Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- At least 1,000 women from across the globe are expec ted at the Third Black Women's Congress slated for 28 November to 3 December in K inshasa. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Gambian Vice President, Mrs. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) â" Experts, civil soc-iety organizations and other key stakeholders in womenâ?s empowerment and gender equality issues have agreed to improve the lives of African women, a UN ECA press lease said on Thursday. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Gambia is a firm believer in the importance of gende r mainstreaming and the promotion of gender equality, especially for women, Vice President Isatou Njie-Saidy has said. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Chairperson, African Union Commission, Dr. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Beijing Platform for Action not only emphasises achi eving equality, womenâ?s political and economic empowerment and eliminating disc rimination but also focuses on the integration of women as full and equal partne r s in all policies and decision-making processes, a senior United Nations Officia l said. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) â" Gender activists meeting -in Banjul, the Gambia, have c alled for â?deliberate effortsâ? towards the nomination of female candidates fo r African Union Commission chair â?as a sign of equal sharing of leadership and responsibilities for delivering on the development agendaâ? on the continent, ac cording to a statement received here by PANA Wednesday. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Sudanese women Tuesday called on the African human right s system to assist them reform the repressive laws back home in Sudan. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The United Nations Commission for Africas has called on governments and the international community to prioritise achievements of gender equality and womenâ? rights because this was essential for reducing poverty and promoting growth. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Gambia will host the â?African Regional Conference on Womenâ?, dubbed (Beijing+15), with over 28 African ministers in charge of ge nder affairs and high level participants from some 43 countries expected to atte n d, the Addis Ababa-based Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the main organise r , said in a communiqueâ? received here by PANA Friday. Full text...

Geneva- Switzerland (PANA) -- Despite considerable progress in the past decades, societies continue to fail to meet the health care needs of women at key moments of their lives, particularly in their adolescent years and in old age, a World H e alth Organisation (WHO) report has found. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has launched a campaign to mobilise people around the world to take part in a drive to stop vio l ence suffered by women. Full text...

Rأ©duit- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Womenâ?s Rights Minister Indranee Seebun, has said that the country's National Women Council will place land (fenced and r eady for cultivation) at the disposal of women entrepreneurs, grouped in agricul t ural societies, who want to engage in crop production. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The third edition of the international conference on black women, which is a group of talented women who have come together to bette r participate in an emerging new Africa, will be held in Kinshasa 28 November - 4 December. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The representative of the United Nations Fund for Popula tion Activities (UNFPA) to Senegal, Mrs Rose Gakuba, on Tuesday called for a sig n ificant contribution of men and boys to the fight for gender equality. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the international community to commit resources and funding to improve women's health and gender equality. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on women to ge t involved in conflict prevention and resolution. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Hundreds of serious cases of violence against wo men were recorded in Mauritania between 2007 and 2009, the Chairperson of the As s ociation to fight Against Dependence (ALCD-RIHAB), Mrs. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The US will support the fight against sexual abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to the tune of US$ 17 million, the Am e rican Development Agency (USAID) announced in a press release here. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- South African lawyer Rashida Manjoo, who has also worked a s an academic in the human rights field and a campaigner against domestic violence, has taken over as the new UN indepen dent expert to tackle violence against women. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Women's Rights Movement of the Gambia on Monday appe aled to the Office of the President to release the jailed six Gambians journali s ts, particularly the only female among them, Sarata Jabbi. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- UN Special Envoy on HIV and AIDS in Africa, Elizabeth Mata ka, has called on African countries, more especially those in the Great Lakes Re g ion, to make rape a punishable offence. Full text...

Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- The Egyptian Centre for Womenâ™s Rights (ECWR) has launch ed a new campaign that uses a games booklet to fight sexual harassment against children. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The UN is launching a worldwide effort to recruit more police women into its peacekeeping operations, a UN official said on Saturday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Health care practitioners are now performing Female Geni tal Mutilation {FGM} in a process known as â?medicalizationâ?, which tends to r einforce and legitimize FGM, hence hindering the global effort towards its aband o nment, a recent study claims. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Expressing concern over the lack of women in decision-ma king roles in agricultural development issues in Africa, a group of leading African women scientists has urged African leaders and US pol icymakers to put women at the centre of efforts to address chronic hunger and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- West Africa's regional representative for the UN High Commission for Human rights, Mahamane Cisse-Gouro, said Wednesday in Dakar that African governments must make more efforts to guarantee gender equality. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Visiting African Union (AU) chairman and Libyan leader M ouammar Kadhafi has called for the education of African women to enable them take their rightful places in the soci ety. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- Twenty-three UN experts on Monday in New York began a 17-d ay meeting to review country-specific records on issues relating to discrimination against women. Full text...

Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Egypt has agreed to set up a branch of the Non-Aligned Mov ement (NAM) Institute for the Empowerment of Women (NIEW) in Cairo as suggested b y Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, wife of the Malaysian Prime Minister. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- While the Ugandan leader, Yoweri Museveni, criticized F emale Genital Mutilation (FGM) as ‘interference’ with God’s works and then banne d the age-old practice in his country, some traditionalists here are set to resis t the government’s action. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- Top UN officials have called for more investment in women and girls during the global financial crisis to help promote economic recovery and tackle poverty and inequality. Full text...

Rome- Italy (PANA) -- Libyan leader and current chairman of the African Union (AU), Mouammar Kadhafi, has stressed the need for a” women's revolution” worldwi de to correct the false notion of equality between men and women. Full text...

N'Djamena- Chad (PANA) -- The International Federation of the Human Rights League s (FIDH) will pay particular attention this year to the welfare of women in four African countries of Botswana, Burundi, the DR of Congo and Togo, a communique i s sued Friday in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, said. Full text...

N'Djamena- Chad (PANA) -- At least 90% of Chadian women are victims of physical, moral and socio-economic violence, the chair of the commission in charge of Gend e r in the Chadian League for the Defence of Human rights, Allashissem Euphrasie, s aid on Tuesday. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Association of Female Heads of Families (AFC F) wants Mauritanian authorities to investigate the existence of a "large networ k involved in under-18 girls' sex trafficking between Mauritania and Saudi Arabia " in a statement made available to PANA here on Tuesday. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) – African Union gender exper-ts meeting on the implementati on of the AU Solemn Declaration on Gender and African Women's Decade in Banjul h a ve heard that AU states have not yet submitted their reports. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A three-day international meeting bringing together expe rts on gender and related issues organised by the African Union (AU) and Gambian government gets underway in Banjul official sources confirmed to PANA Thursday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- It is approaching 2. Full text...

Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), Ines Alberdi, Wednesday begins a three-day working vis i t to the Burundi capital, a year after she was appointed to the office, diplomat i c sources told PANA. Full text...

Los Angeles- US (PANA) -- The First Lady of Nigeria, Turai Yar'Adua, Thursday ad vocated a partnership among African first ladies, governments and Non-Government a l Organisations (NGOs) to improve the health of women and children in Africa. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua on Thursday told the visiting Commonwealth Secretary General, Dr. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh has received in his offic e in Banjul delegates of the ECOWAS Female Parliamentarian Association (ECOFEPA) , ahead of the association’s formal launch, sources in Banjul informed PANA Frida y . Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh has received in his offic e in Banjul delegates of the ECOWAS Female Parliamentarian Association (ECOFEPA) , ahead of the association’s formal launch, sources in Banjul informed PANA Frida y . Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) - – Scores of Congolese women protested on Sunday in the centre of the Belgian capital, Brussels, against rampant rape of Congolese women in North Kivu in the Central African state as the world marked International Wo m en's Day. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday called for an e nd to ``the routine violence suffered by women and girls around the world''. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) – As the world celebr-ates international Women’s Day on Sunday, the African Union (AU) is once again being seen as pushing itself to the forefront of the fight against discrimination against women, a significant p r oblem facing many African countries. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) - – Although the UN established International Women’s Day only in 1977, the Day, which falls on Sunday, has its roots in an action of women factory workers in the United States more than a century ago. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) – The United Nations -believes men have essential ro les to play in ending violence against girls and women. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The UN Conference on Development and Trade (CNUCED) begins a two-day conference on Tuesday in Geneva to bring together experts to look into integration of parity issues into commercial policies as its programme for this year's International Women's Day. Full text...