Source: News24
An abortion takes place every 10 minutes at Eastern Cape clinics, according to a report on Tuesday.
Pregnant schoolgirls, some as young as 12-years-old, were putting a strain on the Eastern Cape abortion clinics, The Times reported.
Source: Radio VOP
Zimbabwean celebrity and HIV/AIDS activist, Tendayi Westerhof, has pioneered the formation of a continental movement of women living with HIV as African countries continue to battle the deadly scourge, which is killing thousands daily.
Source: AllAfrica
Malawi, one of Africa's poorest nations, has made significant progress in improving the survival of newborns and is on track to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goal number four - to reduce the deaths of children up to the age of five by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015.
Source: The New Times
Two months ago, doctors knew that Delice Mukamurerwa’s first birth would be complicated. Thanks to their efforts, today, she nurtures a two-month old son, whom she delivered after undergoing a caesarean section at Kibagabaga hospital in Kigali.
Source: Cameroon Tribune
The plan whose examination started yesterday aims at boosting women's participation.Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) with the support of UN Women and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), have drawn up a strategy plan on "Gender and Elections" intended to boost the participation of women in politics and increase their numbers in elective positions. The opening ceremony to validate the strategy plan took place at the Mont Febe Hotel in Yaounde, yesterday, June 11 and will continue in a two-day workshop in Mbalmayo beginning today, June 12.
Source: Public Agenda
ABANTU for Development, in collaboration with Women in Broadcasting (WIB) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) will be organizing a series of monthly press conferences starting from today June 11 to November 13, 2012 (once every month for 6 months) to highlight pertinent issues for consideration by the media and the general public on the urgent need to continue women's rights and gender equality in the Election 2012 and beyond.
Source: All Africa
A report published by Save the Children says sub-Saharan Africa has reduced deaths among children in the first month of life by a negligible 1.5 percent from 2000 to 2010, a small improvement on the 0.6% reduction between 1990 and 2000. The region has made the least progress worldwide in cutting deaths among newborns.The authors of the report say that unless improvements are accelerated, it will be more than 150 years before African babies have the same chance of survival as those born in the United States and Europe.
Source: Bloomberg
Egypt’s parliament will meet on June 12 to elect a 100-member panel that will draft the country’s new constitution, after political groups overcame an impasse that clouded the push for democracy ahead of a presidential runoff.
Source: All Africa
ABANTU for Development, in collaboration with Women in Broadcasting (WIB) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) will be organizing a series of monthly press conferences starting from today June 11 to November 13, 2012 (once every month for 6 months) to highlight pertinent issues for consideration by the media and the general public on the urgent need to continue women's rights and gender equality in the Election 2012 and beyond.
Source: All Africa
Although Namibia has passed many gender-related laws, these laws have yet to benefit women in far-flung corners of this vast country where outdated and oppressive cultural traditions still dictate how women should live their lives.
Source: All Africa
Rwanda's First Lady, Mrs Jeannette Kagame, yesterday in Gabon, took part in the Dialogue for Action Africa, a conference on promotion of women rights.
Source: Global Times
South Africa on Monday called on the international community to double its efforts to promote the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, saying "no single country can be successful in the fight" against the epidemic.
Source: New Era
One in every two victims of domestic violence receives a death threat from the abuser, according to a comprehensive survey carried out by the Legal Assistance Centre on people who applied for protection orders in Namibia.
Source: Amnesty International
Political leaders must act immediately and halt arms supplies to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where they continue to fuel unlawful killings, rape, looting and abductions, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.
Source: Bikya Masr
Amnesty International on Monday called on the Egyptian authorities to investigate the attacks against women last week in Tahrir Square, including the violence meted out against peaceful demonstrators on Friday evening.
Source: The Observer
Despite global progress to achieve Millennium Development Goal Number 5, which calls for a 75% reduction in maternal mortality ratio by 2015, statistics points to a struggle.
Source: Health-e
The lack of proper sanitation, poor access to health services, malnutrition and HIV/AIDS are all contributing factors to early childhood deaths. Maternal deaths are also increasing, mainly due to HIV infection. This is according to studies done by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Source: The Post Online
"I will never escape the past - it will keep haunting me simply because I was there, yet I was unable to protect her like any husband would."
Source: All Ghana
More than 600 investors, political leaders, private sector officials, and economic experts from the world are meeting in Libreville, Gabon, for the first ever New York Forum for Africa.
Source: Guardian
A mob of hundreds of men assaulted women holding a march demanding an end to sexual harassment in Cairo, as attackers overwhelmed male supporters and molested several of the marchers in Tahrir Square.