According to the 2014 Global Gender Gap Index, Uganda has dropped 42 places in the rankings of 140 countries - also reporting as the least gender-equal society in East Africa. Read more »
Creative ways to engage, empower, and benefit both women and men at every stage need to be built into development research initiatives, say the IDRC and Canada's department of ... Read more »
Arunma Oteh, the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has been named West Africa's Businesswoman of the Year 2014. Read more »
Dozens of former hostages have described the physical and psychological abuse at the hands of Boko Haram militants in a report by Human Rights Watch. Read more »
Victims of rape have converged at the National Assembly complex to protest the slow progress on the passing of the Sexual Offences Bill. Read more »
At least 60 women have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram militants in Adamawa State following renewed attacks unleashed by the insurgents. Read more »
Campaigners are mourning the death of Efua Dorkenoo, regarded as the 'the mother' of the global movement to end Female Genital Mutilation. Read more »
"One of the simplest ways to save mothers and children is through breastfeeding," Mrs. Toyin Saraki, Founder-President of the Nigerian-based the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, told a ... Read more »
Responding to Niger's call for improvements in women's reproductive health and girls' education, the UN Secretary-General and World Bank President pledged to strongly support the ... Read more »
The body of Mashonaland politician Greenwich Ndanga, who was killed when T.B. Joshua's church collapsed in Nigeria, reportedly remains stuck in Nigeria. Read more »
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