Tag Archives: women

Swazi women rally against “abuse and inequality”

March 11, 2013 no comments

We are against “all forms of abuse, inequality, inadequate justice system and the clashes between traditional laws and constitutional laws,” a press release issued by the Swaziland Rural Women Associ...

Blatant discrimination, threats and intimidation as women navigate pol...

January 27, 2013 no comments

NAIROBI,  Miriam Gathigah (IPS) - Few women in Kenya harbour illusions of entering politics. Blatant discrimination, threats and intimidations, an uneven playing field and a largely unsympathetic pub...

Zimbabwe’s apostolic sect – a curse to women

December 10, 2012 no comments

Entering Noah Taguta’s homestead, Johanne Marange Apostolic Church’s High Priest, there is neither telling how many wives he has or who among the female folk you will meet is his wife, daughter or gr...

U.N. Women launch joint initiative to accelerate economic empowerment ...

September 27, 2012 no comments

Discriminatory social institutions formal and informal laws added to norms and practices that limit their social and economic opportunities, women are all fired up and they just can’t take it no more...

Saudi Arabia to allow women to compete in 2012 Olympics

June 25, 2012 no comments

Saudi embassy statement reveals country's Olympic commitee will oversee participation of women athletes who can qualify

Amsatou Sow Sidibé set to be the first female President of Senegal as ...

February 26, 2012 no comments

DAKAR, Koffigan E. Adigbli - (IPS) – There are two women among the 14 candidates contesting the first round of Senegalese presidential elections that will be held on Feb. 26. But according to several...

Women in Somalia say they should be considered for the country’s leade...

February 16, 2012 no comments

MOGADISHU,  (IPS) – As Somalia’s transitional government and various stakeholders meet Wednesday to discuss the inclusion of the country’s clans in the new government, women politicians have called f...

Kenyan women set to make their mark in politics

January 4, 2012 no comments

NAIROBI, (IPS) – The August 2012 elections in Kenya will open doors to massive political participation by women for the first time ever. The new constitution in effect since August 2010 contains a pr...

Women’s education – The path to the Presidency in Malawi

December 20, 2011 no comments

BLANTYRE, (IPS) – On an elegant veranda adorned with a red carpet, Malawi’s Vice President Joyce Banda recalls how her childhood friend Chrissie Mtokoma was always top of their class and how she stru...

U.N. calls for action as six out of ten women suffer physical and/or s...

December 6, 2011 no comments

Facts like this have urged the UN to call for engaging all of society, and especially young people, to end violence against women, “a scourge that spans the globe and takes many forms, including rape...

Man ‘attempts sex with toy giraffe’

November 20, 2009 no comments

A man is accused of trying to have sex with a 1.3 metre stuffed toy giraffe.

Uganda u-20 women eject rwanda

November 9, 2009 no comments

Uganda’s She Hippos qualified for the second round of the African qualifiers for next year’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, Germany 2010 after beating hosts Rwanda 1-0 in Kigali ...

Tunisia wins unaf women’s tourney

November 8, 2009 no comments

 Tunisia national women' soccer team emerged winners of Union of North Africa Football Union (UNAF) Women’s tournament after beating Egypt 6-2 on Friday at El Menzah. A brace ...

Cusack: ‘Men think about other women’

November 8, 2009 no comments

John Cusack warns women that men always think that "the grass is going to be greener" elsewhere.

‘Real Housewives Of Atlanta’: Episode 15 recap

November 6, 2009 no comments

The latest instalment of The Real Housewives Of Atlanta reunited the castmates for the second part of a reunion special.

Two places up for grabs in women’s u-20 qualifiers

November 5, 2009 no comments

 The remaining two sides to complete the first round teams for the African qualifiers for next year’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, Germany 2010 will be decided this ...