How the Global Anti-Rights Movement Is Targeting Women's Rights in Africa Through Family Laws
IPS
Millions of African women live under laws that deny them equal rights at home. A well-funded global movement is working to make sure it stays that way. Read more »
Why Women Involvement in Agricultural Mechanization Remains Low in Northern Uganda
Independent (Kampala)
Low participation of women in agricultural mechanization is emerging as a major concern in northern Uganda, despite increasing adoption of modern farming technologies aimed at… Read more »
Chikunga to Launch 1956 Women's March Commemoration
SAnews.gov.za
Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, will on Friday, 29 May, officially launch the 70 Years Commemoration of the 1956… Read more »
FNB Women Super League Goes Down to the Wire
Namibian
The FNB Women Super League goes down to the wire this weekend when Mighty Gunners and FC Ongos will battle it out for the title. Read more »
Women Appeals for Help for 8-Year-Old Granddaughter With Heart Defect
Nile Post
An elderly grandmother in Kitwe village, Kanoni Town Council in Gomba District, is struggling to care for her eight-year-old granddaughter who was born with a hole in the heart and… Read more »
'I Left Everything Behind Just to Survive' - a Transgender Woman's Journey Through Stigma, Survival and HIV
Health-e
For Tovhowani Makondo (34) from Hakhakhu Tshifume in Limpopo's Vhembe Read more »
GBV Survivors Centre for Sepopa
Botswana Daily News
Government has approved a one-stop centre for Read more »
Group Calls for Reusable Pads As Menstrual Stigma, Access Gaps Persist
Premium Times
On any given day, more than 300 million women and girls worldwide are menstruating, while an estimated 500 million lack access to menstrual products and adequate facilities for… Read more »
How Women Are Paving Their Own Way Through Africa's Tech Sector
RFI
Nairobi - The recent Africa Forward summit in Nairobi hosted jointly by Kenya and France gave women working in the technology sector the chance to discuss issues including the… Read more »
Four Wise Women Talk the Talk
Namibian
The inaugural 'Inspired By Sessions' public dialogue event will bring prominent Namibian women leaders to Windhoek this Saturday to discuss personal growth and leadership. Read more »
Finance Minister Praises Mfdp Women, Commends Their Service to Liberia
New Dawn
- Liberia's Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Augustine Ngafuan, honored the women of the Ministry on Mother's Day, lauding them as "women of value, virtue, and… Read more »
Equity, MSC Launch Fisheries Financing Drive Targeting Women, Youth
Capital FM
Equity Group Holdings and MicroSave Consulting have launched a new initiative aimed at improving access to financing, reducing post-harvest losses and enhancing productivity in… Read more »
Government Allocates R1.6bn to Fight GBVF
SAnews.gov.za
Government has set aside R1.6 billion for activities related to the fight against Gender-Based Violence and Femicide, with an additional R50 million allocated to provincial… Read more »
Tripartite Youth and Women Trade Policy Dialogue Forum Highlights Youth Agripreneurs and Cross-Border Trade Across Comesa-EAC-SADC [document]
SADC
A new generation of African agripreneurs, among them women entrepreneurs, are stepping into the spotlight, as over 40 young traders from across the Common Market for Eastern and… Read more »
Wongosol Condemns Rising Cyberbullying and Public Humiliation of Women in Liberia
FrontPageAfrica
The growing wave of online bullying, public shaming, and cyber harassment targeting women in Liberia has sparked serious concern among women's rights advocates and civil society… Read more »
