Source: Africa Review
African women want their governments to undertake reforms that will enable them get easier access to land.
The 2011 progress report of the Millennium Development Goals shows millions have been lifted out of poverty while more go to school. But the UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon cautions:
Source: NEXT
In this interview, Faousat Dabiri, the Senior Special Assistant to the State Governor on HIV/AIDS and the chief executive officer of the Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA), discussed 25 years of HIV/AIDS in Lagos and the issues surrounding the disease in the state. Excerpts.
Source: Huffington Post
Four years ago, in a small sewing cooperative in Rwanda's capital city of Kigali, yoga instructor and author Deirdre Summerbell stepped in front of a class of a dozen frail women, each standing on a green or purple mat, and asked them to move their bodies in a series of twists and bends that make up the basic practice of Ashtanga yoga.
Source: CapeArgus
The justice and social development ministries will host awareness and education meetings in Cape Town’s townships and KwaThema near Joburg against “corrective rape” – a term used to describe the rape of lesbians to “cure” them of their sexual orientation.
"The representation of women in senior positions has steadily increased over the years, with women at present constituting 37 percent".
Source: All Africa
PREGNANCY is supposed to be a life fulfilling event which results in a healthy baby and a proud mother.
Source: IRIN
August is when Nchoo Ngochila would normally be gearing up for the traditional female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) season in her Ilchamus community in Kenya's Rift Valley Province.
Source: Leadership
Domestic violence is a matter that has been on the front burner in public discourse. A thin line separates it from domestic murder which can be pre-meditated or simply accidental.
Source: IRIN
The ambition of 16-year-old Madagascan schoolgirl Nadine* is to open a clothes boutique after completing a college course in textile design, but in the meantime, along with eight of her friends, she has turned to sex work to pay her tuition fees. Charging up to US$7 a time, she works in the poor Antananarivo suburb of 67 Hectares.
Source: The NewAge
The ANC women’s league (ANCWL) said it would focus on improving access to opportunities for all women and not just the elite and educated as part of its women’s month activities.
Source: Women's eNews
A woman's right to safe abortion is increasingly recognized as both a human right and a means to reduce maternal mortality. U.N. agencies--including UN Women in its new strategic plan--are sidestepping this major fight.
Economic empowerment for South African women will be the focal point of this year's annual Women's Month celebrations.
In preparation for Cameroon’s October presidential elections, the lone woman candidate is campaigning throughout the country and encouraging women to vote.
Source: Make Every Woman Count (MEWC)
Today, 31 July 2011, marks the 49th celebration of African Women’s Day. Although there has been progress in different African countries, some still lag behind and inequalities still remain.
A few days ago, I took part in the World YWCA's fourth International Women's Summit in Zurich, Switzerland, where people from more than 100 countries gathered to discuss issues facing girls and women.
The United Nations committee tasked with ensuring compliance with the global treaty to end discrimination against women today noted that there has been progress towards improving the lot of women in some countries, but discriminatory practices continued to limit their human rights.
Source: All Africa
In Nigeria, it is a topic many would rather not talk about but its effects are inherently ravaging not only the female folk and family ties but societal values.
Source: AllAfrica
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is praising innovators from around the globe for their work to protect the health and lives of mothers and children at birth, particularly in rural areas of the developing world.
Source: AfricaNews
Arab women have shown that women can play important roles in revolutionary events. In Egypt and Tunisia they participated in the popular uprisings for democracy. "The women contributed equally to the revolution, like the men," affirms Emna Ben Jemaa, a Tunisian lecturer and journalist. "We took part in protests in the street, without any discrimination against us."