Women & gender
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2012-02-01, Issue 568
This Global Press Institute article says that few rape cases result in conviction in Cameroon. 'Doctors, police officers and lawyers say frequent false reports make it difficult to confirm when rapes occur. But this culture of skepticism leads to und...
Malawi: President backs women in trousers after attacks
2012-01-25, Issue 567
Malawi's president says he has ordered police to arrest anyone who attacks women for wearing trousers in public. President Bingu wa Mutharika spoke out on national radio after several women were beaten and stripped on the street for wearing non-tradi...
Egypt: Meet the mother of Tahrir
2012-01-26, Issue 567
To thousands of Egyptian revolutionaries, Khadiga Hennawi is mother, says this article on www.jadaliyya.com Hennawi, who started out bringing food to protestors camped in the historic square, earned the moniker 'th...
Global: Can we map gender-based violence without spreading it?
2012-01-18, Issue 566
Grady Johnson, on the www.genderit.org site, discusses the issue of whether mapping gender violence online raises the unintended risk of spreading it. 'Feminist campaigners and activists have raised the question of ...
Malawi: Vendors strip women of miniskirts
2012-01-18, Issue 566
A group of vendors in Malawi's capital Lilongwe on Tuesday 17 January went berserk and started stripping naked women wearing trousers and miniskirts claiming they had President Bingu wa Mutharika’s consent to do so. It is said that President Bingu wa...
Africa: Estimating the costs of FGM complications
2012-01-19, Issue 566
In this study, researchers found that the annual costs of FGM-related obstetric complications in six African countries studied ranged from 0.1 to 1 per cent of government spending on health for women aged 15–45 years. In the current population of 2.8...
Sierra Leone: Women root for peaceful campaigns
2012-01-19, Issue 566
A coalition of Sierra Leone women groups plan to stage a march to push for better security in the country. The women singled out the government for failing in its responsibilities to maintain peace during political rallies. 'Our political leaders are...
Global: Demands for new development paradigm
2012-01-22, Issue 566
Gender equity is a key element of any genuine program towards sustainable development. Analysis included on the Social Watch Report 2012 and the national contributions to the study prove, once again, the stagnation of the fight against these disparit...
South Africa: Stigmatising pregnant girls not the solution
2012-01-22, Issue 566
Helen Zille’s suggestion that men who have unprotected sex with younger girls should be charged with culpable homicide was rightfully condemned as nonsensical, populist and just bad public health, says this article from Sonke Gender Justice. 'Her rem...
Cameroon: Underreporting, burden of proof foils justice for rape victims
2012-01-23, Issue 566
Although the medical, legal and judicial mechanisms are in place to receive rape victims in Cameroon, the heavy burden placed on victims to prove that the rape occurred and that they didn’t contribute to it makes justice rare. Underreporting also ham...
Kenya: Drought, power cuts and soaring costs squeeze women business owners
2012-01-23, Issue 566
Thanks to generator breakdowns and the worst drought in the Horn of Africa in 60 years, blackouts and frequent power cuts have become common in Kenya. As a result, costs are soaring. Among the groups most affected are women who own small businesses. ...
Nigeria: A quiet resistance in the Niger Delta
2012-01-09, Issue 565
Formal women’s groups have historically been a part of the social and political organisation in the Niger Delta. Though these have tended to be based around cultural activities, they have also provided women-only spaces to organise voices of inclusio...
Egypt: Bruised but defiant, a personal account of assault by Egyptian security forces
2012-01-09, Issue 565
In this article originally from The Guardian UK website, Mona Eltahawy recounts her experience of being beaten and groped by Egyptian security forces. 'The last thing I remember before the riot police surrounded me was punching a man who had groped m...
Egypt: Egyptian women cane morality police
2012-01-10, Issue 565
Vigilante gangs of ultra-conservative Salafi men have been harassing shop owners and female customers in rural towns around Egypt for 'indecent behavior', according to reports in the Egyptian news media. But when they burst into a beauty salon in the...
Egypt: Revolution, women and Egypt’s future
2012-01-10, Issue 565
'Amr Moussa? He was pro-Mubarak and obedient. ElBaradei. What’s his history? Nothing. The others, what’s their history? Islamic groups, what’s their history? Their history is bad. Islamic leaders, their history is bad. They collaborated with the Brit...
Madagascar: Women break with tradition by embracing farming and improving lives
2012-01-11, Issue 565
For the last seven years, the women of Fitampito have been defying tradition by helping their husbands to farm. Local traditions did not permit women to work the land. But that era is over, reports Farm Radio Weekly. Since women started farming in a ...
Egypt: Women find power still hinges on men
2012-01-11, Issue 565
Emboldened by the revolution to claim a new voice in public life, many women are finding that they are still dependent on the protection of men, and that their greatest power is not as direct actors but as symbols of the military government's repress...
Zimbabwe: A gendered analysis of the GPA
2012-01-12, Issue 565
This publication seeks to provide a gender analysis of Zimbabwe’s Global Political Agreement from the perspective of the participation of women in peace building and conflict resolution, and how peace agreements facilitate or hinder gender equality i...
Nigeria: Social media fuels debate on sexual violence
2011-12-14, Issue 563
'Kill me, kill me, you people should just kill me,' an unidentified woman begged as she was being gang raped by five men while her ordeal was filmed with one of their mobile phones. The crime is believed to have taken place at a private off-campus ho...
Egypt: Tech project maps sexual abuse online
2011-12-14, Issue 563
www.harassmap.org implements a system in Egypt for reporting incidences of sexual harassment via SMS messaging. The tool aims to give women a way to anonymously report incidences of sexual harassment as soon as the...
Zimbabwe: Stigma persists for rape victims despite coordinated services
2011-12-19, Issue 563
Clinics and specially trained police units work in conjunction in Zimbabwe to provide medical and legal assistance to rape victims, following a protocol that eventually leads to the justice system. But many victims say that although they make sure to...
Global: Pack on gender and climate change
2011-12-20, Issue 563
Responses to climate change tend to focus on scientific and economic solutions rather than addressing the vitally significant human and gender dimensions, says this pack from Bridge. For climate change responses to be effective, thinking must move be...
Malawi: Women’s education the path to the presidency
2011-12-20, Issue 563
In recent years, Malawian women have made significant gains in their struggle for full gender equality. Women are increasingly represented in national politics, for example. Malawi’s May 2009 federal election saw the proportion of female Members of Parliament rise from 14 per cent to 22. And though a minority, it is not difficult to find women’s names among the ranks of corporate board members....
Egypt: Women protest against army violence
2011-12-21, Issue 563
Thousands of Egyptian women have held rallies in Cairo against their treatment by security forces. Demonstrators brandished photos of a woman who was beaten and dragged along the ground, exposing her underwear - an incident that has outraged Egyptian...
Morocco: Political reform and gender equity
2011-12-08, Issue 562
The feminisation of poverty, limited social mobility for women and discriminatory gender practices tied to culture are limiting factors for women's rights, says this article. With some political reforms in Morocco, can political statements contained ...
Global: New task force on gender inequality
2011-12-12, Issue 562
A new High-Level Taskforce on Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV for Eastern and Southern Africa was launched at the 16th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA). The Taskforce will engage in high-level political advocacy in su...
Egypt: Male-dominated parliament worries experts, candidates
2011-12-08, Issue 562
The results of the first round of parliamentary elections indicate that female representation will be minimal, if not nonexistent - a phenomenon experts and candidates attribute to cultural barriers. Not a single woman earned a seat in parliament in ...
Egypt: Women call for parallel parliament, greater rights
2011-12-12, Issue 562
A group of Egyptian women’s rights advocates in Alexandria organised a protest recently calling for greater participation for women in public and political life, coinciding with the anniversary of the human rights declaration. The stand was organised...
Global: Climate change impact worse for women, says expert
2011-12-12, Issue 562
The dramatic changes to weather patterns as a result of climate change will have dire consequences for agriculture, the major source of food and income for Africa’s small-scale farmers, most of them women. Millions of people will be forced to migrate...
Egypt: 'Virginity tests' case against military adjourned
2011-11-30, Issue 560
The State Council on Tuesday (29 November) adjourned till 27 December a case against the military institution to end the practice of virginity tests.The case was filed by a women who was subjected to a virginity test in military prison last March. Th...
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