A global effort to improve health services and prevent the deaths of 16 million women and children is making progress according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Violence against women might soon be levelled out and consigned to its proper place in the trash bin. This follows formidable challenges being put up by the womenfolk to fight the menace.
In an abandoned port on the outskirts of Tripoli, a young woman timidly peeks out from behind the blanket that forms a wall in her improvised home. She is one of hundreds of migrants who have gathered in this makeshift camp since a popular uprising to overthrow dictator Muammar Gaddafi spread to the Libyan capital in August.
Source: IIP Digital
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says that if the international community wants a safe, secure, prosperous and peaceful future, then women must be equal partners and free to realize their own potential.
Source: All Africa
A Family Planning expert in the Ministry of Health, Thomas Nsengiyumva, has urged women to always seek professional advice prior to using family planning methods.
Source: All Africa
Women candidates were the most vocal and drew the loudest applause from voters as the joint campaigns for Senate aspirants in the City of Kigali ended in Kicukiro District yesterday.
Source: UNFPA
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today praised the involvement of leading businesses in the global effort to tackle women's and children's health.
Source: Commonwealth Secretariat
Commonwealth Chair-in-Office spearheads high-level meeting at UN attended by Hillary Clinton and Michelle Bachelet Commonwealth Chair-in-Office Kamla Persad-Bissessar has called for greater efforts by world leaders to promote women's participation in politics, saying it was an important step for development.
Source: World Bank
The World Bank is supporting increasing access to finance for Egyptian micro and small enterprises that play a vital role is the creation of employment opportunities and improving the conditions of the most vulnerable citizens.
Source: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
After just having spent five years in prison for performing an abortion, Sudanese gynecologist Ibrahim Abdulhadi is concerned he will be forced to stop practicing his profession. Abortion is illegal in Sudan.
Source: All Africa
Assistant Minister of Cooperative Development and Marketing Linah Jebii Kilimo has lauded the move by the Parliament to pass the anti-female genital mutilation Bill 2011. She termed the act by the Parliament as a major boost in the fight against the outdated practice.
Source: IRIN
Last year, an estimated two million women around the world developed breast cancer or cancer of the cervix (the neck of the womb); more than 600,000 died – the equivalent of six large passenger planes crashing every single day.
Source: UN News Centre
While lauding the progress made over the past year in the global effort to save women’s and children’s lives, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today noted that millions of them are still dying needless deaths and called for advancing the goal of saving 16 million lives by 2015.
The FCT women wing of the Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN) at the weekend inaugurated its executive comprising of 10 members to run the council's affairs in the territory.
Following is a joint declaration issued at the conclusion of the September 19, 2011 United Nations Women event on Women’s Political Participation.
Boosting women’s political participation and decision-making around the world is fundamental for democracy and essential for achieving sustainable development, women leaders taking part in a high-level event at the United Nations declared today.
Whether one considers the direct effects of military rule and conflict on women, or the global economic implications of the US war-on-terror, militarism threatens to strip away all the 20th century gains in women’s rights, dispossessing us once more. African women must take a stand, says Amina Mama.
Newly drafted election laws in Egypt may hamper female representation in parliament, worrying activists.
Where have all the women gone? Long time passing. This year alone, there will be over 30 presidential elections held around the world. Over half of these will be in Africa. On 20 September 2011, Zambia goes to the polls to elect a president, members of parliament and local councilors.
Source: UNICEF
This past June, the National Popular Assembly (ANP) of Guinea-Bissau approved a law prohibiting female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) nationwide. The controversial law had been on the table for discussion for 16 years, before it was ultimately approved by 64 votes in favour to 1 vote against.