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'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.
The National Forum on Orphans and Vulnerable Children in collaboration with the Department of State for Social Welfare and the World Initiative for Orphans on Monday began a two day consultative workshop on the protection of vulnerable children and children without parental care.
Close to 50 gender activists from various institutions, civil society organizations and media practioners, yesterday, gathered at the NaNa conference hall to discuss the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, which was adopted on October 31st 2000.
Some members of the country's Parliament yesterday expressed worry at the rate at which violence is being perpetrated against women. In their various submissions in the House yesterday, the MPs for Savelugu, Ahafo Ano South and Mion constituencies, Mary Boforo Salifu, Balado Manu and Dr. Yakubu Alhassan respectively condemned violence against women in no uncertain terms.
THE Acting Chairman of Kwali Area Council, Mr. Danlami Saleh Yebu, Tuesday said his administration is carrying out free anti-natal care services for pregnant women in all health centres in the 10 wards of the council.
Warri chapter of Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has charged female secondary school students across the country to shake off the apathy of having in focus the study of engineering as their future professional career.
For the uninitiated, any talk about the scary Vesico Vaginal Fistula and its sibling, Recto-Vaginal Fistula in Nigeria, is easily linked to the northern parts of the country.
Filmmakers must be very intelligent and broad-minded, with strong skills. Liberal arts study is so important. It makes you a fairly well rounded person. It exposes you to the languages, ethics, philosophy, history, and social sciences. Films are all about research and continual learning.
It is 10 years since the United Nations recognised November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. On this date a decade ago, the Mirabal sisters were violently assassinated in 1960, by the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic.
SIX market women were killed in the early hours of yesterday at Effurun, Delta State, by a trailer suspected to be laden with stolen crude oil, while a mob partly razed the Ebrumede Police Station in a spur-of-the-moment reaction to the unpleasant incident.
Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Salamatu Suleiman, has called on the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and other law enforcement agents, to ensure prompt report of violence against women and children.
Ekurhuleni Mayor Ntombi Mekgwe has recommitted to protecting women and children, not only for 16 days but beyond the campaign.
The North West Public Safety Department is in a process to develop a Provincial Gender Action Plan which intends reducing sexual offences by 7 percent to 10 percent.
THE women peer educators in Iganga district have been asked to emphasize HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention and family management so as to reduce spread of the virus which is increasing among married couples.
GETRUDE MURAPE (28) is a mother of two and is six months pregnant.
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