Source: All Africa
First Lady Thandiwe Banda has called on women in the country to help shape the country's future by participating in elections on September 20, this year.
Source: BuaNews
The war on rape is far from being won and more attention needs to be given to curb the scourge, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has acknowledged.
Source: The Star
Government efforts to address the country’s ever surging population are being hampered by women’s reluctance to adapt modern family planning methods. This is according to a latest report released yesterday by the National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development. According to the findings, a paltry 25 per cent of women population, who are married but do not intend to have children are using contraceptives, a situation if not addressed will reduce the government’s efforts to realize MDGs and Vision 2030.
Source: Health-e News
The rape of girls and women remains a major concern in South Africa, and the health care sector needs to be better equipped to collect evidence to prove sexual violation to help secure the conviction of perpetrators by the courts.
Source: SciDev Net
The African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) fellowship programme has been inundated with applicants.
Source: City Press
The Nobel Women's Initiative has joined organisations urging President Jacob Zuma to withdraw his nomination for Judge Mogoeng Mogoeng as chief justice.
Source: RNW
The presidential elections in Cameroon are due to be held in October 2011. Conscious of the high stakes, women's organisations are actively mobilising women to participate in this important political process.
Source: All Africa
The World Medical Association (WMA) and the International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations (IFHHRO) have condemned the practice of forced and coerced sterilisation as forms of violence that severely harm women's physical and mental health - and infringe basic human rights.
Source: Times of Zambia
WOMEN in Zambezi District in North-Western Province have welcomed the mothers' shelter the Government is building at the district hospital, saying it will offer them relief.
Source: BuaNews
Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Gwen Ramokgopa, has called on the Atteridgeville community to break the silence on woman and child abuse.
Source: Nairobi Star
WOMEN account for 65 percent of all new HIV/AIDS infections in Kenya annually. This is according to a report released yesterday by National Aids Control Council. Speaking at the launch of national action plan for mainstreaming gender in HIV responses in Kenya,
Source: Nairobi Star
A majority of women are not using contraceptives due to misinformation. According to population expert Sam Ogola, 56 percent of women avoid family planning methods after being discouraged by friends.
Source: OSISA
The World Medical Association (WMA) and the International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations (IFHHRO) have condemned the practice of forced and coerced sterilisation as forms of violence that severely harm women's physical and mental
Source: Nairobi Star
We could register a decline in HIV prevalence among women in the two years if a newly launched plan by the National Aids Control Council is fully implemented. The plan dubbed "Mainstreaming Gender HIV Response in Kenya" has set up
Source: This Day Live
Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zainab Maina, has said the Federal Government had concluded plans to institutionalise a forum for Female Ministers and Advisers in the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to provide
Source: New Era
The opposition Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) has condemned the practice in which some desperate, under-achieving female students at Unam allegedly sleep with their lectures in exchange for marks to enable them to pass.
Source: Nairobi Star
Politician Stanley Livondo yesterday gave Malindi MP Gideon Mung'aro three days to return money which he allegedly took from women groups for development projects, or else he will face legal action. Over 1,000 women had allegedly
Source: Nairobi Star
The constitution must be amended for the two-thirds gender principle to work, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka has said. Kalonzo said neither the Cabinet nor the government has the intention to deprive women of their fair share of positions in institutions.
Source: BuaNews
The Justice Department is working on a model to ensure that the legal work dished out by government is spread out to include the services of black lawyers and women, says Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Jeff Radebe.
Source: New Era
Namibia's First Lady, Penehupifo Pohamba, says she wants to focus on advocacy for good partnerships and fund raising as President of the Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS.