THE Association of Women in Colleges of Education, WICE have called on the federal government to do all it can to restore peace and security in the country.
A 20-year-old Egyptian woman was murdered earlier this month after being sexually assaulted, the Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights (ECWR) reported.
Senior officials of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights have appreciated progress made by the Cameroon government in the promotion of the rights of women as well as those of people living with HIV/AIDS.
The issue of economic empowerment is being taken seriously by both men and women who are now doing everything they can to uplift their standards of living. That alone has seen several people engaging in various income-generating projects, chiefly among them rearing poultry, cross-border trading, commodity broking and farming to augment their incomes.
Source: Zambia Daily Mail
IT IS understood that besides being victims of gender based violence (GBV) either directly or indirectly, children also have a role to play in fighting it. But most importantly, it is the teachings of the parents that really matter the most to a child’s upbringing.
Women activists challenging the fundamental structures of their communities and calling for new terms of peaceful coexistence among the Sudanese people are facing prosecution, sexual violence and harsh punishment by security forces.
Source: The Star
Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's new adviser on gender affairs has vowed to ensure the prosecution of the 2007/08 post election violence gender crimes.
Source: Daily Trust
Oyo State government is set sponsor a bill before the state House of Assembly on prevention of women and children against violence, Governor Abiola Ajimobi has disclosed.
The Marikana saga exposes the injustice raging in our society, writes a group of organisations that work with marginalised people.
Since 2002, many organisations have been calling for the election of more women to decision making positions, such as the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies and Parliament. They have encouraged women to offer themselves to be elected.
The fight to protect the hard-won rights of Muslim women continues. But women's NGOs feel that pressure must be maintained and stepped up in the wake of the Arab Spring, as salafism makes inroads into the Sahel.
The Africa-America Institute, a leading New York-based international education and policy organization, will honor Africa's two female heads of state at its 28th Annual Awards Dinner Gala on Wednesday, September 26, at the Grand Hyatt in New York City.
As the fifth session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities gets underway, the Women’s Refugee Commission calls on all parties to ensure that in implementing the Convention, they recognize and ensure the rights of refugee and other displaced women and children with disabilities, who face particular risks.
Fatou (40), Awa (32) and Aissatou Gaye (24) sit in a meditative mood on the tiled floor outside their matrimonial home in Keur Massar, a township in the Senegalese capital Dakar.
MANY countries have scored high in promoting women through speaking-out-loud, documenting laws and adopting regional and international declarations and conventions on gender equality in past three decades, but practically it is still far from attaining the goal.
World Water Week recently concluded in Stockholm with a special emphasis on the linkages between water and food security.
A thin dusting of bright green shoots covers the sandy plains around Ouahigouya, in northwest Burkina Faso. Recent rains have broken a three-year drought, and vegetation in this arid region has come to life.
Source: The New Vision
Uganda's HIV/AIDS prevalence is likely to worsen due to the high rate at which employers resolutely pursue helpless student interns for sex, the ministry of gender, labour and social development has warned.
Source: The Namibian
A 28 year-old woman awaiting trial on charges of arson, theft, crimen injuria and violence claims that she was raped in a holding cell at the Keetmanshoop police station.
An increasing number of developing countries are introducing universal healthcare coverage - and creating new models to do it - according to research published in The Lancet. Lessons learned from countries like Ghana, India and Rwanda are already shaping the way countries like South Africa are beginning to pilot their own bids for universal coverage.