Source: Open Democracy
It is time to challenge the conventional explanations of gender based violence. Patricia Daley argues that it can only be understood in association with contemporary geo-economic forces and the Central African experience of modernity.
It is time to challenge the conventional explanations of gender based violence. Patricia Daley argues that it can only be understood in association with contemporary geo-economic forces and the Central African experience of modernity.
Source: Times of Zambia
Zambia has come a long way in trying to achieve social, economic and political development. Several initiatives have been put in place by many stakeholders, all aimed at addressing the development challenges that this country has faced.
Zambia has come a long way in trying to achieve social, economic and political development. Several initiatives have been put in place by many stakeholders, all aimed at addressing the development challenges that this country has faced.
Source: UN News Centre
The United Nations should select more women to serve as mediators in conflicts and during political transitions, Liechtenstein told the General Assembly today, calling on the entire international community to do more to promote the participation of women in conflict prevention and resolution.
The United Nations should select more women to serve as mediators in conflicts and during political transitions, Liechtenstein told the General Assembly today, calling on the entire international community to do more to promote the participation of women in conflict prevention and resolution.
Source: IRIN
Talibouya Ka, Muslim leader (imam) of the Omar Kane mosque in the Medina neighbourhood of the Senegalese capital Dakar, encourages his followers to procreate as much as they can. “There are imams who are for family planning, but I am not. I tell worshippers they need to increase the size of the global Muslim family.”
Talibouya Ka, Muslim leader (imam) of the Omar Kane mosque in the Medina neighbourhood of the Senegalese capital Dakar, encourages his followers to procreate as much as they can. “There are imams who are for family planning, but I am not. I tell worshippers they need to increase the size of the global Muslim family.”
Source: UN Women
UN Women Executive Director Remarks at USAID and DFID event on “MDG Countdown 2011: Celebrating Successes and Innovations” New York, 21 September, 2011.
UN Women Executive Director Remarks at USAID and DFID event on “MDG Countdown 2011: Celebrating Successes and Innovations” New York, 21 September, 2011.
Source: UN News adio
The President of Brazil has become the first ever woman to open the General Assembly’s main annual debate, the so-called general debate.
Source: UN News & Media Radio
3.5 billion women and girls around the world still don’t fully enjoy their human, economic and social rights, according to the Prime Minister of Sweden.
Source: Pambazuka
As Ethiopian women’s rights organisations struggle to stay afloat following government legislation that prohibits them from receiving international funding, violence against women continues to rise, writes Billene Seyoum Woldeyes. But in the absence of social and institutional support, where can victims of gender-based violence turn to for help?
As Ethiopian women’s rights organisations struggle to stay afloat following government legislation that prohibits them from receiving international funding, violence against women continues to rise, writes Billene Seyoum Woldeyes. But in the absence of social and institutional support, where can victims of gender-based violence turn to for help?
Source: Radio Vop
Women musicians are finding a powerful voice in the showbiz sector otherwise dominated and controlled by men.
And when the sisters find their place they do not waste time and simply shine like a constellation of stars.
Women musicians are finding a powerful voice in the showbiz sector otherwise dominated and controlled by men.
And when the sisters find their place they do not waste time and simply shine like a constellation of stars.
Source: Ghana News Agency
Ms Ruby Sandhu-Rojon, UN Resident Coordinator on Friday called on Ghanaians to work towards the attainment of peace, necessary for a successful election in 2012.
Ms Ruby Sandhu-Rojon, UN Resident Coordinator on Friday called on Ghanaians to work towards the attainment of peace, necessary for a successful election in 2012.
Source: AngolaPress
The Mass Media minister, Carolina Cerqueira, Thursday in Brasília stressed the political agenda of the Angolan Government that aims to allow women greater participation in the development, implementation and monitoring of development strategy in the country.
The Mass Media minister, Carolina Cerqueira, Thursday in Brasília stressed the political agenda of the Angolan Government that aims to allow women greater participation in the development, implementation and monitoring of development strategy in the country.
Source: Zimbabwe Independent
GENDER advocates are vigorously campaigning for the new constitution to reserve quotas for women in government and all public institutions as a way of promoting women’s participation in decision making.
GENDER advocates are vigorously campaigning for the new constitution to reserve quotas for women in government and all public institutions as a way of promoting women’s participation in decision making.
Source: BBC
Wangari Maathai rose to prominence fighting for those most easily marginalised in Africa - poor women.
Source: Aljazeera
Africa's first women Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai dies in Nairobi while receiving cancer treatment, aged 71.
Africa's first women Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai dies in Nairobi while receiving cancer treatment, aged 71.
Source: ReliefWeb
General Assembly President Welcomes Newest Member State; Calls for Transparent, Impartial Negotiated Israeli-Palestinian Peace.
General Assembly President Welcomes Newest Member State; Calls for Transparent, Impartial Negotiated Israeli-Palestinian Peace.
Source: The Guardian
The former finance director of Nigeria who is now a managing director of the World Bank"When I became finance minister they called me Okonjo-Wahala – or Trouble Woman," says Nigeria's former finance and foreign minister, now a managing director of the World Bank.
Source: The Guardian
Women in Nigeria are planning to march in protest at what they say is a hidden epidemic of rape and sexual violence in Africa's most populous country.
Women in Nigeria are planning to march in protest at what they say is a hidden epidemic of rape and sexual violence in Africa's most populous country.
Source: Bloomberg
A quota system to ensure the participation of females in Libyan politics will increase segregation and reduce the changes of the right women being elected to the new government, said Laila Bugaighis, chairwoman of the National Protection from Violence Committee, part of the National Transitional Council’s Ministry of Health.
A quota system to ensure the participation of females in Libyan politics will increase segregation and reduce the changes of the right women being elected to the new government, said Laila Bugaighis, chairwoman of the National Protection from Violence Committee, part of the National Transitional Council’s Ministry of Health.
Source: New Era
Swapo secretary-general Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana admits that talk of a woman president in Namibia has earned her political adversaries from within the ranks of Swapo.
Swapo secretary-general Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana admits that talk of a woman president in Namibia has earned her political adversaries from within the ranks of Swapo.
Source: New Era
Old Mutual rewarded with certificates the first group of women who participated in the Old Mutual Namibia's Women's Micro Business Project on Monday.
Old Mutual rewarded with certificates the first group of women who participated in the Old Mutual Namibia's Women's Micro Business Project on Monday.