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- South Africa: This women’s month I’m learning to be me
Have you ever walked past a car window and checked your reflection to make sure your hair looks just right? Perhaps spent an hour perfecting your make-up before you head out? Have you looked at Halle Berry's body and thought, "Ah, I wish I had that b...
- Kenya: New constitution a winner with women
A day after Kenyans voted to accept a new constitution, women across the country speak about their hopes and expectations.
The case of Elizabeth Chazima could stand for the story of millions of women in Kenya who have been robbed of their financial ...
- Mali: 400 villages stop female genital mutilation
Despite some resistance, the fight against female genital mutilations (FGM) has recorded significant progress in Mali, with over 400 villages putting a stop to the practice. According to the directorate of the National Programme of the Fight against ...
- Global: Status of female farmers rises during food crisis
The women who grow more than half the world's agricultural produce have gained international recognition and aid since the start of the global food crisis in 2007. Instead of being seen as a minor, vulnerable group, international aid agencies have be...
- Tanzania: Kivulini women's rights organisation
Kivulini was established in 1999 by six women who felt compelled to respond to the needs of women experiencing domestic violence in the city of Mwanza in Tanzania. The organisation seeks to address the root causes of domestic violence by working clos...
- Global: Networking for women's health care
This eight-page report details the outcomes of the Parliamentarians for Women's Health project, which was spearheaded by the International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW) in Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania. The project sought to form netwo...
- Global: Musawah - Toolkit for equality in the family
The Resource Kit provides ideas and arguments that can be used to advocate for equality and justice in Muslim family laws and practices. The local context and people’s needs will determine which argument works best in that environment. The Kit examin...
- South Africa: Sexual violence rife at South African borders
Unlike schools and offices in South Africa, the criminal gangs along the border between the World Cup hosts and Zimbabwe did not take a break because of a sports tournament. As thousands of foreign fans flocked to the football stadiums and hundreds o...
- Africa: African Women’s Leadership Institute
AMwA will be holding a Sierra Leone National African Women’s Leadership Institute (AWLI) on the theme, “Reclaiming Our bodies: Women’s Leadership and Movement Building on Gender Based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Conflict and Post C...
- South Africa: Change is a process, not an event or holiday
We are now in August, that special month set aside to celebrate the achievements of women in South Africa. But I'm not so sure we should be pouring champagne just yet. It is also during this month that we commemorate the day on which 20,000 women mar...
- South Africa: Photo Essay: Women speak out
As we commemorate South Africa National Women's Day, Gender Links spoke to ordinary women about the challenges they face every day. In an accompanying story, Doreen Gaura writes that the link between many women's organisations and the realities of wo...
- Egypt: Woman alleges rape by police on TV
Human rights activists in Egypt have expressed concern following allegations that a woman was raped by two police officers. She took the unusual step of appearing on television to give an interview about her ordeal. The woman claims that the rape too...
- Global: Stopping violence against women worldwide
Violence against women is a worldwide crisis, and a bill scheduled to come before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, the International Violence against Women Act, would improve the way US foreign assistance is provided to address su...
- South Africa: Rape survivors still feel marginalised
Every 17 seconds a woman is raped in South Africa. According to the South African Police Services’ 2006 rape statistics, close to 55 000 women reported being raped that year. But how many more rapes go unreported, and why? Put yourself in a rape surv...
- Africa: Gender and Media (GEM) Summit and Awards 2010
Gender Links, MISA and GEMSA are extending the deadline for submission of the Gender and Media awards 2010 to 3 SEPTEMBER 2010 following the overwhelming response from some countries and a slower response from others. The deadline has been extended i...
- South Africa: Celebrating Herstory
Women’s Day is a day when we commemorate a day on which 56 000 ordinary South African women set out on an extraordinary mission. They rose up and challenged the then Apartheid government on the issue of pass laws. Yes, their collective story was hear...
- Mozambique: Encouraging young mothers to stay in school
It's time for a quiet tea break at Macomia Seconday School in northern Mozambique but the schoolyard is abuzz with the cries of babies - enough so that one might mistake it for a kindergarten. The babies are being carted around by a group of older bo...
- Africa: African First Ladies’ Organization agrees to take on Maternal, Child Health
Ugandan First Lady, Janet Kataha Museveni, today presided over an important session of the meeting of African First Ladies, devoted to the theme of the debate that Heads of State had just concluded on “Promoting Maternal, Infant and Child Health and ...
- Africa: Leaders agree on ways forward on maternal and child health
The high-level debate which opened in Kampala, Uganda, yesterday on “Promoting Maternal, Infant and Child Health and Development in Africa, ended this evening with an agreement by Africa’s leaders on an action plan to kick-start the effective impleme...