Source: Public Agenda
A Sierra Leonean Member of Parliament and women empowerment advocate has acknowledged the fact that Sierra Leone as a country has a long way to go, especially in respect of women's empowerment and human rights.
Source: The New Dawn
The United Nations Mission in Liberia or UNMIL has pledged support to a bill, seeking 30% women involvement in public offices here.
Source: SW Radio Africa
South African rights groups, labour movements and individuals are all rallying behind a young Zimbabwean woman who was left disfigured when acid was thrown in her face last week.
Source: Guardian Global Development Network
At this week's conference on Libya in Paris, the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) and the international community talk about "inclusiveness" in the new country's future. It seems strange, then, that half of the population - women -
Freetown — In its new report, At a Crossroads: Sierra Leone's Free Health Care Policy, officially launched on Tuesday September 6, Amnesty International has revealed that pregnant women and girls in Sierra Leone continue to face serious
Source: IPS
Agnes Kalunda’s doctor feared that because of her slight frame there was a high chance of her developing complications during delivery.
Source: IRIN
Source: All Africa
At least 605 rural women, representatives of religious associations, agriculture cooperatives, NGOs and civil society of Kwanza Norte, Kwanza Sul and Malanje provinces participate since Tuesday at an upgrading course on training and female leadership.
Source: All Africa
First Lady Thandiwe Banda has called on women in the country to help shape the country's future by participating in elections on September 20, this year.
Source: BuaNews
The war on rape is far from being won and more attention needs to be given to curb the scourge, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has acknowledged.
Source: The Star
Government efforts to address the country’s ever surging population are being hampered by women’s reluctance to adapt modern family planning methods. This is according to a latest report released yesterday by the National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development. According to the findings, a paltry 25 per cent of women population, who are married but do not intend to have children are using contraceptives, a situation if not addressed will reduce the government’s efforts to realize MDGs and Vision 2030.
Source: Health-e News
The rape of girls and women remains a major concern in South Africa, and the health care sector needs to be better equipped to collect evidence to prove sexual violation to help secure the conviction of perpetrators by the courts.
Source: SciDev Net
The African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) fellowship programme has been inundated with applicants.
Source: City Press
The Nobel Women's Initiative has joined organisations urging President Jacob Zuma to withdraw his nomination for Judge Mogoeng Mogoeng as chief justice.
Source: RNW
The presidential elections in Cameroon are due to be held in October 2011. Conscious of the high stakes, women's organisations are actively mobilising women to participate in this important political process.
Source: All Africa
The World Medical Association (WMA) and the International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations (IFHHRO) have condemned the practice of forced and coerced sterilisation as forms of violence that severely harm women's physical and mental health - and infringe basic human rights.
Source: Times of Zambia
WOMEN in Zambezi District in North-Western Province have welcomed the mothers' shelter the Government is building at the district hospital, saying it will offer them relief.
Source: BuaNews
Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Gwen Ramokgopa, has called on the Atteridgeville community to break the silence on woman and child abuse.
Source: Nairobi Star
WOMEN account for 65 percent of all new HIV/AIDS infections in Kenya annually. This is according to a report released yesterday by National Aids Control Council. Speaking at the launch of national action plan for mainstreaming gender in HIV responses in Kenya,
Source: Nairobi Star
A majority of women are not using contraceptives due to misinformation. According to population expert Sam Ogola, 56 percent of women avoid family planning methods after being discouraged by friends.