Africa: High Level Event on Empowering Women in Agriculture in Addis Ababa

A High Level Breakfast Meeting was organized on January 27, 2018, by Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS) on the theme Empowering Women in Agriculture (EWA) at the margins of the… Read more »

Southern Africa: Graca Machel Urges Better Nutrition for Mothers, Children

One of every four children under five years old in southern Africa suffers from stunted growth in that they are too short for their age, often as a result of inadequate nutrition. Read more »

Africa: #MeToo - Good Men Should Not be Quiet Spectators

The pain and anger of more than a million people who tweeted #MeToo in the last week has crowded social media with personal stories of sexual harassment or assault. This virtual… Read more »

Africa: It's Time to End the Stigma and Silence Around Abortion

International Safe Abortion Day - celebrated every year on September 28 - marks a woman's fundamental reproductive right to access safe, legal abortion. For many women all over the… Read more »

Nigeria: How #Bokoharam Uses Women & Children as 'Human Bombs'

Women now make account for the majority of suicide bombings carried out by the Nigerian-based extremist group Boko Haram. Read more »

South Africa: The Elders, Capetonians #WalkTogether on Mandela Day

Hundreds of people gathered at the Grand Parade in Cape Town to mark Mandela Day. Led by The Elders, a forum of former leaders founded by Nelson Mandela a decade ago, the… Read more »

Africa: What the G20 Said on Africa

Excerpts most directly applicable to Africa drawn from the declaration of leaders of the G20 nations, issued after the leaders' summit in Hamburg on July 7 and 8: Read more »

Africa: Analysts, Activists Explore Dividends from Empowering Women

Imagine a future Africa where patriarchy is dead and more women are economically empowered to provide for their own basic needs; one in which they continue to shatter the… Read more »

Nigeria: Focus on All Abducted by Boko Haram & 'Ignore the Noise' - Sanusi to #BBOG

Text of Speech given at the 1st Chibok Girls Annual Lecture in Abuja by His Highness Muhammad Sanusi II, Con Sarkin Kano. [The emir was  represented by his daughter, Hajiya… Read more »

Africa: Work-Life Balance at the Heart of Panel Discussion at Women's Forum

Does marriage hinder girls' education? This question has emerged from the panel entitled "They Inspire" organized by AllAfrica on Tuesday 7 March in Bamako, Mali. The event was… Read more »

Africa: Women Generate Higher Returns, Despite Remaining Barriers

Women in the sector generate better returns and faster growth but barriers remain Read more »

Africa: Poverty is Sexist, Bill and Melinda Gates Say in Annual Letter

Bill and Melinda Gates have released their annual letter, and this time it is addressed to their "dear friend" Warren Buffett, who donated most of his fortune to the Bill and… Read more »

Africa: 10 Yays for the AU!

While the African Union gets a lot of flack for its inaction, they have taken *some* good decisions. We want to use Madam Chair's departure to highlight those... Read more »

Egypt: Lose Weight or You're Out, TV Anchorwomen Told

Eight women working for Egyptian TV have been ordered to lose weight or be taken off air, according to BBC. Read more »

Namibia: Tackling Entrenched Inequality – Monica Kalondo Geingos

If you were determined to wipe out poverty and were president of a country, you'd want by your side someone who has diverse expertise in a variety of sectors, such as business and… Read more »

Africa: Network Aims to Promote African Women as 'Gamechangers'

Woman journalists across Africa are being invited to join a network which aims to achieve better coverage of initiatives led by women and children and of the issues that affect… Read more »

Africa: As Internet Access Expands in Africa, so does Cyber Harassment

As internet access increases across Africa, it is giving our citizens new development opportunities and freedom of expression. But there's a dark side to this transformation.… Read more »

South Africa: Cell C Chief Sparks Controversy Over Radio Comments

Cell C CEO Jose Dos Santos has apologised for comments he made about women employees after causing an outcry on social media. Read more »

Africa: International Women's Day - AllAfrica Global Media is Honoring Female Leaders

The AllAfrica Global Media Group (editor of www.allafrica.com ) will give the AllAfrica African Women Leadership Award to four brave African women. Read more »

Africa: AllAfrica Founder Appointed to UN Panel on Empowering Women

AllAfrica's co-founder and executive chair, Amadou Mahtar Ba, has been appointed to the United Nations' first-ever High-Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: T-Shirts, Whistles and Facebook – Fighting Rape

"What we're doing matters," says Jeannine Mabunda Lioko Mudiayi, the personal representative of President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo on sexual violence and… Read more »

Africa: 'How?' - Not 'How Much?' to Fight Poverty

World leaders gathered at the United Nations last month to adopt a new set of global development goals that aim to end extreme poverty, promote inclusive economic growth, and… Read more »

Africa: Saving Mothers & Babies Advances Africa - Melinda Gates

Sometimes the technical words we use to describe a problem mask its true nature. Read more »

Africa: African Civil Society Under Threat, Warns Mary Robinson

The decline of human rights on average across Africa is worrying Mary Robinson, the former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and now a special envoy on climate… Read more »

Africa: We Can Defeat Poverty - Melinda Gates

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls the efforts to achieve 'Millennium Development Goals' over the last 15 years "the most successful anti-poverty movement in… Read more »