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Zimbabwe: Prejudice Against Women - the Hidden Brain DrainTHE article; Politics and Prejudice: Plight of Zimbabwe Women by Alex Magaisa which appeared in the Zimbabwe Independent (September 12 2008) arouses deep questions for the soul and the entire human family.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 17:24
Zimbabwe: 'Gender Neutral' Agreement Blind to Women
Highlighting women's conspicuous absence in the media coverage, negotiations, and resolutions during the Zimbabwe crisis, Pumla Dineo Gqola outlines the extent to which we have grown accustomed to the near total elision of women's lives, contributions and agency from significant political events. Drawing upon her recent experiences with a group of South African women on a feminist solidarity trip to Zimbabwe, the author concludes the Mugabe-Tsvangirai power-sharing agreement and its 'gender neutral' language to be blind to women's struggles.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 16:42
Cameroon: Women's Bargain for Better Status
The cry for a better status for women has never been more urgent than recently, especially in Cameroon.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 16:39
Cameroon: Female Detainees Decry Deplorable Prison Conditions
Female detainees in the Ebolowa Central Prison have described the hygienic conditions of the prison as deplorable.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 15:42
Cameroon: Media Women Resolve to Combat Gender Injustice
Female media practitioners in the Southwest Province have resolved to combat gender injustice in media houses.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 15:41
Nigeria: Why Elections Must Hold
Many have predicted an easy ride for the Action Congress, AC, in tomorrow's local government polls.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 13:04
Women Arrested in Juba for Exposing Their Bodies
Four Ugandan women are among people arrested in Juba, South Sudan for alleged indecent dressing.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 11:23
A Difficult Step for Women
The northern region of Diana is known for the beautiful beaches of the Nosy-Be district and the scent of fields of ylang-ylang flowers. But the political landscape of Diana is as extraordinary as its geography: the region's administrative head is a woman, Anjara Mantasara.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 11:02
Swaziland: Go West Young Man or Woman
King Mswati has directed Swaziland's college graduates to leave the country to find employment, admitting that a lack of jobs at home gives them no alternative.
Source : AllAfrica | 10-Oct-2008 07:53
Women Are Ready to Explode in Lagos Politics - Adediran
Honourable Mutiat Adetoun Adediran, the Lagos State Action Congress (AC) Woman Leader, is seen by admirers as leading a silent revolution in Nigerian politics.
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Oct-2008 18:16
Uganda: Free Screening and Testing of Breast and Cervical Cancer
Uganda is joining the rest of the world to commemorate October, which is an annual international health campaign month dedicated to breast cancer.
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Oct-2008 13:12
Kenya: Two Million Women Targeted in Tetanus War
An anti-tetanus campaign targeting 1.9 million women for vaccination against the killer disease will be launched on Saturday.
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Oct-2008 11:59
Liberia: 25-Year-Old Woman Arrested for Child Trafficking
The Liberia National Police have arrested a 25-year old woman identified as Tina Sarpa for alleged child trafficking.
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Oct-2008 10:49
Nigeria: FCTA Inaugurates 18-Man Food and Nutrition Committee
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has inaugurated an 18-man committee on Food and Nutrition as a way of tackling malnutrition in women and children under five years.
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Oct-2008 10:33
Nigeria: Amaechi's Wife Canvasses Financing for Rural Women
Wife of the Rivers State Governor, Mrs. Judith Amaechi has called for adequate funding and financial incentives under the rural empowerment initiative to alleviate the sufferings and poverty among women.
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Oct-2008 10:10
ANC Stalwart to Address BDP Women's Fundraiser
Popular African National Congress (ANC) stalwart, Matthew Phosa, is billed to be the guest speaker at a Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) women's wing fund-raising event at Francistown's Tati River Lodge this weekend.
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Oct-2008 09:59
Uganda: 46 Years on, Women Still Not Independent
Today, Uganda will mark yet another independence anniversary. There will be a lot of fanfare and merrymaking, following gallant speeches by leaders at different levels.
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Oct-2008 09:24
Africa: Media Linked to Action Key for Gender Justice
"The media has huge and largely untapped power to promote and protect gender justice," Joanne Sandler told Congress during a keynote presentation 7 October.
Source : AllAfrica | 09-Oct-2008 08:40
'Tunisian Women's Rights, Unique Case in Arab -Muslim World', Writes Ansa-Med
The code of personal status which was promulgated a few months after the country's independance in March 1956 and which put an end to polygamy, forced marriages and legalized divorce, "is constantly being updated to follow the developments of modern society", writes the Italian news agency ANSA-Med in an article released on August 26,2008.
Source : AllAfrica | 08-Oct-2008 13:46
Nigeria: SIEC - Ekiti Deputy Governor Backs Women Over Protest
Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Dr Sikiru Lawal has thrown his weight behind the group Ekiti Concerned Women for protesting against the lacklustre attitude of the members of the state House of Assembly in the passage of the State Independent Electoral Commission(SIEC) nominees presented before them by the executive arm.
Source : AllAfrica | 08-Oct-2008 13:12
South Africa: Guard Beat Me, Says Congo Woman
A Congolese woman says she was assaulted by a security guard outside the home affairs office in Nyanga on Monday.
Source : AllAfrica | 08-Oct-2008 11:30
Nigeria: Affirmative Action - Group Urges Yar'Adua to Redeem Pledge
As Nigerians await the much publicised cabinet shake-up, President Umaru Yar'Adua has been called upon to redeem his pledge of reserving at least 30 percent of government positions at the federal level to women.
Source : AllAfrica | 08-Oct-2008 11:03
Mozambique: Gender Gap in Professional Education
The presence of women students and teachers in Mozambique's professional education institutions is very low, the Professional Education Reform Executive Commission warned on Monday.
Source : AllAfrica | 08-Oct-2008 10:02
Uganda: Women Win Agricultural Award
EIGHT Ugandan women researchers have been awarded prestigious agricultural awards by the new African Women in Agricultural Research and Development Programme (AWARD).
Source : AllAfrica | 08-Oct-2008 09:05
Uganda: Bukwo RDC Orders Arrest of Female Circumcision Promoters
THE Bukwo resident district commissioner, Christopher Chepkurui, has directed the Police to arrest people who encourage female genital mutilation.
Source : AllAfrica | 08-Oct-2008 08:48
Angola: Family, Women Protection Among Ministry Priorities
Angolan minister of Family and Women Promotion, Genoveva da Conceição Lino, said Tuesday in Luanda that protection to the family and women will be the top priority for her sector in the coming four years.
Source : AllAfrica | 08-Oct-2008 08:47
Madagascar: No Welcome for Sex Tourism
The warning posters start at the airport in the capital, Antananarivo, informing visitors that Madagascar says "NO to sex tourism" and "Malagasy women are not tourist souvenirs".
Source : AllAfrica | 08-Oct-2008 07:20
Ghana: Women Are Not Their Own Enemies
Madam Paulina Abayage, Upper East Regional Director of Department of Women, says it was society that frowned on women and their activities, and that women were not their own enemies, as a section of the population were trying to project.
Source : AllAfrica | 07-Oct-2008 17:43
Kenya: Broken Bodies, Unbroken Spirit
It was a sad occasion, and an occasion to rejoice. Sad, said Dr Ludeki Chweya, introducing Flora Terah's new book, because her heart-wrenching story shows that physical abuse and torture are a weapon of choice to deter women's participation in electoral politics in Kenya.
Source : AllAfrica | 07-Oct-2008 16:33
World Bank to Launch Adolescent Girls Initiative This Week
The World Bank is expected to formally launch the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Liberian girls in the United States of America, Presidential Press Secretary, Cyrus Wleh Badio has disclosed.
Source : AllAfrica | 07-Oct-2008 15:50
Rwanda: Parliament Gets Female Speaker
Little known Rose Mukantabana yesterday joined the small group of women Speakers of Parliament when she was elected to lead the Second Parliament that had just been sworn in.
Source : AllAfrica | 07-Oct-2008 14:12
Namibia: Wad Lashes Out Against Witchdoctors
THE Executive Director of Women's Action for Development (WAD), Veronica de Klerk, says the strong influence of harmful cultural practices is aggravating poverty in Namibia.
Source : AllAfrica | 07-Oct-2008 13:17
Nigeria: Ekiti Women Threaten to Go Naked
HUNDEREDS of women including worshippers of Yoruba god of thunder, Sango, yesterday stormed the Ekiti State House of Assembly over continued delay in the screening of members of the state Independent Electoral Commission (EKSIEC) by the legislature.
Source : AllAfrica | 07-Oct-2008 12:49
Kenya: Declaring a Clear 'No' to the Parliamentary Bill on Abortion
Pastoral Letter of His Eminence John Cardinal Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi and Apostolic Administrator of Murang'a Diocese
Source : AllAfrica | 07-Oct-2008 12:45
Tanzania: Why Adult Education is Crucial for Women's Empowerment
In 2003 Kimani Nganga Maruge hit the headlines when he became the oldest person alive to start primary school aged 84 years.
Source : AllAfrica | 07-Oct-2008 11:51
Nigeria: Girl Child Education - Kwali LG to Adopt Community Approach
In a bid to encourage girlchild education, the Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is to adopt a community approach through sensitizing the traditional rulers and village heads.
Source : AllAfrica | 07-Oct-2008 11:37
Nigeria: Kaduna Targets Six LGs on Girl Child Education
Determined to maintain and improve the quality of basic education in six targeted local government areas focusing on girls' participation, the Kaduna State government has presented grants to schools with the aim of achieving it developmental objectives on the education sector.
Source : AllAfrica | 07-Oct-2008 11:34
Nigeria: Women As Change Agents in Devt
It couldn't have come at a better time and it is generally believed that the forthcoming Women in Politics and Government (WINPOGOV) Conference and Awards 2008 scheduled to hold in the Nigeria's capital, Abuja this month, really holds a lot for Nigerian women. An initiative of the Lagos-based Alpha Institute, a non-government, non-partisan and non-profit organisation, in collaboration with the Nigerian Network of Non-Governmental Organisations(NNNGOs), it is strategically designed to address issues that are germane to the global efforts at promoting gender equality and empowerment of women .The overarching objective, however, is to properly position women as catalysts for development.
Source : AllAfrica | 07-Oct-2008 11:31
Nigeria: Women Threaten Nudity to Protest Delay in Ekiti LG Polls
Thousands of women in Ekiti State yesterday protested against the delay in the conduct of the local government elections in the state, saying they would go nude next Monday in further protests if the situation is not addressed.
Source : AllAfrica | 07-Oct-2008 11:09
Nigeria: Women Protest Delay in Conduct of LG Poll
Thousands of women across the 16 local local government areas of Ekiti State yesterday stormed the state House of Assembly in a peaceful protest against the long delay in the conduct of the local government elections in the state.
Source : AllAfrica | 07-Oct-2008 10:52
Rwanda: Parliament Elects Woman Speaker
Rwanda's newly elected Members of Parliament voted in the first ever woman Speaker today, setting a record as the first female-majority parliament in the whole world.
Source : AllAfrica | 07-Oct-2008 10:13
Uganda: Women Urged Development Loans
WOMEN entrepreneurs have been asked to use the existing loan schemes to compete with men in running business.
Source : AllAfrica | 07-Oct-2008 10:02
Namibia: Gender Equality - Making the Numbers Count
Namibian gender activists applaud the goal of a 50/50 split of women and men in government by 2015, but warn that the real work is only just beginning.
Source : AllAfrica | 07-Oct-2008 07:56
Inadequate Financial Resources Hamper Gender Equality
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is one of several international treaties and agreements signed and ratified by Ghana to promote gender equality and for the advancement of women in Ghana.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 17:50
Nigeria: Turai Yar'Adua Postpones NGO Launch
The First Lady, Hajiya Turai Yar'Adua, has directed the postponement of the inauguration of her pet project, Women and Youth Empowerment Foundation (WAYEF).
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 16:13
Nigeria: Etsu Nupe Urges Citizens to Assist Widows, Orphans
Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, the Etsu Nupe, yesterday called on Nigerians to assist widows and orphans, saying that this would go a long way in reducing the suffering in the society.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 15:14