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Women & gender
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2011-09-14, Issue 547
With the highest rate of human trafficking in East and Central Africa, several non-governmental organisations in Kenya are now under investigation by INTERPOL. The trail of corruption may also reveal human trafficker’s collusion with Kenyan authoriti...
Africa: Female African entrepreneurship
2011-08-29, Issue 546
An Afrographique infographic depicting the percentage share of formal firms that are owned by women in Africa....
South Africa: Energy opportunities on the cards for women
2011-09-01, Issue 546
A number of jobs and business opportunities will arise as the South African government continues to design implementation programmes that favour renewable energy and energy efficiency. This information was made available at a workshop for women orga...
Zambia: The perils of being a widow
2011-09-05, Issue 546
Brian Moonga reports for Radio Netherlands Worldwide that widows in Zambia are increasingly experiencing theft, alienation and sexual exploitation. According to Ruth Mwewa, president of Zambia Widows Association, the privatisation of numerous industr...
South Africa: 19 Days of activism for prevention: 1-19 November
2011-09-07, Issue 546
By focusing during 19 days on the prevention of diverse types of abuse and violence against children and youth, the 19 Days of Activism for Prevention campaign aims to continue to bring to light the alarming problem, its multifaceted aspects, and the...
South Africa: Health sector to stand against rape
2011-09-08, Issue 546
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. The Foundation for ...
Africa: The 50 women shaping Africa
2011-09-09, Issue 546
Women are our best hope for the continent, says Zimbabwean writer Petina Gappah in her introduction to The Africa Report's list of the 50 women shaping Africa. Porgress has been slow, but many women are showing the art of the possible, inspiring a ne...
Rwanda: Gender-based corruption in the workplace
2011-08-16, Issue 545
Gender-based corruption in workplaces exists in Rwanda, reveals a new report published by Transparency Rwanda (TR), the civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption. The report is the first of its kind in Rwanda and reveals a numbe...
Tunisia: Election law gives women equal chance
2011-08-16, Issue 545
In the next few months, Tunisian women may have a real opportunity as candidates and voters to participate in the country's new, post-revolution, electoral system. With hope, this will lead to more women in decision-making roles in government and a c...
South Africa: Sex, drugs and women’s rights
Tafadzwa Sekeso
2011-08-22, Issue 545
As South Africa commemorates Women’s Month, it is important to look at one of the most dangerous – and seldom discussed – issues affecting women in the country today, says this article from Gender Links. 'In South Africa, drug and alcohol abuse shoul...
Zimbabwe: For Zimbabwe's women, a bicycle can be a tool of liberation
Cycling can free women from the daily ordeal of Harare's public transport, and avoid predatory men
2011-08-18, Issue 545
In an article for the Guardian’s Bike Blog, Jane Madembo relived her experience as a public transit and bicycle commuter in Zimbabwe. Madembo explains that public transport was scarce in the low-density, suburban areas where she had to travel for wor...
Global: The first Men Care campaign
2011-08-21, Issue 545
More than four out of five men worldwide will be fathers at some point in their lives. Sonke Gender Justice, Instituto Promundo and MenEngage, joined by the Department of Social Development - South Africa, are excited to announce the launch of the Me...
Africa: Cultivating knowledge and crops
Women are key to sustainable agricultural development
2011-08-18, Issue 545
An article in the Huffington Post, which references findings documented in the Worldwatch Institute report 'State of the World 2011', finds that despite the challenging circumstances that women in developing countries face, important innovations in c...
Haiti: Haitian women winning their rights
2011-08-10, Issue 544
www.towardfreedom.com has an article on Gerta Louisama, a member of the executive committee and the National Women’s Committee of Tèt Kole. She writes: 'Us Haitian women, we have a lot of challenges, but as pea...
Africa: Women's empowerment in Africa
2011-08-10, Issue 544
The latest edition of Africa Renewal focuses on women's empowerment in Africa. It includes an interview with the head of UN Women in Southern Africa and a feature on North African women on the barricades....
Zambia: Outlook dim for women candidates
2011-08-15, Issue 544
Although there is a female presidential candidate contesting Zambia's 20 September general elections, her prospects are not strong. And in fact, fewer women overall are likely to be elected into public office this year, analysts say. Zambia is a sign...
Somalia: Women bear the brunt of crisis situation
2011-08-11, Issue 544
The situation for women and children in Somalia remains precarious, humanitarian workers warn. According to Janusz Czerniejewski, head of Intersos at the Kenya and Somalia Mission, conflict over scarce resources increases during drought, putting wome...
Tanzania: Study shows one in three girls sexually abused
2011-08-10, Issue 544
Nearly one third of Tanzanian girls experience sexual violence before they turn 18, a Unicef survey has found. The figure among boys is 13.4 per cent, says the UN children's agency. The most common form of abuse is sexual touching, followed by attemp...
Botswana: Fighting for equality for Botswana’s women
2011-08-02, Issue 543
In many countries women’s rights have been abused for so long that many women long ago stopped fighting for them. Not so Unity Dow, a lawyer who challenged the unequal citizenship rights in her native Botswana and won. Her 1992 lawsuit was recognised...
Egypt: Coptic Christian divorce law challenged
2011-08-02, Issue 543
Despite the stigma attached to divorce, ending a marriage is still relatively easy for Muslim women in Egypt. All they have to do is file paperwork with a family court and the deed is done, as long as they're not seeking alimony or damages from their...
Global: The IFIs and gender based violence
2011-08-02, Issue 543
This document from Gender Action assesses the extent to which IFIs address gender based violence (GBV) in their policies and investments. The institutions dealt with include the World Bank (WB), African Development Bank (AfDB), Asian Development Bank...
Zimbabwe: Women seeking justice face archaic laws
2011-08-04, Issue 543
The four armed robbers who gang raped her may be serving time for their crimes, but six years later justice has turned out to be a myth for Mildred Mapingure. 'I was silently praying I was not pregnant,' Mapingure told IPS from her rural home in Mash...
Cameroon: Woman candidate eyes presidency
2011-08-08, Issue 543
At every stop along the campaign trail, Edith Kabbang Walla, 45, popularly known here as Kah Walla, is generating excitement among women nationwide. Walla is the only female candidate running for president in Cameroon’s October elections. 'The intere...
Tunisia: Women fear the Algerian way
2011-08-08, Issue 543
A women’s group begins campaigning near La Marsa beach in Tunis to convince more women to come up and register in the electoral lists, in time for the deadline now pushed back to 14 August. Most of the women watching the proceedings are veiled. The v...
Rwanda: Calls for gender budgeting
2011-07-27, Issue 542
Rwanda is the first country in the world where women outnumber men in parliament, with women occupying 45 out of 80 seats. However, despite this, experts say that the country still needs a gender equality perspective on how national resources and pro...
Kenya: Gender responsive budgeting kicks in
2011-07-27, Issue 542
For the first time ever, the Kenyan finance minister has allocated almost four million dollars, about 3.6 per cent of the primary education budget, to provide free sanitary pads to schoolgirls. This comes after persistent pressure from women parliame...
Kenya: Limited success for campaigns targeting FGM/C practitioners
2011-08-01, Issue 542
August is when Nchoo Ngochila would normally be gearing up for the traditional female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) season in her Ilchamus community in Kenya's Rift Valley Province. This year, however, Ngochila will spend her time trying to conv...
Africa: Governments need to reach out to rural women
2011-08-01, Issue 542
Governments, especially in Africa, need to have strong accountability measures in place in order to effectively reach women in rural areas through gender responsive budgeting. This was one of the recommendations in the Global Call for Action plan dra...
Cameroon: Meeting declares women's interests in land
2011-08-01, Issue 542
African women want their governments to undertake reforms that will enable them to get easier access to land. Making the appeal, the over 40 women drawn from across the continent also clarified: 'We are talking about natural succession to land.' This...
Zimbabwe: New screening initiative for gender rights
2011-08-01, Issue 542
'Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo', 'I Want A Wedding Dress' and 'Ungochani' were three of the films recently screened at the Women’s Law Centre in Harare as part of a new film based gender rights series initiative between Women Filmmakers of Zimb...
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