Source: The Citizen
Like the proverbial beggar who can't afford the luxury of being a chooser, Agnes Martin Koyanga was compelled to grab a job opportunity that conservative people regard inferior and unsuitable for women.
Source: The Citizen
Photography is a profession that is dominated by men and the few daring women who have tried their hands on it are always met with skepticism as they are seen as some sort of outcasts. However, this stereotype did not stop Leah Samike from pursuing a dream that she began nurturing at a tender age while in Standard Five.
Source: The Citizen
Yesterday marked the beginning of the 16-day journey that is aimed at transforming the lives of millions of women in Tanzania and abroad. It's the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence.
Source: Sudan Daily Vision
Social Watch, an International Network of Civil Society Organizations (NGOs) monitor and report on all issues which; have impact on social justice all over the world. This is one of Social Watch Reports published in 2011.
Source: UN News Centre
The envoy spearheading United Nations efforts to eradicate sexual violence in conflict today urged the Government and all political leaders in Cote d''Ivoire to speak out against the scourge and ensure it is not used to intimidate people ahead of critical legislative elections slated to take place next month.
Source: IPS
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 26 (IPS) - Since it launched in 1997, the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women has distributed more than 78 million dollars to 339 projects around the world, but even these resources fall far short, meeting less than five percent of demand.
Source: IPS
CAIRO, Nov 27 (IPS) - As several countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) elect bodies to write new constitutions, women are looking to expand their rights through legislation.
Source: All Africa
Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Defence has expressed concern at the alleged abuse of women soldiers in the army.
Source: AllAfrica
A mother of four, Taiwo Arum, on Friday told an Igando Customary Court, Lagos, that her husband usually raped her in the presence of their children.
Source: The Moment
Spousal abuse, whether in form of marital rape, physical, psychological or economic injury is now a punishable offence in Lagos State, and whoever is found culpable risks years of imprisonment.
Source: Reporteurs Sans Frontières
International news media should take great care with the safety of the reporters they send to cover the demonstrations in Tahrir Square, Reporters Without Borders said today after Caroline Sinz, a French reporter for public TV station France 3, yesterday became the latest woman journalist to be sexually assaulted while covering the street protests in this part of Cairo.
Source: Women's Enews
Two women prominent in Egypt's revolutionary movement say parliamentary elections scheduled to start Nov. 28 should be cancelled in light of the violence.
Source: The Citizen
The government has been urged to walk the talk in fighting gender-based violence by translating conventions it has ratified into laws, to give security organs more powers in dealing with the vice.The laws will also have powers to differentiate gender-based violence from other kinds of the vice prevailing in the society, thereby helping courts to issue punishment.
Source: New Times
The "16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence," kicked off yesterday with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and will run up to December 10, when the World marks the International Human Rights Day.
Source: New Times
The National Women's Council (NWC) yesterday, officially, opened the "16 days of Activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV)" in Kigali.
Source: Aljazeera
A Moroccan political party has selected for the second time a woman from the Jewish faith to head its national women's list for the parliamentary elections in the overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim North African country.
Source: UNAMID
UNAMID organized today in El Fasher, North Darfur, an open day on the progress in the implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on Women, Peace and Security under the theme “Women count for peace”. More than 100 women from Darfur’s three states participated in the event, including officials from the state governments, legislators and UN agencies.
Source: Mail & Guardian
As a young girl Garmar Murphy was forced into a child soldier's life, serving as a sexual plaything for Liberian rebels between battles a tragic norm in the country's savage conflict.
Source: Mail & Guardian
United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon has called for zero tolerance for violence against women, adding that the pervasiveness of violence against women poses a serious barrier to gender equality.
Source: allAFrica.com
In order to popularise female condoms in Cameroon, local organisations promote them through hair salons, workrooms and other small shops. But instead of selling the condoms, the managers are giving them away to the clients in order to clear their stocks.