Body of Woman Found in Her Bed With a Note Saying - 'Stop Assaulting Inmates'

News24Wire

The body of a 22-year-old woman was found in her bedroom in Reitspark, Welkom, on Sunday, with a note next to her body reading: "Stop assaulting inmates." Read more »

Zimbabwean Court Upholds Transgender Rights [analysis]

New Frame

Transgender activist Ricky Nathanson, who sought asylum in the United States after being brutalised by the Zimbabwean police, may have won her damages claim but she cannot return… Read more »

'Political Women' Dissociate From 'Weah Step Down' Campaign

Observer

... Denounce freedom out of 'ballot box' Read more »

Once-a-Month Birth Control Pill Developed

Nation

Women who forget to take their daily oral contraceptive pill should worry no more. Read more »

Army Rescues 31 Women, Children From Boko Haram in Bama

Daily Trust

The Nigerian Army says its troops have rescued 31 persons comprising 14 women and 17 children at Mantari, Malam Masari and Gabchari Villages in Bama Local Government Area (LGA) of… Read more »

16 days of activism: IDPs in MAIDUGURI #SayNoToRape

Plan International

As part of activities to commemorate the #16daysofactivism, Plan International Nigeria, Maiduguri office, conducted series of activities aiming at raising the awareness of… Read more »

Psychosocial and life skill activities spark a new life in Alice.

Plan International

Alice is a 19 years old woman and a mother of a 6 months old baby girl. Before the crisis currently plaguing the North West and South-West regions in Cameroon, she used to live and… Read more »

Restoring the dignity of IDP Girls and Women in Mali

Plan International

Awa B., barely 20 years old, is now a widow and homeless. Thousands of girls and women face the same situation in Mali. They are Oura, Hawoye, Niamoye..., in English girls, women… Read more »

My Camera, my Shooting Weapon Dafadoy! Enough is Enough!

Plan International

This is the slogan that the young activist Fatou takes with her everywhere. With a degree in philosophy and journalism and communication, Fatou, the very committed young activist,… Read more »

OG7 Awards - Women Football Stars Rewarded

Cameroon Tribune

A special award night aimed at valorising women football in the country took place in Yaounde on Saturday, December 7, 2019. Read more »

Special Edition - Beyond Education: Helping Girls Believe in Themselves

Addis Standard

Netsanet Alemayehu and Rediate Tibebu, both fifteen, are student trainees; and Abebech Yetebarek, one the female teachers, is a trainer. There is one common thing that brought the… Read more »

UNFPA to strengthen leadership role in global HIV prevention; increase access to people with disabilities to AIDS prevention and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa [press release]

UNFPA in WCA

Dakar, 9 December 2019 – The 2019 edition of the International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa, (ICASA 2019), ended in Kigali, Rwanda with a… Read more »

Woman to Die By Hanging for Killing Co-Wife, Seven Step-Children

Vanguard

Ebonyi State High Court has sentenced Agnes Nwefuru to death by hanging after she was arraigned before the court for setting ablaze her co-wife Felicia Nwefuru and killing her… Read more »

Responding to the Challenge of Drug Use Among Women in Nigeria

WHO

"I used to be a full-time patient at this facility," says Michelle Eze, a drug abuse survivor, as she signs her name in the register for a check-up with her psychiatrist at Karu… Read more »

Commitment to End Gender-Based Violence

This Day

Chiemelie Ezeobi writes that the recent commitment by the federal government and stakeholders to end Gender-based Violence by launching a 'Sex Offenders Register' is a step in the… Read more »