Source: Champion
No fewer than 150,000 women in the South East have benefited from the campaign launched by an NGO, Umu Ada Igbo, to sensitise women on reproductive health and reproductive rights.
Source: Nairobi Star
Women leaders in Nyanza yesterday said the third Millennium Development goal that demands promotion of gender equality may not be achieved despite the new constitution being gender sensitive.
Source: Nairobi Star
A MUSLIM cleric in Upper Eastern has asked the government to stop violating the rights of the women. Sheikh Harun Rashid took issue with the government for not ensuring the gender parity rule is adhered to.
Source: Daily Nation
Women from North Rift pastoral communities have launched a joint venture to contain cattle rustling.
Source: All Africa
Cases of gender-based violence in Southern Province went up during the first two quarters of this year, provincial police chief Lemmy Kajoba has said.
Source: Leadership
Female condoms are yet to gain acceptance from women in the country. Several fact-finding studies have shown just what is responsible for this. WINIFRED OGBEBO reports.
Source: BuaNews
Eastern Cape women have had enough of the systematic oppression and marginalisation they say they experience within the province's labour market.
Source: BuaNews
North West MEC for Social Development, Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Mosetsanagape Mokomele-Mothibi, is expected to address provincial rural women attending the Victim Empowerment Seminar
Source: The Herald
VICTIMS of rape have been urged to quickly report to medical institutions for treatment to prevent them from contracting HIV, pregnancy and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Source: The Herald
FEMALE soldiers have been challenged to volunteer for the elite commando training as the army seeks to have equal career opportunities for all.
Source: All Africa
Interview: Dr. Muhammadu Mai, General Manager, FCT Hospitals Management Board, Abuja, speaks with Victoria Awom and Judd Leonard-Okafor on factors responsible for the antenatal woes of pregnant women in the FCT,
Source: Nairobi Star
Women MPs have said they will not budge an inch in the proposal by Cabinet to reduce the one third quota of seats. The MPs and members of a women lobby group said they will fight to the last breath to have the status quo
Source: RNW
In Cameroon, widows are often go through to humiliating and degrading rituals to prove their innocence in their husband's death.
Source: All Africa
President Kibaki can now go ahead and swear-in five judges of the Supreme Court following a landmark ruling that rejected a case lodged by women lobby groups challenging their appointments.
Source: All Africa
A poor and HIV-positive South African may well hear advice about "living positively" with HIV, but this is guidance that many find impossible to follow.
Source: The Standard
There is nothing as painful as watching a child withering away with an illness which could have been easily avoided. But pregnant mothers still deny their children the right to live a healthy life by refusing to get tested for HIV and Aids early.
Source: BuaNews
South Africa deploys the largest number of female soldiers in peace-keeping missions compared with other troop contributing countries, says Defence and Military Veterans Minister Lindiwe Sisulu.
Source: The Monitor
Women activists are pushing for the re-introduction of the Marriage and Divorce Bill in Parliament. The activists demanded on Friday that the Bill be re-tabled as a matter of urgency so that it is debated and passed immediately after Parliament
Source: All Africa
Women activists are pushing for the re-introduction of the Marriage and Divorce Bill in Parliament. The activists demanded on Friday that the Bill be re-tabled as a matter of urgency so that it is debated and passed immediately after Parliament
Source: All Africa
African media faces immense gender disparities, with men taking up most of the top and specialised positions, a report by the Federation of African Journalists has revealed.