Community-led enforcement shows the way to end child marriage in Ethiopia (A UNFPA feature)

11 october 2019 - 19:39:21

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

10 october 2019 - 18:40:39

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

10 october 2019 - 18:27:54

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)

04 october 2019 - 19:46:16

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

04 october 2019 - 10:08:00

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

03 october 2019 - 18:40:14

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

27 september 2019 - 18:16:08

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

26 september 2019 - 17:13:15

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

22 september 2019 - 16:57:24

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

20 september 2019 - 21:25:23

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...

Rwanda court denies bail to senior official accused of assaulting spouse

12 september 2019 - 13:12:02

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The primary court of Muhoza in Musanze, a district in northern Rwanda, has remanded the former vice mayor in charge of [...] Full text...

Niger hosts workshop on Women entrepreneurs in West Africa

04 september 2019 - 16:44:19

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A regional capacity-building workshop for women entrepreneurs in West Africa began Wednesday in Niamey, Niger, to develop and consolidate the quality [...] Full text...

AU delegation encourages women participation Sudan’s peace process

28 august 2019 - 13:40:36

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A high-level delegation of African Union (AU) women leaders has started a five-day mission to Sudan by bringing together  women activists [...] Full text...

Mali officials sensitized on fighting child sexual exploitation

26 august 2019 - 12:24:34

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Magistrates, police officers and social workers on identification of child victims of exploitation have completed a sensitisation workshop on the fight [...] Full text...

US engaged in projects to empower women in Botswana

22 august 2019 - 12:57:54

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The United States of America is breathing life into many women project initiatives aimed at communal development and to strengthen social stability [...] Full text...

Widows of Malian soldiers who died in conflicts soon to have multifunctional center

21 august 2019 - 18:25:51

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Widows of Malian soldiers and paramilitaries who died in theaters of operations will be equipped with a multifunctional center whose foundation [...] Full text...

Injustices persisit against women in Tunisian society

14 august 2019 - 12:38:56

Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Injustices against Tunisian women persist despite the existence of a legal instrument that was proclaimed soon after independence in 1956 to [...] Full text...

'Gender-based violence, the unfinished business of our time' (A UN Feature)

10 august 2019 - 07:52:58

New York, US (PANA) - Women and girls represent half of the world’s population and, therefore, also half of its potential, therefore gender equality, besides [...] Full text...

South Africa: Ramaphosa slams violence against women

09 august 2019 - 16:51:13

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa on Friday termed violence against women as a national crisis and “the worst [...] Full text...

UN demands Cape Verde' gives priority to gender equality

26 july 2019 - 14:05:41

Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has recommended that the Cape Verde Government give [...] Full text...

Orphans project launched in Bamako to sponsor 10,000 orphaned children

24 july 2019 - 23:34:43

Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -   Mrs Kéïta Aminata Maïga, Malian First Lady, and president of AGIR, a non=governmental organization (NGO), Tuesday launched the "Orphans Project" here [...] Full text...

Special Representative of UN Secretary-Gneral for children, armed conflict visits Mali

09 july 2019 - 21:05:20

Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -  The special representative of the UN Secretary-General for children and armed conflicts, Virginia Gamba, will visit Mali from 9 - 13 [...] Full text...

U.S. marathoner, Khadevis Robinson, visits Zimbabwe to raise awareness on gender-based violence

09 july 2019 - 16:13:47

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United States Embassy in Zimbabwe is hosting American Olympian marathoner, Khadevis Robinson, in the southern African nation for the next [...] Full text...

G7 France/UNESCO Int'l Conference - Innovating for girls' and women's empowerment through education

05 july 2019 - 15:11:54

Paris, France (PANA) - Girls’ education is one of the most effective investments for development, yielding not only individual but also broadersocietal benefits.   Despite considerable progress [...] Full text...

Gambia promises investigations into rape allegations against senior foreign ministry official

02 july 2019 - 09:18:56

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Gambian government on Monday promised to investigate sexual assault allegations levelled against a senior official of the foreign ministry.    In [...] Full text...

Senegal: USAID launches a program of more than 300 million CFAF for women's empowerment

28 june 2019 - 18:37:29

Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - USAID, under the program, Sabunimaa, and in partnership with the Union Santa Yalla of Ziguinchor that brings together women's organizations at [...] Full text...

Amnesty International joins suit against gov't banning pregnant girls from public schools

27 june 2019 - 04:44:04

Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Amnesty International says it has joined a legal case brought by two non-governmental organizations, Equality Now and WAVES, to challenge the [...] Full text...

Gambia’s ex-dictator, Yahya Jammeh, accused of rape, sexual assault

26 june 2019 - 19:00:28

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Rights groups on Wednesday accused former Gambian dictator, Yahya Jammeh, of rape and sexual assault against women while in power.   According to [...] Full text...

New UN report on families in a changing world puts ‘women’s rights at their core’

26 june 2019 - 02:30:49

New York, US (PANA) - While women’s rights have advanced over the decades, gender inequalities and other fundamental human rights violations within families persist, according [...] Full text...

Ensure that widows are ‘not left out or left behind’ - UN chief

23 june 2019 - 00:47:09

New York, US (PANA) - On International Widow’s Day, marked on Sunday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is asking everyone to reflect on the “economic hardship [...] Full text...

Guterres says ripple effect of sexual violence in conflict threatens ‘collective security’

20 june 2019 - 06:45:46

New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has reiterated that sexual violence in conflict is a “threat to our collective security” and [...] Full text...

2019 Women's World Cup: ARDN launches Red Card campaign on violence against women

18 june 2019 - 18:45:51

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - At the ongoing 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, the African Renaissance and Diaspora Network (ARDN) on Tuesday launched the [...] Full text...

Women in Botswana venture into construction industry

17 june 2019 - 16:47:43

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)-   In the past only men pursued careers in the built environment, but the 21st century woman is defying culture, tradition and all [...] Full text...

Third world summit of "Women in Africa" to be held in June in Morocco

14 june 2019 - 20:46:02

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)   -   The third edition of the world summit of ‘Women in Africa Initiative (WIA)’, an international platform for economic development and [...] Full text...

Burkinabè elected to Committee for protection of rights of migrant workers

11 june 2019 - 18:13:04

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkinabè Myriam Poussi, was on Monday elected to the UN seat in New York as member of the Committee for [...] Full text...

NGO deplores low representation of women in science

30 may 2019 - 21:05:04

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)   -   The president of the Congolese Foundation for Medical Research (FCRM), Professor Francine Ntoumi, on Thursday deplored the low representation of women [...] Full text...

Niger minister calls for integration of menstrual hygiene at all levels

29 may 2019 - 04:59:24

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Niger Minister of Water and Sanitation, Professor Garba Katambé, on Tuesday urged development partners, civil society and non-governmental organizations to [...] Full text...

1st-ever crises conference on Gender-Based Violence holds in Oslo

26 may 2019 - 10:32:53

  Oslo, Norway (PANA) - One-in-three girls or women will experience physical or sexual violence in her lifetime, and “the risk multiplies” during a conflict or [...] Full text...

DR Congo's Josephine Uwase Ndeze wins Miss Geek Africa award 2019

17 may 2019 - 01:45:23

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)  -  Congolese female innovator Josephine Uwase Ndeze was named Miss Geek Africa 2019 at the Transform Africa Summit held Thursday in Kigali, [...] Full text...

SADC launches Regional Women’s Network for Prison Services

15 may 2019 - 20:25:27

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - To facilitate the SADC Protocol on Gender and indeed the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325, the Ministerial Committee of [...] Full text...

Regional experts urge ECOWAS Commission to redouble efforts on gender mainstreaming

10 may 2019 - 11:43:11

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Regional experts on gender and elections have ended a two-day workshop in Accra, Ghana, calling on the ECOWAS Commission to intensify [...] Full text...

Integrating gender in Elections in ECOWAS region

06 may 2019 - 16:02:11

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A two-day experts’ workshop opened in Accra, Ghana, on Monday, 6 May, 2019, to validate a Baseline Assessment Report on Gender [...] Full text...

W/African Election Management Bodies urged to set up functional gender units

04 may 2019 - 18:28:58

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A three-day workshop to Validate Report on the Assessment of Gender Mainstreaming and Election Management Bodies (EMBs) in the ECOWAS region, [...] Full text...

Forum on gender equality opens in Tunis

24 april 2019 - 22:44:14

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)   -   A Forum on Gender Equality organized by the Tunisian Ministry of Women, Children, Family and Elderly Persons, in collaboration with UN [...] Full text...

French Secretary of State for gender equality meets with president Kaboré

19 april 2019 - 17:12:35

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso’s president, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, on Friday granted audience to the French Secretary of State to the Prime [...] Full text...

We-Fi regional summit calls for urgent action to support women entrepreneurs in West Africa

18 april 2019 - 07:24:42

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Heads of State, ministers, leaders of multilateral development banks, private sector executives, women entrepreneurs, and contributing governments of the Women [...] Full text...

With enough access to finance women can transform Africa

17 april 2019 - 09:29:41

Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Access to finance by women in Africa is critical if the continent is to attain the sustainable development goals, Economic Commission [...] Full text...

Tunis to host the second forum on gender equity on 24-26 April

16 april 2019 - 15:12:28

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian capital will host the second forum on gender equity from 24-26 April, organized by the Tunisian government, UN Women [...] Full text...

Ivanka Trump meets AU officials on advancing women empowerment

15 april 2019 - 22:01:48

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) and the United States of America have agreed to forge closer collaboration on women’s economic empowerment [...] Full text...

154 cases of serious children rights violations recorded in February in DRC

28 march 2019 - 18:58:50

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – The Child protection section of the UN Mission for DR Congo stabilization (MONUSCO) listed 154 cases of serious children’s rights [...] Full text...