Guinean mining company director rewarded by World Bank
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean Aïssatou Béavogui, managing director of Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC) S.A, has been declared winner of the prestigious “MIGA Gender CEO [...] Full text...
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WB Cotonou organizes public lecture on Gender equality
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The World Bank's Cotonou Office on Saturday organized a public lecture on gender equality designed to evaluate public policies in Benin.
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Guterres highlights teenage girls' education to achieve development goals
New York, US (PANA) - Promoting education for adolescent girls is an “indispensable foundation for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”, Secretary-General António Guterres declared at [...] Full text...
AU Summit: AU, UN launch book on outstanding African women, women-led organisations
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, on Saturday joined dignitaries attending the AU Summit for the launch of a book jointly [...] Full text...
WHO says Female Genital Mutilation costs $1.4 billion annually
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) not only poses serious risks to the health and well-being of women and girls, but it also exacts a crippling economic toll, according to [...] Full text...
Botswana calls for women, children to be key stakeholders in peace negotiations
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has called for women and children to be key stakeholders in peace negotiations and reconciliation talks.
Speaking on Thursday at the [...] Full text...
Lives of traumatized, displaced women in Sudan's West Darfur under threat
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Ongoing instability in Sudan’s West Darfur region has left the lives, health and safety of thousands of women hanging in the [...] Full text...
Botswana man murders two-year-old child
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - A man has appeared before the Lobatse court for an unusual gender based violence (GBV) case, after murdering a two-year-old girl [...] Full text...
Women for Peace in Casamance calls for mobilization of energies for definitive peace in south of Senegal
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The president of the Women for Peace Platform in Casamance, Ndèye Marie Thiam, Thursday launched an appeal for the mobilization of [...] Full text...
Senegal Women's Platform for Peace in Casamance commits to eradicating obstetric fistula
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The Women's Platform for Peace in Casamance, southern Senegal, with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Ziguinchor [...] Full text...
U.S. Embassy donates towards gender-based violence fight in Botswana
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The US Ambassador to Botswana, Craig Cloud, has presented money and gifts to the Botswana Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Support Centre [...] Full text...
Women represent 54 pct of members of Congo’s Economic, Social and Environmental Council
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Clement Mouamba, Congolese prime minister, said here Monday the economic, social and environmental council (CESE) had become the first government institution [...] Full text...
Bamako hosts session on draft law against gender-based violence
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali is the fifth African country with the highest prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting, Mali's Minister for the Promotion of Women, [...] Full text...
Mauritius plans observatory for gender-based violence
Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will soon set up an observatory for gender-based violence (GBV) to address issues related to GBV cases which are matters [...] Full text...
Tunisia hosts meeting on 'Violence against women and the digital space'
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Center for Research, Studies, Documentation and Information on Women in Tunis (CREDIF) is organizing a meeting on Violence against women [...] Full text...
New report says Climate Change increasing risks of violence against women in Africa
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - With the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC predicting an increase in natural disasters and [...] Full text...
Cote d'Ivoire takes step forward in gender equality
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The council of ministers Wednesday decided that the mother is now authorized, on the basis of the principle of equality [...] Full text...
Global health professionals seek ways to address "harassment" of women in the workplace in Africa
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Despite women playing a predominant role in the global economy, there is a pressing need for workplace policies in place for [...] Full text...
Nigeria launches national sex offenders register
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday launched the first national sexual offenders register and called for stiffer sanctions them.
He also said [...] Full text...
Botswana Police Service teams up with women in media to fight gender-based violence
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Police Services (BPS) have joined forces with Women in Media in a fight against Gender-Based Violence in Botswana.
Parents have [...] Full text...
Absence of consent must become global standard for definition of rape, say experts
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UN and regional experts on violence against women and women's [...] Full text...
The Gambia launches activism campaign against gender-based violence
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Network against Gender Based Violence in partnership with United Nations Development Fund on Monday launched a 16-day activism campaign against any form [...] Full text...
Tunisia joints international efforts to eliminate violence against women
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia on Monday joined the international campaign dubbed '16 Days of Activism for the Elimination of Violence against Women' ahead of [...] Full text...
Mauritius sets up high-level committee to address violence against women
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth has set up of a high-level committee in his Office to deal with the [...] Full text...
Global actors meet to improve gender inclusion
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Hundreds of prominent leaders from around the world including heads of state, development partners, NGOs and academia began a meeting on [...] Full text...
'Increase in gender-based violence a concern' - Masisi
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - As Botswana joins the world on Monday in marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women to stamp out abuse [...] Full text...
Burundi launches campaign against gender-based violence
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi on Monday launched a campaign against gender-based violence.
The 16-day campaign will be an opportunity to appeal to the conscience of [...] Full text...
One-in-three women, experience physical, sexual abuse: UN
New York, US (PANA) - Violence against women and girls is among the most widespread, and devastating human rights violations in the world, but much [...] Full text...
'Empower African women to empower the continent', says African Union Commission
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At the opening of "She Trades Global 2019", an event dedicated to celebrating the talent of women in the economy [...] Full text...
Marshet Zelalem: A young Ethiopian girl leading big changes in her community (A UNESCO Feature)
Hawassa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Marshet Zelalem grew up in a rural village in Oromia, Ethiopia, and she was so timid that she was afraid to [...] Full text...
Senegal to manufacture organic sanitary napkins to treat infections affecting women
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The non-governmental organization (NGO), "Cause Première", based in Ziguinchor, in partnership with the French Association "PC Coup d'Pouce", will build a [...] Full text...
UNFPA coordinates implementation of 2020 strategy to combat gender-based violence in Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Thirty-five representatives of the Ministries of Social Affairs, Education, Health and Justice of the Libyan Government of National Accord in Tripoli [...] Full text...
Marriages to female minors canceled in Senegal, thanks to NGO Enda JA
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The progress report of the "Her Choice" project, implemented in the southern and eastern regions of Senegal - Kolda, Sedhiou and [...] Full text...
Socialist Women's Summit opens Tuesday in Niamey
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou on Monday received the Secretary General of the Socialist International, Luis Ayala, in Niger for the summit of [...] Full text...
Incidents linked to GBV in Mali rose by 57 pct between January, August
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Incidents linked to gender-based violence (GBV) recorded in Mali between January and August 2019 rose by 57 percent, compared with the [...] Full text...
Top UN official says gender equality ‘precursor’ to sustaining peace, sustainable dev't
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN deputy chief has told African Union’s Peace and Security Council that gender equality is key to sustaining peace and [...] Full text...
Niger to raise women's quota for elected and nominated positions
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien government approved a bill on Friday to increase women's quotas in senior positions of state.
The quotas go up from [...] Full text...
Burundi govt regards rural women's access to sustainable infrastructure, social protection services as top priority
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi on Tuesday celebrated the International Rural Women's Day on a formal commitment to "support access to sustainable infrastructure and social [...] Full text...
Human Rights Watch urges Mauritania's new president to take key steps for women’s rights
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Human Rights Watch on Tuesday sent a letter to Mauritania's new president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani urging him to prioritise women’s rights during [...] Full text...
Mali launches national annual children schooling campaign
The campaign is in response to the high rate of non-schooled children and for their access to special education needs, said the same sources.
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Community-led enforcement shows the way to end child marriage in Ethiopia (A UNFPA feature)
Kola, Tembein, Ethiopia (PANA) – Earlier this year, Haderu Gebray, 15, and her parents were arrested for planning her wedding to an older man she [...] Full text...
Sudan gets first woman Chief Justice
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Ms. Nimat Abdulla Mohamed Al-Khair, a veteran judge, has been appointed Sudan's Chief Justice, the first ever female to assume the [...] Full text...
Young girls leaders forum opens in Niger
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The first Young Girls Leaders Forum, organized by the NGO New Challenge, in partnership with the Ministry for the Promotion of [...] Full text...
Tigist, a young teacher, is making gender equality through education a reality in Ethiopia (A UNESCO Feature)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As a young girl growing up in rural Seydebir in Semien Shewa, Ethiopia, Tigist had to walk for an hour to [...] Full text...
Prestigious 'Who is Who' award won by Moroccan woman
Athens, Greece (PANA) - The prestigious 'Who is Who' award for women leaders in the world has been awarded in Athens to a Moroccan woman, [...] Full text...
UNGA 2019: AfDB announces new accountability index to measure institutional lending to women
New York, US (PANA) - A new tool to track the level of lending to women across Africa will be important for ensuring that women [...] Full text...
UNGA 2019: 'Hands off our girls!' - African first ladies cry out
New York, US (PANA) - Africa’s first ladies, led by Sierra Leone Fatima Maada Bio, brought their campaign to ban early child marriage and sexual [...] Full text...
Gambia’s First Lady Barrow, other African First Ladies reiterate call for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's First Lady, Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow, and her colleague African First Ladies of the Organisation of African First Ladies – OAFLAD - [...] Full text...
Gambia's First Lady, Barrow, receives distinguished global award for excellence at the UN
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian First Lady, Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow, has been honoured with the Distinguished Global Award for Excellence on the sidelines of the 74th [...] Full text...
Congo: Women's advisory council commits against female discrimination
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Antoinette Kebi, executive secretary of the Advisory Council for Women, said here Thursday her institution planned to identify problems that hindered [...] Full text...