It Takes a Village to Educate a Girl
Young girls eating a midday meal at a school in Niger: A decade ago, less than a third of school-aged girls in Niger were in class. Today, nearly two-thirds of girls are enrolled. more»
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- Tanzania: Dar es Salaam Steps Up Campaign Against Cervical Cancer (Daily News)
- Rwanda: UN Pledges Support in Fight Against Gender Based Violence (New Times)
- Tanzania: Call for Harsher Sentences for Men Who Beat Women in Zanzibar (Daily News)
- Sudan: Disease Kills Children, Causes Miscarriages in Camps Near Nyala, South Darfur (Radio Dabanga)
- Somalia: Puntland Leaders Set Quotas for Women in July Local Elections (Sabahi)
- Kenya: Ntimama Daughter Says 'Down but Not Out' (Capital FM)
- Kenya: An Eye for an Eye - Woman Crafts Artificial Organs (The Star)
- Uganda: Ugandan Youth Move to Front Line of HIV, Maternal Health Fight (New Vision)
- Kenya: Taita Taveta Women Ignore County Jobs (The Star)
- Kenya: Gay Community Seeks Acceptance (The Star)
- Kenya: Kitui Woman Arrested for 'Selling' Girls for Sex (The Star)
- Liberia: Buyers to Producers - Liberian Market Women Climbing Higher With Farming Cooperative (FrontPageAfrica)
- Uganda: Five Ugandan Youth to Attend Women Deliver 2013 (New Vision)
- Gambia: Elderly Woman Cries Foul Against Alkalo (The Point)
- Nigeria: Nyanya Pregnant Women Get Ante-Natal Support Packages (Daily Trust)
- Nigeria: 1,200 Nigerian Women Emerge in Second Batch of Youwin Programme (Premium Times)
- Rwanda: A Mother Is the Family's Foundation - Maria Yohana Mukankuranga (New Times)
- Nigeria: Women, Children Detainees to Be Released First, Says FG (This Day)
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- Nigeria: Turaki - Why FG Released Women, Children of Boko Haram Leaders (This Day)
- Kenya: 23 Things You Do That Turn Your Man Off (Capital FM)
- Uganda: Women's Handbags Dirtier Than a Toilet (Observer)
- Uganda: Volunteer Action Leads to Enforcement of the Public Health Act (IFRC)
- Kenya: Omar Wants Equality in Coast Counties (The Star)
- Mozambique: UN Chief Promotes Education, Gender Empowerment (UN News)
- Nigeria: Survey - 30 Percent of Girls Get Raped (Daily Trust)
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Ecowas
- ECOWAS Defence Chiefs Seek West African Command for UN Mission in Mali
- Regional Defence Chiefs Charged On Successful Transformation of Afisma Into UN Mission in Mali
- Workshop On Youth Employment Action Plan Ends in Accra
- ECOWAS, Partners Have Made Irreversible Progress in Mali
- ECOWAS Sympathizes With Nigeria Over Pilots Death
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