Barrenness is a delicate subject in Uganda, where the stigma attached to women who cannot bear children is strong. These women are called “barren” or “infertile,” with some forced to leave their matrimonial homes or left by their husbands. Many turn to gynecologists, traditional healers and religious leaders for help. Medical experts say that there are 3.5 million cases of infertility in Uganda, making it a part of the “African Infertility Belt.”
Pressure group Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) has slammed what it calls a “disturbing trend” of police intimidation in Bulawayo, after the arrest of another member on Tuesday.
Report calls for more balanced approach to resolving conflict and says female view on freedom from violence is neededAround the world, women make peace in their homes and communities on a daily basis. But when it comes to negotiating and signing peace deals on a national or international level they are almost universally shut out, according to a report that calls for a more balanced approach to resolving conflict.
Source: Atlantablackstar
“Economists like to debate precisely why education makes a difference. But the real reason is simple enough, and it can be summarized in one word – and that word is ‘empowerment’.”
One of Uganda's longest serving members of parliament, Sam Kuteesa (Mawogola constituency), had been in active politics for 13 years by the time the country's youngest MP-elect Proscovia Alengot Oromait was born in 1993.
Source: United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD)
A national workshop in Cape Verde concluded that the impact of macro-economic policies is not "gender neutral," and that women in Cape Verde should be granted more opportunities to contribute to the development and economic growth of their country.
Forced contraceptive sterilization of women living with HIV which occurred recently in the country, according to reports, is an unacceptable infringement on the woman's rights which hurts the gains in the efforts to turn the tide against the epidemic, senior Kenyan faith leaders are warning.
Source: AllAfrica
Galkayo, Somalia — When Hawa Aden Mohamed was a young girl, her father made a decision that would change her life - and through her, transform the lives of thousands of Somali girls. He sent her to school.
Violence against women and girls and the indiscriminate extraction of natural resources are among the most pressing issues that indigenous peoples face today, a United Nations human rights expert said today.
With the emergence of conflicts following the 2007 post election violence, it is unlikely that Kenya will attain the cherished vision 2030.
Source: Aswat Masriya
Egypt's National Council for Women announced on Tuesday a new hotline dedicated to receiving reports of sexual harassment: 08008883888.
While the global community made progress in reducing under-five child mortality to below seven million per year, it risks failing to reach the global targets set for 2015 if action is not scaled up, according to a new report released by the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF Thursday.
Following a successful fistula repair surgery, 25-year-old Esther Joakim Chimoio envisions a better life. Although her husband abandoned her because of her condition, she now has ambitious plans that will allow her to take care of her children on her own.
With the world’s people exhausted from war and angered by short-sighted Government policies that padded military budgets and gutted social programmes, senior United Nations officials and eminent peace advocates today opened the High-level Forum on a Culture of Peace stressing that education, youth outreach and women’s empowerment were the keys to wiping out poverty, injustice and exclusion.
Pretoria — School children came out in their numbers to join in the celebrations of International Literacy Day held at the National Library of South Africa on Friday.
Washington — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), as part of its continued support of women, girls and families, launched 18 short educational and advocacy videos on September 13 aimed at increasing global awareness and bringing about social change for critical health, and gender equality and empowerment.
Source: The Washington Post
The Namibia Press Agency reports that some 40 babies and fetuses are dumped and flushed down toilets every month in Windhoek, Namibia’s capital of just 350,000 people.
The Gugulethu community has vowed to stamp out violence against women and children after 87-year-old Evelyn Nombeko Tofu was killed earlier this month, allegedly for her pension.
Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed, says the preamble to the constitution of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).