Source: All Africa
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much. Well, it's wonderful being here with all of you today, and I want to start by thanking Gallup for co-sponsoring this conference with the State Department and hosting us here this morning. Jim Clifton told me that this used to be the convention center in Washington in the late 1880s and that men would come here and tie their horses up down below and have all kinds of meetings. So it's great that we're back here today, and I am grateful to Jim Clifton and his team for joining us to highlight the urgent need for more and better information about women and gender equality around the world.
Source: IRIN
South Africa has charted a significant decline in mother-to-child HIV transmission for the second consecutive year, with new data showing that just 2.7 percent of babies born to HIV-positive mums contracted the virus by six weeks of age, compared to 8 percent in 2008.
South Africa has charted a significant decline in mother-to-child HIV transmission for the second consecutive year, with new data showing that just 2.7 percent of babies born to HIV-positive mums contracted the virus by six weeks of age, compared to 8 percent in 2008.
Source:RH Reality Check
A new report by the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, an independent body of former world leaders and top legal, human rights and HIV experts, released on the eve of the London Summit on Family Planning, has labeled the global response to the AIDS epidemic as "stifled."
Source: News Track India
It's a dream come true for African women, says Litha Musyimi-Ogana, the African Union's chief pointsperson on gender issues as she hails the election of the first female head of the AU Commission, saying more women in positions of power will spur the continent's resurgence.
It's a dream come true for African women, says Litha Musyimi-Ogana, the African Union's chief pointsperson on gender issues as she hails the election of the first female head of the AU Commission, saying more women in positions of power will spur the continent's resurgence.
Source: The Nation
Leymah Gbowee, the Liberian who mustered her desperate, angry countrywomen into a peace movement that helped bring down the violent regime of their president Charles Taylor, is steadily attracting international attention as one of Africa’s most powerful voices for profound social change.
Leymah Gbowee, the Liberian who mustered her desperate, angry countrywomen into a peace movement that helped bring down the violent regime of their president Charles Taylor, is steadily attracting international attention as one of Africa’s most powerful voices for profound social change.
Source: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Over the years, the ambiguous nature of the Zimbabwe prostitution law has subjected women to arbitrary arrests and detention if found walking at night in the streets of Harare. Those accused of loitering have to pay a maximum fine of 16.50 euros.
Over the years, the ambiguous nature of the Zimbabwe prostitution law has subjected women to arbitrary arrests and detention if found walking at night in the streets of Harare. Those accused of loitering have to pay a maximum fine of 16.50 euros.
Source: The Herald
THE year 2012 has thus far proved promising for the African woman's status within public bodies following the recent election of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as African Union Commission Chair.
THE year 2012 has thus far proved promising for the African woman's status within public bodies following the recent election of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as African Union Commission Chair.
Source: TrustLaw
Globally, young women between the ages of 15 and 24 years are twice as likely as their male counterparts to contract HIV. HIV is the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age. Women and girls make up 60 percent of the people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, home to two-thirds of the world’s HIV cases.
Globally, young women between the ages of 15 and 24 years are twice as likely as their male counterparts to contract HIV. HIV is the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age. Women and girls make up 60 percent of the people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, home to two-thirds of the world’s HIV cases.
Source: allAfrica
Melinda Gates wants you to know this: if women in poor countries can get the contraceptives they want, millions of lives will be saved.
Melinda Gates wants you to know this: if women in poor countries can get the contraceptives they want, millions of lives will be saved.
Source: IRIN
Decades of conflict and marginalization have left South Sudan the most dangerous country on earth in which to give birth.
Source: AllAfrica
A slightly higher proportion of babies was saved from HIV infection in 2011 than in the previous year, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Thursday.
Source: South African Government News Service
The group KZN Disabled Real Men has taken a stand against the scourge of domestic violence by launching an initiative known as 'Real Men Can Save Pledge'.
Source: IRIN News
"More women die in child birth, per capita, in South Sudan, than in any country in the world," says Caroline Delany, a health specialist with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in South Sudan which is funding a raft of maternal health programmes.
Source: US Department of State
The world may be awash in data -- thanks to modern technology -- but still more needs to be collected to effectively meet the needs of women and promote gender equality, says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The world may be awash in data -- thanks to modern technology -- but still more needs to be collected to effectively meet the needs of women and promote gender equality, says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Source: The Chronicle
The Asogli Queen Mother's Association in Ho has decried violence and economic abuse of girls and women in the West African sub region. The Association has, therefore, organized a workshop in Ho, for the relevant stakeholders to deliberate on how to put an end to the abuse and violence against women and girls in the society.
Source: UN News Centre
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has selected Asha-Rose Migiro of Tanzania, former United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, as his Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa – one of several appointments announced today.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has selected Asha-Rose Migiro of Tanzania, former United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, as his Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa – one of several appointments announced today.
Source: New Era
African leaders have for the first time elected a woman and a member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission.
African leaders have for the first time elected a woman and a member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission.
Source: IPS
Improving family planning to avoid unwanted pregnancies in developing countries, as well as assuring girls’ access to education, and women’s participation in the economy, are essential components of a sound development policy, according to Western experts and African activists.
Improving family planning to avoid unwanted pregnancies in developing countries, as well as assuring girls’ access to education, and women’s participation in the economy, are essential components of a sound development policy, according to Western experts and African activists.
Source: UN Women
Of the 565 of the peace agreements made between 1990 and 2010, 16 per cent mentioned the word women ; 7 per cent mentioned gender equality or women's rights; and just 3 per cent mention gender-based violence. These are just one set of startling statistics reported by a new documentary from the Government of Australia, in partnership with UN Women.
Source: Daily Observer
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Saturday, July 14, held talks with the new Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Jan Eliasson, in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.