June 12
South Africa: Eastern Cape Honours Women in Agriculture
SAnews.gov.za
The Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform will this week award top performing women in the agricultural sector, as part of the department's programme to… Read more »
Nigeria: Despite Ban On Pregnant Women, Nigerian Pilgrim Gives Birth in Saudi Arabia
Daily Trust
Despite the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria's (NAHCON's) warning against allowing pregnant women to participate in this year's hajj, Saudi Arabian authorities have announced… Read more »
Liberia: Women Crave for Space in Govt.'S Arrest Agenda
New Dawn
Two women's organizations in the country collaborate to mainstream the government's ARREST agenda, emphasizing women's inclusion. Read more »
June 11
Nigeria: First Lady Canvasses Action Against Female Genital Mutilation
This Day
Wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has expressed the need to intensify advocacy efforts to eliminate the harmful practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Read more »
Africa: Forging Strategic Alliances - Maureen Sumbwe's Journey With the Graça Machel Trust [press release]
Graça Machel Trust
In Africa's dynamic landscape of trade and agriculture, the partnership between the Graça Machel Trust's Network of African Business Women (NABW) and the Zambian Federation… Read more »
Nigeria: IGP Orders Probe Into Death of Suspected Kidnapper of Two Women
Premium Times
The two women were said to have visited the suspect allegedly kidnapped them on 27 April in Aba, Abia State. Read more »
Nigeria: Amnesty Int'l, DHQ Disagree Over Treatment of Female Victims of Boko Haram
Vanguard
Amnesty International, AI and the Defence Headquarters are at loggerheads over the treatment of female victims of Boko Haram. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Woman in Court for Poisoning Pupils, Faces 6 Attempted Murder Charges
New Zimbabwe
A 37-year-old Zvimba woman was on Saturday dragged to Chinhoyi Magistrates Court for allegedly lacing food with poison in an attempt to kill her daughter's schoolmates. Read more »
Nigeria: How Elderly Women Are Championing Antenatal, Immunisation in Taraba
Daily Trust
In Taraba communities, elderly women have taken the challenges of encouraging pregnant women to attend antenatal clinics and children to be allowed for routine immunisation. Read more »
Liberia: Book Before Boys Urges Girls to Embrace Education
New Dawn
A champion of girls' education in Liberia, Book Before Boys, is calling on young females to embrace training and learning opportunities that will help them to achieve their dreams. Read more »
June 10
Nigeria: Rural Women Bear the Brunt of Nigeria's Worsening Healthcare Crisis
Premium Times
Many health centres in rural Nigerian communities lack adequate personnel and equipment. Read more »
Tanzania: Women Creating Wealth Honours Tanzania's Emerging Entrepreneurs At Graduation Event
Graça Machel Trust
After 10 months of dedicating time and energy to learn, challenge themselves, try business solutions they never had before, 34 women entrepreneurs met to celebrate and be… Read more »
Nigeria: Flood Washes Away Woman, Daughter At Niger Mining Site
Daily Trust
A woman and her daughter have been reported swept away by flood waters following a downpour on Saturday while mining gold behind the secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Gender-Based Violence Through the Eyes of a Legal Expert
The Herald
"I represented someone who had killed his wife over infidelity accusations and at that point, he said he had caught the wife red-handed. In a fit of rage, he started attacking the… Read more »
Nigeria: Golf - Oboh's Victory At John Shippen Women's Invitational Excites Runsewe
This Day
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Nigeria: NGO Sensitises FCT Rural Women On Menstrual Hygiene
Daily Trust
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Children's Impact And Development Initiative (CIADI), has sensitised girls and women of Kango community in Kuje Area Council of the FCT on… Read more »
Nigeria: Al-Hikmah Varsity Gets 1st Female Professor
Daily Trust
The Governing Council of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State, has approved the promotion of Moriam Adeyemi Aremu and seven other academic staff to the rank of professor. Read more »
June 09
Africa: Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Is Linked to Increasing Obesity Rates in Women [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Obesity and excess weight gain, traditionally perceived as health issues predominantly affecting high-income countries, are now increasingly prevalent in low and middle-income… Read more »
Nigeria: Disarm Herders Now, We Can't Go to Farm Again, Igbo Women Beg Tinubu
Vanguard
Igbo women have called for the immediate disarming of violent herdsmen wreaking havoc in various agrarian communities in South East, lamenting that farmers are scared of going to… Read more »
June 07
Tanzania: AfDB Facilitates Women Financing in Tanzania
Daily News
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), through its Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative has collaborated with the Graca Machel Trust (GMT) and… Read more »
Nigeria: EU, UNDP Adopt Arts to Combat Sexual, Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria
Leadership
The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have said that they are leveraging the power of art to combat all forms of sexual and gender-based… Read more »
June 06
Uganda: Nakaseke - Over 400 Women Trained to Preach Govt's Grow Project Gospel
Nile Post
Generating Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women Enterprises Project (GROWTH) is a government's initiative being implemented by Ministry of Gender Labour and Social… Read more »
Seychelles: Seychelles' Women, Girls and Youth Learn to Transform Fish Skin to Leather
Seychelles News Agency
Women, girls and young entrepreneurs from Seychelles are learning how to process fish skin to use as a type of leather in a three-day training programme at the Seychelles Maritime… Read more »
Nigeria: EU, UNDP Amplify Fight Against Sexual/Gender-Based Violence in 'Deafening Silence'
This Day
As part of its Spotlight Initiative interventions on sexual-gender-based violence, the European Union (EU), in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),… Read more »
Africa: Nourishing Roots - Why Women's Health Matters for All
SciDev.Net
Investment in locally led-innovation and midwifery can transform child and maternal health, write Nigerian health minister Muhammad Ali Pate and Samba Sow, former minister of… Read more »