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LACK of respect for God, greed and a twisted ego are responsible for the increased domestic violence, environment minister Maria Mutagamba has said.
THE high level of poverty has increased gender violence, according to the Uganda Human Rights Commission.
The Abuja Family Worship Centre at the weekend said it has dedicated 20 percent of its weekly earnings for the empowerment of widows.
The Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission has stopped four pregnant women from performing this year's pilgrimage in the holy state of Israel. The action followed series of caution by the NCPC to intending pilgrims who are pregnant or over age not to be involved due to its health implications.
Sexual harassment in the workplace has long been regarded as taboo, but it continues to plague countless organisations.
The 10th year anniversary of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women was celebrated in Nigeria with a march past led by the minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Salamatu Suleiman.
Kemi Ikuomola, a 40-year-old cancer stricken woman in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, has appealed for assistance from individuals, organisations and governments.
As women can no longer be ignored in politics and good governance, a group, Idea Builders Initiative, has said corruption is keeping Nigerian women away from politics.
A Group under the aegis of Women in Agriculture Association (WAA), has implored governments at all levels to address the perceived imbalances and marginalisation of the Nigerian women in the scheme of things in the country.
IT is easy for individuals or organisations to stop doing charity work the moment they stop getting funding.
THERE are positive aspects of female genital mutilation (FGM), the Reproductive Education and Community Health (REACH)has said.
YOU didn't have to know Pamela to celebrate her victory. Weary of hiding from the lustful 40-year-old man who had been trying to defile her for years, the 14-year-old girl picked a stone and hurled it at him. Like the biblical David who killed Goliath with a stone, Pamela ensured that the man would never bother another girl, or woman, again. He died in hospital.
Traffic flowing in and out of her office, each interruption addressed with effortless calm, the nurse in charge of Hospitalisation and Immunisation at Nyamata Health Center in Bugesera District, is a confident woman in her element.
For well over two decades, Kenya has remained sharply divided as to the nature, form and content of a new constitution.
'NELLY, sleepy sleepy, wake up." said Comfort pleasantly, as she entered the office she shares with the former, and found her head down on the table, in front of her computer. "Didn't you sleep last night? Na wao. Sleeping at eight in the morning." "Good morning.
The United Nations in Rwanda has joined the "16 Days of Activism against Violence" campaign in an event held in Muhanga District.
THE Japanese Ambassador to Uganda, Keiichi Kato, has appealed to parents in Uganda to support the education of their children.
A KAPIRI-MPOSHI women's group has commended the Government for uplifting the welfare of the less privileged in rural areas through the provision of goats.
Mauritania formally adopted the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women in 2001, but in the eight years since, it has had limited effect on the status of women.
Gender activists foresee a drop in female parliamentarians after Namibia's general and presidential elections on November 27 and 28. It's a trend that jeopardises the region's goal of 50 percent female representation in politics by 2015.
Born in a squatter camp in Orlando East and raised by a single mother; working in a factory while completing secondary school by correspondence; arrested and banned by the apartheid government: South Africa's ambassador to Italy is an example of the long road her country has travelled.
TWO women, aged 25 and 40, had a horrifying experience in the early hours of Wednesday morning, when they were held at gunpoint, robbed, and raped.
The new Minister for Women, Children, Youth and People with Disabilities, Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya, is the first to admit that although in its tenth year, there is a disjuncture between the high levels of awareness of the 16 Days campaign and the persisting abuse of women and children.
GROUP OF 20: Africa gets seat at policy table
Litha Musyami Ogana, the Director of Gender and Development at the African Union Directorate, on Saturday, delivering a paper on behalf of Dr. Jean Ping, chairperson of the African Union Commission, told participants at the meeting of African Ministers of Gender and Women's Affairs that the African Union is on track in implementing the commitments under its gender directorate.
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