Research Exposes Normalization of Gender-Based Online Violence Against Women in Ethiopia
Addis Standard
A study released by the Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) has documented the widespread technology-facilitated gender-based violence (GBV) targeting women who participate in… Read more »
Kenyan Women Build Businesses and Power Thanks to Village Savings Groups
WFP
World Food Programme-supported schemes help fight cultural barriers - and food insecurity Read more »
Malaria Is a Women's Rights Issue [analysis]
African Arguments
When malaria rages, the women whose labour, visible and invisible, is the bedrock of the care economy, suffer; the effects reverberate across society. Read more »
First Person - Women in Madagascar Too Ashamed to Seek Help Giving Birth
UN News
Some of the poorest women in an underdeveloped region south of Madagascar are "too ashamed" to seek the maternal health services they need, according to a midwife working in a… Read more »
Congolese Woman Excels in Beekeeping
VOA
In the eastern reaches of the Democratic Republic of Congo, women entrepreneurs in Goma continue to catch the eye of the business world, thanks to their creativity and resilience.… Read more »
Gambian Gynecologist Shares His Expert Opinion On FGM/C
Foroyaa
Gambian consultant gynecologist Dr. Abdoulie Keita last Thursday shared his expert opinion about Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) before the National Assembly Joint… Read more »
Women and Girls in Mozambique to Benefit From New Initiative Combatting Gender-Based Violence [press release]
World Bank
Women and girls in Mozambique are set to benefit from a new initiative to address Gender-based Violence (GBV), approved by the World Bank Board of Directors on April 30. The… Read more »
Get Gender Equality Right in Africa, and Prosperity Will Follow [analysis]
ISS
Realistic reductions in gender inequality could produce a US$259 billion larger economy in 2043 than current path forecasts. Read more »
Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Public Indecency Law
New Times
The Supreme Court on Friday, April 26 dismissed a petition brought by a feminist organisation challenging the country's public indecency laws. Read more »
Empowering Women Farmers, Accelerating Sustainable Development [opinion]
Ethiopian Herald
African women are not only the ones who are destined to carry out backbreaking house chores and are accountable to look after their children and the entire families. They are also… Read more »
Cosatu Rejects With Contempt the DA's Shocking Proposals to Cancel Women Workers' Protections [press release]
COSATU
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) rejects the Democratic Alliance (DA)'s shocking proposals to cancel the many labour rights women workers have achieved since the… Read more »
Climate Change Makes Life Harder - in South Africa It's Likely to Bring Heatwaves, Water Stress and Gender-Based Violence [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
South Africa is feeling the impacts of global warming. Heat is frequent and more intense. Human-induced climate change made the severe 2015-2017 drought three to six times more… Read more »
Development Aid Organization, El-Fashir Launches an Initiative to Protect Women From Social Violence
SNA
The Voluntary Development Aid Organization in North Darfur, in cooperation with the Safer World Organization, launched on Tuesday from Al-Salam Shelter Center "7" in the Abu Shouk… Read more »
Paris Olympics / d'Tigress Will Have Adequate Preparation - NBBF
Daily Trust
The Nigeria women's national basketball team, D'Tigress, will have adequate preparation ahead of the summer Olympic games in Paris, according to the head of the basketball… Read more »
Remi Tinubu Recieves First Nigerian Female Graduate of British Military Academy
Premium Times
The first lady, who noted the sterling performances of 24-year-old Oluchi Owowoh, a second lieutenant, said the officer is a good example of the great feats Nigerian youth can… Read more »