December 13, 2010
Africa: Stronger Global Response Needed to Gender-Based Violence
Just a few weeks ago, as millions of families gathered in the United States to celebrate Thanksgiving, a lesser-known event went by unnoticed. The International Day for the… Read more »
September 24, 2010
Africa: Women and Children the Focus of Achieving MDGs
With five years remaining to achieve the targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made it clear that a concerted,… Read more »
September 21, 2010
Africa: Focus on Women and Girls Key to MDG Success
As world leaders gather this week in New York to assess progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), they will face stark challenges to social and economic development,… Read more »
September 12, 2010
Africa: Giving the Millennium Development Goals a Human Face
Ahead of the United Nations Millennium Development Summit to be held in New York later this month, the UN Foundation and its partners have ramped up efforts to educate the media… Read more »
September 08, 2010
Africa: Africa's Women Turn 50
Five decades ago, 17 African countries threw off the brutal and degrading yoke of colonialism. The 50th anniversary of African national liberation is an opportunity to critically… Read more »
September 01, 2010
Liberia: Something New for the Senior Class: Girls
When students return to the classroom at Bopolu Central High School this year, there will be something not seen at the school since it reopened after Liberia's long civil war:… Read more »
July 17, 2010
Congo-Kinshasa: Improvements Necessary to Deal with IDPs, U.S. Official Says
Tens of thousands of people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been fleeing a government offensive against Ugandan rebels, adding to the nearly 2.5 million people… Read more »
March 09, 2010
Congo-Kinshasa: Marching for the Women of Congo
On a warm spring day on Monday, activists and supporters from the Enough Project and Women for Women marched with colorful banners across the Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C.,… Read more »
January 06, 2010
South Africa: Zuma Educates Journalists Over Wives
The rise to power of South Africa's first polygamous head of state in the modern era* is causing confusion in the media, and the office of President Jacob Zuma is now trying to set… Read more »
December 18, 2009
Tanzania: Kikwete Hopeful for Action On Climate Change, Optimistic On Africa's Future
Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete recently sat down for an hour-long interview with AllAfrica's Reed Kramer and Tami Hultman at State House in Dar es Salaam. In the… Read more »
November 01, 2009
Kenya: Widows Support Themselves Selling Maize to World Food Programme
Widows are often looked down on and pitied in Kenya. But the widows in the village of Angata Barakoi in the Transmara area of Kenya were determined to help each other and make a… Read more »
October 31, 2009
Niger: Tree Planting Heroine Helps Reclaim the Desert
Sakina Mati is a farmer and community leader in the village of Guidan Batoye, in the Maradi Region of Niger. She began to manage the regeneration of useful trees on her fields 15… Read more »
Africa: Women Are Behind 80 Percent of Continent's Food Production
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) considers gender mainstreaming, or involving women in farming development efforts, an essential component of its efforts… Read more »
South Africa: Snapshot Descriptions of Woman Farmers
Below are snapshots of some of South Africa's successful women farmers. All of them are recent winners of a female farmer competition run by provincial departments of agriculture,… Read more »
South Africa: Women Farmers Play Vital Role in Food Security
In South Africa's not-too-distant past, the image of a commercial farmer usually brought to mind middle-aged white men in short pants or, in a few cases, black farmers struggling… Read more »
October 29, 2009
Africa: Agriculture Group Finds Targeting Women Improves Food Security, Family Incomes
Gender inequalities are a key impediment to achieving food security in many households in sub-Saharan Africa. Although women do most of the farming on the continent, growing an… Read more »
October 07, 2009
Guinea: Military Junta Must Go, Says Clinton
The United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has called for the ousting of Guinea's military junta in the wake of what she described as the indiscriminate murder and rape… Read more »
October 01, 2009
Africa: Microfinance Innovator Jennifer Riria Challenges Marginalization of Women
Dr. Jennifer Riria was moved to tears – and not tears of joy – listening to the roundtable of African presidents at the annual U.S. Africa Business Summit, held this… Read more »
September 22, 2009
Africa: Singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka Campaigns Against Malaria
The singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka visits New York this week to help campaign for the voices of Africa's women and children to be heard at the opening of the new session of the United… Read more »
August 20, 2009
Africa: Continent's Population Reaches One Billion
One billion people now live in Africa, says a new report. The continent's population is growing by about 24 million a year, and will double to nearly two billion by 2050, the… Read more »
August 11, 2009
Congo-Kinshasa: Clinton Set on Ending Sexual Violence
The United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, travelled to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Tuesday, determined to press "very hard" for an end to… Read more »
August 03, 2009
Africa: Clinton Visits Seven Countries to Highlight Africa as Policy Priority
Hillary Clinton, making her first journey to Africa as U.S. Secretary of State, begins a seven-nation visit Monday with a stop in Kenya to take part in a forum on trade and… Read more »
June 01, 2009
Sudan: Darfuri Woman Refugees 'Live in Fear of Rape'
Darfuri women who have fled as refugees to Chad live in fear of being raped and as a result ostracized by their families, says a new study. Read more »
May 29, 2009
Africa: How Michelle Obama Can Help Africa
When Michelle Obama, the first lady of the United States, visits Ghana with President Barack Obama in July, the powerful voice she has used to empower disadvantaged girls at home… Read more »
April 21, 2009
Africa: Continent's 'First Ladies' Meet to Promote Health, Education
Fifteen spouses of African heads of state and government, from countries ranging from Swaziland to Kenya and Sierra Leone, have joined in a unique summit in Los Angeles,… Read more »