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...

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

11 october 2019 - 19:39:21 VAO

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 MO

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 KND

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 VAO

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 BBA

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 VAO

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 VAO

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 MSS

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 MSS

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 KND

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 TWA

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 KND

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 MO

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 BBA

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...

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

21 august 2019 - 18:25:51 KND

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 BBA

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 VAO

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 CU

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 KND

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...