Rights group lauds Sierra Leone's decision to allow pregnant girls or mothers to attend school

01 april 2020 - 09:49:00 MA

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch has lauded the decision of the Sierra Leone government to allow girls who are pregnant or have a child [...] Full text...

Libyan Foreign Ministry raises fate of missing MP Siham Sergewa

09 march 2020 - 12:03:14 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has raised the fate of the disappeared member [...] Full text...

UN official urges women to push for gender equality

09 march 2020 - 06:19:15 MSS

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The UN resident coordinator in The Gambia has tasked women to push for gender equality in order to make the goal [...] Full text...

Burkinabè president meets women on International Women's Day

09 march 2020 - 06:03:23 MSA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso's president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Sunday met with women during celebrations marking international women’s day. The day was [...] Full text...

Gender equality remains priority in SADC region – Executive Secretary

08 march 2020 - 16:05:43 AR

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Gender equality remains a priority in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region as challenges continue to hamper efforts [...] Full text...

UNSMIL hails achievements of Libyan women despite the inequalities they face

08 march 2020 - 12:58:15 MTA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has paid tribute to Libyan women on the occasion of  International Women's Day, [...] Full text...

International Women’s Day: Gender equality benefits everyone - Chief of UN Women

06 march 2020 - 20:15:04 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The benefits of gender equality are not just for women and girls, but “for everyone whose lives will be changed [...] Full text...

Governments should fulfil women’s rights pledges, says Human Rights Watch

06 march 2020 - 09:21:34 MA

New York, US (PANA) – Governments should mark International Women’s Day on Sunday with moves to expedite progress on gender equality, Human Rights Watch said [...] Full text...

Nearly 90 per cent of all people have ‘a deeply ingrained bias’ against women - Report

06 march 2020 - 05:43:25 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Despite decades of progress in closing the gender equality gap, close to nine out of 10 men and women around [...] Full text...

Tunisia: African women leaders network to be launched in June

05 march 2020 - 22:15:20 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Altogether, 40 African active women leaders in different walks of life (civil society, Parliament, information and technology) on Thursday took part [...] Full text...

Women learners at accelerated schooling centres in western Mali receive USAID kits

01 march 2020 - 16:56:27 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The USAID-Mali project, entitled "Leadership and Empowerment of Girls through Education," just handed out school kits, bicycles, sewing machines and birth [...] Full text...

ECCAS delegates meet in Brazzaville to discuss gender, agricultural action plan

28 february 2020 - 21:59:52 MSA

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  - Delegates from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) met here Friday to validate the organization’s gender and agriculture action [...] Full text...

Congo: Towards validation of action plan to accompany ECCAS women

26 february 2020 - 21:30:13 MSA

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  - Representatives of different departments of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and experts from the UN Food and Agriculture [...] Full text...

UN human rights chief warns of women’s rights complacency

26 february 2020 - 05:58:40 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has warned against complacency on women’s rights at an event marking the [...] Full text...

Guinean mining company director rewarded by World Bank

21 february 2020 - 20:52:19 MSA

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...

WB Cotonou organizes public lecture on Gender equality

16 february 2020 - 16:47:22 MTA

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. The [...] Full text...

Guterres highlights teenage girls' education to achieve development goals

12 february 2020 - 07:22:04 MA

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

09 february 2020 - 06:35:21 MA

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

06 february 2020 - 06:03:08 MA

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

17 january 2020 - 07:29:49 DRW

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

15 january 2020 - 20:14:28 MA

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

07 january 2020 - 15:27:55 M S

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

03 january 2020 - 22:11:37 KND

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

24 december 2019 - 13:14:02 BBA

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

20 december 2019 - 11:52:03 M S

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

16 december 2019 - 22:59:35 MSA

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

12 december 2019 - 12:33:37 BBA

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

10 december 2019 - 13:48:34 NA

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'

02 december 2019 - 15:45:56 KND

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...

Nigeria launches national sex offenders register

26 november 2019 - 05:54:44 MON

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

25 november 2019 - 21:37:16 M S

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

25 november 2019 - 18:56:38 AR

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

25 november 2019 - 18:33:26 MSS

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

25 november 2019 - 17:47:45 MTA

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

25 november 2019 - 15:41:24 NA

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

25 november 2019 - 12:06:24 TWA

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

25 november 2019 - 11:54:34 M S

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

25 november 2019 - 11:09:17 BBA

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

25 november 2019 - 06:24:35 MA

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...

Marshet Zelalem: A young Ethiopian girl leading big changes in her community (A UNESCO Feature)

05 november 2019 - 16:39:01 VAO

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

31 october 2019 - 17:58:47 MTA

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

30 october 2019 - 10:58:30 BBA

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

29 october 2019 - 18:20:58 KND

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

28 october 2019 - 18:39:15 KND

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

24 october 2019 - 22:31:00 MSA

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

22 october 2019 - 05:36:04 MA

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

19 october 2019 - 16:13:10 KND

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

15 october 2019 - 17:09:16 KND

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

15 october 2019 - 06:53:53 MA

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

14 october 2019 - 23:44:46 MSA

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. According to [...] Full text...