The Unsung Heroes of Ocean Conservation Are Demanding to Be Heard
allAfrica
On a lawn overlooking the Indian Ocean, a group of women leaders from coastal Kenya sat together for a special conversation to share stories from their communities, discuss the… Read more »
Cubana Chiefpriest Agrees to Live TV DNA Test in Paternity Dispute With Kenyan Woman
Leadership
Nigerian socialite and businessman Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chiefpriest, has expressed willingness to undergo a DNA test live on television to resolve his… Read more »
New UN Human Rights Report - 'Brutal Use of Sexual Violence in Sudan'
Dabanga
A new UN Human Rights (OHCHR) report published yesterday lays bare the brutality and magnitude of conflict-related sexual violence in Sudan since the outbreak of the war in April… Read more »
Ministers, Experts Flag Blind Spot Driving African Girls' School Dropouts [press release]
Education.org
For every 10 girls who complete primary school, fewer than four finish secondary Open source STEP tool supports ministries to manage vulnerable transitions Read more »
New Kidnap Horror in Oyo As Terrorists Kill Pregnant Woman, Ransom Bearer
Vanguard
...Igboho threatens showdown, gives ultimatum Read more »
In West Africa's Benin, Women Make Centuries-Old Salt Production Methods Sustainable
IPS
It is barely noon, and a group of women sit near the beach on the outskirts of Djégbadji village, in West Africa's Benin, sifting through mounds of salt harvested from the… Read more »
What Helps Women Eat Well? Control Over Money, Time and Decisions Matters [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Worldwide, women carry the greatest burden of malnutrition. More than two-thirds of women of childbearing age don't get enough of at least one micronutrient. These are the vitamins… Read more »
NRM's Idah Nabayiga Declared Kalangala District Woman MP
Nile Post
The Electoral Commission has declared Nabayiga Idah of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) as the duly elected District Woman Member of Parliament for Kalangala District. Read more »
Failed Promise to Reduce Gender-Based Violence
HRW
Discriminatory Laws, Underinvestment in Public Services Enable Abuse Read more »
Justice for Abused Children - 42% of Nigerian Schoolgirls Face Gender Violence As Govt, EU Act
This Day
Nearly one in every two female students in Nigeria experiences some form of gender-based violence during years in school, a disturbing trend fuelling school dropouts, inflicting… Read more »
Female Baboons Keep Family Bonds Strong - Research Reveals the Benefits [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Baboons are one of the most widespread of Africa's primate groups. They range across sub-Saharan Africa and into the Arabian Peninsula. Read more »
Three Nominated As Kalangala Woman MP By-Election Takes Shape
Nile Post
The Electoral Commission has officially commenced the nomination process for candidates seeking to fill the vacant Kalangala District Woman Member of Parliament seat following the… Read more »
Banadir Regional Court Sentences Female Tuk-Tuk Driver to Three Years in Prison
Shabelle
The Banadir Regional Court has delivered a three-year prison sentence against Sadio Moalim Ali Hassan, widely known as "Sadio Bajaj," following nearly three months of government… Read more »
Investigation - Commissioned but Locked: How an Idle Hospital Is Failing Women in Akwa Ibom
Premium Times
Almost a year after the Mother and Child Hospital was commissioned in Akwa Ibom, it remains closed. Read more »
EC Opens Nominations for Kalangala Woman MP By-Election
Nile Post
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Wednesday began nominating candidates seeking to contest in the Kalangala District Woman Member of Parliament by-election scheduled for June 24,… Read more »
