Source: The Zimbabwean
"We take pride in being one of the first few voices for women and we can safely say the latest development where women are slowly being recognised and elevated to higher posts in media houses gives us hope that the newsroom is being responsive to female journalists."
Source: Scoop
Sixty women's delegates from Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia rallied in London today to demand: "London 2012: Justice for Women – an end to gender discrimination at the Olympics."
Last week’s visit by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia brought both inspiration for Tanzanian women and for African development.
Each year, 16 million girls aged 15-19 give birth. 50,000 of them die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. And 95 percent of those births occur in developing countries.
World Pulse delivered the voices of grassroots women leaders to the UN’s 2nd Landmark Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Source: Sierra Express Media
Famous actresses like Angelina Jolie have become the butt of many jokes because of their humanitarian or "good works" in Africa and other parts of the developing world. In Sierra Leone alone, a few of the Hollywood A-listers have taken up some sort of cause or another, highlighting the plight of war affected children, of maternal and infant mortality, malnutrition and other social challenges.
Source: The Daily Observer
The Network on Gender Based Violence (NGBV), in collaboration with Action Aid The Gambia (AAITG), on Thursday held a day's sensitisation on gender-based violence for local government authorities from Kanifing Municipal Council, Brikama Area Council and Banjul City Council, at the National Nutrition Agency.
Source: Bikya Masr
The United Nations is giving local stakeholders from around the world a chance to speak up in an online conversation about gender-based violence. "With our combined efforts we can achieve great things," said UN Women chief, Michelle Bachelet.
Source: United States Department of Sate
President Obama signed an executive order July 20 that gives the U.S. Treasury Department expanded authority to sanction individuals and entities that contribute to the persistence of violence in Somalia.
Source: Daily Maverick
A new multi-faith initiative, Ubuntu in the Home, aims to harness the power and influence of South African religious leaders to tackle the problem of gender-based violence in the country. At the programme's launch on Tuesday, members of different faith communities lamented the silence that has previously prevailed among them on this topic. By REBECCA DAVIS.
Source: Huffington Post
How good laws help, and bad laws hamper, the global response to HIV.
Source: Daily Camera
Conservative U.S. Christian groups are setting up fronts in Africa to fight for anti-gay and anti-abortion legislation to promote their convictions, a report by a Boston-based think tank said Tuesday.
Source: The Star
OUR society is experiencing a metamorphosis. Kenyans are saying good riddance to oppressive cultures of wife battering and violence, which were traditionally fashionable, and unfortunately defined us. The barbaric act was, in some traditional setups, highly regarded as an undertaking that symbolised love from husbands, even when the actions resulted in serious bodily harms.
Source: IPP Media
This week GERALD KITABU, now in Washington for the 2012 International AIDS Conference, interviewed a South African Florence Ngobeni-Allen, an advocate and ambassador for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) on how, as a mother, she managed to survive HIV/Aids. Excerpts:
Source: Zambia Daily Mail
DAVID is sitting in the newsroom working on his story when a woman walks in with a swollen face and black eye. In a voice that could barely be heard and obviously in a lot of pain, she complains that her husband, a chief executive officer at one of the country blue-chip companies, had beaten her. David does not write the story.
Source: Daily Maverick
South Africa's oldest rape support organisation, Cape Town's Rape Crisis, has been forced to retrench all of its staff due to funding difficulties. Though it will continue running a reduced service with the aid of volunteers, its difficulties highlight a wider question about who should be footing the bill for the kinds of indispensable services offered by the likes of Rape Crisis. By REBECCA DAVIS.
Source: allAfrica
More than 30 girls from Nimba and Lofa counties have been empowered by the Women Peace and Security Network- Africa (WIPSEN-Africa), through its Young Girls Transformative Project.
UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehim today called on African First Ladies to use their positions and voices to stop early child marriage and teenage pregnancy.
There is no cure or vaccine yet, but "the end of AIDS" was the buzzword at the opening ceremony of the International AIDS Conference in Washington DC on 22 July.
President Mugabe yesterday officially launched Government's Broad Based Women's Economic Empowerment Framework which seeks to provide a guiding outline for economic empowerment.