Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Gambia's Information and Communication Secretary Minister Neneh Macdouall Tuesday called for "gender mainstreaming" in Africa as the continent moves towards realising the objectives of "building an inclusive information society. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African women from all walks of life will gather in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, for two days in June to discuss new strategies to mitigate and minimise the negative impact of migration on the continent's development, organisers of the meeting confirmed here Wednesday. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Graca Machel, chairperson of one of Mozambique's most prominent NGOs, the Community Development Foundation (FDC), has urged young Mozambican women "to demand equal rights with men and the recognition of their competence". Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The International Arab-African Women's Rights Organisation and the Arab Students General Union, have signed a cooperation agreement here for the promotion of the interests and rights of Arab women worldwide. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- To reach key development objectives by 2015, women's equality and fragile states need to receive concerted attention and the international community must scale up strategies for the attainment of eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to a new report by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Full text...

Agadez- Niger (PANA) -- Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Kadhafi has Reaffirmed his desire for the setting up of an Africa-wide family organ or code that would govern people, marriage, divorce, social security, and children and women rights. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan women have resolved to play an active role in this year's general election in a bid to break the circle male dominance in the governance of the East African nation, media reports said here Monday. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The secretary-general of the Libyan charity association Watassimou, Dr Aicha Mouammar Kadhafi, late Wednesday in Tripoli, launched a project to sensitise citizens against violence on women. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- The first 'Women of Africa Festival' will convene in April in Marrakech, 250 km south here, graced by the presence of renowned South African singer Myriam Makeba, sources close to the organisers announced. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- A women's forum held under the auspices of the UN Commission on the Status of Women has called for a ban on female genital mutilation (circumcision) and forced marriage worldwide. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkinabe minis-ter of Women's Promotion, Mrs Gisèle Guigma, Thursday urged her compatriots to reflect on the socio-cultural considerations of empowering women by bridging the gap in 'boy-to-girl' education. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- UN Security Council has unanimously approved a formal statement highlighting women's crucial role in preventing and resolving conflicts and their relevance in peace building. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Immigrant women in Paris on Thursday, claimed for the same consideration and rights as "any other female citizen" of the French Republic. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Thursday called on the General Assembly and Security Council to strengthen mechanisms to check violence against women and girls worldwide. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- UN children's agency, UNICEF Thursday called for intensified efforts to stem the high maternal mortality rate of 1,013 deaths per 100,000 live births in Somalia. Full text...

Monrovia- Liberia (PANA) -- As Liberia joined other countries around the world to celebrate the International Women's Day Thursday, a new report by an international NGO, Action Aid-Liberia, has revealed that violence against women, including rape, "continues unchecked" in the country. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The frequent violations and denials of women's rights and fundamental freedoms continue to fuel feminisation of poverty and HIV/AIDS in Africa, Alpha Oumar Konare, Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission said here Thursday. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Malian President, Amadou Toumani Toure, Thursday in Bamako, paid a glowing tribute to the Malian women's commitment to the development of their country. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has pledged to strike a gender balance in the UN senior management as the world body prepares to mark International Women's Day this week. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro, Monday called for the prosecute human traffickers and the protection of women and children from the illicit trade. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- It was claps and laughs as a girl from Zambia, Chinyanta Chimba, told an audience that her ambition is to become the first female secretary-general of the world body "in the near future". Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- A top UN official, Rachel Mayanja has said declared that women's empowerment and gender mainstreaming are key to tackling social challenges. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro, Tuesday called for "much more work" toward the achievement of gender equality globally. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Experts and education officials from 20 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa have called upon governments and development agencies to pay greater attention to the large number of children who fail to proceed to secondary school because of limited opportunities. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Rape in Mauritania, female genital mutilation in Kenya, domestic violence in Mexico and Romania, and child marriage in Bangladesh, are some of the major abuses against women and girls listed in a new UN Population Fund report released in New York Monday. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro Friday in New York reiterated her commitment to defend and promote the rights of women globally. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Monday renewed its call for intensified global efforts to save the 3 million girls who still face the risk of female genital mutilation or cutting every year. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan Vice President Moody Awori Sunday assured Kenyans that the government would implement the sexual offences law in a move to eradicate the increasing incidences of gender violence in the country. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- The first all-women UN peacekeeping unit, made up of 103 women from India, arrived in Liberia Tuesday to assist the country recover from 14 years of civil war. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) – The campaign for eq-uality between men and women is yet to have a concrete impact in rural areas of Africa, says Bineta Diop, chairperson of "Femmes Africa Solidarité" (FAS). Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The 9th preliminary meeting on Africa's gender integration programme opened here Wednesday with civil society organisations and African Union (AU) officials reaffirming their resolve to achieve parity for both sexes. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Once again gender activists are hard on the heels of African leaders to discuss the implementation of their 2004 Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The incoming UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursday in New York said he might consider appointing a woman as his deputy. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Canada has given Mali 4. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- United Nations Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari has advocated for the inclusion of women in peacemaking and conflict resolution. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The 19 November and 3 December parliamentary and municipal elections made it possible for women to make a remarkable breakthrough in political representation in Mauritania," the European Union Observer Mission (EUOM) has said. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- 89 countries have been commended for enacting laws to tackle the scourge of violence against women. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), has granted US$3. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has highlighted gender-based violence against women, which it described as under-reported but mostly perpetuated in Africa, Asia as well as Central and Latin America countries. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The international charity organisation, ActionAid has alerted UN missions in war-torn countries of instances of violence against women. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- France will support South African legendary singer Miriam Makeba's humanitarian project in the form of special centres to assist women victims of violence in her country, French Social Affairs Minister Catherine Vautrin has said. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya(PANA) - – Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, has hailed efforts by the Panafrican Young Women Movement for Peace, describing the organisation as dynamic and that which represents the hope for every African woman. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) – Women from eight countries- in the West African subregion Thursday began meeting in Serre Kunda for four days to discuss good governance and the involvement of African women and girls in national decision-making processes. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's country office of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is currently training 150 programme managers to mainstream gender issues in their activities to enhance national development, the News Agency of Nigeria reported Saturday. Full text...

Lyon- France (PANA) – The president of a Ugandan N-GO, Margaret Nakato Lubyayi says globalisation heavily weighs on African women. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- President Mwai Kibaki Friday announced a radical change in the country's public service employment system when he directed the state-run employment agency, the Pubic Service Commission (PSC), to immediately start ensuring that 30 per cent of new appointments went to women. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Nearly three years since African leaders declared their common position on advancing gender equality, the continent's record in this area is largely wanting though not totally devoid of merit. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Filmmakers from around the African continent are being invited to submit their films and documentaries for a film festival devoted to ending violence against women in Africa. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan authorities are in the process of installing the requisite legal framework to contain gender and sexual violence in the eastern African country, a senior said here Saturday. Full text...

Douala- Cameroon (PANA) -- A World Association of Women Entrepreneurs (FCEM) delegation, led by its President Francoise Foning of Cameroon, is to visit Tunisia 12 August, at the invitation of President Zine Al-Abidine Ben Ali and his wife, the Association sources said here. Full text...