Some campaigners fear the further marginalisation of women in political life. Preliminary reports from the first day of Egypt’s historic parliamentary elections suggest that women voters have turned out in high numbers to make their voices heard.
As ACFODE celebrates her 26th birthday this month, and as the country prepares for the 16 Days of Activism Campaign
Against Gender Based Violence (GBV), ACFODE wishes to express concern over the high levels of violence against
women in Uganda, and to emphasize that such acts are a violation of their human rights, peaceful existence in homes, communities and in the nation.
Source: The Herald
WOMEN for Peace in partnership with Zimbabwe Young Women Network have joined the world in commemorating 16 days of activism as part of the global campaign against gender-based violence.
Source: Time of Zambia
SPEAKER of the National Assembly, Patrick Matibini, has called on Members of Parliament (MPs) to help combat gender-based violence in Zambia.
The United Nations observed the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, 2011, but while statements about the event mentioned several specific forms of violence against women, the UN failed to mention violence against women in the form of coerced abortions.
Source: The New Times
Women from Mururu sector in Rusizi District planted more than 700 trees as part of activities to mark the just concluded national tree-planting drive.
Source: The New Times
Care International, Rwanda, a humanitarian organization fighting global poverty will reward Gender based Violence (GBV) activists for their efforts to eliminate the vice.
Source: The New Times
Members of the women's federation of the ruling Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) in Gasabo have vowed to fight against Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the district.
Source: SW Radio Africa
Hundreds of members of pressure group Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) took to the streets on Monday for a peaceful protest to Parliament, as part of a global campaign against gender violence.
Source: Aljazeera.com
Egyptians have come out to vote for the first time since their January 25 uprising ousted former-leader Hosni Mubarak; and people say it is the calmest election they have ever seen in heavily armed upper Egypt.
Source: WNN
CAIRO, Egypt: On Egypt’s first day of elections, women’s participation was visibly large in the country’s first post-revolution elections to choose “the revolution parliament.” The high female turn-out comes despite the low numbers of women who are running for the Parliament.
Source: WNN
ZIMBABWE, Africa: Three-year-old Runyararo screams every time she sees a man. She was found abandoned at a bus station. When the Girl Child Network Worldwide (GCNW) took her for an examination there was evidence of sexual assault, and attempted penetration, a clear sign of rape though she has not yet been tested for HIV/AIDS.
Source: allAfrica.com
The 1992 Constitution spells out fundamental human rights and freedoms for all citizens and specifically provides for rights to equality and freedom from discrimination.
Source: allAfrica.com
Johannesburg, South Africa — Lusaka, 24 November: It's five am, the day before the International Day of No Violence Against Women that kicks off the Sixteen days of Activism campaign. My alarm rings barely six hours after I arrive in the Zambian capital and I am in a panic as I will be speaking in a few hours about why we need better ways to measure gender violence. I rummage through my email to find the invitation to the Lusaka seminar from the Irish Embassy and UN agencies and reflect on a few numbers.
Source: allAFrica.com
Visitors to Kisumu are marvelling at the clear waters of Lake Victoria. For four months, the lake weed, hyacinth, has migrated from the lake shores due to what experts attribute to strong winds that came with the short rains. But the fisher folk who are more conversant with the waters are not in a celebratory mood. Fish stocks too, appear to be dwindling.Among the groups that are mostly affected by the consequences of the drop in amount of fish are women who are involved in the fish trade.
In the tin warehouses at the back of Jebel Market, in Juba, capital of South Sudan, the business of sex is booming; in the rows and rows of tiny, dark, padlocked rooms - a so-called "sex camp" - girls and women practise the world's oldest profession in the world's newest country.
The Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Justice Bamford Addo has called on women advocates in Africa to open Facebook accounts to raise funds to support women who want to enter politics.
Source: Africa Legal Aid
And they said it couldn’t be done! Despite suggestions in some quarters that an African candidate would not have merit to be the next Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Africa has scored meritorious and geographical victories in the election process.
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) joins the global community in commemorating the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence-an international campaign which seeks to raise awareness about gender based violence.
Until the afternoon of November 7, 2011, no Liberian had thought that politics would be the basis for the breach of peace and security in postwar Liberia. But, it was.