Forum highlights best practices generating large scale employment and decent work for women. As the global economy struggles to recover from the impacts of the financial crisis, UN Women is calling for the urgent enforcement of policies and practices that ensure more women enter the labor market in jobs with decent working conditions and social protections.
Source: UN News Service
The top United Nations envoy in Libya today said the country's weekend election - its first free poll in almost half a century - was an "extraordinary achievement" and praised electoral authorities for organizing them efficiently, while also highlighting challenges an incoming government will face, foremost among them building security institutions.
Source: All Africa
TANZANIA in general and Zanzibar in particular approved liberal economic policy in the 1980s as its economic driving force and ended decades of state-controlled economy.
Source: All Africa
Mufti of the Republic Dr. Ali Gomaa on Friday 06/07/2012 said that controversial "slavery marriage" or (melk al-yameen' marriage) is illegal, describing it as "adultery".
Raising this issue aims at spreading confusion among citizens by the enemies of Islam, Gomaa said during Friday prayer sermon in a mosque in the Sixth of October city.
Source: All Africa
WOMEN farmers have formed a trust to address challenges affecting them in the agricultural sector.
The Zimbabwe Indigenous Women Farmers Trust was formed in February this year after realisation that women were failing to use land due to limited resources.
The Women Peace and Security Institute (WPSI) of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Women Ghana Office and African Women's Active Nonviolence initiatives for Social change (AWANICh) has organised a one-day workshop to commemorate the 2012 Women Peace and Security Day in Accra.
The mere recognition of women's rights is not enough, says President Jacob Zuma.
Adeola Ogunlade, who attended a recent dialogue writes on the involvement of Nigerian women in democratic process
Bodili (Gujarat: India is reaching out to Africa with its expertise in grassroots development and gender empowerment projects to help poor women in countries like Ghana, Mali, Burkina Faso and Nigeria become self-reliant with sustainable farm-based and traditional livelihoods.
Source: Women's E-News
When the council meeting ended at 6, the sun was just rising and the world outside was silver. The elders returned to their fields to do some work before the day became too hot.
As the food crisis in West Africa intensifies, countless mothers across villages in Matam, Senegal, are struggling to provide their children with food and clean water.
Source: IPS
On the eve of Libya’s historic elections for a General National Congress on Saturday, Jul. 7, the seaside capital’s bustling streets are lined with hundreds of campaign posters advertising electoral candidates – including those of women and youth – jockeying for a stake in their country’s future.
Source: IPS News
One year after the formation of South Sudan, the country’s women say that independence has not resulted in the positive political, economic and social changes that they had hoped for.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
A member of parliament has accused the government for mishandling women suspects at Mbuguni Police Station in Arumeru East, Arusha, Region.
Source: Calgary Herald
From the horrific violence of the 1994 genocide to international recognition for its work in tackling social problems, from political pariah to democratically elected republic, it's been a heady trajectory for the central African nation of Rwanda.
Source: RNW
Egyptian women are speaking up against sexual violence after harrowing tales of mob attacks in Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square prompted initiatives to combat the "epidemic."
Source: CNN
As the first female judge to be appointed to Botswana's high court, Unity Dow is a trailblazer in her home country, paving the way for other women fighting for equality and justice.
Source: SciDev Net
A vaginal ring containing an antiviral drug is being tested in Africa and, if successful, could provide women with an easy-to-use alternative to vaginal microbicides to help reduce their risk of HIV infection.
Source: The Herald
A lot has been written about the causes of maternal deaths with the main cause attributed to the high costs of maternity fees. What is being overlooked are the reasons women want to get pregnant in the first place. Do they want to get pregnant out of choice or are they forced to get pregnant due to other pressing forces which are beyond their control?
Source: Salon
We weren’t officially there to talk about abortion, but I asked the four Kenyan women in a Laikipia health clinic anyway. Did any of them have friends who had died of illegal abortions?
Three out of the four said they did.