Source: Zambian Watchdog
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
Source: Plus News
Burundian NGOs say at least 20 people have died as a national shortage of antiretroviral continues.
Source: All Africa
Rabat — Late Princess Lalla Aicha, aunt of HM King Mohammed VI, was a pioneer of Moroccan women's renaissance and a living and completed embodiment of the merger between the country's authenticity and its aspirations to progress, modernity and civic mindedness, highlighted many officials and political leaders.
Source: New Times
District Gender Officers across the country have revealed that ignorance remains a stumbling block towards the promotion of gender parity and the fight against Gender Based Violence (GBV) across the country.
The officials said this yesterday at the beginning of a-five-day workshop, in Kigali, on how to hone their skills regarding
Source: The Monitor
Kampala — Saturday Monitor's Full Woman magazine will hold its third health camp on September 10 at Serena Hotel in Kampala. Themed 'Know your body', the camp is expected to bring together over 5,000 people, including readers,
Source: Gender Links
Every August, some Thabo, Dickson or Harrington asks, "Why do we have Women's Month? Every month is women's month." The likes of Lilian Ngoyi and Helen Joseph would turn in their graves.
Source: Amnesty International
More than a year after the launch of the Free Health Care Initiative, pregnant women and girls in Sierra Leone continue to face serious challenges in accessing the drugs and medical care crucial for safe pregnancy and childbirth, Amnesty International said today.
Source: All Africa
Fifty out of every 100,000 Kenyan women die of cervical cancer each year because of lack of finances and proper sensitisation. In US, only two women die from cervical cancer in a year.
Source: All Africa
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) says the use of the female condom will boost the reproductive health of women.
Source: The New Times
Member States of the East Africa Stand by Force Coordination Mechanism-EASFCOM, have been urged to recruit more female police officers to serve in peace support missions, not only for gender balance purpose but also to address various female-related challenges.
Source: All Africa
An NGO in Gombe, 'the Community Upliftment Initiative' has empowered 20 women groups in various skills acquisition schemes.
The Executive Director, Mrs Salomi Mailusa made this known in Gombe on Wenesday.
Source: All Africa
Distribution of free sanitary towels to school going girls is expected to begin this term following the 300 million budgetary allocations by treasury.
Source: Daily Nation
With the passing away of Wambui Otieno Mbugua, Kenya has lost one of its greatest heroines.
Source: Global Voices
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf paved the way in 2006 when she was elected President of Liberia and became the first African woman to reach the top level position. Since then, several other African women have decided to run for the Presidency,
Source: BuaNews
This year's Women's Month programme has been effective in highlighting the continued marginalisation of women in the South African economy.
Source: AllAfrica
Dr. Hawa Abdi is a woman of many firsts, including being Somalia's first female gynecologist and establishing one of the country's first NGOs. Along with her daughters, Deqa and Amina Mohamed, both of whom are doctors,
Source: The East African
It's a fact most of us are familiar with through intuition or anecdotes — the longer a girl stays in school, the longer she is likely to delay marriage, and the fewer children she is likely to have.
Source: The East African
Why are men 90 per cent of the Members of the Kenyan Parliament?
Source: Daily Monitor
In a society like Uganda where women don’t commonly feature as heavy truck and long distance drivers, not even as Taxi drivers in the city or countryside, it is certain that any regular woman bus driver would stun and excite many.
Alice Nyambura, a driver with Swift Safaris Bus Company plying Kampala-Mbarara route daily has become a marvel and subject of talk among travellers. Her stint has been from Gaaga bus along Kampala-Arua route and Nile Coach on the same route for two and three years respectively. She drove Kaliita bus taking Kampala-Nairobi route for one year, before turning to Kampala-Mbarara route with Swift Safaris bus for seven months now.
Source: UN News Centre
The United Nations official spearheading efforts to combat sexual violence in times of conflict today welcomed a presidential pardon granted by the Sudanese authorities last week to local journalists prosecuted for reporting on cases of alleged rape.