on key leadership roles in developing the national nuclear agenda.
Source: Business Daily
Women are being left out of key decisions on distribution of wealth and resources because they are not active in political parties, a new survey has revealed.
Source: Times of Zambia
GOVERNMENT has condemned the rising cases of women being killed by their spouses resulting from gender-based violence (GBV).
Source: WomenNewsNetwork
As paramilitary violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues with the absence of much of the western world's media coverage, United Nations Children's Fund – UNICEF is helping to bring 'child-friendly' spaces to adolescents who have been displaced. Many Congolese youth have experienced, seen or have had loved ones directly affected by violence.
Source: New Times
"Ni Nyampinga", a locally produced Rwandan youth brand, aims at inspiring adolescent girls to reach their full potential and enable them to have self belief and make good decisions for themselves in pleasurable, interesting and interactive ways.
Source: Daily Observer
The female representative in the National Youth Council (NYC) governing council, Adama Njie, has revealed that the estimates from the joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNIAIDS) has indicated that close to 33.3 million are people living with HIV-AIDS and most of them are living in Sub-Saharan Africa.
There was quite a kerfuffle following President Kagame's last visit to Uganda in December 2011. The hoo-ha that played out over the airwaves, news pages and Twitter had nothing to do with the trip per se - relations between Presidents Kagame and Museveni have been warming over the past six months and such visits are becoming the norm - but rather with repeated questions about presidential term limits in Rwanda.
“I was raped during the war by three men. I live with two stigmas: of rape and of HIV.” In her statement, Benetta describes the situation of thousands of Liberian women. But what makes Benetta different is that she is breaking the silence around these difficult issues.